Gravel road to connect Falls City to Coffeyville
County commissioners approve hard surfacing of a north south route from Omaha to the Kansas line. U.S. 73 East from Falls City to the Crown County line will be gravel and sand with culverts and grading underway under state specs. Next summer may see completion of the surface as part of a larger project linking Falls City, Atchison, Nortonville, Chanute, and Coffeyville.
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Crown County
Omaha
Kansas
Falls City
Coffeyville
Atchison
Nortonville
Chanute
Kansans urge direct U S highway through Coffeyville to Atchison
Petitioners from Coffeyville Chanute Iola Ottawa and Atchison spoke Tuesday to the state highway commission at Topeka advocating a direct north south U S highway following No 16 from Coffeyville to Chanute and 73 W from Chanute to Horton and Hiawatha with a paved link between Nortonville and Atchison to reach St Joe The group cited loss of 150 tourist cars daily to Missouri and期待 government action for a continuous federal highway number to boost traffic and tourism.
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Atchison
U.S
Coffeyville
Chanute
Iola
Ottawa
State Highway Commission
Topeka
Floyd Willette
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Garnett
Tola
Thayer
Cherryvale
Oklahoma
Nowata
Tulsa
Vinita
Kansas
Chetopa
Oswego
Nortonville
St. Joe
The
Highway Commission
Floyd Ellott
Red Star
Missouri
Joplin
Carthage
U. S
Frank Griese Wins Notable Promotion at Missouri Pacific
Frank Griese, longtime chief clerk in the Missouri Pacific fifth street offices, has been promoted to chief clerk to the superintendent at Osawatomie. The move honors his eleven years of service and his hard work. He reports to Osawatomie tomorrow amid well wishes from friends and colleagues.
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Frank Griese
Fifth Street
The
Missouri Pacific
Osawatomie
Globe
Death of Miss Rebecca North in Atchison
Rebecca North, aged about 71, died at 11 15 Saturday morning at 519 North Fifth Street after chronic heart trouble that followed childhood rheumatic fever. Born April 5 1850 in Mifflin County Pennsylvania she moved to Atchison in 1871 and helped found Central School while serving as a Presbyterian trustee and on the church building committee. Survived by four sisters Miss Flora and Miss Laura North Mrs C A Wright and Miss Anna North, plus nephews and grand nephews. Funeral Monday at 3 from the residence with Dr George Arnold and Rev K Davis officiating.
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North Fifth Street
Mifflin County
Pennsylvania
Miss North
Atchison
A. J. North
Central School
Ingalls School
North
Old Central School
Rebecca
Elsworth Cheseborough
John J. Ingalls
Santa Fe Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Misses North
George W. Pennell
David Lukens
Mrs. Lukens
Mary Lukens
Miss Lukens
Presbyterian Church
A.S. Drury
Flora
Laura North
C. A. Wright
Anna North
George Arnold
Topeka
K. Davis
A. S. Drury
John Kaff
W. A. McKelvy
C. A. Lockwood
Atchison and Noble Ayres
St. Joe
George Eckart
Kansas Avenue
John Dye
New Life Cafe
Harold Willis
Steinite Laboratory
Scott Hall
J. N. Cecil
North Third Street
John Leahy
Memphis
Tenn
Bob Carter
South Sixth Street
Grodick Transfer & Storage Co
John Davitt
Oak Mills
Leavenworth
Clifton
Walker Davenport
Lou Davenport
Twin Falls
Idaho
Shrine Club
Art Howell
John Meeck
California
John
Frank
Effie Foster
Hartley Foster
Harry Carpenter
Woodlawn
J. M. Challiss
Challiss
Baptist Church
Thomas A. Edison
WDAF
Kansas City
New York
National Broadcasting String
Kansas City Star
North Home
Laura
Flora North
Pennsyvania
Diamond Mills
Cloyd North
James North
Oklahoma
David Lukens Jr
Arthur
Edwin
Beck
University of Kansas
University
Kansas
Robert Mize
Salina
Mize
E. A. Mize
A. E. Mize
Bish Mize & Silliman Hardware Co
Heber
Chester Mize
Ed Jackson
Robert Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Jeffries
Gene Tunney
Herman Geisen
Leo Pucka
Geisen
Bob Hendrix
Atchison Hospital
Wetmore
Tom Horner
Fred Stein
Ozarks
Russell Drake
Baby
Jess Proctor
John Frommer
Henry Scholz
Doniphan
Fem Mo Finnegan
Leavenworth Road
Claude Gore
Potter
Robert Tompkins
W. L. Johnson
Johnson
Barney Lyons
St. Louke'’s Hospital
Maud Smith
Doniphan County
J. M. Dannevik
John CC
George
Bellevue Country Club
North Eighth Street
St. Benedict's College
Tony Klopf
Bob Hayden
Bob
Tony
Kansas Power & Light Co
Steinite
Boston
Newark
N. J
Detroit
W. G. Meredith
Horton
Atchison County
Amanda Blair
Ohio
Caleb Meeker
Huron
Old Huron
Martha Ward
Buchanan County
Nathania Ward
Kickapot
Lowemont
17Th
Kansas Regiment
Jacob Gero
Salt Creek Valley
Kickapoo
Luther Flick
Iowa Point
Aurora
Colo
James T. Martin
Mayetta
Platte County
J. A. Naylor
Clyde
Kan
Peter J. Plummer
Union Pacific Railroad
Perry
Jefferson County
Mary J. Ancher
Mary Siler
Weston
Fivn
May Jackson
Wetmore to Vote on Bonds for Waterworks
A special election will be held in Wetmore on October 31 to submit to voters the plan to issue bonds totaling $30,000 for a water supply project for the city and its residents.
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Wetmore
William Flynn Attempted Suicide at St Benedicts
William M Flynn a seminarian at St Benedicts college attempted to cut his left wrist with a razor inside his room and was found by his roommate about 45 minutes later. He survived the self inflicted wound and doctors at Atchison hospital say recovery is possible though a nervous collapse is feared. Flynn aged about 33 from Saratoga Springs NY has been at the college five years and endured years of nervous trouble. He feared a family tragedy and had broodings for months.
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Barrett
Salvation Army
Atchison and
Atchison
John M. Linden
Evangelist Jacden
Independence
Lawrence, Kas
William M. Flynn
St. Benedict's College
Flynn
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Johnson Book Store Fire Causes $8000 Loss
An $8,000 fire damaged the Johnson book store at 520 Commercial Street on Friday night, likely starting near an elevator shaft by spontaneous combustion. Two lines of hose controlled the blaze in about ten minutes, but stock of paints, wall paper, and school supplies in the rear suffered heavy damage while front stock endured smoke and water damage. The blaze prompted a two hour cooling period before the fire department left.
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Daiy
Johnson Book Store
Commercial Street
Gravel Road to Muscotah
The Effingham Muscotah road will be graveled this winter and next spring with bids set for November 9. Estimated cost around 10,000 dollars, funded by 5,000 from free fund and 3,000 state aid, balance from the county. The six mile stretch forms part of U S 73 W to Horton and north to Auburn Nebraska, using a sand and gravel mix needing about 600 yards per mile. The town reports local residents and events including a hospital operation, a divorce suit, a bookstore fire, and a European trip highlight with observations on Wales France Germany and Switzerland.
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Daly
Effingham-Muscotah
Six Mile
State Highway No. 9
Horton
Auburn
Nebr
Atchison
Colorado Line
Julius Gieker
Kansas City
George Burge
Route Three
Muscotah
J. L. Armstrong
Macotah
Jim Walsh
Johmson
Eva Dalrymple
Franz
Louis Geisendorf
Doniphan
Geisendorf
Joe Lorenz
Oliver Lee
Lee
George Walsh
Walsh Clothing
Johnson Book
Ile
Johnson
Jose Lyndon
Winfield Jones
Dodd Mead & Co
New York
R. G. Bosanko
Wales
Germany
Northeast Kansas Beauty Contest Seeks More Entries
The Globe urges dozens of Northeast Kansas girls to enter its beauty contest ahead of the December anniversary party. Nominations from Atchison and other towns are listed, with one Atchison girl already receiving 300 votes.
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Kansas
Globe
Atchison
Della Kyle
Oskaloosa
Florence Leonard
Effingham
Marjorie Doughy
Troy
Gladys Parrott
Muscotah
Neema Horton
Huron
Mayme Hawkins
Alma Willis
Father Cogan
Cleo First
Maryetta Aldrich
Gwendolyn L. Tinklin
Myrul Willis
Patty Strong
Helene FE. Townsend
Mary Kathryn Haster
Harold Miller
Margaret Wilson
Helen Trimble
Bertha Watawa
Myrle Knoch
Ethel Chew
Helen Evans
Katherine Moxey
Louisa Ingalls
Lela Streeper
Katherine Tate
Anna
Predicts U S May Some Day Have Caste System
Professor Manindra C. Guha of Kansas City university told Atchison County Teachers association that the United States might develop a caste system as it ages, noting impressions from India and the danger of applying casual observations to a nation. Darwin Bowen, 14, from Kansas City, impressed critics with three songs, accompanied by Miss Helen Casey. State Superintendent George A. Allen praised Atchison County schools, noting their merit plates and a ranking average about fifty percent higher than typical state levels.
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India
Manindra C. Guha
Kansas City University
Atchison County Teacher’s Association
Guha
Atchison
Darwin Bowen
Kansas City
Helen Casey
McKenzie Ensemble
George A. Allen
Atchison County
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