One Man Street Cars Curb Private Auto Rivalry
Waterloo June 3 Frank Chambers president of Des Moines City Railway says one man street cars are a major solution to electric railway finances. He cites growth from 900 single operator cars in 1918 to 12 597 in 1923 and 455 companies operating 15 043 cars with examples including Dallas Railway plus United Traction Albany Providence Seattle and Municipal Railways of Seattle.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Frank
Chambers
Des Moines City Railway
Iowa Electric Railway Association
Iowa
National Electric Light Association
Dallas Railway Compay
Dallas
Tex
United Traction Company
Albany
N. Y
United Railway Company of
Providence
Municipal Railways
Seattle
Wash
Tall Men Form Marshfield Mutual Protection Club
In Marshfield on June 3 a group of 28 tall men, six feet or taller, formed Long Fellow club No 1 to improve living conditions and mutual welfare. They aim to influence hotel bed lengths, Pullman berths, baths, and street seating for taller men, with officers Ostlind president Kaufman vice president Murphy secretary Montgomery treasurer.
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Associated Press
Marshfield
Ore
No. 1
Benjamin Ostlind
Wilson Kaufman
Paul W. Murphy
James Montgomery
Scandinavian Sailors Set to Race on Long Island Waters
Viking sailors from Sweden Norway Denmark and Finland will test seamanship against top American six meter yachts off Long Island in September. Beawanhakas Corinthian Yacht Club of Oyster Bay will host a four-nation challenge with its four best racers versus the visitors’ best. Sweden plans to sail a new six meter boat under construction in Gothenburg before carrying the flag in American waters.
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Associated Pres
Gothenburg
Sweden
Long Island
Iva Lignell
Scandinavian Sailing Association
United States
Beawanhakas Corinthian Yacht Club
Oyster Bay
Long Island Club
Soft feminine beauty replaces boyish flapper in Hollywood contest
In Hollywood a contest among 300 of the 1925 film industry’s beauties narrowed 500 candidates to 30 finalists. The chosen ideal stands five feet three, weighs about 118 pounds, and has gray blue eyes with golden chestnut bobbed hair. She is 20 years old, with a 26 inch waist, 34 inch bust, and 35 inch hips, wearing size four and a half slippers.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Calif
Film Center
Stronig Family Returns Home From Council Bluffs
Mr and Mrs H M Stronig and son Jack arrived home after spending several days in Council Bluffs. They traveled by car.
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H. M. Stronig
Jack
Council Bluffs
Land Study Aims To Solve Northwest Farm Land Issues
The Fairway Farms corporation backed by the Laura Spellman Rockefeller foundation launches a nationwide agricultural experiment in the Northwest to settle landlord tenant problems. Montana dates set with M. L. Wilson and J. L. Humphrey directing. The plan includes tenant ownership paths, private land development under guidance, region suited farming, and farm company finance. Montana State College extension service collaborates for education and information dissemination to farmers nationwide. Tenants must work toward future purchase under agreed terms, aiming to modernize Northwest land settlement with sound economics and investor returns.
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The
Associates Press
Bozeman, Mont
Northwest
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Foundation
Fairway Farms Corporation
Montana
M. L. Wilson
J. L. Humphrey
Great Plains
Montana State College Extension Service
Farm Ownership Plan Extends Payments Over Years
A summary of a farm ownership arrangement notes payments stretched across multiple years and emphasizes guidance from landlord hired experts, aiming to maximize success chances.
Free Masons to Feast 8000 at Grand Lodge Banquet
London reports an August 8 banquet hosted by the United Grand Lodge of England for 8,000 Free Masons in regalia with the Duke of Connaught presiding. The conning tower of a battleship style hall will direct the event with seven kitchens, hundreds of chefs, 1,500 waitresses, 50,000 plates, 24,000 glasses, and 100,000 pieces of silverware, aiming to surpass the 1922 luncheon record of 7,000 attendees.
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Associated Press
London
United Grand Lodge of England
Duke of Connaught
Electric Wire Finds Are Thirty Feet Underground
Swedish mining engineers using the Landbreg Nathorst and Sundberg electrical prospecting methods locate ore bodies by listening for conductivity signals through wires laid in trenches. Copper pyrite and copper with arsenic zinc and gold have been found under sand, a frozen lake, and deep underground. combined techniques are applied in Sweden and abroad.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
United States
Canada
South Africa
Spain
Finland
Norway
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a simple harmless preparation that clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and relieves stomach, liver, and intestinal ailments including bloating. It claims thousands of permanent results and urges readers to buy at all druggists.
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Mayr
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