Ice cream rules enforced to keep fat standard in Iowa
Des Moines May 17 Inspectors in the state food and dairy department were told to enforce the 12 percent butterfat standard for ice cream as warmer weather raises demand. Officials note wartime laxity and rising prices, and new dairy inspectors F C Gilmore and J N Morrow were appointed as the department campaigns to keep eggs infertile and poultry rosters trimmed.
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Des Moines
State Food and Dairy Department
W. B. Barney
State Department
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Dairy Department
F. C. Gilmore
Atlantic
L. 8
Flickinger
Gilmore
J. N. Morrow
Douds
Iowa
G. 8. Bogle
Food and Dairy Department
Masonic Diamond Jubilee Planned in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Grand Lodge A F and A M will hold a diamond jubilee in Cedar Rapids June 6 to 12 with a school of instruction on June 6 7 and 9 and a grand lodge session June 10 11 and 12 Grand Master George L Schoonover will open proceedings June 16 a parade Tuesday evening marks the jubilee and veterans of Masonry meet for a banquet Members of 21 years receive veterans society eligibility Headquarters are at Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids prepares for out of town guests and entertainment
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Iowa Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge of Iowa
A. F
A. M
School of Instruction
Grand Lodge
George L. Schoonover
Veterans’ Society
Montrose
Cavell’s Body to England Burial Plan in Northwich
In Brussels on May 17 Edith Cavell the World War I nurse murdered by Germans is moved for burial. The body is escorted by Belgian and British troops, laid on a gun carriage draped with the Union Jack, and awaits transport to England aboard a British warship from Ostend. A church service and a Westminster Abbey funeral are planned.
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Hans
Northwitch
Brussels
Belgium
Edith Cavell
Church of England
Ostend
England
Westminister Abbey
Miss Cavell
The Claims of Italy and Jugo Slavia Territoral dispute map and ports
The article describes the proposed borders of the new Kingdom of Jugoslavia versus Italy and lists the Adriatic ports used by each. It notes Serbia as the sole fully Allied country within Jugoslavia and details major Dalmatian and Montenegrin coast ports, rail access, and hinterland routes. It also cites Italy’s claim to Fiume and the east Adriatic gateway role for the Istrian peninsula.
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Jugo Slavia
Serbia
Slavonia
Carniola
Croatia
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Montenegro
Greecs
Albania
Hungary
Adriatic
Spalato
Gravosa
Ragusa
Cattaro
Antivari
Dalmatian
Montenegran
Durazzo
Avalona
Danube
Salonika
Spalate
Fiume
Austria
Triest
Bucarii
Segna
Dalmatia
Zara
Tran
Castelnuovo
Dulcigno
Scutari
Italy
England
France
Russia
United States
New Kingdom
Novigrad
Bucarri
Grevosa
Jugo Slav
Piume
Iatrian
Average Soldier Gained In Weight While In Service
A 1919 war foods report shows Spanish-American War veterans lost weight while American soldiers in 1918 weighed 12 pounds more than entry weight. It details rations totals for 3.7 million soldiers, costs per meal, daily French supplies, and dehydration of vegetables. It notes coffee, tobacco, candy, gum use, and economic savings in uniform design.
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Washington, D. C
Spain
War Department
France
Fuel and packing reforms save government millions
The department seized all 27.5 degree fighting naphtha for service planes on the front and overhauled packing to conserve shipping space. Clothing was bale compressed, shoes shipped in bags, and trunks dissembled and crated, with the New York baling plant saving $55,000,000 in tonnage expenditures.
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New York
A O U W Votes To Buy Des Moines Headquarters Building
The Ancient Order of United Workmen election at Muscatine lists officers led by FE D Evans and S L Johnson. A $6,000 fund will buy and remodel a Des Moines property on West Grand avenue to serve as grand lodge and Iown district headquarters at the Lowell Chamberlain homestead.
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Grand Lodge
Muscatine
Grand Lodge of the
FE. D. Evans
Des Moines
Osias Herman
Conneid Pluffs
Henry N. Stoltenberg
Chicago
W. S. Stowell
S. L. Johnson
A. J. Miller
Fort Madison
Katchman
Orin W. Collins
Fort Dodge
Supreme
Davis M. Rothers
RB. Evans
A. Y. Proudfoot
Indianola
Iown
Order of United Workmen
Car Explosion Burns Fred Ickes in Greenfield
A May 17 fire at an Iowa oil station near the depot badly burned Fred Ickes after he lit a cigar while preparing to drive downtown. With head and shoulder injuries, he is bedbound and feared to lose his eyesight.
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Greenfieald
Iowa
Fred Ickes
Starvation Report From Petrograd Sketches Crisis
Dispatch from Stockholm reports Petrograd deaths near 30,000 weekly. Starvation spreads even to Swedes in the city as the Swedish government scrambles to send food amid the crisis.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Stockholm
Petrograd
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His Everlicht
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Middle West
John Hopkins
Goucher
States
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General Cigar CO
Best
Russell Branch
Sioux City
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Formu
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W. B. Forma
W.B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
City of
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Akron
Ohio
Silvertown
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