Bean Lake Hotel Burned After Overnight Fire
Fire destroyed the Bean Lake hotel and adjacent structures in Benn Lake, including the Burlington depot and a nearby cottage. Night watchman Logan Imhoff raised the alarm after discovering flames shortly after one this morning. The 40 year old hotel had been closed since last summer under injunction for prohibitory law violations. Losses and cause remain undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean Lake
Kansas City
St. Joe
Atchison
Burlington
Benn Lake
Logan Imhoff
Charles Ogden
Baker
Beaulake
Day's Doings Highlights Local News and Gossip
Local items note James Bomar’s improvement and Celia Kinney resigning at Santa Fe. Lions pool rooms chaired by Mrs. Ball. Cecil Seff heads to Alexandria. Judge Gundy may return Sunday. Kansas City guests visit Mrs. Guthrie. Ed Williams quits sand boats for Wright’s. Weather investors: corn down a cent and wheat a few cents. Chicago-bound move for George Kadow. police seek forged $18 check. Chanute Elks convention, piano recital in Denver. Atchison officials discuss horticulture plans. Savings for fishing trip reach 46 dollars. Ramsey glass sidewalk to be replaced. University figures Umberger and Dickens to visit. Atchison cows/horses tracking improves. stray animals fewer, owner IDs quicker.
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C. T. Gundy
Excelsior Springs
William Guthrie
Kansas City
W. W. Guthrie
Ed Williams
Wright Shoe Shoe
North Fifth Street
Denver
First Universalist
Maurine Ricks
Dingley-Matthews
Owen Hitchings
St. Benedict's College
Winfield
Kas
St. Benedict's
Roy Wilson
Cooney Voelker
Elks
Chanute
Atchison
Ramsey
Dean H. Umberger
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Altert Dickens
College Horticultural Department
Atchison County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Atchison County Horticultural Development
Ray Willette
George Dorssom Bows to Death
George Dorssom, a longtime Lancaster resident and respected citizen, died at Atchison hospital at age 62 after a illness spanning over three months. Funeral services will be at two o'clock Friday at the Lutheran church in Lancaster, with burial in the Lancaster cemetery, followed by interment of his remains.
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George Horssom
Lancaster
Atchison Hospital
Mr. Dorssom
Stanton Funeral Home
Nielsen
George Dorssom
Lancaster Township
Bell
Hulda Hinz
Gustav Hinz
Dorssom
Margaret Kleppe
Leona, Kas
Sophia Meyer
Soldier
Kas
Louisa Frief#i
Robinson, Kas
Henry Meyer
Kate Hinz
Adam
Henry
John Dorssom
William
Albert
George
Henry Dorssom
Hermanns
Exchange National
Exchange
George Welsh
Vimy Ridge
Canadian Signal Corps
Canada
Men of Purpose
Legion
the Royal
Frank Roche
Charlie Miller
Silas D. Warner
Ed Evans
Ernest Fuhrmann
James Swartz
Ernest Shufflebarger
Alex
Ernest Howell
Cat’ Seeger
Work Begins at Blair Elevator Site in Blair
Ground clearing and shed erection for tools and material started at the Blair elevator corner of Tenth and Main. Ruins from last summer’s fire are cleared as crews prepare for the new headhouse with actual construction likely in days. Office remodeled and freshly painted, booster club activities and harmoniest rehearsals noted.
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Blair
Tenth
Main Streets
Everest Paving Complete and Downtown Dedication Planned
The Moran Construction Co has finished paving Main Street in Everest and is graveling side streets. A dedication for the new pavement is planned for June 20 with a large crowd invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran Construction Co
Everest
May Have Wortonville Bank Bandit in Chicago
The Nortonville bank robbery suspect may have been caught in Chicago. Eddie Jenkins, linked to the Nortonville case by a photo, was arrested there and is being questioned about robberies in Agenda and Byers Kansas and Superior Nebraska. Jenkins allegedly admitted to a Nebraska bank theft and is an expert cracksman sought for multiple Kansas and Nebraska robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Ac
Chicago
Exchange State Bank
Nortonville
Burns Agency
Eddie Jenkins
Jenkins
Agenda
Kas
Byers
Superior
Nebr
Kansas
Nebraska
City Considers Tax Cuts or Debt Reduction In 1928 Budget
City officials begin 1928 budget planning with two options: reduce bonded indebtedness or cut the city tax levy. July 1928 brings $140,800 in old refinancing bonds maturing, with a $57,000 sinking fund and potential $20,000 extra from levies. If funds retire the issue, $63,800 remains to be refunded for ten years. Tax cuts would raise larger refunds. Half of current tax revenue funds interest and principal on old debt.
Atchison to Lose Major Lumber Yard Move
The Cousins company confirms wholesale lumber operations will move from St to Atchison in a major corporate shift. The firm is a leading exclusive lumber seller in the Missouri Valley, with the relocation announced by the Atchison Chamber of Commerce at 4 p m today.
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Cousins
Atchison
Cousins Company
Missouri Valley
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Atchison Dispatch Chronicle Sifts Wheat Belt Happenings
A collage of local notes from Atchison announces Oak Mills farmers haying and a parade plan. Reports tag Cobb Wolf in Kansas City, Mary Armstrong back to Emporia studies, Pillsbury mill hires, a Vernon Britt home chicken pox, and Officer Flynn arresting a vagrant. Also mentions a dead burro, Ike Harmon heading to Concordia, nail incident injuring a Pillsbury worker, Fourth of July fireworks, Jim Heron visiting from San Quentin, and light social commentary. Notables include Pete Walters preparing a Denver trip, 1928 Kansas golf tourney moving to Topeka and Manhattan, Judge C T Gundy walking again, and Uncle Sam’s tax note to Lindbergh. City sidewalks condemned, with Sept 1 deadline for repair notices. Judge George A. Huron, long Jefferson county attorney and Grasshopper Falls editor, dies in Topeka at age 89.
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Oak Mills
Cobb Wolf
Kansas City
Mary Armstrong
Emporia
Kelly Lovelace
Pillsbury Mill
Vernon Britt
Laramie Street
Atchison
Ike Harmon
Missouri Pacific
Concordia
H. Knight
Pillsbury
Jim Heron
San Quentin
Calif
Tim Collins
Jim Walsh
Jim
Harold
Ernest Filley
Wathena
Doniphan County
Maryville
Stewartsville
Lindbergh
City Commission
Commercial Street
Tenth
Main
George A. Huron
Jefferson County
Grasshopper
Valley Falls
Grasshopper Falls
Topeka
White Cloud Ferry to Run as New Boat Joins River Traffic
J W Gormley owner of the Jewell that sank last winter has bought the Nancy Lee at Rule and will bring it to White Cloud late this week. The new boat is said to be much better than the Jewell, restoring river ferry service for the town.
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White Cloud
J. W. Gormley
Walt Mason In Poor Health From Kansas Poet
Kansas poet Walt Mason now in La Jolla California reports very poor health. He writes he has been sick most of the year but continues to produce a daily poem for a syndicate earning about $16 000 yearly plus magazine work for a total income around $25 000 annually.
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Walt Mason
Kansas
la Jolla
Calif
Ed Post
Atchison
Walt
Mr. Mason
Atchison Globe
Atchison Champion
Vermillion Seeks Injunction Over Bus Dept Dismissal
Vermillion of Atchison announces plan to sue the Kansas Public Service Commission under the soldiers preference law after removal as bus department clerk. A World War veteran and former Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars Kansas leader, he considers a Republican bid for secretary of state. Governor Paulen declines to intervene in commission re org plans.
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Republican Party
Public Service Commission
Topeka
Robert Vermillion
Atchison
Vermillion
State House
Valley Falls Wheat Raiser Expects 40 Bu Per Acre
Harvest began Tuesday afternoon near Valley Falls on the Fred Ratz farm run by W B Hecker. Hecker farms 85 acres on the Ratz and Blake properties and predicts 40 bushels per acre or more. Hecker also manages the Blake 280 acre and Gibson 340 acre farms, with a thousand sheep on the Gibson place. Wheat looks good and harvest will be in full swing this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Falls
Fred Ratz
W. B. Hecker
Hecker
Ratz
Blake
Ed Hinds Dies in Kansas City Police Court Judge
Ed Hinds former transfer man and judge of the Atchison police court died in St Margaret's hospital Kansas City. He had heart trouble for over a year and spent the last month hospitalized. Burial will be in Atchison with arrangements announced tomorrow. He leaves a widow a daughter and two sons.
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Bert C. Wells
Mr. Wells
United Christian Missionary Society
Christian Church
Bader
San Francisco
Australia
Kansas Public Service Co
West Main Street
Water Company
Eleventh
Thirteenth Street
Tenth Street
Tom Perdue
Chris Bache
Commercial Street
Huron
Perdue
Kansas City
Harvey Gooch
Wilde
Missouri
Ed Hinds
Atchison
St. Margaret’s’ Hospital
Kas
Hinds
George Harcuff
Wolters Transfer Co
Kansas City Hospital
Brooks Wyatt
South Seventh Street
Ruth Merry
Death Claims Paul Kuhnert Prominent Atchison Farmer
Paul Kuhnert sixty a leading Atchison county farmer died after a three month illness at his Bendena road home. Born June 17 1867 he lived on the same farm sixty years. Survived by wife Amelia Winkler four children a sister and a brother funeral Thursday at his home and Trinity Lutheran church with burial in Mt Vernon cemetery. Pallbearers were six nephews.
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James Thomason
Eden
Atchison County
Sadie Evans
Amarillo
Tex
Clayton
N. M
Lena Lingg
Charles Huegel
Oak Mills
Leavenworth
Kansas
Holton
Lillie Adams
Platte County
Weston
George Hellman
Missouri Bottom
John Marshall
Horton
Los Angeles
Calif
J. A. Page
Louie Widmayer
Gilbert Guthrie
Atchison
Guthries
Oldsmobile
Frankfort
Leo Jacobs
R. G. Walters
Lon Orr
Kansas Avenue
Tom Horner
State Board of Health
Topeka
Doniphan
Brown
Jefferson
Nemaha
W. H. White
Whitelaw Hotel
South
Renal Sugar Bowl
White
Paul Kuhnert
Bendena Road
St. Margaret's Hospital
Kansas City
Atchison Hospital
Mr. Kuhnert
William Kuhnert
Amelia Winkler
Dorothea Kuhnerts
Lawrence
Edward Kuhnert
Frank Young
South Fourth Street
William Kuhnert, Jr
North Ninth Street
Trinity Lutheran
Mt. Vernon
F. W. Og. Jesse
Kubnert
Arthur
Grover Young
Julius
Paul R
Herman
Henry Kubnerts
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Areo
James Bomar
Celia Kinney
Santa Fe
Tom Ball
Lions Pool
Cecil Seff
Alexandria
George Kadow
Symns Grocer Co
Wilson & Co
J. H. Wilson
Wells
G. K. Stewart
E. C. Wills
W. F. Kirk
Blaine Morris
Falls City
Ronald Timby
Ronald
Florida
John Doherty
J. B. Wesley
Ed Lindstrom
Merman Heldberg
Pueblo
Colo
Charles Howes
John Reinhard
Theodore Nass
Hilbert Twins
J. M. Chisham
Fourth and
Kearney
T. K. Irwin
North Second Street
Chris Hansen
Val
Ray Morrison
Chris Elias
Nave
North Seventh Street
M. T. Gensler
Gaiger Auto Supply Co
Santa Fe Street
John Kennedy
Minneapolis
Minn
Kennedy
J. FE. McGrath
Ed Groh
Ed Hawk
Baldwin
Charles Kennedy
Wortonville Bank Bandit
South Third Street
Snowden-Mire
Snowden-Mire Drug Co
Petunias
Legion Boys
Royal Theatre
Mangelsdorf
Atchison Seed & Flower Store
Roy Keasler
Dempsey
Sharkey
Tunney
Roy
John Leahy
Jodie van Horn
St. Benedict's Church
Bernice Gertrude
Mise Ida Evans
Raymond Hess
John Clingan
George Dorsgom
W. 8. Sullivan
Kearneytreet
Gene
Concordia and Downs, Kas
Floyd Arnold
Wheat Belt
East Main Street
Jack Flynn
Pete Walters
Good Intent
Raymond
Kansas State Golf Association
Herman Haase
Edward Payton Weston
Louis Baska
St. Benedict’s College
Tommy Quigley
Subiaco College
Arkansas
Quigley
Leonard Vatter
R. A. Vatter
Folwell & Ahlshog Construction Co
Utica
N. Y
Cornel University
Leonard
Vatter
New Orleans
Sugar Lake
Alva Clapp
Harry Reisner
Harry
Weismuller
Poice
Illinois
John Weatherford
George Baudry
al Kramer
John Burbank
Frank Jarrell
George Delaney
Boyd Cummings
Ann Street
Sheffield Ingalls
The
Commerce Trust Co
Peter Barnett
Reisner Park
William McDowell
Joe Singleton
Gower
George Herzog
South Sixth Street
Reuben Peterson
Ellsworth
Wis
Ben Henshaw
Cumrings
Central Branch
Jim Piper
Leason
Mary Ellen Jochems
Billy Tim
A. F. Russell
Kickapoo
Walnut Creek
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