06 May 1920
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
1
Mrs. Stella King on furlough from Africa arrives in the city from Cleveland to spend several weeks at KF. M. Nichols home. King and her husband are missionaries in South Africa. They returned to the states last fall on a yearlong furlough.
An extensive plan proposes a Freemason run cooperative settlement in the hilly zone north of Lake Nyassa in Eastern Africa. Captain Willis, a Military Cross recipient from Canterbury, New Zealand, would govern and organize landholdings, labor, and trade for a self contained colony with strict admission of Freemasons only. The project envisions 6000 acre plots, low-cost land, and a thorn fence defense, with education and social life elevated as aims. sea route via Daressulam and Dedoma, and transport to New Langenburgh contemplated.
A stray horse on the Monon railroad north of Lafayette caused a 30 minute delay to a southbound milk train. The engineer blew the whistle and then more steam but the animal kept moving ahead. Crew members failed to drive it from the tracks despite three stops and a wagon attempt.
Amid a push in Dubuque, a legion faction backs changing current laws to permit boxing. The effort centers on endorsing a new legal framework and gaining formal support from allied groups to promote legalization.
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