Sensations in Dry Hearings in Kansas City
In preliminary hearings before Judge Charles T. Gundy the cases of Blanche Early and Oscar Burnett were bound over to the district court. The proceedings exposed details of city law enforcement funding under Governor Reed, with and without accountability, and included testimony from Charles Fletcher and Abe Dougherty about undercover operations, possession and sale of liquor, and related arrests in Atchison during August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Gundy
District Court
Blanche
Early
Oscar Burnett
Clyde M. Reed
Charles Fletcher
Holton
Reed
Jackson County
Blanche Earlys
Ralph A. Pfouts
Pfouts
Fletcher
Abe Dougherty
Dougherty
Reformatory
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Burnett
Kansas
Rule
Neb
O’keefe
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Institution
Troy
Blanche Early
Atchison
William Fletcher
A.B. Workman
Topeka
Futcher
Homer Claytor
Workman
Spring Street
Mary Harris
W. C. Linville
Fred Shackelford
George Shackelford
Sanford Slick Baxter
John Doyle
Day's Doings in Town and Nearby News
Merchants stock winter cloths while residents note local events. Miss Ruth Wharton returns from Boulder after months away. C A Anderson quips on egotism. White Cloud narrowly votes to sell its electric plant. Swede Johnson, athlete at St Benedicts, drove a Montgomery Ward freight elevator in St Paul this summer. Harry Watts returns to work after vacation. Mr and Mrs Richard Patterson visit Hickory NC in-law, father of Rev R L Patterson formerly of St Mark's Lutheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wharton
Boulder
Colo
C. A. Anderson
White Cloud
Swede Johnson
St. Benedict's
St. Paul
Montgomery- Ward & Co
Harry Watts
Central Branch
Harry
Richard Patterson
Hickory
North Carolina
Atchison
North Fifth Street
A. E. McKay
Charlie Seiler
A. C. Lynde
Tommy
Topeka
Lynde
Paul Challiss
Lincoln
Nebr
P. G. Tensing
Fred
Chicago
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Nearman
Missouri River
Bryan Smith
R. S. Andrews
Ninth Street
Kansas Avenue
J. H. Thatcher
Glick
Boots” Purslow
Boots
Jim Purslow
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Joe Hilligoss
Tom Horner
Roy Walters
John Kaff
al- Grodick
Bentonville
Ark
England
E. Phenneger
Mike Knowles
Ray DeShon
United Tap
Chuck Griffin
Tom Ball
Siberia
Tom
Leavenworth
Kansas University
Bill Hargiss
Carl Weingart
Omaha Junction
McKinley
Hallowe'en
Bermuda
Jonathans
Gilbert
Gibbs
Kansas City
Satan
Beverly
Kansas
Parker
War Department
Roy Dunnock
Hiawatha
Missouri
Dunnock
Fred Evans
North Seventh
Royal Theater
Ernest Hazel, Jr
Alvin Crissie
Alvin
Downs
Mike_ Getto
F. S. Parker
Ater
Glenn W. Dickinson Theaters, Inc
Dorothy Evans
Kitten Bite Triggers Rabies Scare In Sarver Family
Mrs. E. Franklin Sarver of 517 South Seventh street received Pasteur treatment after a kitten bite. The head of the kitten tested rabid, and other family members also began Pasteur treatment. The cats were two five week old kittens picked up on Nortonville road. Mr. Sarver, an electrical engineer, killed both kittens and sent their heads for examination. The report confirmed rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Franklin Sarver
South Seventh Street
Mrs. Sarver
Sarver
Nortonville Road
Portwood Lands Big Job As Texas Schools Chief
Thomas B. Portwood resigns after five years as Atchison public schools superintendent to become assistant superintendent of secondary schools in San Antonio Texas. Effective October 1 his replacement is unnamed. Portwood will oversee 10 junior highs and three senior highs and expand curriculum with graduate work from Columbia. He praises Atchison and plans to relocate after finalizing affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Portwood
Atchison Public Schools
San Antonio
Tex
Board of Education
Portwood
Atchison
Emporia State Teachers College
Ee J. Study
Springfield
Our
Texas City
Columbia University
New York City
Mrs. Portwood
Atchison Athletic Association
Memorial Hall
Blish, Mize & Silliman Hardware Co
Gene Harrison
Lawrence Mastin
Atchison High School
John Mize
Kansas University
Jim Morrow
Kansas City
Marysville
Kas
Bert Thomas
Curtis
Father Cuthbert
St. Benedict's
University of Michigan
Meinecke
Midland College
Lily
Cuthbert
Universiy Hospital
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Jackson Park
Eugene Clark
Ed Akers
St. Benedict's College
Harry Meyers
John Laurie
Art Moorehead
Tne
Charlie Harris
East Atchison
Pardee Butler
Santa Fe
al Sawyer
Maine
George C. Farrington
George Poehler
Hattie Russell
Will Glancy
Gunnison
Colo
E. W. Howe
Pat Langan
Fred Koester
Dwight Merwin
Presbyterian Church
J. B. Gordon
John Thompson
A. B. McQueen
Harry Gilman
MacGregor
G. W. Waters
George Lechler
Santa Fe Freight House
James Swallow
M. J. Woodward
Buchee
Kansas
George Barrigalupo
Fifth and Commercial
D. E. Miller
Frank L. Everest
Isabella L. Richardson
San Francisco
Omaha
Dad Ontis
Atchison Union Depot
Jess Crall
W. W. Cox
D. C
J. Worthington Jones
Burbank’s
Gertrude Snyder Robertson
Osborne, Kas
Lee Arensberg
Lee
Rotary dinner at Muscotah draws local crowds
Muscotah Rotary hosts welcomed 50 to 60 guests from Muscotah and nearby as Atchison Rotarians dined with Congregational church ladies serving fried chicken and trimmings. President Poindexter presided, fines were issued for excess eating, and speakers touted Rotary aims of fellowship and world understanding alongside local praise for the town and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscotah
Atchison
Congregational Church
Rotary
Grasshopper Township
Muscotah Congregational Church
Early Poindexter
Rotarians
Trinity Episcopal Church
Earl Robbins
Bill Lawin
Frank E. Harch
Tom Portwood
New York City
Hamburg
Germany
New York
Rotary Club
E. W. Allen
Globe
E. J. Bribach
Poindexter
Dr. Bribach
William Buckles
Atchison Rotarians
Huge Gathering of Orchardists in Atchison Dec 4 5 6
A large Midwest horticultural meeting will be held in Atchison December 4 through 6, hosting the Kansas and Missouri Horticultural societies and the Missouri Valley Horticultural conference. About 1,000 delegates expected. committees led by Floyd P. Willette, with officials from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Middle West
Atchison
Kansas and Missouri Horticultural Societies
Missouri Valley Horticultural Conference
Kansas Society
Missouri Society
Kansas’City
Wathena
Missouri and
Kansas Societies
Nebraska Horticultural Society
Colorado
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Iowa
Floyd P. Willette
Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Amstein
Atchison County
T. V. Byrne
H. M. Turner
F. O. Kincaid
R. J. Barnett
Manhattan
James N. Farley
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Topeka
T. J. Talbert
Missouri University
Columbia
E. H. Hoppert
Nebraska University
Lincoln
Nebraska State Horticultural Society
W. R. Martin
Missouri State Horticultural Society
Geo. W. Catts
Kansas City
Henry L. Lobenstein
Columbia, Mo
F. P. Willette
Muscotah Store Robbed of Dry Goods Loot
Joseph Anderson store in Muscotah ransacked with entrance broken. Loot over $200, including 12 women’s shoes, 12 dresses, 50 silk hose, silk underwear, and men’s work shirts. Sheriff Coleman called. robbers not found. Anderson discovered loss at 7 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Anderson
Muscatah
Anderson
Sheriff Coleman
Muscotah
Death claims C V Fletcher after six weeks illness
Charles V. Fletcher 81 retired Missouri Pacific conductor died at his home in Atchison after a two year decline, ending a 57 year railroad career with Hannibal and St Joseph, Central Branch and Missouri Pacific. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at home with Masons and Presbyterian rites, burial Mt Vernon. Survivors include widow Minnie and sons Charles W Fletcher of New York and Roy Merriam Fletcher of Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Fletcher
Missouri Pacific
North Third Street
C. V. Fletcher
Atchison
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Missouri Pacific Lines
Mr. Fletcher
Burnham
Andrew and
Elvira Shaw Fletcher
A. G. Fletcher
Reno
Nev
Charles Fletcher
New England
Osborne
Cameron Junction
Fletcher
Minnie Merriam
Brookfield
Central Branch
Downs, Kas
Charles W. Fletcher
New York City
Tite-Flex Metal Hose Co
Newark
N. J
Roy Merriam Fletcher
Seattle
Wash
Columbia Enameling and Stamping Co
Pearl Estes Blair
Herman Fletcher
E. E. Husted
Elbert Husted, Jr
Troy City Levy Changes and Surplus Funds
Troy reduces property levy by 15 cents per 1000 valuations this year citing a surplus in the interest and sinking fund and tax sale receipts. An extra mill boosts the fire fund for a new chemical engine while 11 mills cover paving and delinquent taxes. Waterworks bonds are funded from electric light fund surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay
Arthur O’connor
Sam Davis
Mr. Davis
Bill Cash
Indiana
Leslie Bishop
Globe
Jerry Shackelford
Charlie Howe
A. E. Marteny
Leavenworth
Charlie Kennedy
Kentucky
Tennessee
Weston
Dougherty
Winchester
Pat. Price
Pete Lau
Beloit
Abilene’s
H. W. Merwick
A. W. Seng
Troy City
General Paving Fund
Troy
Electric Light
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. F. Sarver
Myocene
Lovemont
Atchison County Road
Government Hill
Venworth
Lowemont
Marguerite Leacy
Atchison County Public Health Association
Jerry Nass
Green Sand
Kansan
T. B. Portwood
Harold Glatfleder
Will Wohlgemuth
Baby
Lancaster
Atchison Hospital
R. C. Matson
Horton
Matson
Nebraska University Medical College
Kansas Power and Light Co
Cy Behney
Thayer Supply Co
Burlington, Rock Island
Carl Megenity
Piggly-Wiggly Company
Henry Buddenbohm
Effingham
W. A. Shugert
Blish, Mize & Stilliman Hardware Co
Robert Bailey
Tri-County
Brown
Jackson
L. K. Davis
Cyrus Stevens
North Tenth Street
Davis
Hill City
Emma Ackley
Cummings
Mike O’brien
Beverest
Arensberg
John Raterman
One O'Malley
France
V. Fletcher
Thornton Henley
Orient
William Burnett
Alva McKay
H. R. McCormack
Thirteenth Street
Ruth McCormack
Chester Jack Cook
Lin
Robert Tompkins
Weston, O
Mat Tompkins
Mat
Robert
Toledo
Charles Kennedy
William Franklin
New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Troy Guts City Levy
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