Missouri River Floods Threaten Farmlands North of Atchison
The Missouri River nears last month’s high water mark. up to a foot rise in 24 hours has driven water over tracks near Rock Island and Mud Lake beds. Trains may detour again if waters rise another foot, threatening Bean Lake districts and farmland from Atchison toward Peab Lake, with many acres under flood and schools and culverts in jeopardy.
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Missouri
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Burlington
Mud Lake District
Roeth Ishind
Atchison
Pean Lake
Bean Lake
Statson
Myers
Chapin
Little Bean Lake
Big Bean
Mrs. Boboyers
Riverview Drive
Jackson Park
Atchison-St. Joseph Highway
Janitor Arrested for Local Store Robbery
Robert Johnson a colored janitor at Woolworths was arrested Saturday with about 50 dollars worth of merchandise found in his possession and he admitted stealing it He claimed he planned to sell the goods to avoid starvation The incident began when manager W W Eden suspected Johnson and police tracked him from the basement to his rooming house with loot in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnson
Woolworth’s
Robert
Johnson
St. Louis
St. Looey
W. W. Eden
Commercial Street
Jack Flynn
Flynn
Atchison to Welcome New Shoe Store This Fall
Day's Doings notes a third shoe store planned for Atchison with hints of expansion. President Baldwin will address the Central Branch on July 5 6 and 7. Guy Lansky signals plans to open a shoe shop next fall. Mrs Mary Mitchell, at 414 A street, shows improvement after serious illness at her daughter Mrs R M eever's home.
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Baldwin
Central Branch
Guy Lansky
Mary Mitchell
R. M. @eever
Edward Mosher Dies at Arrington After Suffering Heart Failure
Edward Mosher, long time Arrington resident and noted lightning rod businessman, died at about 9 am Friday. Born December 4 1871 near Leavenworth he lived in the area for 44 years and married Anna Kunish on December 20 1926. Survived by two brothers Charley and Ben and two sisters Mrs Win Brown and Mrs Ora Post. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at the Arrington church with burial in Larkinburg cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Mosher
Vatley Falls
Leavenworth
Anna Kunish
Ben F
Arrington
Charley
Denison
Win. Brown
Ora Post
Valley Fallls
Larkinburg
Steinite Expands Radio Plant with RCA Rights
Steinite plans a rapid building program and staff expansion in the coming weeks as it acquires RCA patent privileges. A new Steinite receiving set will emerge, built with RCA tech, and factory upgrades at Upper Commercial Street will enable about 500 sets daily. The expansion, including a $100,000 to $125,000 three story addition, aims to boost production significantly and broaden product lines.
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Steinite
Fred Tygberg
Steinite Radio Co
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Production of America
Fred Stein
Steinite Company
New York
Roc. A
Predlegberg
Chicago
Stein
Iggberg
Globe
Sternite
Washington, D. C
Atchison
Car and mower crash injures Doniphan man
Henry Scholz aged 34 was critically injured when an automobile crashed into the mower he rode near Doniphan two miles north and east of Ed Winkler’s farm. He suffered chest injuries and lung punctures. surgeons said pneumonia could affect recovery. The Gerardi boy of Doniphan drove the car. The accident occurred just before noon on the main highway. Scholz leaves a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Scholz
Atchison Hospital
Doniphan
Gerardi
Scholy
Ed Winkler
Scholz
Ernest Scholz
William Scholz
Mr. Scholz
At Work on City Budget in 1928 Planning
From Sundays Daily in Atchison the 1928 city budget is seen as similar to 1927 with no major levy change. The police department is expected to see a slight increase due to a 10 hour shift. Debt repayment policy could keep or lower the levy, but a larger share of the bond issue due in 1928 must be refunded. Tax revenue is projected closer to 250000 dollars.
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Atchison
Police
Lions Pool
Community Chatter About Local Hardships and Hog Sale
Country Charlie Symns plans to market 200 hogs as local chatter turns to tough times. William Scholz notes men show less endurance after a team of fourteen failed to carry matches. Scholz’s son Henry was badly injured north of town Friday and remains in critical condition after a prior injury last year left him in hospital for weeks.
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Charlie Symns
William Scholz
Ilenry
Local Notes and Visits Share Small Town Hustle
Joe Allee of Leavenworth visits Mr and Mrs Jack Hartman. Louis Blair arrives from Fort Scott in a new sedan. A showing of oil is noted at 1900 feet near Marysville Kans. A tourist camps north of Pillsbury mill and works for the construction crew building the new Pillsbury mill tanks. Mr Quigley, age eighty, walks again after a long fall. A. A. Bennett escorts eight Baptist Sunday school boys to Sugar Lake Rotary cottage and back. Miss Mary Collett of Atchison sails with Miss Margaret Hayden to Sweden for a month, aboard the Swedish steamer Drott ningholmu.
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Joe Allee
Leavenworth
Jack Hartman
Bob A‘lementson
Marysville
Kans
Louis Blair
Fort Scott
Pillsbury Mill
L. B. Quigley
Mr. Quigley
A. A. Bennett
Baptist Sunday School
Rotary Club
Sugar Lake
Mr. Bennett
Mary Collett
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
W. B. Collett
Atchison
New York
Sweden
Margaret Hayden
Boston
Collett
Drottningholu
Coal Business Changes Hands in Atchison
KE Phenneger of Battle Creek Michigan has bought an interest in the C A Wright Coal Co at Sixth and Main in Atchison and will be active manager. The firm will replace its two story building with a modern one story office by July 15 to improve the corner and increase storage.
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Minty
KE. Phenneger
Battle Creek
Mich
C. A. Wright Coal Co
Sixth
Main Streets
Phenneger
C. A. Wright
Vic Griffis
Atlantic Coast Lines
Omaha
Nebr
Kansas City
Coal Company
Atchison
St Benedicts Building Job A Big Proposition
A unique freight solution for St Benedicts college uses a Burlington spur line from the main track to an inclined dummy track on the bluffs. Donkey cars hauled by electric power lift materials up to the site with support from Ed O Neill’s crew completing quarry work and rock wall foundations.
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St. Benedict’s College
Burlington
Spalding Rock
Old Rock
Ed O'Neill
Mrs. R. L. Hooper Dies at 66 in Atchison Home
Mrs. Robert L. Hooper, 66, died yesterday at 4 45 p m at home 712 street after extended illness. Born July 17 1860 in Atchison she moved to Monrovia with her parents then married July 11 1899. Surviving: husband two sons Harold and Howard. four sisters and three brothers. Funeral Sunday at St Mark’s Lutheran with burial Mt. Vernon cemetery.
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Robert L. Hooper
Hooper
Atchison Hospital
Frederick Hoffman
Monrovia
Sooper
Blair Mill
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Auld dispute goes to trial in district court
The estrangement between Carroll Auld of Eugene Oregon and his brother David Auld of Eugene Oregon, heirs of the late Atchison pioneer David Auld, heads to trial as Carroll sues for partition of the estate and an accounting of trusteeship and executorship. David testifies of pressure and threats, while the case cites long family business rifts dating to 1917 or 1918.
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Carroll Auld
David Auld
Atchison
W. A. Jackson
David Aud
Carroll
Carroll Awd
Eugene
Ore
Josephine la Shier
David Awd O
Frances Auld- Darling
Vancouver
B. C
Kansas
Oregon
David Au
Jim Challiss
Oscar May
Waggener
Lions Park pool prices kept steady with self support aim
City administration and the Lions agree the Lions pool should cover costs with admission set at ten cents for adults and five cents for children if patrons bring their own suits. Will Vance holds concession rights and supplies woolen and cotton suits at set prices. Park superintendent Russell Drake announced weekday hours from 2 to 5 15 and 6 50 to 9 with Sunday sessions 2 to 5 and 6 30 to 9 30. Patronage remains strong despite cool evenings.
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Lions
Lions Park
Will Vance
Russell Drake
Atchison lands Elk convention for 1928
Atchison won the 1928 state Elks meeting after defeating Pittsburg in the Newton convention final ballot. The event will be held in Atchison early next June, lasting over two days and expected to attract 800 to 1,000 Elks. C. M. Voelker and Roy Wilson led the drive with Chamber of Commerce support.
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Atchison
State Elks
Co. L. Roy Wilson
Atchison Elks
M. Voelker
Atchison Filks
Pittsburg
Newton
C. M. Voelker
Elks
Roy Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Bert Wells
Voelker
Earl Krueter
McPherson
State Association
Population Shifts Mark Atchison County Towns
Effingham gains to 549 residents this year up from 419 last year while Huron rises to 166 from 164 and Muscotah increases to 371 from 359. Lancaster falls to 271 from 292. The note also mentions a probate court debate on mustaches and a local tale of historic razors. Funeral services were held for Mrs. John Lobbie near Rushville with survivors listed. A boy named Clyde Dillon required ten stitches after a bicycle accident with a cut hand.
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Atchison County
Lancaster
Effingham
Huron
Muscotah
A. B. DeDual
George L. Brown
Charley Conlon
DeDual
Brown
Sheffield
England
America
Conlon
Ife
Bryan Boru
Denver Post
Clff Messenger
Atchison
Cliff
Gertie Messenger
John Lobbie
Rushville
Sugar Creek Church
Lobbie
Luther Brown
South Fifth Street
Clyde
James Dillon
Atchison Population Edges Up in County Census
County assessors report Atchison city population at 15 116 and Atchison county total 25 468, showing city gain of 71 from 1926 and county wide rise of 13. Township counts list Benton 999 Center 1 076 Ginashopper 988 Kapioma 535 Lancaster 268 Mount Pleasant 1 107 Shamnon 2 293 Walnut 723. City totals include Effingham 349 Huron 166 Lancaster 274 Mascotah 371. County grand total 24 468. last year Atchison listed 15 045.
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Atchison
Atchison County
Dick Gilman
Benton
Center
Ginashopper
Kapioma
Lancaster
Mount Pleasant
Shamnon
Walnut
Effingham
Huron
Mascotah
Wife shoots husband in Missouri town after separation
Mrs. Margaret Sheldon of 510 Kansas Avenue shot her husband Billy Sheldon last night following a divorce action. The 38 caliber bullet struck both thighs but did not break bones. She called police after the shooting and is jailed on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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Margaret Shelton
Kansas Avenue
Billy Sheldon
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Bellevue P T A Meets and Community Notes
Bellevue P T A discussed Rights of Children and equal house rights for a boy and girl. Lectures covered Is a Child Indebted to Its Parents for an Education, with solos by Bernice Randolph and Denise Howe. Upcoming meeting at Sunnyside farm. Local briefs include sickness, wheat crop notes, and personnel changes.
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Bellevue P. T. A
Bellevue Parent-Teacher Association
Bellevue School
Llyod Holder
A. Fauchier
Jerry Walz
A. Gilman
J. Barber
Roy Andrews
Bernice Randolph
Denise Howe
Link Clem
A. M. Andrews
Anto
Rey Andrews
Sunnyside Farm
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River
Edward Mosher
Earl Hellener
White Clay Creek
Missouri River
G. L. Rugg
Weston
Hiawatha
Mr. Rugg
Memorial Hall
Pratt
St. Benedict’s
R. L. Hooper
Jim Piper
Jim
J. H. Wilson
Frankfort
Lee Schaub
Centralia
Geiger & Rutherford Constructtion Co
Fifteenth Street
Main
Sixth Street
Fifteenth
Tom Farmer
West Atchison
Prass
Walter Beitzel
Third
Atchison Streets
Fred Beindorf
Levin and
Chamberlin
Madgeburg
Germany
Bill Clinkerhook
Bill
Leavenworth Road
Charles Kennedy
California
Bob Bump
Concordia
Bump
J. M. Brickhouse
Firemen’s Association
Little Rock
Ark
Brickhouse
Charlie Haase
South Atchison Grocer
Atchison Grocers
Fourth of Daly
Hausen Armstrong
Indianapolis
Indiana
A. FE. Renn
Renn
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Atchison Lands Elk Convention
Bill Sheldon
George Shackelford
Mr. Shackelford
Spring Street
Parrington
State Penitentiary
Lansing
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