Wealth in Orchards Promises Atchison County Gold
Atchison chamber banquet hears Dean Umberger A. P. Boles and Lambert Libel explain a horticultural plan to cultivate 28,000 acres of marginal land. They claim apple and fruit production could rise from 20 to 120 dollars per acre with orchards, backed by Missouri Pacific and Kansas State College. Doniphan and local growers cite loess soil advantages and a 50 year fruit-growing history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Chamber of Commerce
Atchison County
Dean William Umberger
Kansas State Agricultural College
A. P. Boles
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Lambert A. Libel
Wathena
Dean Umberger
Kaw Valley
Shawnee County
Dean Urnberger
Agricultural College At
Manhattan
Doniphan County
Baldwin
Missouri Pacific
Boles
Agricultural College
Doniphan
China
Rhine River
Germany
Missouri River
Wathbena
Rockies
Canadian Line
Gulf
Mississippi River
Chicago
Northwest
Oak Mills
Jonathan
W. C. Thomas
Chamber
James B Roberts of Denton is dead
James B Roberts of Denton died Friday night after a short illness. He was 76, born in Remsen New York on November 7 1837 and moved to Doniphan County in 1870. A Civil War veteran and extensive landowner, he was blind for the last seven years and survived by five sons and two daughters. His son George A Roberts serves as president of the Denton Bank. He owned about 492 acres in Doniphan County. C. R. Fowler of near Shannon clarifies he is not the driver involved in a recent accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Roberts
Denton
Roberts
Doniphan County
George A. Roberts
Denton Bank
Remsen
N. Y
Co. B
30Th Ohio Infantry
Daniphan County
Effingham
Atchison
Dorothy Felt
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Henry Woodward
Birney
Mont
Atchison and
3-Circle Ranch
Miss Felt
Campbell
W. W. Hetherington
Henry Woodard
Gilbert Woodard
R-Bar Ranch
Chester Mize
Bud Taliaferro
The
Globe
Renly
Charles A. DeHaven
Alva Clapp
Kansas City
Mr. DeHaven
Mrs. Clapp
Atchison County
Luther
Clarence Bewley
Delaware
Arlington
Curtis-for-President Club
Conrad Voelker Jr
Senator Curtis
Arthur Fenton
State Road Commission
J. H. Stone
George Kimsey
Steinite
St. Joe
Kimsey
Charlie Remsburg
California
Potter
American Boys’ Radio Club
Warren Squires
Russel Drake
William Schmeling
Harrison Smith
Robert Sheldon
Edmund Page
John Hopkins
Depot
Mary A. Mattock
Santa Claus
J. A. Kinney
New York
Panama
San Francisco
Arthur Kinney
Bern Kas
Wetmore
Harry Shoebrook
Muscotah
Clint Rainwater
Pleads for River Work with Kansas City Tour
W C Thomas of the Bailer Cultivator writes on a October 17 river excursion from Kansas City to Lexington Mo on the steamboat Missouri with about 125 guests including newspaper men politicians and businessmen The focus is on river navigation federal action and funding for river improvements plus the potential economic benefits for the Midwest through a Missouri River barge line and reduced freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Thomas
Thomas
Kansas City
Lexington
Missouri
Tihomas
The
Globe
Main Street
J. C. Nichols
Major Young
Sears
Omaha
Strong
Kansas
St. Louis
Sioux City
Weaver
Falls City
Missouri Valley Navigation Co
Warrior River
Upper
Mississippi
St. Paul
Missouri Navigation Co
Treasury
Congress
Missouri River
Ohio
Panama
New York
Middle West
Yanktown
South America
Liverpool
Galveston
State of
New England
West
Gulf of Mexico
Montana
Trains Restored on Missouri Pacific Lines at Atchison
Four Missouri Pacific trains on the Omaha division resume service at 12:01 a.m. Sunday with a new time-card. Trains 102 104 101 and 103 restart routes to Kansas City Omaha and points south and north. The article also lists updated schedules for Northern Kansas and Omaha divisions and notes staff changes local injuries and social notes.
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Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Omaha
Kansas City
Concordia
Lenora
Stockton
Lincoln
Learpoints
Leavenworth
Charlie Falk
Central Protective Association of
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
St. Louis
Atchison Band Row Denied by Reader Note
A reader signed as A Bandman writes The Globe denying disorganization of the Atchison band and affirming satisfaction with leader John Griffis. The note asks the Chamber of Commerce to settle any mistaken report and mentions Floyd Willette’s absence. Local items include honors, moves, and events around Atchison and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Globe
Chamber of Commerce
John Griffis
Floyd Willette
Big Army as Aid to Peace Armistice program at Memorial Hall
A large Armistice day gathering at Memorial hall featured Courtney Turner's address from Europe, praising peace through a strong army and training while noting jealousy among European nations. The program included bands, a pageant Spirit of America by Mrs. Glenn Squires, roll call, and a moment of silence.
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Courtney Turner
Memorial Hall
Turner
Europe
Mr. Turner
America
France
England
Belgium
Germany
American Legion
St. Benedict's College
W. G. Altimari
T. D. Fry
W. E. Wheeler
High School Glee Club
Glenn Squires
Spirit of America
M. O. Kellison
W. O. Shank
Atchison
Mt. St. Scholastica’s Academy
St. Benedict’s College
Red Cross
Deafy Boular Hurt In Crash Atchison Resident Injured In Auto Collision
William Deafy Boular a deaf and dumb Atchison character with no legs injured in an early afternoon crash when a car driven by H A Hixon Cousins Lumber Co struck his horse drawn cart at Fourteenth and Pacific. Boular hospitalized with a fractured thigh while the horse escaped injured and Hixon reported limited view due to car curtains. Boular is noted as a skilled bricklayer and a well known local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Deafy) Boular
Atchison
Deafy
H. A. Hixon
Cousins Lumber Co
Fourteenth and
Pacific Avenue
Hixon
Boular
Fourteenth Street
Confirmation Sunday at Trinity Church in Kansas
The Rt. Rev. James Wise will visit Trinity Episcopal Church to administer Holy Confirmation. He arrives Saturday afternoon and stays at the rectory. A prepared class of communicants includes William Fox, Harrison Smith, Granville Woodhouse, Raymond Flashbarth, Frank Harch Jr, John Savory Jr, Virginia Thayer, Dorothy Ashman, Peggy Van Liew, Amelia Mize, Janet Koch, Dorothy Seager, Eleanor Bayley and Henrietta Elliston. This completes Trinity’s seventieth anniversary activities and the class will take first communion on Advent’s first Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wise
Kansas
Trinity Episcopal Church
William Fox
Harrison Smith
Granville Woodhouse
Raymond Flashbarth
Frank Harch, Jr
John Savory, Jr
Virginia Thayer
Railroad Station to Close at Farmington
Missouri Pacific applies to public service commission to close the Farmington station. Hearing set for Friday December 16 1927 at 11 a m in Farmington. citizens invited to present their case before the commission.
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Farmington
The
Missouri Pacific
Public Service Commission
Service Commission
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C. R. Fowler
Near Shannon
Fowler
J. L. Brazzel
Purcell
Charlie Merritt
C. W. “Howdy” Howard
Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Hazel Broshous
North Ninth Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
John Hardwig
Atchison Hospital
Simpson
George T. Arnold
Arnold
Topeka
Presbyterian Church
Woods Brothers
Kaw
Municipal Pier
H. D. Lee
Lee Mercantile Co
New Jersey
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Seattle
Washington
Panama Canal
Louis Stolp
Bendena
Joe Wood
Atchison Street
Herman Koch
Ed Iverson
Reuben Schmitt
Doniphan Lake
Don Weatherford
Don
Trinity Church
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