Two Loaves and Kilowatts in Eight Rooms
In a Kansas City daily, Fred Kenner analyzes home utility rates drawn from Topeka filings. The piece contrasts bread and butter pricing with electric room rates, detailing Atchison and other cities schedules, room counts, and changes since 1928 and 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
State Corporation Commission
Topeka
Lawrence
Emporia
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas Power and Light Co
Atchison Echoes and Local Anecdotes Endlessly
A collage of small-town notes from Atchison recalling Emil Forbinger’s death at 69 with praise for his kindness and humor. It mentions corn carnival memories, debates on events, and local quips about parking laws,街 transport, and civic life, with fragmented lines about public figures and local lore.
Emil Forbriger Dies After Four Months Illness Atchison Man
Emil H. Forbriger 69 of Atchison died at his home 604 North Third Street after a four month illness. He was born May 5, 1864 in Atchison and was educated at Central school St Benedicts college and Bryant and Stratton in St Louis. He worked for Janssen Freighley then ran The Fair store and later joined Metropolitan Life Insurance. He married Mary Elizabeth Moosman January 27 1891. Survived by widow son Leon E. Forbriger and sister Mrs Matt Noll. Funeral at St Benedicts Saturday 9:30 am with rosary at 8:15 pm Friday at Harcuff Buis parlor. Burial Mt Calvary Cemetery.
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Atchison
Emil H. Forbriger
North Third Street
Mr. Forbiiger
Emil Forbiiger
Robert and
Helen Forbinger
Mobile
Ala
Old Central School
St. Benedict’s College
Bryant and Straton School
St. Louis
Jansen & Freighley
Harcuff & Buis
Forbinger
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
John A. Martin added to Kansas University hall of fame
The Atchison born Governor John A. Martin is honored for his career as a newspaper editor and two term governor. He transformed the Atchison Squatter Sovereign into an anti slavery paper and served as brigadier general in the Civil War before his political rise.
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Atchison
Kansas
John A. Martin
Kansas University
Martin
Atchison Champion
Sovereign
Col. Martin
University of Kansas
Hutchens Dies After Seven Week Sickness
David A. Hutchens 65, of 1239 North Fourth Street, died yesterday afternoon after a seven week illness. He was a florist at Groves Greenhouse on North Third Street for 15 years and was born in Evansville Indiana on June 27 1868. He married Julia Gerard in Cedartown Missouri October 2 1891 and lived in Missouri Colorado and Atchison before moving to town in 1918. Survived by wife three daughters and several grandchildren.
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David A. Hutchens
North Fourth Street
Groves Greenhouse
North Third Street
Mr. Hutchens
Evansville
Ind
Missouri
Julia Gerard
Cedartown
Patricia Ann
Slava
Atrhienn
Rural school graduates to be honored across Atchison county
Commencement for 132 rural graduates scheduled for May 22 at Effingham with Paul Lawson KU dean delivering the main address. Activities include invocation by Rev J J Wilson, county orchestra performance, and diploma presentations by Mrs Gladys Winter.
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Atchison County
Effingham
Paul Lawson
Kansas University
Lawrence
Atchison County Community High School
Gladys Miller Winter
Winter
Muscotah
George Ward
Huron
Atchison Chief Declares War on Double Parking
Atchison police chief W C Linville vows action against traffic violators especially double parking. He reports blocks on Commercial Street with four to five cars double parked per block and warns motorists to stop fully at signs or risk immediate court. He also targets cars with defective lights and drivers ignoring stop signs.
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W. C. Linville
Linville
Atchison
Commercial
Fourth
Local youths join forestry service recruits from Atchison
Twenty one Atchison county youths were taken to Topeka for national forest conservation training. The group will likely be sent to Fort Leavenworth for two weeks of instruction and may later be deployed to the Ozarks or Colorado. They will earn 30 dollars a month for six months, sending 25 home for dependents. Unmarried ages 18 to 25, most have winter and spring work on public projects. Names include Albert Alford, Robert Allen, James Barker, and others from Atchison, Effingham, and Nortonville.
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Atchison County
Topeka
Ethel Bales
Atchison
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Fort Riley
Ozarks
Colorado
Albert Leroy Alford
Robert D. Allen
James Barker
Russell Lee Brown
Paul John Burkhart
Lyle Doiel
John R. Franzel
Gerald Thomas Fitzmaurice
Albert Francis Handley
Clay Henry Jenkins
Darrell Lee Langston
Claude Ledom
George R. A. McGee
John James Martin
Frank William Roush
Ernest William Shue
Stanton J. Tilton
Frank J. Underwood
Oral Willie
Leonce Bescancon
Effingham
James Hammond
Nortonville
Funeral services set for tomorrow at Harcuff chapel
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 oclock tomorrow afternoon at the Harcuff Buis chapel with Rev. W R McCormack pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery with six nephews serving as pallbearers Louis Gerard Glenn Gerard Roy Tomlinson James Crouch Kenneth Farrar and Edwin Askren named.
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Harcuff & Buis
W. R. McCormack
Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Louis
Glenn Gerard
Roy Tomlinson
James Crouch
Kenneth Farrar
Edwin Askren
Revaluation of Public Utility Rates Questioned
Kenner reports from Topeka on whether a revaluation of public utility properties is needed for rate making. The Atchison telephone rate base dates to a 1924 Kansas Supreme Court decision setting a 6.2 percent return and 390 980 rate-making value.
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Kenner
State Corporation Commission
Topeka
Atchison
Kansas Supreme Court
George T. McDermott
United States Circuit Court
Kansas
Arkansas City
el Dorado
Lyons
Hutchinson
Winfield
Supreme Court
State House
Nels A. Anderson
The
Corporation Commission
Colored M. E. Bishop to Visit Here Sunday
Bishop John A. Gregg, head of the Fifth Episcopal district covering Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Colorado, will visit Campbell Chapel A M E Church next Sunday May 21. The Kansan native and Kansas University graduate will preach at 11 am and give a 3 pm address. Rev J N Goddard invites the public to attend.
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Campbell Chapel
John A. Gregg
J. N. Goddard
Koene ke injured in highway crash near Atchison
State bank commissioner H W Koene ke and two companions were seriously or lightly hurt when their LaSalle failed to negotiate a curve on highway No 4 southwest of Atchison. Charles W Johnson and C F Gilpin sustained injuries and received medical aid at the Atchison hospital.
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H. W. Koeneke
Atchison
Atchison Savings State Bank
Topeka
Vickery Corner
Gilpin
Koeneke
LaSalle
Johnson
E. D. Rathert
Nortonville
Denton Man Killed in Highway 16 Truck Crash
George A. Cox Jr., 52, of Denton, was killed when his truck skidded on wet gravel and overturned on Highway No. 16 near Troy. Passenger Irvin Chaney, 22, of Denton, escaped with minor bruises. Cox was returning from St. Joe with a tractor on the load. The crash occurred in front of the A B Zimmer man farm, about a half mile west of Troy.
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Highway No. 16
Troy
George A. Cox Jr
Denton
Irvin Chaney
Cox
St. Joe
A. B. Zimmerman
Troy Cemetery
MRS. HENDRINA GERITZ DIES NEAR ATCHISON
Mrs. Hendrina Pauwells Geritz 84 died at home of her daughter seven miles southwest of Atchison after a two week illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs Urban and Mrs Hagan and son Theodore with 21 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral at Sacred Heart church with rosary and burial Mt Calvary.
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Hendrina Pauwells Geritz
John Urban
Atchison
Henry Geritz
Harcuff & Buis
North Second Street
Sacred Heart Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
United States
Geritz
Robert Hagan
Forest Park
Theodore Geritz
Altar Society of Sacred Heart Parish
The Globe recalls stock company era and famed troupes
The Globe highlights the 1-2-3 stock companies, with Eunice Goodrich, Spooner Comedy Co. and Kerhoff Locke Co. Dominant figures include Eunice Goodrich noted for charm and wardrobe, the Spooner family act led by B. S. Spooner and Mollie Spooner, Edna May, Cecil and Malcolm Williams, and Kerhoff and Locke led by Will Locke.
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the Globe
Eunice Goodrich
Spooner Comedy Co
Kerhoff- Locke .Co
Spooner Comedy Company
B. S. Spooner
Mollie Spooner
Edna May
Locke
Mound City
Kansas
Will Locke
Ny Locke
Keérhoff
Citizens Council appoints captains for 23 districts
Renovizing campaign leader Robert Snowden announces eight new committee members and designates district captains to canvass residents between 6 and 8 pm. Captains cover areas from Price boulevard to south city limits, with divisions including Main to Parallel and Utah to Q street.
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Atchison
Robert Snowden
Snowden
F. J. Dagenais
Robert Dyson
W. H. Marshall
W. B. Hayes
W. A. Crull
Fred Witt
Tom Barry
John O'Neil
Charles Higdon
H. C. Vanstrum
Harry Hearn
A. W. Leng
C. O
Clarence
Happy) Hansen
Price Boulevard
W. H. Transue
Branchton
Sam Estes
Parker
Ernest Hazel Jr
George Berry
Forest Hills
Albert Havercamp
West Atchison
Harry Turner
Main
O. E. Blacketer
River
Utah
Walter Schabeck
Fred Friedhoff
Oak
George Masters
Maple
Walter Simpson
Ed Leath
Thirteenth
Mt. St. Scholastica’s
W. E. Wheeler
Hugh Todd
U Street
Mt. St. Scholastica
Awards at Atchison High honor many students across activities
More than 50 awards were given at a general assembly at Atchison High School. Principal C O Wright presided with Sheffield Ingalls representing the school board. Recipients included Bill Randall and Bill Collins for tennis, Merle Gildhaus and many others for instrumental and vocal music, plus basketball, debate, track and girls A honors.
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Atchison High School
C. O. Wright
Sheffield Ingalls
Atchison School Board
Bill Randall
Bill Collins
Victor Lawrence
Francis Bird
Ronald Howe
Merle Gildehaus
James DeMond
Elizabeth Huey
Janaine Fink
Doris van Welden
Lucille Hink
Margaret Schmeling
Tom Mahoney
Louis Nestler
Eloise Townsend
Billy Eymann
Ruby Traubel
Junior Harch
Evelyn Baker
Billy Worrel
Mary Lorene Baker
James Coleman
Marietta Ramsey
LaVerne Schuessler
Ray Smith
Bill Rentschler
Dorothy Lau
Vera Higley
Dorothy Tracy
Orpha Jane Harrison
Kathleen Hamner
Frances Mangelsdorf
Tommy van Dyke
Dick Nash
Benny Weir
Bob Rudolph
Bob Cooper
Ruth Marlin
Maryon Brooks
James Brockett
Kenneth Cooper
John Oakson
Frank Holbert
Tom van Dyke
Carl van Welden
Myron Pinchem
Jack Bergin
LeRoy Deevers
Junior Allison
Edwin Roberts
Arthur Zschoche
Wesley Taylor
Floyd Goldt
Jesse Cushenberry
Bennie Weir
Miller Moore
Ruth Aldrich
Maryan Brooks
Doris Brown
Helen Hubbard
Alveda Kautz
Mary Margaret Procter
Margaret Rulf
Ruby Shell
Complex electric rate details puzzle readers
Globe Reporter argues rate schedules confuse the public with jargon like kilowatt hours per room per month and use of demand. The piece cites Kansas City Wyandotte Johnson counties rates and Atchison’s two class 115 2300 volt plan, noting peak periods and convoluted charges.
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Corporation Commission
Kansas City Company
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
Missouri
Volta
James Watt
George Ahlborn
Atchison
Kansas Power and Light Co
Lightning bolt kills man near Wetmore during storm
Clarence Bindle was struck by lightning while helping his father plant corn north of Wetmore and died instantly on Wednesday morning. He was the son of Pidelity and resided with his parents.
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Clarence Bindle
Wetmore
Pidelity
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Emil Schreiber
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Frank Dagenais
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Emil Forbriger
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Hendrina Geritz
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Edward Hillen
Kansas Power & Light Co
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