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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
3
Secretary Kellogg announced that the United States will press China to meet nine power pact provisions and safeguard foreigners, following talks at Swampscott with President Coolidge and Undersecretary Grew. Other items note a large corn crop forecast, modest wheat gains, and varied fruit outlooks.
Foreign agent Christan Rakosvsky, back in London, is believed to have carried Russian orders for British firms totaling about 72.5 million dollars. A typhoon in the Philippines leaves over 2,000 homeless in Camarines province. In Paris, Lucien Jusseaume, famed decorative artist, was found dead by pupils, hanging from scenery. An Arab plot to restore the caliphate in Turkey is thwarted with several arrests. The US fleet reaches Samoa for fuel as the Eloise yacht finishes the 5000 mile race from San Francisco to Pancete Mine. Caillaux elected senator from Sarthe. archaeologist Boni dies in Rome.
A Washington National Geographic bulletin casts Shanghai as a cosmopolitan hub, detailing the foreign settlements with their modern streets and calm order, while the old city remains a century apart with temples, narrow lanes, teahouses, and a bustling polyglot crowd. It notes the port’s ships, sampans, and ferries, the river city built on piles, and the lure of foreign life drawing Chinese residents to the settlements.
Fulton Fish Market, now in its second century, remains the nation’s greatest fishing crossroads with annual business around 30 million dollars. It handles 850 million to 400 million pounds of seafood yearly from Atlantic to Pacific, Great Lakes to Gulf, supplying mostly the eastern population within miles of East River. The market began in 1822 with 346 stands, moved to South Street six years later, and has evolved from floating ice and “cars” to thousands of tons of ice today, preserving its storied role in American seafood commerce.
Shanghai is described as a cosmopolitan center with libraries theaters and hotels, a cooperative international spirit, and vast rail connections. It is called the Chicago of China, a major commercial emporium handling nearly half of foreign trade and a growing industrial center with mills and many factories.
Washington reports Louisville eleven year old Frank Neuhauser captured the national juvenile spelling championship after correctly spelling gladiolus following Edna Stover of Trenton. Neuhauser received $500 and a gold medal to fund his college education amid about two million entrants in sectional rounds.
The Bee, a tittle ketch built in 1801, operates between Southampton and Newport on the Isle of Wight and has completed its thirty-eighth thousandth Solent crossing. It once sailed with Nelson and was commanded by one captain for 48 years, carrying over 2,000,000 tons of cargo across about 500,000 miles.
A Spanish silver coin minted in 1601 is reported found in Santa Barbara California. Prof. D T Rogers leads Indian mound excavations and possesses the coin.
Iowa reports prize money for art show at the state fair. Crop conditions improve with vast acres of land sold at 265 per acre. Condemnation threats near Bellevue for state park. Budget laws and local government reforms discussed by ELH Paullin. Area work and TB control programs expand across counties. Wool shipments to Chicago and high livestock disease efforts noted. Mail plane inaugurates coast-to-coast service. Building permits rise in Sioux City. State fair premiums set with focus on youth and education. Expositions planned in Des Moines for women’s interests. An octagonal modern farm house near Willow stands out as a tourist attraction.
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