Mrs. Ida Martin Dies Widow of Former Governor
Mrs Ida C Martin 81, widow of Gov John A Martin, died at her Atchison home after a stroke. A member of First Baptist 66 years she supported church and charities, and planned to vote before illness. Survived by two sons Paul and Harres, four daughters, and many grandchildren. burial in Mt Vernon beside her husband.
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Ida C. Martin
North Terrace
Paul Tonsing
First Baptist Church
Feith Setle
Strone City
Kas
Ethel Hole
Montoya Kas
Grace Mauck
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. M. Challiss
Atchison
Bertha Liepsner
Mina Donald
Blanche Sketch
Dora Bennett
Daisy Faust
Amelia Dekker
Los Angeles
Cal
John A. Martin, Jr
Leavenworth
Paul
Ralph Challiss
Katie Challiss
Martin
Ottawa
Eas
Ottawa University
Paul Tensing
Ruth Mellenbruck
P. L. Mellenbruck
Springfield
W. L. Challiss
White
Ida Chaliss Martin
Morristown
N. J
Atchi Son Pioneers
Adrian
Mich
Challiss
Luther C. Challiss
George T Challiss
Atchison News Briefs and Personal Notices
Various local notes report C C Leighton and Sam Blythe Jr improving, Paul Martin returning to Lansing, Claude Lopez heading to Springfield, and Harry Stevens enjoying a business upswing. Mentions of civic figures, sports gossip, creek bridge opening, and a lengthy obituary of Mrs Ida Chaliss Martin recounting Atchison’s early settlers and Governor Martin’s family.
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Paul Martin
Lansing
Mich
Claude Lopez
Springfield
Harry Stevens
Jack McCaig
Henry Klostermeier
John Whitaker
Solidity of Treasury Upholds Currency Rally Speech
Major Walter O Woods United States treasurer addressed a Republican rally in Memorial hall praising treasury solidity as the nation’s economic backbone. He credited financial reorganization for stabilizing business and urged unwavering support for the President amid partisan criticism while noting his Kansas roots and long military service.
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United States
Walter O. Woods
Memorial Hall
James M. Challiss
Major Woods
W. P. Lambertson
M. A. Bender
Holton
Atchison-Jackson County
C. M. Voelker
Atchison County Republicentral Committee
White House
Concordia
Twenty-second Kansas
Ordnance Department
Treasury
D. H. Woods
Effingham
Mrs. John A. Martin Dies in Atchison Leader of Frontier Era
Mrs. John A. Martin widow of former Kansas governor died in Atchison. She is praised as a civic leader, affectionate mother, and charitable neighbor who sustained family and community through adversity. The obituary notes her refined patriotism and lifelong service, with references to her husband Governor John A. Martin and their children. The piece also covers upcoming Episcopal deanery events in Atchison and local judicial election discussions.
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Challiss
John A. Martin
Sovereign
Freedom's Champion
Kansas
Martin
Eighth Kansas Infantry
Atchison
Ottawa
Kas
Paul Tonsing
Mrs. Martin
Paul G. Tensing
The
Globe
Charles Robinson
Death Valley Scotty
Frank Bracke
Carl Weingart
Charlie Kaiser
Commercial Street
Tom Ball
Wirt Hetherington
Earl Gilmore
Steadman Ball
Fellowship Club
Bob Gilbert
Marabeth Erdman
Embezzlement charge hits school official in Atchison area
Charles J. Ferguson a school district No. 20 treasurer near Oak Mills has been arraigned on embezzling 781.59 dollars from district funds and faces a preliminary hearing on November 10. he is free on a 1000 dollar bond. The report also notes local social events, a dance after a Republican rally, obituaries, promotions, and various community notices from Atchison and nearby locales.
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Charles J. Ferguson
Oak Mills
Ferguson
Liberty
Murder of Atchison pawn broker Berkson shocks city
Police pursue a sole lead from an empty adhesive tape spool found beside the body of Meyer Berkson. A clerk linked to the spool sale identifies a white bushy-haired man in rough dress as the suspect. Other notes mention local social events, officials, and community updates.
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White Clay Creek
Atchison
England
George Wolf
Pete Greiner
Walnut Township
Joe Connor
Sugarlake
Missouri
Hoover
Meyer Berkson
Atchison Pawnbroker
Mr. Berkson
Clarence Brown
State Penitentiary
Berkson
Denton Community Honors Mrs Anna Alt with Retirement Event
A reception and luncheon will be held in Denton to honor Mrs Anna Alt, Rock Island station agent for 45 years, retiring after 51 years with the railroad. She checks out at noon Monday, pensioned, as Denton and Rock Island officials join the community in a gala day with invites to Atchison residents and chamber members.
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Denton
Anna Alt
Rock Island
Railroad
The
State Bank of
Chamber of Commerce
Atchison
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Baptist
Commercial
C. C. Leighton
Sam Blythe, Jr
Fred Stafford
Mystic Knights of the Sea
Ned Ballinger
Joe Lorenz
Joe Leibe
Independence Creek
Doniphan Road
Herman Koch
Barney Langan
Barney
St. Benedict's Gym
Charles Kennedy
Bank of North America
Mildred Hamner
Wellington
Hhope Connaway
State Teachers
Topeka
Hamner
Lottie Sells
Sells
Kansas Co-operative League
Fort Scott
Coffeyville
Hutchinson
George Ahlborn
Roosevelt
Jim Reed
Frances Vanderweide
College Inn
Bert Mills
North Sixth Street
Fitz Factory
al Richted
North Fourteenth Street
Sparks
Jim Gallagher
W. H. Vaughn
Edmund Boll
Minneapolis
Fitzmaurice
South Seventeenth Street
Clarabelle
Austin Jensen
Henry Street
Atchison Hospital
Community Chest
Atchison Public Schools
Joyce Wentz
Kansas City
Joe Seibel
Wolters
Union Depot
Methodist Church
Jack Hartman
Billie Barnes
Latenser’s
Roberta Hendee
Hendee
Louis Brockett
Lawrence Mastin
W. R. McCormack
Frank Dagenais
Paul Brooks
Nellie Neerman
J. EF. Barber
G. EF. Hendee
Dorothy McCormack
Marion Brooks
Kansas Episcopal Church Diocese
Lawrence
Olathe
Bishop
Richard W. Tratnell
D. D
New York City
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Carter Harrison
Trinity
H. B. Mize
Fred Olander
R. T. Nichols
Frank C. Giles
E. H. Holland
Norman Rinas
Kansas Diocese
E. R. Sloan
Jackson County
Kansas Supreme Court
Abent
Walter G. Thiele
J. O. Ruppenthal
Russell
Kansas Bar Association
Sloan
Supreme Court
State Senate
Charles Browne
Horton Commercial
A. J. Sells
Effingham New Leat
Roy Wheeler
Gene
John Street
Greenleaf
Ida Cass
Larned
Frankfort
Leavenworth Road
S. I. Youngman
Atchison Street
Hoover Administration
Dawes Bank
Chicago
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Club
Eleanor Stolp
Henry Jacobs
West Division
Bobby
Andy Clark
Globe Office
Catherine Schillings
Charles
Mose) Hill
Hill
W. G. Beitzel
Married Ladies Bridge Club
Jack Mulholland
W. T. Fox
Arthur Lukens
Kittie €Osgrove
W. A. Jackson
Fox
Mulholand
G. T. Bolman
G. P. Herzinger
American Legion
Byram Hotel
Ernest Ryan
Orlin Weede
Joseph Geitskill
Theodore Anthony
Groves
North Third Street
London
C. J. Kaiser
Flagg Goodell
Kaiser
Rome
Congress
Betty Jean
Ralph Johnson
Dixon, Ill
Ill
R. L. Patterson
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
the Globe’s School
Pontius Pilate
Judea
Samaria
Christ
Pilate
Gaul
Tiber
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Vickery Corner
Harry Berkson
Eugene Hobson
Lem Manhattan
Mary Agnes Thorning
Helen Thorning
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Lange Creamery Co
Nathan Sandler
Des Moines
Bert Sowers
Deane Ackers
Atchison, Wh
Kansas Power and Light Co
Christ's Hospital
Early Poindexter
St. Louis
Trinity Episcopal Church, Atchison
H. W. Merwick
Gregory P. Montary
Kansas City, Mo
St. Benedict's Church
E. W. Emery
Herman Latenser
E. H. Schweder
Roy Hoffman
Raven Gym
St. Benedict's
C. H. Finey
Finney
St. Mary’s Hospital
Germany
Atchison County
Earl Bain
Vermillion
Marshall County
Mark Leonard
J. B. Livers
Waterville
Midland College
Livers
Mary Winklepleck
Mr. Livers
Richard Arthur Fox
Richard Fox
Denver
Colo
Walter Fox
Richard
Telephone Co
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Thomas Enright
Main
Clay Lott
Leavenworth Everready
Baptist Church
Atchison W. W. G
Harold Willis
Robert Dyson
Dorothea Young
Mary Faulkner
R. Ramsay
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