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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1932
Page
2
The Atchison Weekly Globe published by The Globe Publishing Co. at corner Fifth and Main streets. Entered at the post office at Atchison Kansas as second class matter.
A 1932 Atchison Globe light column parodies politics, social quirks, and local characters. It features quips from Jude Johnson and short jokes about husbands, wives, ministers, and stage life, highlighting small town humor and regional perspective.
The piece muses on public interest after atomic progress and the idea of utilities lowering rates after elections. It notes Al Smith trending toward Roosevelt, Kansas voting November 8, and the desire for rational discussion of conditions and fair charges as citizens face losses.
The Globe argues utilities should shift from high profits to helping citizens during distress. It notes cutting rates from 8 to 1 for six months and selling to farmers and country towns to aid subscribers. The paper supports cooperation and shared sacrifices for restabilization.
A ten cent mirror traded to an Indian for a 500 acre farm marks the alleged start of graft in the country. The white trader is described as long cultured and crooked, while the national checkers champion is praised as the coolest and most deliberate American.
After November 8 a large portion of the electorate will cease expressing holiday greetings. The piece urges voting for 120,000,000 Americans and argues policy and promptness over personal feelings about Hoover and Roosevelt. It notes Hoover’s shift to aggressive tactics, critiques birth party jargon, and mocks Einstein on the earth being 10 million years old.
For three years the appeal has urged those able to fund house repairs to act despite sub normal employment. It has provided thousands of work hours and aided workers. If a steady income exists and a home is owned with some savings, improvements can be ordered now to help the community through winter. A contractor or lumber man can show how far the 1932 dollar buys in construction, and the plan suggests doing winter work where possible.
A roundup of Atchison residents in modest health notes, social events, and small-town anecdotes. Updates include recoveries, illnesses, a Legion auxiliary gathering, Halloween behavior praise, and reflections on former local figures plus upcoming memorial activities and a public cartoon in The Globe.
Benjamin S. Gilmore a 46 year old resident of Leavenworth county for 33 years was found dead in a corn crib at his Easton area home at 6 30 Saturday morning. He was last seen Friday night at 8 and had been despondent for weeks. He left no note and leaves a mother two sisters and three brothers as survivors. Born December 6 1886 in Page county Iowa he lived in the Easton neighborhood the last 12 years.
The column lists updates on residents: Mrs Henry Klostermier Jr unchanged, Sam Bilothe Sr. home and bedfast, Jim Simpson fishing at Bean Lake, Joe Connor of Sugar Lake disputing Missouri status, and Pather Abbott Martin Veth returning from a Dubuque convention. Also notes recovery of Fred Kidwell from appendicitis, Reverend Walter Harmon running for Congress in Indiana, and many local social moves and events including a Halloween fundraiser and a George Nance police court continuance.
F A Mangelsdorf and Co new seeds firm in Atchison with Frank A Mangelsdorf heading the enterprise. He leaves the American Savings State Bank as an officer but remains a principal stockholder. William Traubel joins from Mangelsdorf Seed Co to run wholesale operations from office in the bank building and a warehouse at 110-112 South Fifth Street.
A mosaic of town remarks touches tariff talk by Lou Cochran, a jibe about beauty in trees, and a sharp note about a jolly Junior League gathering. It also covers local services, school theft concerns, and reflections on civic figures like Governor Roosevelt and Cyrus H. K. Curtis.
Everett Holden of Severance won the Doniphan County corn husking event at A. B. Zimmerman farm near Troy, husking 2145 pounds net in an hour and 20 minutes for his fourth straight title. Ray Barrow of Bendena finished second with 2082.3 pounds. Barrow will enter the state contest as Holden cannot attend. Other contestants included Luther Mearless 2062, Edgar Dittemore 1988.5, Jed Denton 1971, and Perle Godfrey 8941.
George Narance 83 longtime resident of Grant City and Doniphan communities died at 7:30 this morning at his son's home 509 South Nineteenth Street following a stroke two weeks earlier Funeral services scheduled at E R Sidenfaden funeral parlors in St Joseph at 2 30 p m Wednesday He was born January 15 1849 in Lexington Ohio and spent much of his life in Grant City Mo He preached since age 15 and was survived by his son James Narance four daughters Mrs Mary Wake Doniphan Mrs Ethel Gann Wichita Mrs Alice Earl Denver and Mrs Grace Thomas St Joseph one brother Smith Narance of Louisiana 26 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Leslie Narance city fireman is a grandson.
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