Atchison Picnic Draws 1500 From Locomotive Finished Material Co
More than 1000 employees and families gathered at Jackson and Reisner Parks for the Locomotive Finished Material Co annual picnic. Contests, games, dancing, a tug of war and a greased pig event entertained, with food including 90 pounds of wieners and 69 gallons of ice cream. Winners included cake and bean contests and a Charleston contest won by Harold Willis.
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Locomotive Finished Material Co
Jackson Park
Wen
Park
Comany
Han Sen
Reisner Park
Atchison
Machine Shop
Foundry
Claude Clements
Whiz Bang
John Laurie
Jim Bean
Susie Hopple
Frank Kygard
John Kaufman
Byran Sipe
Harold Willis
Tom Burgess
William
Sherlock) Field
Mr. Field
Bilimek
Gay Bromley
Dean Randall
Frank Bishop
Walter Andrews
Bob Mixon
Bill Nass
Clyde Moore
John
St. Joe Man Injured in Rushville Crossing Smash
A. J. Shaver of St. Joe was injured when his truck was hit by an eastbound Rock Island mixed train at a Rushville grade crossing. He suffered concussion and facial injuries and was taken to Atchison hospital. Shaver, married and employed by International Harvester Co. St. Joe, was thrown from the vehicle and later boarded the train to the hospital. The crossing is on the Atchison to Edgerton line where few trains run.
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Rock Island
Rushville
A. J. Shaver
St. Joe
Atchison Hospital
Achhisonu St
Shaver
Atchison
Lawin & Douglass
International Harvester Co
Rock
Ruth Pelzer
Joey Lyndon
Daniels
Commercial Street
Clarence Meador
Oskaloosa
Stutz Drug
Effingham
Walt
Atchison Railroad
Walter Pennington
Marysville
Kas
Walter
Dolan Mercantile Co
Tom Bailey
Pillsbury Mill
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Frank Dilgert
Denver
Marion Kohler
Marion
Lawrence Gossett
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Charles Myers
Bean Jake
Missouri Methodist Hospital
Sixth
Green Streets
Bill Griffin
Bill
Ike Plunkett
Margaret
Bobby Brashay
Ralph Fletcher
Jackson Park
Park
Dmcea
Skull Found in Lime Can Points to Murder Tale
Henry McDaniels uncovered parts of a human skull in lime from a square can stored in a woodshed for 12 to 13 years. Doctors and police note a 40 year old man likely died violently. a cord and traces of blood on the skull suggest possible murder. No clear nearby disappearances or town links confirmed.
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Henry McDaniels
N Street
Henry
Mclanie
W. CC. LinvMle
W. Robinson
MccDaniels
MecDaniels
McDaniels
Wathena
Hiawatha
Globe at Horton schedules same day distribution
The Globe completes plans to deliver Horton papers with the Evans bus at 7 15 p m from the Globe office departing 5 p m and arriving 7 15 p m next Sunday to Horton subscribers via R H Johnson news agency. The St Benedicts monastery gets a concrete floor with a dirt fill and small railroad tracks to move stones. a rock spur from Burlington tracks proves cost saving. John Schmitt Louise Schmitt Reuben Schmitt attend a Kansas City family reunion except Carl Schmitt of Portland Oregon. Koehler Construction of Sterling Nebraska wins the Netawaka Holton highway gravel bid at 284 per yard.
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The
Globe
Fort
Horton
Evans
S P
R. H. Johnson News Agency
St. Benedict's
Burlington
John Schmitt
Louise Schmitt
Reuben Schmitt
Atchison Street
Kansas City
Carl Schmitt
Atchison
Portland
Ore
Netawaka
Holton
Koehler Construction Company of
Sterling, Neb
County Awards Road Contract And Two Concrete Bridges
County commissioners awarded the grade and culvert project on U S 73 K from Kilpepper Crossing north of Lancaster to the Brown County line to Zeigler Brothers Junction City Kansas for 3627 82 under the bid. Engleman Brothers Baker Kansas won the two concrete bridge contracts at 5654 11 below the next bid with five firms bidding. The bridges cost 5654 11 and include a multiple box bridge and a 30 deck girder bridge. The awards were made at a court house meeting amid bids from Lindemann Construction Omaha Pioneer Construction Kansas City Mike Haase St Joseph Lamareaux Omaha and M E Gillot Monett. The engineer’s estimate was 7935 85. The work continues on grading Lancaster to Kilpepper crossing and will complete a road from Atchison to Omaha.
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U. S
Kilpepper
Lancaster
Brown County
Hne
Zeigler Brothers
Junction City
Kas
Dan Scherer Construction Co
Kansas City
Engleman Brothers
Baker, Kas
Court House
Englemann Brothers
Pioneer Construction Co
Coleman & Reece
Scandia
M. EK. Gilliot
Monett
H. A. Botsford
Piper
Lindemann Construction Co
Omaha
Nebr
Mike Haase
St. Joe
Lamareaux Brothers Construction Co
Fowest
State Highway Commission
Potter Fire Causes Heavy Loss With Low Insurance
The Sunday fire in Potter wiped out the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges and the George Coulter drug store. Lodge buildings valued around 7,000 with 2,000 insured, Coulter store at about 10,000 with 3,000 insurance, and other losses include the Timpe garage about 2,000 partly insured. Residents cite recent rains as a factor in damp roofs aiding preservation of homes and lumber yard.
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Daly
Potter
Masonic
Eastern Star
Masons
George Coulter
Coulter
Enoch
Timpe
Mrs Mary Smith Dies After Long Illness Atchison Hospital
Mrs Mary Lina Hornby Smith born June 19 1865 in Med-Calf Canada died at 6 45 yesterday morning at Atchison hospital age 62 had been ill for nearly ten years cause blood poisoning she moved to Kansas in 1876 married John Smith of Lancaster later moving to Atchison in 1916 survived by two sons Gale Smith Ravena Nebraska and Lloyd Smith Grand Island Nebraska daughter Mrs John Hitz 601 South Seventh street sister Mrs H W Harris Netawaka Kansas funeral services set with a short service at the John Hitz residence Monday at 2 pm followed by services in Lancaster at 3 pm conducted by Rev Talmage D Fry body to be moved from Stanton funeral home today
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Mary Smith
John Smith
Atchison Hospital
Mary Lina Hornby Smith
Med-Calf
Canada
Kansas
Lancaster
John
Jack) Smith
Atchison
Gale Smith
Ravena
Nebr
Lloyd Smith
Grand’ Island
John Hitz
Talmage D. Fry
Stanton Funeral
Hitz
South Seventh Street
Hiawatha golf bridge party praised for hospitality
Bellevue Country club guests from Atchison praised Hiawatha hospitality and facilities after a golf contest and bridge luncheon. Winners included Mrs. Frank Harch low scorer and Mrs. Tom Horner first bridge prize. Also noted are travel stories of the Hastings family and a new city fire department reserve plan.
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Atchison
Hiawatha
Country Club
Bellevue Country Club
Hiawatha Country Club
Frank Harch
Harry Stevens
R. Q. Buehler
A. S. Drury
Tom Horner
Jeanne Lacray
Brother Takes Willette's Job at Atchison Chamber
Floyd Willette will succeed his brother Ray Willette as manager of the Atchison Chamber of Commerce effective September 15. Floyd, 37, currently traffic commissioner of the St Joseph Grain Exchange, brings long chamber and traffic experience from Colorado and Missouri.
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Lloyd Willette
Ray Willette
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Willette
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Topeka
Western Weighing & Inspection Bureau
Denver
Colo
Willette
State Public Service Commissions
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Crystal Beth
Atchison
One Man's Hard Luck and Local Happenings
Shannon Stevens of Doniphan, a hospital patient, recovers from an appendectomy after serious prior illnesses including pneumonia and the death of his son. Other local notes mention residents remodeling homes, bookshop work, Labor Day auto service, and various travels and happenings around Atchison and nearby towns.
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Shannon Stevens
Doniphan
Atchison Hospital
Mr. Stevens
Tall Corn Stalks Highlight Doniphon County Exhibit
From Wednesday's Daily a corn display at St Benedict's picnic showcased Oral Berry of Brenner neighborhood with a 16 foot tall stalk and large ears. Kid Haupt of Route 4 Atchison displayed a 15 foot two inch stalk. others were similar in height.
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Iowa
Doniphan County
St Benedict's
Oral Berry
Brenner
Kid Haupt
Atchison
Liquor raids crowd jail grows past capacity
Five arrests for alleged liquor law violations last night and yesterday swelled the county jail to 40, well above its 25 capacity. A raid at 706 Villa Street netted 20 bottles of homebrew and a bottle of whiskey. T Pike and Mrs. George McCullough were charged with sale and possession of intoxicating liquor. Dave Schloup, George Snyder, and Cliff Ingels were also arrested on related liquor charges.
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Villa Street
T. Pike
George McCullough
Dave Schloup
Freeland Family Wins Big at Valley Falls Fair
Roda Freeland and son Roy led Valley Falls entries with seven firsts four seconds three thirds and two grand champion prizes earning eighty dollars. Irving Figgs and son Orville racked up fifteen ribbons at Valley Malls fair for Black Poland China dogs including three firsts six seconds and a grand champion. The roundups also mention Y M C A staff moves with Bernard Bryan joining as assistant physical director and other local notes from park life and weather chatter.
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Roda Freeland
Roy
Prairie View
Irving Figgs
Orville
Plan A Fight On Road Tax Faces County Battle
Property owners along the Atchison Nortonville road voted to raise funds to challenge the county commissioners in a supreme court case over a benefit district tax. A committee of C Nohart Deanis Stillman and J C Hank was named to collect about three percent of road costs to hire legal aid. The district covers the road and extends a mile and a half each side with about 74 5 per acre first year and total 67056 for the stake. The motion to form the committee passed amid estimates the suit could win and cost about 20000 if successful.
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Atchison-Nortonville
Farmers State Bank
Theodore Anthony
Supreme Court
Effingham
Leavenworth
St. Law
Topeka
Atchison- Nortonville Road
C. ©. Nohart
Deanis Stillman
J. C. Hank
Nortonville
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