Credit Where Credit Is Due In Southwest Flour Output
A Kansas City Times report misstated last week’s flour production favoring the Northwest. Atchison's output was omitted, then shown as 58,005 barrels. corrected Northwestern Miller figures list Atchison at 58,? barrels, totaling 550,055 with Southwest leading. Atchison workers run mills at 102 percent capacity, higher than Kansas City, Wichita, St. Joseph, and others.
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Atchison
Kansas City Times
Southwest
Northwestern
The
Times
Northwestern Miller
Trade Journal
Minneapolis
Duluth
the Times
Globe
Blair Haeckhey
Blair Mill
Ateh Ken
Northwest
Wansas
Ray
Atu Aoin
Reedeee
Boots Ormaha
Pry
AGN
Fealsies
Kansas City
Wichita Oo. c
St. Joseph
Officers Take Big Moonshine Still Near Rushville Raid
A major raid by Atchison and Doniphan county officers and a federal agent uncovered a concrete pit still about 100 gallons near Rushville on the Kansas side. The still was warm, indicating operation the previous night, with fourteen barrels of mash seized. operators fled.
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Pritay
Atchison
Doniphan
Federal
Prohibition Department
Missouri River
Rushville
Kansas
Andrew Larsen
Atchison County
Laurson
Doniphan County
Omaha Division Track Improvements Authorized
Authority to spend eighty four thousand two hundred dollars on Omaha division track work has been given by President L W Baldwin of the Missouri Pacific. The project includes track raising rock ballast and installation of culverts to prevent flood interference, with details at Reserve Nears man Pom remodeling Cochrane and La Platte. Additional track improvements are authorized on Southern and Central divisions as part of the firm’s facility upgrades.
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Daly
Omaha
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific
Reserve
Nearsman
Pomeroy
Cochrane
la Platte
Curtis for President Club Organizing Gains Local GOP Support
Local Republican leaders plan to form a Curtis For President Club as a Sunday daily notes the effort. The initial Atchison county unit could evolve into a First Congressional district rally with Senator Arthur Capper possibly invited to back Curtis candidacy.
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Atchison County
Arthur Capper
Senator Capper
Curtis
Valley Falls Gets Next Club Meeting
Valley Falls will host the first district convention of the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs next year, decided in Topeka. Mrs. Fred Thompson of Tonganoxie was elected president and Mrs. W. D. Beven of White Cloud vice president. The group endorsed child labor law, education department, literacy, flood control, citizenship rights for American Indians, and other reforms. The 26th annual meeting featured Senator Arthur Capper and Rev. Talmage Fry. A Kansas Wheat Song was praised, with plans to present it at Kansas Day. A tarantula sting incident occurred in a banana crate injuring Glen Highfill. Harold Bradley moved his real estate office to the Midland theater in Kansas City.
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Valley Falls
Kansas Federation of Woman's Clubs
Topeka
Fred Thompson
Tonganoxie
W. D. Beven
White Cloud
Department of Education
Court of International Justice
Legislative Council
Safety Council
First District
Arthur Capper
Talmage Db. Fry
Methodist Church
Atchison
Kansas Day Club
Hull
Orlepp
L. W. Bixler
American Citizenship Committee
Thomas Mahoney
George Reiphard
Resolutions Committee
Margaret Hill McCarter
Kansas
Woman’s Club of
Federation
Tropics
Glen Highfill
Voigt Fruit Co
Mr. Highfill
Slightfil
Harold Bradley
New Midland Theater
Kansas City
Larkin Thomas
Death of John Putman Ends Atchison Grocer's 40-Year Run
John A. Putman, 61, longtime Atchison grocer born in St Catherine's Ontario Canada in 1866, died shortly before 2 pm after a brief decline from a heart attack five weeks earlier. He entered Atchison business life with John Perkins then ran his own shop, married Josephine Hartman in 1902, and leaves a widow and sister Miss Carrie E. Putman of Chicago. Funeral at 8 pm tomorrow from the residence, burial at Mt Vernon Cemetery.
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John A. Putman
Atchison
Mr. Putman
John Perkins
Emma Mange
John Putman
St. Katherines
Ontario
Canada
Kansas
Josephine Hartman
Fred Hartman
Cynthia Hartman
Santa Fe Street
Carrie E. Putman
Chicago
North Third Street
Mt. Vernon
Commercial Street
Globe
Johnn Putman
Missing Atchison Boy Earl Barrett Named Earl Barrett Jr
Earl Duncan Barrett known as Earl Barrett Jr remains missing since leaving home October 7. The 14 year old is 5 feet 8 inches, 125 pounds, last seen wearing a blue and red plaid lumber jacket and gray trousers, bareheaded. Grandfather James Duncan appeals for his safe return, promising things will be pleasant.
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Earl Duncan Barrett
Earl Barrett, Jr
James Duncan
Papa” Duncan
Would Repay Worthy Woman for Thievery
From Wednesday's Daily Mrs Mabel Letcher a worthy colored woman living at Third and M streets tended her garden all summer and raised 200 heads of cabbage for winter. A thief stole the crop prompting a fund drive to reimburse her with contributions sought at The Globe office or Leahy's store. John Leahy has already donated $1.
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Mabel Letcher
Third
M Streets
Globe
Leahy
Denton Man G B Archer Dies After Long Illness
George B Archer of Denton dies at 68 after years of paralysis and a final pneumonia death. He married 40 years to Carrie Morgan and is survived by two sisters. Funeral set for Monday at Denton Methodist Church with burial in Denton Cemetery. Other items note local hospital updates and Boy Scout meeting at the Methodist church with plans for a trip to Hiawatha.
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George B. Archer
Denton
George Archer
William and
Rebecca Archer
Carrie Morgan
James Chaney
Archer
St. Joe
Hattie Jones
Clay Center
Bus
Stella Rumley
Omaha
Nebr
Methodist
Death Claims T C Plummer Veteran Farmer of Grasshopper
Thomas C Plummer a longtime Grasshopper township resident died at his Fairview area home near Muscotah after years of illness kidney trouble and complications He was 70 born December 6 1857 the first white child born in Grasshopper He owned several farms and leaves his widow five sons a stepdaughter and siblings Funeral arrangements await word from relatives with burial planned in Brush Creek neighborhood
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Thomas
Plummer
Fairview
Muscotah
Misummer
Mr. Plummer
Grasshopper Township
Grasshopper
Thomas O. Plummer
Brush Creek
Leven
Matilda Plummer
Mary Ratley
James Oliver Plummer
Maury K. Clark
Thomas McKinley
Tie
Bessie Floyd
Theodore
Calvin
Commodore
Charles Ball
St. Joseph
Frank
Udall
Kas
Fay
Okla
Hariet Ratley
Mulvane
Joe Baker
Fay, Okla
Bush Creek
Troy Athletes Lead in Glassroom Work
In six weeks at Troy High School two star football players topped advanced classes. Wilson Burbridge led seniors with 9414 average, Raymond Nelson juniors at 9544. Lucille Morris sophomores 8244. Margaret Ludwig freshmen 9. Other top averages include Leroy Hayes 924.
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Daiy
Troy High School
Wilson Burbridge
Raymond Nelson
Lucille Morris
Margaret Ludwig
Leroy Hayes
Mrs Kate Wall 82 dies longtime Atchison resident
Mrs Kate Bryant Wall 82 widow of James Wall died shortly after 6 pm at her daughter Mrs J I Hall 5814 Green Street. A Atchison resident 44 years she never fully recovered from injuries after a fall in April and death blamed on shock and age complications. Born July 10 1845 in Buckinghamshire England she came to America as a child. Survived by daughter Mrs J I Hall son J W Wall East St Louis and two grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 2:30 pm at the Hall residence with Rev Talmage Fry officiating burial in Mt Vernon cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Kate Bryant Wall
James Wall
J. I. Hall
Green Street
Atchison
John Seaton
James Robert Wall
East St. Louis
S14
Lawin & Douglass
Talmage LD. Fry
Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon
Denison Woman Publishes Book from Atchison County Roots
Denison author Idella Alderman Anderson, wife of Harry Anderson, shares sketches from her Kansas childhood in a book titled When You and I Were Young printed by Holton Recorder. The collection recalls a farm life in Atchison County, the old mill on the Delaware, Fourth of July, scrapbooks, and other nostalgic subjects appealing to both older readers and younger generations. In other notes, insane asylum proceedings involve R. M. Adams of Everest after a fiasco claiming bandits robbed his home. he will be transferred to Topeka state hospital once available. Paul Martin, Battle Creek editor, visits family in Atchison before traveling to Strong City. Two county teachers’ certificate exams see only two candidates, Opal Wright and Cleo Stillings. Mary Porter of Pensacola reports her diphtheria child. relatives from Cleveland and Oklahoma City had planned travel but postponed. Also advertising Pittsburg automatic hot water heaters offered on free trial by Kansas Power & Light Co. Three men named Joe Clark exist in Atchison County with Jim Clark of Effingham naming his new son Joe.
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Spencer Pitts
Atchison
Ya'e
American Express Co
McCook
Neb
Anna Harrett
North Second Street
Summerville
Kansas City
Ronald Ramsay
Ramsay
Joplin
McAlester
Okmulgee
Jess Procter
Effingham
Bud Widick
Roy
O. E. Blacketer
Missouri Pacific
G. H. Hamilton
Oanaha Division
Commercial Street
Jude Johnson
Lacie
Idella A'derman Anderson
Atchison County
Holton Recorder
Harry Anderson
Denison
Kansas
Hiawatha
Nancy Ham
R. M. Adams
Everest
Adams
Adatos
Topeka
Paul Martin
John A. Martin
Strong City
Kas
Clayton Settle
George Mauck
Oklahoma City
Martin
Battle Creek
Mich
Enquirer News
Court House
Ada Smith
Opal Wright
Cleo Stillings
Atchison High School
Mary
Huston Porter
Pensacola
Florida
Porter
Mary Bridges
Cleveland
Carl Dingess
Dingess
Wycherly
Pittsburg
Kansas Power & Light Co
Joe Clarks
Jim Clark
Joe
Clyde Wells
Will Hamme
Phiippine Islands
W. R. Armstrong
Kuhridge
Mary Stone
Santa Fe Street
North Fourth Street
Harris Boarding House
Sheffield Ingalls
Miss Stone
Down States
South Side
Lim White
Ben Peak
Iit
Kingston
Tenn
Jess
Missouri
John Putman
Earl Oswald
Atchison Savings Bank
Ottawa
Claude Glamann
Phoenix
Aria
Big gift to St Benedict from Oak Mills widow
Mrs John Davitz leaves her entire estate of about 50 000 to St Benedicts college to fund a chapel as part of a 1 million dollar building program on the Missouri river near Atchison. Her husband, former Oak Mills postmaster and merchant, earlier left about 49 000 to the college, with 10 000 for scholarships. Executors named are Father Edmund Pusch and John A Hund. The two gifts total around 99 000, vastly enlarging the college’s bequests.
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Missouri
Atchison
John Davitz
Oak Mills
Mra Davitz
St. Benedict’s College
Davitz
Leavenworth
Edmund Pusch
St. Benedict’s
John A. Hund
Salt Creek Valley
Aaron
Leo Aaron
Edmund
College
Potato Hill community club reelects officers at Sumner school
Last year the community club in Potato Hill reorganized on Friday night at the Sumner schoolhouse with no officers. This year officers were elected to lend dignity: Clifford Eiche as president, Mrs. O C Hastings as vice president, and Mrs. Arthur Howe as secretary and treasurer. The next meeting, a month from last night, will feature a program by the Sumner schoolchildren.
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Potato Hill
Sumner School
Clifford Eiche
O. C. Hastings
Arthur Howe
Atchison News Snippets Mixed With Local Notices
Quick sketches from Atchison and nearby: hospital patient updates and local chatter. Ben Schlinger improves in Atchison hospital. Jame Pearman cites illness from overeating. Remodels on J E Olson’s Santa Fe home. Miss Mary Stone buys and plans renovations for 112 North Fourth Street. Odds and ends include farm notes, a Halloween joke, and community remarks on gas wells, pheasants, and local trips.
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Ben Schlinger
Atchison
Jame Pearman
W. FE. Groh
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City Paper
Frank Barkow
Atchison Hospital
Death
Roy Heatherly
Concordia
Atchison Mills
Tommy Keenan
Ileard
Sixth Street
St. W. Ramsay
St. Louis
W. F. Henry
Theodore Intfen
Sixth
Kansas Avenue
Fourth
Division Streets
Charles Eberle
Glen Elder
Emma VP. Brown
Carl Brown
Thornton Henley
Arizona
Abe Latz
Fifth Street
Falls City
Katherine Fitzgerald
Goff Boys
Round Prairie
Leavenworth Road
Kiwanis Club
Ed Hiller
Shubert
W. A. Jackson
District Court
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Wichita
Jackson
Tom Connors
Charley Styles
Greenleaf
Orient
M. G. Russell
Missouri Pacific Freight Office
Tilden
Ralph Fletcher
Mrs. Fletcher
Marian
Mildred
Denver
Ralph
G. B. Archer
Fred Sloman
Frank Hendrix
Wetmore
Wiliam Carver
Frankfort
Wesley Yaple
Otto Glamann
East Beleview Street
Claude
Adeline Mullins
J. W. Small
Main Street
Irene Botkin
U Street
Tom McMyne
Nick Anslinger
George W. Llendricks
Cleveland Sf. Norton
Lawrence
Norton
Masonic Temple
Clagy
W. E. Burton
Buri
Boy Scout
Herman Hoffman
New York
Soames
A. H. Langworth
T. C. Plummer
TROY
Wilie Hood
Frank Mangelsdorf
Fred Stein
Black Hills
Jessie Hunt
Telephone Exchange
Steinite Laboratories
Charley Ferguson
Mangelsdorf Seed Co
RE. W. Stowe
Howe
Salvation Army
Richard F. Stretton
Atchison Corps
Salvation Army Hall
Major Stretton
Mable Bowman
Carey
State Penitentiary
Lansing
John Whitaker
Atchison 4Stobe
E. W. Howe
Kate Wall
Denison Woman
ST. Benedict
John Davitt
Potato Hill Club
J. E. Olson
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