19 Aug 1925
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Newspaper
Ludington Daily News
Location
Ludington, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1925
Page
1
A hot day draws a fine crowd to a Grangers picnic on Crystal Lake shores. Speaker C A Rinehart delivers remarks, shares memories, and leads songs as residents mingle and enjoy a farmers’ gathering.
President Coolidge extends stay in Plymouth Vermont during a quiet retreat. He plans possible return to the summer White House before week’s end while weather aids hikes and motor rides on dirt roads. Radio messages and nearby reporters cover his movements as three Washington journalists, involved in an automobile incident between Plymouth and Woodstock, recover without complications.
A distinct earthquake shock shook the island of Porto Rico at 10 oclock this morning, lasting about two minutes. A lesser shock occurred around 6 o'clock local time. No damage reported yet. Seismograph measurements indicated a distance of about 4,509 miles with no direction shown.
Tomorrow is the last day of the fur sale at Elite Shop with “Real High Grade Furs” offered at far below expectations. The ad promises Paris-inspired 1927 26 season models Jacquelte Seurs and Choker furs, samples for merchants sold here for less than half original cost.
Chicago reports cooler weather after an extreme heat wave scorched Kansas and Missouri. Severe wind and hail ravaged southeastern Iowa and southern Illinois, causing about 1,000,000 dollars in crop and property damage. Hail reached the size of a hen's egg as storms disrupted the region.
Michigan United Co purchased two vehicles including a one and a half ton and a Grabim Bros. teneks unit with used cabs and stake bodies. Delivered last week they will support building power lines and utilities. Shirley Myers oversaw the transactions for Michigan United, which has Weston, Lauingnton as its western division hub.
Ludington hosts the ninth district quarterly meeting of the American Legion auxiliary with fifteen delegates, including state president Eva Spaulding and vice president Mrs. Z M O Neill. Plans for the Bay City state convention are discussed at Guildhall, followed by a dinner at Edgewater hotel where Mrs W H Fores presided. Spaulding extols the bond between Legion and auxiliary while praising both exclusivity and democracy of the group in service to ex service men and humanity.
Mason County Treasurer Daisy Reck led Michigan in filing annual tax returns at the Mason County Court House on May 11. Reck completed and received receipts by May 31, saying hard work over long hours made the early deadline possible. Auditor Glerum praised the diligence and noted county affairs were in good condition pending formal inspection.
Chemists under the state health department tested 210 water samples from wells streams and springs to protect tourists from impure drinking water. Signs warned the public about water quality as the program covered M-51 M-22 and M-14 routes with 27 percent of samples declared on site.
Battle Creek attorney Joseph L Hooper, Republican, captured the special Third Michigan district congressional election by about 6 000 votes. He led Kalmazoo Kalamazoo and Hillsdale counties while Claude S Carney Democratic opponent carried Kalamazoo and Hillsdale in unofficial returns. Hooper totals 16 047 to Carney 9 885 with Calhoun County giving the largest edge. Hooper, 40, married with two daughters, succeeds a congressman who died in a Baltimore hospital.
Three Chicago experts forecast a brighter fall with more active business and rising freight volume. Continental & Commercial National Bank chair Charles M Reynolds Railway Age editor Samuel O Dann and Marshall Yield & Co president George Simpson cited confidence from a favorable farming outlook and steady credit, signaling seasonal activity rather than a boom.
Whispered confidences and secret meetings mark the presence in this city of representatives from northern Michigan cities petitioning the state board of education for establishment via their city of a fifth normal school. Why no law passed in the 1925 legislature is explained as the last of this month. Senator Orville Atwood of Newaygo, Senator Wm. Pearson of Long Falls, and Alpena, Traverse City, Ludington representatives met with Governor Groesbeck.
Captain John Smith treasurer of Pere Marquette Line steamers drowned when his sedan rolled from a Manistee dock into 10 to 12 feet of water after Steamer Virginia departed. Coast guards recovered the body as 2,000 onlookers watched near Puritan. Smith owned a vessel and freight line to Stranach. He left a widow and three daughters.
Ira Granger and Donald MacArthur were convicted by Justice A. J. Tower for dynamiting fish in the Au Salle river. Granger paid 50 dollars plus 17.05 dollars in costs, MacArthur 4.60 dollars in fines and costs. MacArthur admitted using dynamite supplied by Granger after authorities arrested Deputy Game Warden Ben Elms and Sheriff Andrew Isome.
Stanley Clausen of 71 East Loomis Street plunged from an upper porch at a Hamlin Lake cottage last night. The Ludington Hamlin group member landed headfirst on a hill path, suffering only slight bruises after the fall in darkness.
The MacMillan Arctic exploration party halts plans for land search in the unknown sea between Alaska and the North Pole due to daylight ending and severe weather. The Navy directs focus to scientific work with the air unit while maintaining base operations at Etah Greenland as changes are reviewed.
Sudden death of Mrs. Harry Schrink at her Hamlin township home near the Lin¢aht bridge. Born Ella Dottmanon in 1802, she lived in Mason county since 1906 and was active in Royal Neighbors and Pythian Sisters. Survived by daughter Marjorie, sister and mother in Chicago, services Friday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. H Irving Parrat.
Washington Aug 19 AP The debt commissions of the United States and Belgium reached a funding accord for the Belgian war debt totaling 417 million dollars as of June 15 1925 with President Coolidges personal approval. The plan provides interest remission on 171.78 million dollars loaned before the armistice and partial remission on 246 million dollars borrowed for reconstruction. The agreement awaits ratification by Congress and the Belgian government.
D A Seeley reports Michigan state college weather and crop summary for week ending Aug 18. Cool start with rains in north drought persists. since Friday warmth boosts growth in south and central regions. Grain damage from wet weather noted. beans show light injury. Fruit and truck crops are good and growing rapidly. Wheat and rye plowing progressing. early potatoes apples green corn tomatoes and other truck crops marketed at fair prices.
The Mackinac boiler blast last night near Narragansett Bay left 32 dead by noon with several more expected, as 677 excursionists from Newport faced a deadly disaster. Medical staff warned the toll could rise to 45 or more, with many trapped on the lower decks and reports of missing passengers.
In Owosso Michigan on August 19, Mrs G Bird, divorced from her husband, says she remarried not for love but necessity. She claims four children, debt, and reliance on him for support while a warrant for assault with intent was sworn but not served. The statement highlights her plea for pension aid and her decision to reveal the complex marriage and custody pressures.
Washington dispatch reports Fred A. Acker appointed acting postmaster at Adrian Michigan. London Ontario notes thousands paid final respects to Samuel Beckett at St Pauls Cathedral as his body lay in state for nearly four hours.
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