Radio thrill from Byrd voyage described in hometown tones
The piece extols listening to Byrd and his crew via radio as they communicate with ships and land stations using the RCA network. It compares modern air and sea travel to Columbus, notes radio excitement at home, and references Paris and Kansas City with playful street names amid Prohibition chatter and a hotel bath house closure.
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Byrd
America
WTW
Radio Corporation of America
Chatham
Mass
Columbus
Atlantic Ocean
Santa Maria
Atr
Florida
Paris
Kansas
Coates Hotel
Kansas City
Atchison Daily Globe June 29 1927 edition header
The Atchison Daily Globe dated Wednesday June 29 1927 shows the 1877 founding by R. E. Howe with Gene A. How editor and W. C. Hawk business manager. Published by Globe Publishing Co. at Corner Fifth and Main Street.
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RE. W. Howe
Gene A. How
Rank
W. C. Hawk
Globe Publishing Co
Corner Fifth and
Main Street
Globe Notes on Crime and Habits of the Day
The column muses on honesty in business and crime, quoting Link Preston on questions answered and a timid Atchison woman gaining poise from barber-chair exposure. It mocks cheap moral sermons and shifts from saving for rain to vacations, and jokes about hiring versus firing and preserving reputation.
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Atchison
Speeding Up Through Time From Trails To Telephones
The piece traces Lewis and Clark's 1804 journey from St Louis to the Oregon coast, noting it took IS months to reach the Columbia River mouth. It recalls 1861 Pony Express delivery of Lincoln’s inaugural from St Joseph to Sacramento in seven days 17 hours. It closes with the telephone shrinking national distance to one fiftieth of a second.
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Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Oregon
Atchison
Young Republic
Columbia River
Pony Express
Lincoln
St. Joe
Sacramento
United States
Pledge of 82 Bishops Boosts Pope Dress Reform Move
The Pope reports progress in reforming feminine dress with 82 bishops pledged to support. Wyandotte County opens a new courthouse described as resembling a church. one critic suggests courts should resemble hell to deter lawbreakers.
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Wyandotte County
Garden City Mayor Dies in Office Turmoil Rumor
A Garden City mayor dies after a nervous illness and townspeople speculate on a rush to fill the police chief post. The snippet notes local interest in leadership and political vacancy.
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Garden City
Snort and Dualities in a Kansas City Sport Scene
A fragmentary Kansas City newspaper page criticizes overlong sport coverage and crime reporting while injecting local color. It satirizes editors choices about murder coverage and prints pointed quips about public figures, readers, and a mix of social anecdotes.
The Peculiar Chinee and a Village Tragedy in China
A sensational 1920s column depicts a Chinese village ruined by bandits and famine. The stoic villagers drown themselves in a mass suicide, framed as a stark example of Chinese mystery. The writer quotes Arthur Brisbane on broad economic prosperity and foreign debt.
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China
John Chinaman
Lindbergh Declines Million Dollar Offer Unmarried Ideals Cited
The story notes Charles Lindbergh spurning a million dollar sum, with friends claiming idealism but asserting his unmarried status is the real difference. His stance draws attention to his personal choices over wealth or fame.
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Lindbergh
Byrd Plane America Delivers New Atlantic Flight Thrill
The America crew flies the Atlantic with constant land contact via radio linking home ships and foreign shores. Byrd aims to gather data with potential value for future air navigation while Lindbergh Maitland stories focused on mere arrival.
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Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Atlantic
Byrd
America
Col. Lindbergh
Lieut
Maitland Toawait
Lindbergh
Maitland
daredevil stunts light Broadway thrills and tragedy
New York reports on daredevil tours by nerve trained performers who risk death for public thrills. The piece notes skyscraper walks, edge stunts, fire dives, and other feats several killed in recent years, with comments on publicity and editor interest.
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New York
Tenth Avenue
Whithall Bouilding
Lower Broadway
Yho
Chivalry and crime mix in 1920s urban legends
A caustic look at Broadway thugs and subway pickpockets, suggesting gallantry toward women masks ruthless acts. The piece cites a hotel lobby incident and cites Richard Weese Witmore’s electrocution as tied to stain from evading detection.
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Broadway
Richard Weese Witmore
Hammerfest Warmer Winter Climate Than New York
Hammerfest Norway sits 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle and has an average winter temperature warmer than New York City, according to the report.
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Hammerfest
Norway
Arctic Circle
New York
Look and Learn. By A. C. Gordon.
Alf Davis of Glen Elder is praised as a splendid man and not prone to fibs. The piece recalls Alf and his father driving elk a long distance and notes the heat at Glen Elder can be extreme.
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Alf Davis
Glen Elder
Alf
Clyde
Blacksmith John Ostertag Remains Trusted Craftsperson
Town and country people are invited to remember that the old reliable John B. Ostertag continues blacksmithing at his shop on Kansas avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets in Atchison.
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John B. Ostertag
Kansas Avenue
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
Atchison
Beloit Wheatcrop Praised as Best Since 1915
New Beloit market reports show wheat testing high with Mitchel county crop hailed as the best since 1915. No further details provided on events.
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Beloit
Beloit Call
Mitchel County
Daily Lesson Word Compunction Shaped By English Notes
W. L. Gordon presents compunction defined as self-reproach for wrong doing. Example shows tenderness and remorse sweeping over a character.
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Cleary Furnishing
Orpheum Theater
D. E. Fry
Optometrist
TS Commercial Street
Atchison, Kanass
Kuppenheimer
Palm Beach
Deau
Ville Flannels
Wilson Bros
Atchison Daily Globe
Atchison, Kansas
Business Department
News Department
Associated Press
Link Preston
Yvet
President Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ruth Snyder
Henry Ailen
Ruth
The
Wichita Beacon
Henry
Jim Gilkison
Jim Walsh
Jim
Lon Cochran
Mr. Walsh
Pete Johnson
Bendena
Globe
Johnson
Arthur Brisbané
D. C
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
A. C. Gordon
U.S
A. C
U. S. City
City News
BE. R. Palmer
Ray Lines
Earl Oswald Will Linght
Trinceon
W. L. Gordon
Ncage Tribune
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