County roads study eyed as new law shifts control
Atchison county plans to study township roads for possible transfer under the new Kansas road law taking effect May 1. The county board may draft a schedule to take over mileage up to the limit, emphasizing connections to hard surfaced roads and links between towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Atchison County
Board of County Commissioners
State Highway Commission
County Board
Thesday
Ackers Promoted to Assistant General Manager Post
Dean Ackers longtime superintendent of Kansas Public Service Co Atchison has been named assistant general manager of Kansas Power & Light Co with base in Topeka He succeeds Cy Leland and will oversee construction of the Tecumseh power plant second unit Ackers praised by Atchison friends for his capability. Leland moves to Topeka as AGM of the Kansas Power & Light Co Iowa division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Ackers
Kansas Public Service Co
Atchison
Kansas Power & Light Co
Topeka
Cy Leland
Iowa
Ackers
Leland
Ralph Love
Hiawatha
Kansas
Tecumseh
Mr. Ackers
Noted writers of nation to entertain E. W. Howe
A New York dispatch reports Edgar Watson Howe of Atchison Kansas will be guest at a Hotel Biltmore dinner to honor Trowe's sixty years in journalism. About 140 writers and editors attend with Irvin S. Cobb as toastmaster. committee includes Ray Long Bernard Baruch and Grantland Rice among others. Missouri Pacific shop news and local Atchison items follow with park opening plans, football and mill tank work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Today
Edgar Watson Howe
Atchison, Kas
America
Hotel Biltmore
Trowe
Irvin S. Cobb
Ray Long
Bruce Barton
Bernard M. Barteh
Mr. Cobb
Robert H. Davis
John Golden
Percy Hammond
Roy W. Howard
Rupert Hughes
WiLliam Johnson
Ring Lardner
William Do. Lengel
Burns Mantle
James J. Montague
Grantland Rice
Herbert Bayard Swope
John Wheeler
Irvin Cobb
International Magazine Co
Cosmopolitan
Good Housekeeping
Harper's Bazaar
Little Town Bridge Club
Greenwich
Conn
Lucy Virginia
New York World
Bernard M. Baruch
New York Stock Exchange
United States
New York Herald
Howard
Scripps-Howard
Scripps-McRae
William Johnston
William C. Lengel
Burns Mantel
Bell Syndicate
Mr. Howe
Atchison
Harry Smith
Roland K. Smith
United States Shipping Board
Gene Howe
Dwight Farnham
Ray Holland
New York
Mr. Holland
Field and Stream
National Sportsmen’s Journal
Missouri Pacific
Dale and
Forrey
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Falls City
BE. H. Clark
Ed Lindstrom
Muscotah
Fred Taylor
Fred Walz
Pruett and
Heatherly
Helen Reinhard
J. A. Gray
Gray
S. L. Landis
Ernest Childs
Pillsbury
Ed O'Neill
Herb Jones
Troy Wings Doniphan High School Scholarship Test
The second annual scholarship contest in Doniphan County saw Troy finish first with 27 points among eight of eleven high schools. White Cloud's Marian Pennington led individuals with 113 of 120 in geometry while Douglas Burbridge of Troy had 116 of 131 in American history and M. Wagsner of Leona scored 110 of 120 in geometry.
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Doniphan
Héth
Troy
Denton
White Cloud
Bendena
Leona
Wathena
Elwood
Severance
Marian Pennington
Douglas Burbridge
M. Wagsner
Atchison Gets New Business Hatchery Plan
F F Crawford of Horton announced through the Atchison Chamber of Commerce that a Crawford Hatcheries plant will be established in Atchison next fall. Initial incubator capacity will be 50 000 eggs, with plans to expand as needed. He seeks a 4000 square foot ground floor building and hopes to buy eggs locally. The Horton hatchery has been operating five years and was cited as successful. Shipping facilities and daily freight service in Atchison influenced the location choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Crawford
Horton
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Atchison
Mr. Crawford
Crawford
Mrs. Caroline Peak Dies at 85 in Atchison County
Mrs. Caroline O. Peak, 85, longtime Atchison county resident, died at 6:30 AM at her daughter Mrs. J W Walker's home in Parallel. Widow of Civil War veteran Charles C. Peak, she had been ill since a paralytic stroke in May 1920 and bedfast after a hip fracture that June. Born April 27 1842 in Marion County Ohio, she married June 30 1861 and moved to Atchison county in 1865. Surviving children include Margaret Olden Seattle B W Peak Mrs J W Walker C M Peak J W Peak Mary Peak and D W Peak. Also 20 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Former early teacher in Atchison. Funeral Sunday 2:30 PM at St Mark's Lutheran, Rev William E Wheeler officiating. Burial Mt Vernon cemetery.
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Carolyn Peak
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Mt. Vernon
William E. Wheeler
P. A. Brown
Rolla H H. Brown
Carlo Fischer
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Atchison
Fischer
St. Joe
Missouri
Ben Boeh
Caroline O. Peak
Atchison County
J. W. Walker
Parallel Street
Peak
Walker
Mis. Peak
Margaret Olden
Seattle
Wash
B. W. Peak
C. M. Peak
J. W. Peak
Mary Peak
D. W. Peak
Cummings
South Fourth Street
Locomotive Finished Material Co
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
William E Wheeler
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
St Nicholas School Closes After Successful Term
St Nicholas School closed a successful term with a big basket dinner, program, and ball game on Friday April 29 attended by over 100. Certificates were awarded by teacher Grace Sanders to students with perfect spelling lessons.
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St. Nicholas
Grace Sanders
Babe Tull
Walter
May
Helen McCarter
Julius Lange
John Bowser
Claira Amend
Mildred Alta
Alene White
Benjamin
Verda Hanshaw
Morgan
Nlazel Parrott
Evelyn Barnett
Grace McCarter
Morgan Parrott
Clara Amend
Balle Tull
Julius Langé
Harlan Keirns
May McCarter
Valley Falls Judge Injured by Milk Truck
From Sundays Dally Valley Falls May 1 Judge J. Burker was struck by the Schindier milk truck driven by Lloyd Hatfield Friday evening about eight o clock. He suffered severe cuts and bruises to the head face and knees. Two fingers of the right hand were dislocated at the knuckles and he will be confined to bed for some time. One leg was placed in a cast due to torn knee cap muscles.
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Dally Valley Falls
J. ©. Burker
Schindier
Lloyd Hatfield
Atchison Proprieter E A Dunnick Dies After Illness
E A Dunnick Atchison restaurant proprietor dies at home from heart trouble and dropsy after over two years of failing health. He lived at 500 South Fourth Street and spent time at St. Margaret's hospital in Kansas City. Survived by widow four children and several siblings. services planned in Atchison and Hanover.
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Josh Billings
W. JD. Cruce
T. V. Byrne
Dorado Springs
Isaac Taylor
HW. M. Ernst
Royal Theater
Hollywood
California
George Hedges
Deer Creek
Leavenworth
Frank Miler
St. Margaret's Hospital
Kansas City
Tie
Lana Miller
North Fourth Street
KE. A. Dunnick
Atchison
500
South Fourth Street
Mr. Dunnuck
South Third Street
Washington
Kas
Eunice Townsend
Atchison Street
Leroy Dunnuck
Amarillo
Texas
George
Blanche Dunnuck
Lou Kemper
John Hyde
Flagler
Colo
Lou Dunnock
Stanton Funeral Home
St. Benedict's Church
Hanover
Kansas
Hanover Catholic Church
Hanover Cemetery
Cigaret Licenses Soon Available In Atchison County
Licenses for handling cigarets under Kansas law will be issued in Atchison County with a $50 city fee and $25 county fee plus revenue stamps, available by mid next week. Only 29 local dealers have signified intent to obtain the state license, with many more expected. Enforcement will be strict to protect compliant merchants, and licenses may be available by May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Compton
Atchison Monument Works
Third
Ninth
Joe Seibel
District Court
American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps
Bellevue Country Club
W. L. Adamson
Western Union
St. Joe
Sixth Street
Kansas Avenue
Michael Woods
Atchison Street
Stanton’'s
Mt. Vernon
Commercial Street
Atchison
Kent Kinniburgh
Pratt, Kas
Pratt Chamber of Commerce
Kinniburghs
Lawrence
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Freon
Kansas
Atchison County
Dick Gilan
Gilman
Tha County
General Revenue Fund
County General Revenue Fund
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Nick Punducci
George Irving
M. Weatherford
John Kaff
Baltimore Club
New Life Cafe
See
Jay Sloan
Ellis’ Club
J. J. Rhodes
Cummings
D. S&s. Roger
Monrovia
Little & Son
Muscotah
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Allen K. Heaton
Little Rock
Ark
Young Heaton
James Heaton
O. O. Hastings
G. E. Cooley
Winterset
Rotary Club
Masonic Temple
Charley Trapp
Sherman
Atlanta
Andy Schonecker
Rotary Committee
Schonecker
Rotary
Wirt Trethtrington
Ray Willette
Walter Evans
Concordia
Walter Angus Ir
State Orphans’ Home
C. K. Reddick
Michael
Reddick
Will Irwin
Ann Meffley
J. R. Sanderson
Joe Reese
Galena
J. J. Michael
Aix
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Joe Schmitz
Bill Praas
The
Royal
Legionnaires
Edwin Schreiber
Research Hospital
Emil Schre
Kansas Power & Light Company
Phoebe Trout
Marysville
Leo Cleary
Knights of Columbus
Myron Berkson
Missouri Methodist Hospital
Rock Island
John Wynkoop
Doniphan County
Father Cyril
Sacred Heart Church
St. Margaret’s Hospital
George Becher
Blair Elevator
Ethel Mylar
Cynthia Woodard
Robert L. Warren
John A. Scheff
Scheff
Jack Flynn
Scheif
Nation
E. W. Howe
Troy Wings
Doniphan High
Caroline Peak
Martin King
Corning
Atchison Hospital
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
H. W. Merwick
BR. A. Preston
W. L. Thorp
Lifers Candy Co
Sifers Candy Co
Hiawatha World
Main Street
Valley Falls
E. A. Dunnick
Charlie Dove
Dempsey
Tunney
W. TI
Randolph
Parent-Teacher Association
Atchison Junior High School
T. B. Postwood
Glenn Squires
Atchison P. T. A. Council
C. O. Wright
J. D. Richardson
Clarence Richardson
Florence Taylor
Chicago
Horner and
Melvin
No. 20
Gladys Barnes
Geraldine Richardson
Franks
Willie Barnes
J. Meeks
Langston
O&la
Alice Wilson
Austin Gotham
Hutchinson
George Harouff
Wirral
Cigaret
Atchisonm
County
John Ingalls
Tom Mahoney
Ed Scarlet
Henry Hagen
Jackson Park
Red Cross
Stein
Beanlake
Atchison Bank Clearings
Clearing House
Gilbert Francis Wolters
Theodore Wolters
Sout Second Street
St. Benedict’s College
Gilbert Francis
U.S. Tiraot
Itas Atchison
D. W. Ayers
Laura Tarrant
Central School
Ayer
Genweera Grant
Tralin
Lower Commercial Street
Berg Sowers
Seventh Street
Divek
Fine
Sowers
City Hall
Uerm
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