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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
2
The Atchison Weekly Globe publication data lists The Globe Publishing Co. at Fifth and Main, Atchison Kansas. It notes second class mail status and a yearly subscription price of 1.00 dollars. The issue is dated Thursday November 17, 1927.
An Ohio State Journal editorial urges Kansas to build a connected state highway system rather than scattered county roads. It contrasts Kansas unfavorably with Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado, praising proactive state planning and criticizing patchwork roads as mud and inefficiency.
The article notes Atchison hospital charges about 4.10 dollars per day and contrasts it with Federal Public Health hospitals at 4 dollars per day and large city hospitals at around 6 dollars. It cites a medical journal on costs and questions Protestant hospital per day costs, citing Missouri Methodist hospital at 4.50 dollars per day.
Atchison county commissioners set a contract for a sand and gravel surface on the Effingham and Muscotah road over six miles at 8545 dollars. The plan layers two inches of material into dirt to shed mud, with doubts about long term durability and cost effectiveness versus brick or cement options.
Twenty five days after their public wedding on October eighteenth Miss Catherine Ellena and Thomas L Reynolds of Kansas City were arrested Sunday for operating a liquor nuisance. Police found the bridegroom bottling whiskey and fifty gallons of homemade beer in a cupboard. The couple had been a main feature of Greater Kansas City Week with bands lights and flowers.
A witty remark asserts that when a woman bobs her hair she gains focus, attracting the attention of her entire family and social circle who weigh which style suits her best. The quip lampoons domestic chatter over appearance choices.
At the railroad business women's association meeting in Chicago last week a speaker warned that unless men shed their naturally lazy habits women will beat them in business. She predicted the shift from loud bludgeonings to quiet remarks as the new approach.
A collection of aphorisms and observations on work, money, character, and society. It contrasts thrift and effort with luck and entitlement, noting the value of labor, sensible spending, and self improvement while commenting on language, foreigners, and political figures.
The report asserts that Jonah staged a more sensational stunt than Charles Lindbergh. It emphasizes the boldness and public impact of the act, with comparisons to historic feats and possible reactions from spectators and officials.
A management maxim pins success on real payroll experience. Opinions without action earn the label Wind Bag as workers demand proven capability and practical results.
A critical remark highlights that virtue in not being jailed is not creditable if the person should have served time. The quote suggests accountability should match circumstances and actions rather than empty praise.
A doubt cannot be proved or disproved except by action. You prove your contention only through active demonstration. Put your doctrine or theory in motion to pass the test.
A collection of aphorisms on work, charity, ambition, and perception. The speaker notes that useful people finish life’s work, averages of relief mark conclusions, and urges finding one's best work while acknowledging competing interests and social ironies. It contrasts self reliance with external blame and hints at ongoing societal unrest.
A collection of sharp quips on religion, prohibition, bootleggers, life attitude, homeliness, and whiskers. The speaker notes that most worship tin gods and jokes about sustaining war through mass harm, while praising self made bootleggers and mocking fashionable vanity and ginger ale.
Kansas Aggies dominated a stock judging contest at the American Royal in Kansas City. The remark suggests a college's purpose is judged beyond football, celebrating agricultural prowess over athletics.
A commentator argues there is no strong defense for cigarets, noting only the man who uses a dime’s worth daily cannot condemn smokers. The remark frames tobacco use as a personal choice rather than a moral failing.
In Kansas City a large portion of residents face hardship and the city spends about a million dollars annually to care for them.
Barbara Bosilevac a widow with five children was arrested for violating the Kansas liquor law in Kansas City Kansas She was jailed and her children will go to an orphans home until the mother is released The court did not consider the hardship on the family in this case.
Fay Berridge returns to work while many neighbors are named in daily notes. A busy roster includes Senator Capper leaving for Washington, new job moves at Kroening grocery, truck driving changes, Red Cross efforts, church activities, and social events across Atchison and nearby towns. Interspersed are health updates and local reflections on road trips to Kansas City via Weston.
Local items report Frank Bell at Stein ite plant and Arthur Witt managing a South Dakota shoe store. The paper notes payroll totals, travel from New Orleans and St Joe, medical recoveries, and community notices including a new coal car type for Burlington trains, a magnified mix of ads, opinions, and social events across Atchison and nearby areas.
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