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Newspaper
Atchison Weekly Globe
Location
Atchison, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
8
The Atchison Daily Globe issues dated Thursday September 8 1927 by Globe Publishing Co. Based in Atchison Kansas it details circulation rates 13 cents weekly 4 per year by mail and carrier delivery. Associated Press rights noted and local news reserved.
A string of humorous vignettes about local life in Atchison Kansas, including a wall covering critic Globe Lights Bill Clinkerhook, the modern house around a garage, and a sleepless wanderer. Judge Fleury Meade sparks talk on home life with a bold stance.
The Globe notes mounting questions about a free bridge linking Atchison and Missouri, with decisions weeks or months away. It argues middle class investors now fund industrial growth through safe securities, and warns government ownership risks political control.
A 1842 volume described as A History and New Gazetteer notes North American bounds before expansion. It cites Atchison as unknown before 1854, Missouri as a thriving state, and frontier dangers from Indian tribes, with 25 states then in Old Glory and vast western unknowns awaiting pioneer growth.
The Topeka State Journal argues for a new term to address an unknown young woman. It notes phrases like Hey you and Miss are awkward and proposes adopting Mademoiselle or inventing a natural English equivalent.
The writer lauds Atchison hospital where his mother battles for life noting tender care from superintendent and nurses. He argues most hospitals run deficits and should be funded by yearly taxes while highlighting the hospital’s life-saving role and community health value.
Myron M. Stearns writes in the Saturday Evening Post about tourist camps in Kansas and San Diego. He claims women are harder to clean up after than men, saying he prefers managing twenty-five cabins vacated by men over ten by women and attributes more responsibility to men for tidiness.
Former Senator Ralph H. Cameron of Arizona says Coolidge will be renominated and re-elected as Republican standard bearer in 1928, discounting Lowden Dawes Hoover Longworth and others as strong enough to win.
The city promotes a bold safety motto to curb fatalities as motorists pledge restraint. Officials weigh how effective the campaign will be in reducing traffic deaths and improving road safety in the city.
A Globe feature describes Kansas a million years ago when Tyrannosaurus rex dominated the prehistoric landscape. It details size, speed, and ferocity, noting other giants like Brachiosaurus and Stegosaurus, plus a potential fossil bed under the Kaw River near Topeka.
An English word guide highlights misuses such as numerous versus many and de l eterious versus deleterious. A Jay House anecdote recalls a West visit where a barn scratch and an appendectomy scar unsettle a long friendship yet elicit amused laughter from listeners.
The Olathe Register pushes a campaign opposing chain stores arguing they ruin established community businesses. The paper predicts the effort will mainly advertise chains unless merchants compete with lower prices and better service.
In a dialogue set around a long missing case a wife asks for the ribbon sample sent to her husband. A sergeant replies they will do their best, noting twelve years without a signal from the husband. The request centers on matching a ribbon to a Passing Show uniform.
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