Mystic Shrine Opens Conclave With 50 000 Delegates
Fifty thousand Shriners gathered in Los Angeles for the opening of the fifty first conclave with delegations from across the country. The arrival of James E. Chandler of Kansas City and caravan of 26 eastern temples marked the start. Tomorrow the imperial conclave ceremony will be held in the Los Angeles Coliseum as cities like Philadelphia Akron Denver vie to host the 1926 session. Medinah Temple Chicago led arrivals with 1,500 delegates, with others from Detroit Racine Davenport and more noting large delegations from multiple states.
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Los Angeles
INS
Mystic Shrine
Scimitar and
Crescent
Catalina Island
James E. Chandler
Kansan City
Imperial
Los Angeles Coliseum
Philadelphia
Akron
Ohio
Denver
James C. Butler
Shriners
Medinah Temple
Chicago
Detroit
Ceéduc Rapids
Hammond
Ind
Milwaukee
Lewiston
Minneapolis
Davenport
Lincoln
Neb
Egg preservation by water glass method outlined
Farm Bureau notes describe preserving fifteen dozen eggs using water glass solution in a five gallon crock with clean, scalded eggs and sufficient solution to cover them by at least two inches. Keep crock cool and covered and stir solution. use only once and keep crock in sunlight to remove odors if reused. Also reports on alfalfa suppressing Canadian thistles in Winneshiek county with a pasture renovation using oats and alfalfa sown in 1928.
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Sorden
Egan Aye
Iowa
A. W. Oxley
Farm Bureau
Winneshiek County
Okley
Alfalfa Cuttings Yield Sparse Second Clippings
The report notes time constraints and two alfalfa cuttings leaving only one or two tall, sickly looking giants.
Martial Law Declared in Shanghai Amid Strikes
Shanghai officials proclaimed martial law to restore order after riots. Crowds of seven or more were barred from street gatherings, police detained suspected Bolshevists tied to strike agitation in Japanese cotton factories, and violence escalated with injuries to students and attacks on Japanese residents.
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Shanghai
INS
Notice to Patrons of the Dump Grounds
The city dump grounds ask patrons to refrain from hauling or dumping on Sundays or holidays due to no attendant being present. Anyone dumping must first see the attendant to locate the proper dump site. Ray Trainer, Mayor.
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Ray Trainer
Author of Side Walks of New York Dead
New York Suns reports author Charles B. Lawlor of Side Walks of New York has died from heart disease. Lawlor, once blind and long in strained circumstances, was to be buried tomorrow. Hospital records reveal one fatality and many injuries in weekend auto accidents in Cedar Rapids.
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New York
Charles
Lawlor
Cedar Rapids
Iowa primary road progress shows 70 percent drained
A 1925 state highway bulletin reports that about 70 percent of Iowa’s primary road system, totaling 6,659.7 miles, is drained and at permanent grade with 40 percent surfaced with gravel or better. Concrete work has begun across counties, and contracts are nearly let as funds shrink to 47 percent of prior levels, shifting focus to southern counties to raise roads to northern standards.
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Iowa
Fortyfirst General Assembly
Polk
Jefferson
Scott
Polk County
Cass County
Fayette
Winnishick
Allamakee
Clayton
Development fund to augment primary road allotments in Iowa counties
San Diego based official Lyman J. Gage, former treasury secretary, notes the development fund of 4 million dollars will supplement primary road money for selected counties under new state law effective November 30. The plan shifts funds from northern counties to bolster secondary roads while many southern counties still grade primary routes. About thirteen counties face average losses near 40 thousand dollars, with bond anticipation extending 15.5 million across twenty-six counties.
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Lyman J. ‘Gage
Secretary of Treasury
McKinne
Rouse
Kowslyin
San Diego
Calif
Gage
Coun
Iowa
Clay
Linn
Lyon
Fortyfirst General Assembly
Notice to Public on Park Flower Beds
Public notice warnings against picking flowers in LaVista Place flower beds. It states beds are planted and maintained by residents for street adornment and that flower-picking will be handled by law. The text ends with a stray telegraph line.
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LaVista Place
Ray Trainer
Airmail changes as Warren Glover named chief
Warren Irving Glover, formerly third assistant postmaster general, becomes head of the airmail service replacing Paul Henderson who resigned to enter the commercial aviation business.
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Warren Irving Glover
Paul Henderson
Student Dies After Collision With Nebraska Man
Lee Lingean, 23, a Nebraska Wesleyan student, died from injuries after a speedster struck him on a paved highway west of town. Bevering was driving the vehicle involved in the fatal incident. The death occurred the day following the accident on June 1.
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Phige
Out
Lee Linegan
Nebraska Wesleyan
Bevering
Here
Giant navy airship to fly to Hawaii in August
The Navy Department announced that the giant airship Los Angeles will undertake a flight to Hawaii in August. The announcement confirms the route and timing of the navy airship operation.
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Hawaii
Washington
Navy
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Former Shen Man Heads New Demo Weekly
Jane Tis Washington UG, W. D. Jamieson formerly of Shenandoah Iowa and ex congressman from Iowa district leads a new Democratic weekly that debuted Saturday. The paper vows an aggressive stance aiming to elect a Democratic Congress next year while supporting old Iowa allies including E. T. Meredith.
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Washington
Jane Tis
W. D. Jamieson
Shenandoah
Iowa
Wighth Iowa
New Democratic Weekly
Jamieson Raa
Congress
Oldfield
Congressional Committee
Dollar Dinner Luncheon Held by Presbyterian Ladies
The Presbyterian ladies announce a dollar dinner at 1 p.m. on Wednesday June 3 hosted by Mrs. J. W. Cuykendall. Proceeds support church activities and missions.
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Presbyterian
J. W. Cuykendall
Tanlac health claim ad promises blood purification and quick recovery
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a blood purifier and body booster. It claims relief from nervousness indigestion rheumatism and liver pain and urges readers to buy Tanlac at any drug store to feel improvement within days.
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Thia An. Bulider
Fontes Ie Andi Pilla
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Los ‘Angeles
Farm Bureau News
Walnut Street
South
Nebraska
Shen Man
Atlantic, Iowa
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