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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1927
Page
1
Atchison merchants plan a window opening on Thursday October 6 at 7:30 pm to unveil a million dollars in fall and winter stock. The event features live models, a coordinated Commercial street exhibition, and a concert by the Atchison band. Stores will remain closed except those normally open.
In Atchison Mrs Mary Jane Chew Langan and her husband WHE Langan marked their thirty five year marriage at their Santa Fe Street home with a surprise party hosted by children and relatives. The lengthy family event featured music from Langan offspring, informal bridge, and remarks on the couple’s devoted family life.
Frank Dowty of St Augustine Florida loses brakes on a big touring car as he descends a hill near Effingham road southwest of Lancaster. He plows through a flock belonging to County Commissioner Chris Stutz, killing 15 sheep and causing a city court suit for 140 dollars. Dowty flees toward home as sheriff and deputy arrest him at Fifteenth and Main.
Marie Armstrong and Marvin Dittemore won the Atwater Kent foundation song contest held at the Elks club with eight contestants. They will perform in Wichita on October 14 and 15 then Dallas and finally New York for national judging with top prizes including cash and conservatory tuition. Armstrong sang The Gold is Sunshine and Dittemore Where My Caravan has Rested. performances were kept anonymous to fairness, with appointed conductors and accompanists named.
Health officials report no new infantile paralysis cases as Muscotah city schools reopen tomorrow and district No. 3 near Turon resumes. No. 47 south of Muron will open Wednesday. Local sports fans debate World Series with Pittsburgh favored by many for pitching and defense while Yankees supporters push for New York. Edolph Torbett reportedly airborne, trapped in an air pocket 1,500 feet up for days. C. W. Ferguson recovering and expected back at work soon.
A Troy area report details a wave of petty thefts over weeks. Items stolen include watermelons, clothing, groceries, cigars and pipes, with break ins on a rear window. Several local residents and workers are named with health updates and moves.
Mrs Herman Haase won the Florida Cuban Tours contest conducted by nine Atchison merchants. Second place went to Miss Josephine Rizzo and third to Miss Viola Barnes. The winner receives an all expenses paid trip for two starting January, with traveling companion Mrs Corry Seever. More than 30 contestants cast votes. over twenty million votes were counted at a penny each, equating to about $200,000 spent in three months.
An eighteen month old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Padgett on Atchison street, shows partial paralysis in both legs after a brief illness that began as a cold. Doctors report a rapid decline followed by improvement and reversion to paralysis, with quarantine placed on the Padgett home.
With the corn crop near ideal, Atchison trade territory especially the Central Branch sees restocking of cattle hogs and sheep. Missouri Pacific reports about four to five car loads of stock entering daily to replenish prior shortages. Forage abundance and a large corn crop help rebuild the livestock region though a return to 1925 levels may take a year.
For over two decades Atchison plans the final concert as a city institution on October 6 to open the fall window. The 1927 fund will be depleted by next week's concert while officials state annual $2,000 expenditures are no longer warranted. The city never directly employed the band, and with the death of Prof William Davies the contract terminated. Officials intend not to renew band concerts due to waning attendance amid radio cars movies and other diversions.
A fatal crash struck Glen Elder on Friday evening when a large truck carrying teachers and students rolled over on a hill curve. One teacher Miss Vert Lee died, another Miss Mildred Pound is near death, and several students including Mary Wetlaufer Florence McBlair Effie Tigan Esther Davis and James Taylor are seriously injured. The group was returning from Osborne after Glen Elder’s game with Osborne.
Former residents and relatives from Atchison escaped unharmed in yesterday afternoon's St Louis tornado. Several had narrow escapes. Ed F. Mangelsdorf & Bros. seed house, homes of Mangelsdorfs, and other Atchison ties remained undamaged. Reports note safe statuses from multiple families and students connected to Atchison.
A six year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Jones, is ill with diphtheria in Atchison reported to county health officer Dr. Charles Robinson. The item also notes local anecdotes, school book-agent warnings, a court visit by Judge Charles Gundy, and Mrs. Joe Evans’s impending return home after recovery from an auto crash near Leavenworth.
A suit by 175 taxpayers against Nortonville road benefit district seeks restraining order to stop collection of a $67,000 special tax. The case tests a last legislature law on reimbursing districts for highway paving and if county commissioners can remit taxes. A hearing before Judge W A Jackson is expected next week with potential appeal to the state Supreme Court.
Mrs. Mary Ann Brune 70 wife of F W Brune poultry farmer died this morning at her daughter J E Hampton's home near Potter after five months illness. Born October 8 1856 in Brooklyn NY maiden name Pfeffer married May 6 1877 in Brooklyn. Surviving husband two daughters four grandchildren sister in Denver. Funeral at St Benedicts Church Atchison with burial in Catholic cemetery. Lawin & Douglass in charge.
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