Honor Bronner at Lodge Meet Recognized in Elk Convention
S G Bronner of the local Elk lodge was honored at the Ottumwa convention elected to third vice president of the Blate organization. Ottumwa's gathering elected Linsay Leone as president and Julia Feacht as treasurer. Muscatine sent forty delegates including B WilUpon, F Cook, W Kulp and many others. next year’s meeting awarded to Dubuane with Muscatine officers aiding planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Bronner
Elk Lodge
Ottumwa
Blate
Linsay ‘Leone
Newton
Julia Feacht
Treas Aurer
Buk
Wilson
General Pershing
Muscatine
Ladies’ Band of
Keota
Vaudeville Company
Chicago
Dubuane
B. Wileson
F. Cook
W. Kulp
I Gilkin
B Hart
S. Bronner
L. Tuxton
F. Kranz
George Frank
George Richards
Ed. Klein
Wd. Bunn
J. Duncan
I. Bond
J. A. Bond
F. Schmaltz
H. Potzger
P. Tobias
Harold Barnard
Walter Carroll
Ed. Volger
Postpone Report of Supreme Meeting Seen in Muscatine
With poor attendance at Muscatine Court of Honor Number 677 last evening the supreme lodge convention report by J. Keay was postponed. The convention report, sent from Chicago, will be read at the next lodge meeting on July 18. A special speaker is planned to discuss the supreme marine work.
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Muscatine Court of Honor
Supreme Lodge
J. Keay
Chicago
Yankees Cited for Gallantry in Catigny Action
American officers and soldiers cited for heroism in Catigny operations by General Pershing are listed as identified. Names include Colonel Lucius R. Holbrook of Idaho, Major Theodora Roosevelt Jr of New York, and other officers and enlisted men from states across the country. The first list of addresses was issued naming these individuals as records are matched.
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Washington, D. C
Catigny
War Department
Pershing
Lucius R. Holbrook
Boise
Idaho
Theodora Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Ames Frey
Langendorf
Switzerland
R. Oglesby
Lynchburg
Volney
Bowles
Denver
Cole
G. P. Cather
Bladen
Jack Coonan
Watertown
N.Y
Moses I. Cox
Gray Court
S. CG
Lee S. Dillon
Boulder
Kermit
N. D
Clifford Cagle
Horton
Texas
John R. Davidson
Crisswall
Mich
John Fennessy
Rochester
N. Y
Benjamin F. Lawson
Latrobe
Harry FE. Schaeffer
Philadelphia
Indiana Prohibition Law Upheld by State Supreme Court
The Indiana statewide prohibition law was upheld by the state supreme court in Indianapolis. The ruling was 4 to 1 with Judge John W. Spencer of Evansville dissenting.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
State Supreme Court
John W. Spencer
Evansville
Wagner Enlists as Home Defense Officer in Carnegie
Hans Wagner, former major league baseball star, was sworn in today as a member of the Allegheny County home defense police with jurisdiction in Carnegie. The ceremony solidifies his transition from sports to local law enforcement in this near-Pittsburgh hometown.
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New Home Defense Police
Associated Preas
Pittsburgh
Hans Wagner
Allegheny County
Carnegie
Here
Second War Savings Stamp Drive Progress in Muscatine
Muscatine launches a second attempt to surpass the top in the war savings campaign with hundreds of solicitors starting early. By noon a noticeable rise in subscriptions suggested likely success as canvassing groups split duties between men and women. The Liberty Campaign club targeted business and factories while residents were reached by women, following a strong instruction meeting at the M E church led by Mrs J H St John. Final instructions and a Liberty quartet selections preceded a 7 pm luncheon at the Bliss home.
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Muscatine
Liberty Loan
Liberty Campaign Club
M. E
Woman's War Service League
J. Hf. St. John
Plans for new US biological station lab reviewed
Staff at the US biological station at Fairport reviewed plans for a new laboratory. Dr. R E E Coker, former director and now chief of scientific inquiry, brought sketches by a University of Illinois faculty member. Attaches approved them in principle. formal approval pending. Coker visited Muscatine and returned to Washington, D.C.
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U. S
Fairport
R. E E. Coker
Bureau of Scientifice Inquiry
U. S. Department of Commerce
University of Illinois
Dr. Coker
Muscatine
Washington, D.C
Wage increase to boost paper wages nationwide
Washington June 28 War Labor Board awards a general wage rise of ten cents an hour for workers in wood pulp and news print, with equal pay for men and women. The move covers 19 companies and eight unions, sets eight hour days, time and half overtime, and links future scales to price shifts. Four holidays are guaranteed annually.
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Associated Press
Washington,d. C
War Labor Board
Federal Trade Commission
Companien
Labor Board
Shippers hope for relief from transfer charges
A report notes current freight rules allow grain merchants to transfer grain en route from intermediate points to another car, with a quarter of a cent transfer fee. Under government control small carriers would be freed from charges while large elevators and carriers must enforce them, benefiting small shippers. Association of Commerce invites contact. Scott House lightning strike causes minor damage at Third and Town Avenue. steeple splintered but no other harm.
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Association of Commerce
Scott Jouse
Scott
Third and
Town Avenue
County conventions loom big in local race for offices
On the eve of county conventions in the city, Republicans debate the county recorder contest with Harris and Borgstedt leading, while hints of a dark horse emerge. Democrats, facing internal confusion, seek a full ticket to challenge the GOP, eyeing the clerk and sheriff seats amid cautious optimism.
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Harris
Borgstedt
R. G. Tipton
FE. R.tipton
Ipton
Tipton
Demos
Poland and Bolshevik Tensions Amid German Mediation
The text outlines seven Russian pledges regarding Poland including no interference with Polish organization, use of agitators via German channels, suspending agitator shipments to Germany and Austria, and vigilance over Polish groups. It also notes Russia recognizing future German‑Austria state changes in Poland and opposing Polish actions against Germany. The unrest in Poland resurfaces with strikes in Russian Poland and Galicia as the Polish legion fights Bolsheviks before disbanding, with renewed unrest in the Dombrowa coal fields.
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Germany
Poland
German Information Bureau
Austria
Russia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Austria-Hungary
Chelm
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Galicia
Mousnitsky
Dombrowa
Compound Lard and groceries in a ration list
A fragmented grocery list includes Compound Lard Ih ., b0c Kohrs Cooked Pigs Feet Vegetabe Shortening Pall, Farm House Milk small Macaroni Spaghetti or Noodles, Blue Caro, Corn Starch boxed Riverside Starch, White Flyer Soap bars Lennox or 2. C. Soap, Speede Cleaners canned, Uncle Sams the quartermost a hungry world. He is playing square. we.
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Riverside
Speede Cleaners
Sams
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Honor Bronner
Dubuque
Elk Lodges
Iowa
Zola Murphy
Kansas City
Lloyd J. Ashley
Camp Dodge
Ashley
National Reserve Bank of
Kakansas City
Yankees
J. M. Sherter
Davenport
Mississippi
Clinton
Wagner
Police
Martha Washington Comfort Shoes
Clearan Sale CI Clearance Sale CL
NCE Les Ranc
Clance Sale
SaLl Garanch
O Tea
Clearanc
Mark and Son
Ady
Poles
Santos
Nyenhuis &Co
West Second
Knights of Columbus Laurent Council
A. G. Bestenlehner
F. S
Vitagraph
Harry Morey
Florence , Deshon
Seray
Pathe
Margarita Fischer
America
Universal Pictures
Dorothy Phillips
Gale Henry
Wm. Francy
Universal
Helen Gibson
Gayety
Triangle Pictures
Winifred Allen
Earl Fox
Paramount
William S. Hart
Dakota Dan
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