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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1927
Page
9
A brisk city roundup includes a quip about snow Monday evening from Frank Aldrich and general weather chatter. Grocers cheer the colder spell as residents eat more, with notes on home made coffee cake and local vendor remarks.
Community events list a Lutheran bazaar with supper 5:30 to 7:30 and a later bazaar opening at 7:30 plus free entertainment. Halloween masquerade party in church basement, Henry Myers’ birthday surprise, and tribute to Arthur Kemp visiting from Tulsa. Notes on local visits, club meetings, and a few injuries and hospitalizations.
A traditional advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for infants and children. It claims quick relief from fevers colic diarrhea and constipation and notes the product is sugar flavored and doctors recommend it. The ad emphasizes purity, original status, and a booklet on baby care with each bottle.
A reader notes a girlfriend who takes a cold bath every morning and the writer admits a shared skepticism. The remark, dated 1927, is credited to Republic Syndicate Inc. and reflects light social observation rather than news.
Local farmers begin corn shucking as frost hits Tuesday night signaling a busy period ahead. Bendena Lutheran women hosted a joint tank-offering with over fifty at a noon pot-luck. Myrtle Wilke’s ocean letter from Buenos Aires amused attendees. Mrs. S. G. Jones Jr. became life member on her 70th birthday. Three societies raised 101.42 dollars. Other notes mention Minnesota paints and oils, Rickless Bros threshing, Conser laundry work, and a Bendena Lutheran ladies bazaar planned for Nov. 10.
Mrs Anna Jones of Atchison district instructor of the Eastern Star visited the Muscotah chapter on Wednesday evening. Hosts for social hour were Mrs Lloyd Trial Mrs J Bushey Mrs William Rogge Mrs Luther Cortelyou Mrs William Comer and Mrs Charles Schlax. Richard Rivers and Ed Miller are working a nineteen inch vein of coal in the Larkin mine which they have leased and are producing good coal. Miss Faye Rogge celebrated her birthday with friends Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs George Ward will visit and attend a teachers meeting in Topeka. Leslie Bradley is baling straw and loading a car at Muscotah. The H A Yatel farm coal mine is operating this year producing very good coal. Muscotah school teachers are attending the teachers meeting in Topeka this week.
Mrs M F Curley reports relief after Adlerika for gas and bloating. The ad claims one spoonful cleans BOTIL upper and lower bowel and removes old waste matter. It urges readers to try Adlerika with leading druggists.
In Wetmore the vote to issue 30 000 bonds for a water works system was defeated by a large majority. Mrs F T Ingalls of Goff died October 30 after years of illness and to be buried in Seneca Tuesday. Funeral at Methodist church led by Rev L B Pruitt. Survived by husband F T Ingalls of Goff daughter Mrs J W Torman of Axtell sons Ray Ingalls of Goff Fred Ingalls of Topeka and others. Mrs J A Hanks reported on the Rebekah assembly held in Wichita October 11 12 13. Mrs George Tamm of Kansas City is very low with sisters leaving early Wednesday. Orem M Wells sold stock implements and household goods as his farm near Bancroft was liquidated and the Wells family plan to move to California.
Arrington R. G. Haas is building a nine garage. Miss Helen Snyder Millard Whilson and their pupils sent a fruit box to Walter Wagner who is ill with scarlet fever. Mrs. John Hicks returned from Kiowa. Miss Josephine Hockens hosted six tables of bridge Monday night. Miss Nona Montgomery staged a masked Halloween party at Star School with pupils and parents. Prizes for costumes went to Miss Mildred Smith and Raymond Ashcraft. Refreshments served. Grace Good and Woodville pupils hosted a separate event with festivities.
A Halloween party for the district’s people was planned for Saturday night. Mentions Miss Elizabeth Patton teaching in an Arizona high school and Miss Lucy Miller who dislocated a bone ten weeks ago and still suffers. The piece also cites fake hold-up tales and a Richmond police reaction.
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