Main Street Split By Lindbergh Praise And Critique
Col Charles A Lindbergh, raised in Little Falls Minnesota, is celebrated as a modern hero by observers who contrast him with Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street portraits. The Independent notes Lindbergh embodies decency and heroism missing in Lewis’s fictional depictions of small town life.
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Sinclair Lewis
Main Street
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Little Falls
Minn
Lewis
Tindbergh
Independent
Boston
Sauk Center
Lindbergh
America
Europe
Mr. Lewis
The
Indberth
Xee
Passing Of The Chautauqua In Kansas
The chautauqua season opens in Kansas but remains early and tepid. Lecturers will engage fully when tents heat up and performers string Hawaiian guitars. Backers inspect deficits and blame lack of appreciation as Kan sans remain thick skinned and the movement decays into vaudeville. It once educated rural districts but now serves mainly entertainment at high prices, a rare pulse of vitality.
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Kansas
Wildcat oil strike hoped near Blue Rapids
Atchison reports a reported wildcat oil strike three miles north of Blue Rapids with 900 feet of oil standing in the well. Operations paused to test. The discovery, if proven, would boost Northern Kansas traffic on the Central Branch and aid local development between Atchison and Blue Rapids.
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Atchison
Blue Rapids
Kansas
Winchester
Central Branch
Blue River
Progress replaces AP operator with automatic wire service
The Globe will switch to a printer method after August 1. It will deliver about 18 000 words daily via a mechanical typewriter, replacing the longtime Associated Press operator 8 R Parke who will be reassigned.
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Globe
Associated Press
R. Parke
Atchison
Mr. Parke
Valuable tie up links Steinite Labs with RCA in Atchison
Commendation floods Atchison as Steinite Laboratories joins with the Radio Corporation of America. The RCA connection promises future growth for the city’s notable institution, with RCA's vast research network aiding Steinite’s stability and progress in the evolving radio industry.
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Atchison
Steinite Laboratories
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation
Steinite
Henry L Doherty as a philosophical critic of bustiers
Henry L Doherty described as a real philosopher and public utility magnate admired a bustier but compared many to a chicken with its head cut off, noting constant activity yet no real progress.
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Henry L. Doherty
Quotable Bits From An Atchison Column Glimpses
A parade of wry observations mixes love, daily life and social quirks from an Atchison column. Jabs at marriage, media, lawyers, fashion, and politics appear as short quips, with sly references to local figures, professions, and everyday modern life. The tone is humorous and pensive.
Atchison Day's Doings Chronicle Local Happenings
A wide collection of notes from Atchison and nearby areas includes arrivals and departures, health updates, travel tales, community gossip, a flood warning from Chief Linville, and details on local events. Notables include Ray Montgomery moving back to Atchison, a double wedding rumor, a Buick overhaul, and a Lions park dedication remark.
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Louie Waldaver
Jack Gardner
Bill Pitts
Ray Montgomery
Atchison
Horton
Lions Pool
Commercial Street
Death of Missouri Pacific veteran John P Noonan
John P Noonan a longtime Missouri Pacific employee died at 6:85 AM at his rural route 4 residence near Forest Park After 38 years in continuous railroad service he retired on pension last December He lived in Atchison for 50 years married to Josephine Lynch 49 years ago Survived by widow daughter Alice McGee son John Noonan Jr brother Pat Noonan and sisters Miss Lizle Noonan and Mera Kate Sherwood All of Kansas City Interment in Catholic cemetery Rosary at 7:30 PM at home Funeral at Sacred Heart church Wednesday morning
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John P. Noonan
Missouri Pacific
Forest Park
Noonan
Atchison
Josephine Lynch
Sacred Heart Church
Atchison Daily Snippet Hums With Local Notes and Rumors
A long, mixed roundup from Atchison includes arrivals and visits such as Calvin Kistler with a Nesheedan, Ernest Scholz from Wathena, and Kenneth Dean at his aunt Mrs Hugo Bryant. Updates on health, jobs, and local happenings follow, with bets on wheat yields, a prisoner escape from Leavenworth, and civic notes on public pools and Ak-Sar-Ben fire.
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Calvin Kistler
Bill Justus
Joe Wood
Laramie Street
Ernest Scholz
Wathena
Kenneth Dean
St. Joe
Hugo Bryant
G. O. Olson
Pillsbury Mill
Commercial Street
William Vollmer
Bryan Smith
Paul Kuhnert
Independence Creek
Ed Lynch
Pueblo
R. E B. Cahill
Downs
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenaworth
W. D. Groff
Nortonville
Rochester
Minn
Mayos
Groff
Atchison
Wesley Wales
Rushville
Bill Harvey
Community Chatter Brims With Local Doings and Plans
In Atchison and nearby towns residents share life notes from Monday’s Daily. Mrs. Deacon James Brown now resides in San Bernardino California and her late husband was a prominent janitor in the Atchison post office. Plans for P W Barnett’s annual July fourth barbecue and contests unfold at Reisner Park with prizes, speeches, music, and evening events at True Eleven hall. Comet sighting advice, a chicken dispute, and updates on Henry Scholz’s hospital condition accompany news from the colored community, regional worship, and school farm harvests plus Lions club plans for a fall circus fundraising shell over a bandstand.
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Deacon James Brown
San Bernardino
Calif
Atchison Post Office
Arthur Mize
Colgan
al Tucker
W. F. Kienzle
Hollywood
Earl Berridge
P. W. Barnett
Atchison
Reisner Park
True Eleven Hall
Leavenworth
St. Joe
Missouri ’ River Bridge
St. Benedict’s College
Henry Scholz
Atchison Hospital
Scholz
Doniphan County
Harry A. Smith
Omaha
American Legion
Ivanhoe Temple
Kansas City
Smith
Washington
Seventh Army Corps
Sunnyside
A. M. Andrews
Robert Andrews
Exchange National Bank
G. P. Herzinger
A&s
Herzinger
San Francisco
Atchison Lions
Memorial Hall
Lions’ Park
Charlie Sheehan
Bellville
Ill
Mary
Katherine
Charles
J. B. Sheehan
Sheehan
Local Atchison Notes Highlight Illnesses and Visits
Atchison brief mentions several residents ill including Leo Dagenais and Mrs. Earl Cathers. Families relocate with the Mesighs returning from California, and a new daughter joins the Martin McDonald home. Community updates include travels, recoveries, a July picnic plan, a judge’s vacation, and a large eightieth birthday gathering for W. R. Franklin with many relatives attending.
Long illness fatal for Mrs Wilhelmina Kaaz in Atchison
Mrs Wilhelmina Kaaz wife of Julius Kaas Jr died after more than six months of illness at 1024 Laramie Atchison aged 71 She was born Wilhelmina Schmeling in 1856 in Plathe Pomerania Germany and came to Atchison in 1875 Surviving are her husband eight children three sisters and four brothers Funeral services are set for Trinity Lutheran Church at 2 30 pm Tuesday with brief residence services at 2 15 pm Interment at Mt Vernon Cemetery Pallbearers include nephews from Atchison Kansas City and Superior Neb.
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Juliae Kaas, Jr
Kanaz
Laramie Street
Kaas
Atchison
Kaaz
Wilhelmina Schmeling
Plathe
Pomerania
Germany
Amelia
John Scheml
Henry Jacoba
Lydia
Helena Kaaz
Emi
Robert
Julius
Otto
Fred
Arthur Kaaz
Frank
August
William Schemling
Superior
Ned
Robert Schmeling
Augusta Schmeling
Neb
Henry Jacobs
Henry Schwarnweber
Des« Moines
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mt. Vernon
Robert Jacobs
Kansas City
Kas
Paul Schmeling
Albert
Henry Kaaz
Ralph Baker
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Weston
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Malinda
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Trinity Lutheran School
Concordia Teachers’ College
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Kansas State Teachers’ Conference
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Lutheran School Journal
Chicago
F. W. C. Jesse
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Ripley
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North Branch
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Wichita Municipal University
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North State Teachers’ College
Aberdeen
Cleveland
Will Coleman
Hutchinson
Ed Liank
Richard Fairfax
Sioux City
J. R. Holbert
Maple Street
Velma Felts
Arlington
E. B. van Mhoozer
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Ross Lindsay
Kelly Kessler
Dempsey
Tunney
Ida Fortune
Margaret Stratton
Remsay's
Oscar Duebren
Dolan Mercantile Co
Duebren
Herman Nass
LeRoy Mesigh
United States Navy
George Mesigh
Raymond Hays
Huron
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Luther Leagues
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Valley Falls
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St. Mark’s
G. E. Hendee
Kansas Avenue
Claude Wert
W. H. Wert
Atchison Street
Jerry McCarthy
Ak Sar-Ben
Russell Drake
Grace Lewis
Richards Field
Omer Moore
Terre Haute
Ind
Falls City
Dow K
Jerry Walt
Miller Brown
Leo Dagenais
Earl Cathers
Kearney Street
Otto Hetx
Ward Lockwood
Martin McDonald
Spruce Street
South Atchison
Lawrence
George Raisch
Charles Cummings
Tom Brading
Beloit
Howard Cole
Elmer Davidson
Oklahoma
J. P. Carroll
Patricia
Litchfield
Alva Clapp
Sugar Lake
William Allen White
Seth Wells
California
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George
Kenneth Neidigh
All Western Union
Missouri Pacific Booster Band
Hale Short
Hubert Short
C. T. Gundy
Excelsior Springs
W. A. Jackson
District Court
Mrs. Jackson
Charles Kennedy
Joe Fisher
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Seaton Foundry
W. R. Franklin
Parallel Street
Fiftyone
Elsie Underwood
Will Cummings
Walter Franklin
Lee Buck
Roy Carter
Council Bluffs
Good Intent
Amanda Fenton
Caroline Fenton
Link Clem
Schaffer
Warmer
Seeber
W.O. Shank
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