Quotes and quips from Atchison column 1932 reflections
A collection of satirical notes and social commentary from an Atchison writer. It jokes about knowledge happiness and politics, praises restraint with a dig at modern moralism, and mockingly notes economic cuts at the University of Kansas. It blends aphorisms with local figures and small-town observations.
Beer and Me Platform Echoed in These Times
A quirky political jibe frames Al Smith’s brief platform Beer and me while railing at crime and disarmament. The note suggests federal action in Chicago against gangs and links crime to names like Affronti and Guzzino. An ex-capitalist visitor and Garner’s presidential bid are mentioned amid punditry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Kansas City
Affronti
Chicago
Guzzino
Democrats Avoid Need to Dominate in Tight Contest
In a limited political landscape, Democratic strategists note they can win without overwhelming majorities. The party relies on coalition partners, targeted messaging, and turnout drives to secure essential districts and sway key independents.
A New Deck for Congress Proposals Stir Debate
Henry Hazlitt argues in Scribner’s about replacing the two houses with a 12 member national board to curb inefficiency and extravagance. The idea, echoing past reform discussions, would use ranked voting to ensure majority control and minority representation, with calls for possible municipal and state precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner’s Magazine
Henry Hazlitt
Congress
Mr. Hazlitt
England
Hazlitt
Hodges
Kansas
Atchison
Jonathan Davis bolts as independent runs for Kansas Senate
Jonathan M. Davis former four term Democratic governor of Kansas quits the party and enters the Bourbon county state senate race as an independent against Democrat incumbent Harry Warren and Republican rival. The move sparks talk of a Davis Brinkley alliance and complicates Bourbon politics with family ties to Caldwell Davis, an unopposed House member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Hoover
Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Pittsburg Sun
Jonathan M. Davis
Bourbon County
Harry Warren
Davis
Woodring
J. R. Brinkley
Senate
Bourbon
Warren
Caldwell Davis
Jonathan
Local notes and society items from Kansas City trip to Topeka visit are listed
A long list of short notices covers visitors across towns, engagements, travel, and local events. It notes Mr and Mrs William Stanton returning from their wedding trip, Joe Lorenz troubles, Harold Tonkin fishing at Stranger creek, binding twine sales, small town raids, births, and a variety of visits among families and professionals. The column includes brief mentions of clergy, merchants, and civic happenings with dates and addresses scattered through the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Conpaway
An_ street
Jim Daniels
St. Louis
Joe Lorenz
Harold Tonkin
Stranger Creek
Nora + Oatman
Kearney Street
Sir Fetta
Lester
W. L. Thorp
Kansas Avenue
Kansas City
Sadie Osborne
Will Bohr
Topeka
Setae Buena Caer
William Stanton
North Third Street
North Third Street. Pment H Witte
Otto Glamann
Will Ward
Leroy
Kas
Cummings
Newton Eller
Ethel West
David Beauchamp
Spring Street
Beatrice
Neb
T. E. Snowden
California
H. E. Muchnic
Santa Barbara
Santa Ana
Los Angeles
Cotton Lewis
Colorado
C. H. Follmer
Lewis
Blair
Cole
South Seventh Street
Palace Cafe
Commercial Street
C. F. Howes
Peru
Ind
Lilian Bappert
Miss Beppert
Park Bros
Main Street
R. G. Bosanko
Oscar Burnett
Washington Street
Burnett
Tom Edwards
Lberty
William Droz
Wathena
St. Joe
Pred Droz
Belmont
Mr. Droz
Elizabeth
Gertrude Hickman
Alfred Bartlett
W. P. Waggener
Waggener
Chicago
Beverly Pitts
Ashland Avenue
Ralph Stratton
Holdredge
Ansel Stratton
Atchison
Douglas Fortune
Jim Challiss
Senator Borah
Challiss
Memorial Hall
Globe
Theodore Grunert
St. Joseph
Lawin & Douglass
F. W. C. Jesse
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sawin & Douglass Chapel
Adolph Grunert
Atchison Street
Fred Bierbaum
August Haegelin
al Schmeling
Fred Duehren
Henry Braun
A. Ru
Clyde
Scotland
Axtell
Jesse Axtell
Grand Island Railroad
Centralia
Beloit
Wis
Greenleaf
A. W. Greenleaf
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Goff
Edward H. Goff
Kansas
Woodring
Fair Board
Library Board
Reginald Runbeck
Lindsborg
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Runbeck
Delores Gaston
Gaston
Herbert Ham
Beanlake
Harry Ham
Will Miller
Florida
Rosa Thaden
Miss Thaden
Frank C. Weatherford
J. H. Weatherford
Harcuff & Buis
Winchester
Wilford Platt
Riley Street
Platt
Helen Dodge
Manhattan
Tad
Harold Platt
Velvet Creamery Co
Kenneth Platt
Agm
Adx
Nees
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Ignamine
Sam Boatthis
Guwimer
John Boatwright
Northwestern University
Iow
Ill
Fraypcés Bryant
Northwestern
Lois Shroyer
John
Chester Boatwright
Viola Boatwright
The
Chamber of Commerce
Congregation of St. Scholastica
Lucy Dooley
O. S
Mount St. Scholastica
Lisle
St. Mary's
Erie
St. Benedict’s
St. Louis College
Eighth
Santa Fe
Lucy
May St. Scholastica College
Januy
George Marsh
Whitelaw
Kansas City Times
Research Hospital
Wesley Trapp
Thomas J. Higgins
Trapp
Marsh
Aladdin
Higgins
Albert Dickinson Co
Mangelsdorf Popcorn Co
Crackerjack Co
Odebolt
J. W. Colbert
South Tenth Street
Ollock
Tenth and
Commercial Streets
Specification Oil Co
Standeta
Joe Jacobs
Schmeling
Jacobs
New York State Athletic Commission
Croquet boast and farm thefts haunt Atchison county
A column of community notes from Atchison area recalls a boastful croquet claim by a local plasterer John O'Neil, a hog theft at Beed Bow farm near West of Dearborn, and various social updates. It notes hospital stays, weddings, farm finances, and local personalities including Tom Garvey a postmaster candidate, charity, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Neil
Dearborn
Hurst
Kansas City
Ted Arensberg
North Fifth Street
George Brill
Weston
Liv- Fo Gee Gytlige
Sausapeangre
Rudy Vallee
Kirk Hilton
Pershing
Graham‘ McNamee
S. Sa
Frank Weatherford
Jesse
Roy Linley
Joe Clark
Charlie Miller
Globe's Department
Charlie
C. A. Lilly
R. F. Ragland
R. M Miller
Vacation Bible School
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the Atchison Weekly Globe
Globe Publishing Co
Main Streets
Atchison, Kansas
Murray
Mr. Job
GR Ratti
Quincy
Illinois
Hungary
Akads
Ee Wess
France
Germany
Jy Bated Tgs
University of Kansas
Lindley
Russia
McAdoo
Smith
Seattle
Mr. Garner
Jonathan Davis Bolts
Ie Raikes
Frank Hodges
Carroll Walker
Fred Robertson
Ralph O'Neil
W. P. Wageqner
for _ Shouse
Dave Ritchie
Frank Wassinger
Ed Hepler
Shouse
Helvering
McCluggage
E Dorado
National Democratic Organization
Roosevelt
Walsh
E. L. Beard
Woodring-Helvering
Ralph T. O'Neil
Mary F. Carney
F. W. Boyd
Eda
Frank George
R. McCluggage
William H. Donner
Pennsylvania
Donner
America
Martin
Oregon
Army
Navy
West Point
Annapolis
George W. Wickersham
Europe
Bernard Bryant
Eugene Tull
Route 1
Tull
Elizabeth Tull
South Eighth Street
Chatter
J. Kaiser
Isc
Bendena
Mary Petesch
Effingham
Atchison Hospital
Helen Straup
Sam Connor
North Ninth Street
A. H. Wilson
Alberta
Oakley
Mr. Wilson
D. G. Wilson
Wayne Kehoe
Terre Haute
George Hipple
Hutchinson
Old Country
Harry Kane
Ash Street
Bobby Fast
Leo Sullivan
Chandler Drug Store
Gale Morris
Newt Walker
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Moftown
Leonard Lewman
Near Cummings
Ralph Marion
Horton
Bobby Cooper
Fred Cooper
Lancaster
Luther Brown
South Fifth Street
Ruble
Massasoit
Will Nass
Nass’ Mothor
John Frommer
Gerald Green
George Shackelford
Colors
Jude H. W. Merwick
Charlie Jerritt
Oklahoma City
G. W. Allaman
Margaret Seybold
Dorothy Seybold
Irene Hekelnkaemper
Ruth Fyckes Byrne
Old Mexico
Sabinas
Monterey
Carlsbad Caverry
New Mexico
Sheyl Ray Fletcher
K McCue
Blair Ele
Kinsley
Wyoming
Kinsley Yesterds
G. F. Busenbarrick
Ar Creek
Monrovia
Mr. Busenbarracks
W. P. Lambertson
Veterans’ Hospital
Leathworth
Veterans Administration
Labor Department
Leaworth
Capper
cGill
At¢gon
Department of Education
W. D. We
North Central Assacion of High Schools and Colleges
United States
Atchison High School
Jan Coke
North Tenth Street
Coke
Spord
Stein Camps
Ibehave
Edgar F. Williams
Mona Williams
Lafay
Wil- Mame
Davilliams
Williams Eant
Thomas R. Cole
Mary Cole
Smithsonian Institution
Ition
Church
A. San de Fur
W. Ramsay
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