03 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1921
Page
1
A concise dispatch outlines a public access issue with attention to policy steps, highlighting the roles of Stipe and Ish in the process. The note references a forthcoming debate and clarifies how the report informs local governance decisions.
Citizens are urged to place orders immediately for de rated floats automobiles and craving signs with limited assistance available. Prompt action is requested to ensure timely production and delivery.
Calendar items list a week of community events in Sheboygan with concerts by the Symphony Orchestra, open air dances, parades, industrial pageants, and swimming races. Highlights include the Coast Guard appearance, a masons open house, and a baseball game set for Friday at North Side venues.
The United States Britain and Japan began negotiations on the forthcoming Washington disarmament and Pacific conference agenda. The agenda outlines the scope of Pacific and Far Eastern discussions and is viewed as a key part of the proceedings.
The N Highth Street business area will be decorated for the Homecoming week August 18 with union shields and flags on light standards and trolley wires. Eder Manufacturing’s AR Cressy and five assistants arrive to supervise main street decorations from the Kraemer building near N Eighth street and Center avenue. Ground lights and Midway illumination will transform the Lake Front park Midway as concessions line N Third street facing east for a daytime promenade and pedal show.
Naples and Italy mourn public figures, with thousands at the requiem mass and crowds outside Santa Maria Gratia. Condolences arrive from royal government officials and distant regions while Caruso’s widow contemplates returning to New York. Estimates place his fortune at about $1.25 million after exchange rates.
Rev Savas Josephidies, pastor of a Greek Orthodox church on Tenth Street, issues a press statement denying political motives in a sermon. He says the dispute centers on ecclesiastical jurisdiction, recognizing Synodical Exarch Germanos Trojanas as the rightful church authority and defending Greece's Holy Synod. He cites his Sunday sermon text You are the Light of the World.
Commissioner Blair announced a broad investigation by the Internal Revenue department, amid sensational charges touching various branches including prohibition. Otto Schomberg, Edgar Kleinhanf, and Misses Esther Kleinhanf and Olga Schmidt spent Sunday at Cedar Lake enjoying boating and bathing on the south shore with a good time reported.
Mrs Mary Demmer was questioned by authorities over the suspected deaths of her husband John Demmer and Mr and Mrs Fred Kolze. Arsenic was found in the Kolzes. Demmer’s body will be exhumed in Colby Wisconsin.
Work begins to raze the Schreier building at N Eighth street and Center avenue after 60 years as a community hub. Herman Loesing Jr leads the teardown for a new Security National Bank complex slated for completion by August 16, with Western Union offices moving nearby and doctors Arpke Taache buying the Kraemer store building for relocation.
Readable notes indicate readiness for Security National bank and office building construction with contract award expected within two days. The National Security company forms with William H. Rietow as president and nine directors to manage the bank project and act as holding company.
Keeper Ingvald Olsen reports temperatures at the municipal bathing beaches with water and air readings noted. Precise values are illegible in the report but indicate monitoring of seaside conditions for bathers.
Judge Landis announces that no 1919 Black Sox players will be reinstated regardless of juries, stating any player who consorts with crooks or hides wrongdoing will never play in professional baseball again. Comiskey also locks out the seven acquitted players from the White Sox, with Buck Weaver and Swede Risberg seeking reinstatement today.
Wisconsin and Minnesota cheese producer groups move to merge into the world’s largest cheese organization. Representatives meet in Madison to finalize terms including five year contracts and stock subscriptions. The combined effort aims to harvest over 78 million pounds of cheese distribution within three years.
Owing to many names to transfer from The Teletri to The Press it is likely some will miss issues tonight. Readers are urged to call if they fail to receive their newspaper and telegrams will be processed tonight. A large staff works to start a new serial, with the story No Defense promised as one of the best.
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