Census padded counts prompt boynton inquiry in Atchison
A ten member taxpayers committee in Atchison county plans to seek action from Attorney General Boynton over alleged padding of the county census since 1924. Hastings and Herzog accuse duplication of St Benedicts and Mt Scho lastica colleges and inflated counts in several years leading to reduced salaries in 1931. The committee aims to press ouster or criminal charges, though no culprit is yet identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten
Roland Boynton
Atchison County
County Taxpayers’ Organization
O. O. Hastings
George Hersog
Harry Shumaker
W. H. Graner
Emmett R. White
Committee of Ten
Shannon Township
Herzog
Hastings
G. P. Herzinger
Committee of Five
Boynton
Ralston
Day's Doings Across Atchison Area
Local notes report catfish bite at Stranger Creek and townsfolk moving, visiting, or returning home. Julius Coppins goes downtown while Clem Higley relocates to a farm north of Muscotah. Several residents change jobs or residences, with Al Baldy Kelly visiting for a St Benedict’s Rockhurst game. Funeral plans for Azula Higsey Young announced, and John Kirwin found dead near Cawker City with heart failure suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McCrea
North Fifth Street
Joplin
al (Baldy) Kelly
St. Benedict's College
St. Benedict’s Rockhurst
Kelly
National Chamber of Commerce
St. Benedict's
Sam Phillips
Felix Cafe
Atchison
Smith Wins Globe Straw Poll for President
Alfred E. Smith tops The Globe straw poll with a narrow edge over Hoover. Roosevelt runs third among six Democrats as votes exceed Republican totals by 155. Final tabulation lists Allred and others, with Hoover receiving late votes before the deadline dispute. Social events follow, detailing a dancing party at Mrs. Sarah Snowden’s and guests in gowns of past eras with notable attendees and out-of-town visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Smith
Globe
Hoover
New York
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Allred
Herbert Betea
Norman Thomas
William H. Murray
James A. Reed
Newton D. Baker
Albert C. Ritchie
Calvin Coolidge
George W. Norris
William G. McAdoo
Two Notable Rural Deaths in Effingham Area
Within hours of the granddaughter’s death, 77 year old A A Cooper, a retired farmer, died in a Gallup New Mexico hospital after a stroke and heart attack while hastening to his granddaughter Mrs Francis Stutz. Funeral plans for Mr Cooper are incomplete. The article notes long histories in South Dakota Missouri Colorado and Kansas City and lists surviving relatives.
Doniphan County to Cut Real Estate Assessment
Doniphan County officials and 14 deputy assessors met to discuss a real estate tax reduction. State officials expect a 14 percent state-wide cut for farm land, but local assessors must assess land in person. Much of the land, including riverfront bogs and rough hills along the Missouri border, is considered overvalued at about 75 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doniphan
Board of County Commissioners
A. L. Wynkoop
State Tax Commission
County Commissioners Association
Topeka
State Board
Missouri River
Doniphan County
Mrs Velma Cooper Stutz Dies After Coal Oil Blast Near Lancaster
Velma Alice Cooper Stutz 21 died at 2 PM in Atchison hospital from burns suffered in a coal oil explosion at her home three miles southwest of Lancaster on February 11. She was married to Francis Stutz of the Atchison county farm and Kansas state grain department employee. Funeral plans were not set. body taken to Effingham. Survived by husband, father Guy Cooper, stepmother, sister Lola Cooper a Madison teacher, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Freeland, paternal grandfather A A Cooper. mother Elizabeth Freeland Cooper had died in 1913. A graduate of Effingham’s Atchison County Community High School.
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Francis Stutz
A. A. Cooper
Effingham
Gallup
N. M
Cooper
California
Stutz
Effingham Presbyterian Church
H. E.ballou
Elmer Wilson
Kansas City
Wiliam Freeland
Marie Cooper
Globe
Mr. Cooper
Guy Cooper
Arlington
Claude
Frank Cooper
Minnesota
Mark Cooper
Harry Cooper
Lawrence
Taylor Cooper
Martha Taylor
Freeland
Lancaster
Velma Cooper
Atchison County
Kansas State Grain Department
Atchison Hospital
Velma Alice Cooper
Arrington
Lola Cooper
Madison School
William Freeland
Elizabeth Freeland Cooper
Atchison County Community High School
Local Happenings and Shared Recoveries in Atchison Area
Mrs Irma Thistle is ill and Miss Margaret Ayers has returned from Concordia. Gene Roberts barber is in Atchison hospital for treatment. Dan Anthony III, a rising figure in politics, attended the First district Republican convention and is discussed as a potential state senator for Leavenworth. John R Taylor Mrs Oldham and Miss Clara Cooper return from western Kansas after a car accident near Norton with injuries not serious. Ben McGowan is fined 100 and jailed 30 days after a police raid found home brew and brewing gear on North Seventh Street. Leon L Askren son of Atchison residents, recently graduated from Washburn law school, begins practice in Greensburg Kiowa county and purchases O G Underwood’s library, furniture and fixtures. his wife and 10 month old baby will join him after settling in. He is described as qualified to practice in all courts, an outdoorsman, and Greensburg’s desired kind of citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Snowden
Blair Hackney
Joe Schmitz
H. E. Muchnie
Babe Waggener
Snowden
Yesteryear
Gilbert Guthrie
Deane Ackers
Topeka
Cy Leland
Des Moines
Robert Hillyard
St. Joe
George March
Lawrence
Heber Mize
Parallel and
Sixth Streets
Frederick Caldwell
Lincoln
Neb
Mrs. T. M. Swears
Kansas City
Irma Thistle
Margaret Ayers
Concordia
Gene Roberts
Atchison ,Hospital
Hiawatha World
Dan Anthony III
Leavenworth
John R. Taylor
Oldham
Clara Cooper
State Orphans Home
Kansas
Norton
Ben McGowan
Henry Merwick
North Seventh Street
Leon L. Askren
P. B. Askren
Atchison
Washburn Law School
Greensburg
Kiowa
O. G. Underwood
Texas
Leon Askren
Park College
Parkville
Washburn School of Law
Askren
Mark Moody
Atchison County
Oak Hill
Stanton & Stanton
C. W. Robinson
Helen Ostertag
W. P. Waggener
Arthur Lukens
Warren Hatch
Jack Mulholand
Warren Fannen
Maysville
Southwestern Bell Telephone Exchange
A. W. Fannen
California
W. P.lambertson
Washington
Hiawatha
James G. Strong
Lambertson
Congress
Harry Stevens
John Fulton
Iowa
Elwood Fink
Pennsylvania
Madge Mahoney
Atchison Street
Sloan Munson
Manhattan
George Wolfe
Exchange National Bank
Frank Herzog
North Tenth Street
T. M
DeWitt
Stanberry
Bryan Smith
Bellevue Parent-Teacher Association
E. A. Gilmore
Bellevue Association
Association
Dodge City Globe
Dodge City
Masonic Orders
Odd Fellows
Lg Department
Uncle Sam
Postal Department
102-Year-Old Mrs Hand Dies in Atchison NE KS
Mrs Barbara Hand aged 102 died at 9:30 PM at 1020 Laramie Street after several weeks of illness. She was born February 20, 1830 in Perry County Pennsylvania and moved to Kansas before the Civil War. Burial at Old Huron Cemetery. Sawin and Douglass in charge. No immediate survivors.
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Barbara Hand
Kansas
Laramie Street
Hand
Towan
Sawin & Douglass Chapel
W. R. McCormack
Metho
Everest
Atchison
Better Road 10 Potter Plans and Specifications
Plans for road improvements in Atchison county to be let by the state highway commission at Marysville on March 18 have been filed with county clerk J R Gilman. Projects include crushed rock surface on three miles from Leavenworth road to Potter and sand and gravel on US 73W between Monrovia and the Wheel or corner, plus gravel on State Highway 9 from two miles north of Effingham to Muscotah and gravel on US 73W from Muscotah to Horton. The Atchison Music club met with Mrs Hugo Orlepp presiding and featured American Negro composers performed by Lincoln school faculty and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison County
State Highway Commission
Marysville
J. R. Gilman
Leavenworth
Potter
Effingham
Muscotah
Horton
Atchison Music Club
Hugo Orlepp
Lincoln School
Lucile Watson
Parthenia Russell
Jordan
Burleigh
Kramer
Marian Patton
Miss Harper
Miss Patton
Magnolia
Constance Harper
Dett
Jesus
Dawson
Vearl Wilson
Wilson
McKenzie School of Music
Peter Cawley Home Near Effingham Burns
A two story house on the Peter Cawley farm two miles northwest of Effingham burned to the ground around noon Sunday. Mrs Cawley had lit a stove misfire while Mr Cawley was in the barn. neighbors saved furniture and adjoining buildings. The house is a total loss with little insurance. Robert Hawk invited the Cawleys to stay with them while they decide next steps.
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Peter Cawley
Effingham
Mr. Cawley
Robert Hawk
Mrs. Cawley
Mrs John Salfrank Dies Near Arrington at 74
Mrs. John Salfrank, 74, died at 2 am at her farm home three miles east of Arrington after 30 years there. Her husband is in critical condition. Born October 31, 1857 in Rockport Missouri, she moved to Arrington in 1902. Survivors include her husband, daughters Mrs. F. L. Hunn of Effingham and Mrs. Mable Taylor of California, and son John Salfrank Jr. of Illinois. two children Mattie and Hazel are deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Salfrank
Arrington
Salfrank
Rockport
George F. Weldin Dies At 65 In Bean Lake Community
George Franklin Weldin 65, a lifelong Bean Lake area farmer and bachelor, died just before 8 p m at his sister in law Mrs Dora Weldin s home in Kansas City after a month s illness Burial is planned at Sugar Creek Cemetery Funeral services are set for 2 p m tomorrow at Lawin Douglass chapel with Rev M O Kellison officiating He was born September 30 1866 in Platte County near Bean Lake and left a brother William Weldin of Kansas City as sole immediate survivor Other Weldin siblings Sam Weldin of Bean Lake and Kate Yount of Cushing Okla died earlier He was a lifelong member of Satan Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Westcott
Ames
Atchison
Bruce Howe
Westcott
Globe
Ags
Edwin Young
Laramie
Wyo
Denver
Stanton & Stanton
John Kirwin
Doniphan
Cawker City
Kas
Mary Busenbarrick
Utah Avenue
Joe Moser
Marcellus
S T. Patrick's Catholic Church
George F. Weldin
Bean Lake
Dora Weldin
Kearney Street
Lawin & Douglass
M. O. Kellison
The
Christian Church
Sugar Creek
George Franklin Weldin
Platte County
William Weldin
Kansas City
Sam Weldin
Beanlake
Kate Yount
Cushing
Okla
Mr. Weldin
Satan Methodist Church
Dave Irving
W Street
William Bundy
Irving
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
W. F. Beatty
J. T. Miles
Mr. Bundy
James O'Neill
O'Neill
South Fourth Street
Highbaugh Rock
Weston
Bundy
al Bundy
George Bundy
Platte City
Mary Stewart
John Bragg
Missouri Pacific
Concordia
Devonshire
England
Mr. Bragg
United States
Norwalk
Conn
Mabel Mallory Clark
Kansas
Osborne
Downs
Bragg
Burr Oak
Central Branch
Bradford, Conn
Pennsylvania
R. E. Degan
Fairbury
Neb
St Benedicts Plans Formal Spring Dinner Dance
Local chatter includes St Benedicts boys eyeing a spring dinner dance while Mrs. Art Costello recovers from a nervous breakdown. Other notes report social clubs meets, marriages, and a lighthearted tale about a California parade canceled due to an undertaker and boot legger. Political updates note unity appeals from Congressman Lambertson and challenger Strong ahead of the First district convention.
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St. Benedict's Boys
Art Costello
Truck Driver Hurt When Falling Asleep at Wheel
R. J. Courter of Wetmore sustained serious injuries after his truck carrying 65 bushels of popcorn left the road near Mayetta. He awoke from a nap, continued to Topeka, then veered off the gravel and overturned. Four ribs were torn loose, his shoulder bruised, and he was treated at Horton hospital before returning home.
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R. J. Courter
Wetmore
Topeka
Circleville
Holton
Mayetta
Mr. Courter
Death of Mrs Zielley Sawyer Atchison Leader Dies
Mrs Zielley Shaver Sawyer 50, president of Atchison Optical Co., died at 4 45 AM at her home 918 Santa Fe after a stroke at the West Main offices and a cerebral hemorrhage. She had long illness with high blood pressure diabetes and uraemic poisoning. Survived by husband R A Sawyer mother Mrs Alice C Shaver brother D O Shaver. Funeral plans await arrival of relatives from Texas. Mrs Sawyer helped found the Atchison Business and Professional Women's club and chaired charitable acts for locals. She led local civic work and church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zielley Shaver Sawyer
Atchison Optical Co
Santa Fe Street
Sawyer
West Main Street
Universal Lens Co
Waverly
Kas
Atchison
Shaver
D. O. Shaver
Atchison Business and Professional Women's Club
Alice C. Shaver
Stanton & Stanton
New Pastor at St Benedicts in Atchison
Father Callistus Kramer has resigned as pastor of St Benedict's after seven years due to ill health. Temporary pastor Father Valerian Berger is appointed, with Father Raymond to assist and move to Kansas City. The changes take effect this week as the parish continues its programs and school projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callistus Kramer
St. Benedict’s Church
Atchison
Callistus
Valerian Berger
Father Callistus
Father Raymond
St. Benedict'’s Church
Kansas City
Kas
Father Valerian
St. Benedict's
St. Benedict’s
Damian Lavery
Mt. Calvary Cemetery Association
Second
Division Streets
South Atchison
St. Joseph's
Spring Garden
Eighth Streets
Valerian
Callisius
St. Benedict's College
Seneca
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Taxpayers Group
Stranger Creek
Julius Coppins
Clem Higley
Stuart McLenon
Conrad Anderson
Monrovia
Alice Grogan
Emil Marquardt
Cottonwood Falls
AL Smith
Mrs, Hand
Lola Higley
Near Arrington
Tommy Sullivan
St. Louis
Frank Brenner
Old Snort
J. B. Sullivan
Lock
North of
P. A. Brown
Bob Volk
Sugarlake
Mary A. Church
Jess Marshall
Arkansas City
Church
Marshall
Zielley Sawyer
Atchison Business
ST. Benedicts
R. A. Preston
John Schuele
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