Kansas Public Service announces major city wiring overhaul
Col Ralph Love of the Atchison division announces a new improvement program costing 12 000 to 15 000 dollars to relocate overhead wires from Third through Seventh streets to east and west alleys, with work by an Atchison crew of 10 to 12 men. Bert Wells credits, and no service interruptions are expected. The project aims to reduce street tree damage and extend to all city areas over three to five months.
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Kansas Public Service Co
Atchison
Col
Ralph Love
Col. Love
Bert Wells
Nght Company
Eighth Street
Hnemen
Ol. Love
Wells
Commercial
Keep People Smiling Club
Kansas Public Service Company
Dilgert
R. H. Love
The
Love
Miss Shumard
Topeka
No. 2 Company
No. 2
J. H. Litt
Lancaster
Bakersfield
Cal
Mr. Lippincott
Grant Litt
Pawnee Rock
Kas
Charley Symns
Symns
Kenneth Ball
Atchison Street
Local Gleanings Highlight Community Notes And Anecdotes
A rundown of Atchison happenings includes Mrs. Eliza Ingles improving after illness, Frank Wilcox modeling at Bud & Proc’s shop, and Jack Brophy joining Letts-Melick of Manhattan. The Snowden-Mize Drug firm issues a fifteenth anniversary booklet with staff photos. State Rep Fenton joins farm bloc. gardeners skip potato planting on St Patrick's Day. Viola Smart and Moses Washington wed at 400 M Street. County education chief Ada Smith notes strong county board convention turnout. Ray Willette to testify in Kansas City before the Interstate Commerce Commission on grain rate suspensions. Atchison Chamber protests Santa Fe cancellation harming Missouri River shippers. A story on business ethics ends with a cautionary tale about honesty and shared profits.
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Eliza Ingles
Atchison Street
Frank Wilcox
Bud & Proc
Jack Brophy
Atchison
Naye-McCord Wholesale
St. Joe
Letts-Melick Company
Manhattan
Snowden-Mize Drug Company
Viola Smart
Moses Washington
David Smart
M Street
G. D. Saunders
Ada Smith
Ray Willette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Missouri Oiver Milling Centers
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Sioux City
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
A. B. Langan
Philadelphia
Rotary
Roy Linley
Sawin & Douglass
Alfred Jacobs
R. P. D. Motor Company
Cadillac
Urban H. Poindexter
Northwestern Mutual LifeInsurance Co
Milwaukee
Mas
Earl Hellener
Abbie Vader
South Highth Street
F. E. Noggle
L. Q. Adamson
Arlington
St. Benedict's College
Lions Club
Byram Hotel
Ann Diegel
Clarence Blanke
Earl Robbins
Amy Cahill
Iaa Claire
Jim
Dick Gilman
Kansas Department
American Legion
Atchison Legion Post
Capitol Post
Topeka
Stae
Post
Noble Prentis
The
Champion
Prentis
Lawson Gilbert
Denver
Charles Kennedy
Louie Jochems
Uncle Sam
Jochems
Isaac Walton
Rosie
Fort Scott
Pearl
Pearl Kimball
Missouri Pacific
Joe Lorenz
Marshall
Bunny Meyer
Sinclair Lewis
Meyer
Billy
Ora Hatfield
Branchton
Milton Kreitzer
Morrill
Sabetha
St. Patrick's Day
Deer Creek
J. ¥. Shear
M. E. Beven
Muscotah
Globe
Maurice P. O’ Keefe
Lions’ Club
William Koenig
Nortonville
Atchison Hospital
Burlington
Omaha
Lincoln
Dubinsky
Orpheum
Shrek
Roy Modeer
Symas Grocer Company
George Edwards
Elks
Bonnie Goetschl
North Third Street
A. B. DeDual
Buchanan County
A. B. Duncan
Central Branch
Logan
Lenora Branch
Allaman
Job
Serge
St. Patrick
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Sr. Patrick
Miss Irene Taylor narrowly escapes gas incident
Miss Irene Taylor a kindergarten teacher and daughter of John Taylor nearly died yesterday when gas flooded her apartment at 304 Laramie street. She awoke dizzy after sleeping on a couch while meat boiled, opened windows, and waited for her father to return at six.
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Irene Taylor
John Taylor
Taylor
Laramie Street
Miss Taylor
Steinite Laboratories touts Atchison as radio building center
Fred Stein of Steinite Laboratories tells the Rotary Club Atchison could host several radio manufacturers, noting steady year round production, rising shipments near $60,000 in two days, and plans for a 100 foot tower and Bellevue County labs to refine radio tech. He asserts Atchison labor costs are lower than in big cities and that the firm aims for a twelve month production year.
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Rom Thoreday
Steinite Laboratories
Atchison
Bsteinite Laboratories
Rotary Club
Fred Stein
Stein
Globe
East
Country Club
Suspects Captured in Falk Burglary Case in K G
Two men Claude Schroeder and Vernor Gregory were arrested in Kansas City for the Charles Falk home burglary at 1026 North Third. They allegedly abandoned a stolen car near Maryville with $150 worth of silverware and jewelry inside. Harry Hamilton, Gregory’s alleged brother-in-law, led officers to the capture. Hamilton was arrested in the car and returned to Atchison.
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Charles Falk
North Third
Kansas City
Will Coleman
Coleman
W. ©. Linville
Claude Schroeder
Vernor Gregory
Maryville
Falkome
Harry Hamilton
Gregory
Hamilton
Atchison
Topeka
Roy Ostertag
Bridge
St. Patrick’s
Paron
P. K. Symmns
P. K. Symns
Atchison Farmer
Mount St. Scholastica’s
St. Patrick
America
Princeton
North Third Street
Asser
Department of Justice
Death claims Bert Shockey at Atchison hospital
Bert Shockey died this morning at Atchison hospital from pneumonia. He was about 60 to 65, survived by a widow and five children Frances Gladys Gertrude Martha and Louis, plus a sister Emma Purdy of Missouri. A longtime city market figure, he sold paper flowers and trinkets and ran doll racks at fairs. The body rests at Harcuff funeral home with services expected Thursday afternoon.
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Bert Shockey
Atchison Hospital
Frances
Gladys
Gertrude
Martha
Louis
Emma Purdy
Missouri
Atchison
Bert
Frank Heinz
Topeka
Heinz
Harcuff
Barn Fire Near Muscotah Destroys Farm Structures
A fire near Muscotah destroyed a large barn two chicken houses and a scratch pen on the Theodore Tostrud farm. Loss estimated in the thousands with hay burned. Origin under investigation as Mr. and Mrs. Tostrud were away. Insurance partially covers the damage.
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Theodore Tostrud
Muscotah
Orchard Drive Under Way in Atchison County
Atchison County launches a five year horticultural program coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce with the county farm bureau and other agencies. A special committee will visit Manhattan to consult experts on financing and practical steps, focusing on apples grapes potatoes and other crops on land suited to loessial soil.
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Atchison County
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Atchison County Farm Bureau
Agricultural Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Manhattan
Atchison and Vicinity
Tom Byrne
Harry Turner
Francis Kinkead
Ray Willette
Missouri River Hills
State Agricultural College
Apple Case Opened With State Commission For Rates
A petition signed by 47 growers and two jobbers was filed with the Kansas Public Service Commission by Ray Willette to challenge intrastate apple rates deemed unjust. The action targets higher Kansas rates compared with Missouri Nebraska and other states and seeks hearings in late May or early June before the 1927 apple crop. Pears are included in the litigation.
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Kansas
Kansas Public Service Commission
Ray Willette
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Atchison
Doniphan
Willette
No contest in city commission and school board races
With about seven hours left to file nominations for spring elections the routes show no contests for city commissioners or school board seats. Nominees listed include Mayor Albert Lehman Fred Mangelsdorf and A E Mize for the commission and Albert Armstrong Sheffield Ingalls Edgar Mattocks for the school board. Primaries March 28 and election April 5.
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Albert TH. Lehman
Fred W. Mangelsdorf
Albert N. Armstrong
Sheffield Ingalls
Edgar E. Mattocks
F. F. Hatch
E. T. Shelly
B. Brockett
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