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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1925
Page
4
Los Angeles August 1. The Calvary Cemetery, known as Buena Vista, once part of early area history, is ordered cleared as an ordinance forces removal of all bodies. The ten acre burial ground holds many Spanish colonial era figures. neglect has led to ruin with crumbling tombstones and overgrown weeds.
The Associated Press reports a sharp split in the Episcopal Church over provincial governance as eight provinces debate constitutional changes at the New Orleans general convention. Majority and minority reports argue over budgets, electing missionary bishops, and centralization versus regional autonomy.
Hollywood reports a large pool seeking film careers with only about 15 000 currently employed from over 150 000 registered since 1917. The article notes diverse applicants and outlines daily wages for extras, mob scene crowds, and wardrobe ready participants in the motion picture industry.
The article lists stunt payments from 1500 dollars for a dangerous motorcycle dash to 100 dollars for a 100 foot dive and 400 dollars for a horse fall. It notes an ex fighter earns 59 to 100 dollars in bare knuckle scraps and a juggler can fetch up to 200 dollars in a circus scene. It also states sixty percent of film employment registrants are women.
Ty Cobb slips to fourth place in the 1925 American League batting race after a weak showing against pitchers. Tris Speaker remains leader at .405 while Harry Rice rises to second at .395. Warry Heilmann is third at .386. George Sisler and Al Simmons also figure among the leaders as the Philadelphia wrecking crew maintains its strong hitting pace.
Johnny Mostil's speed helps him with 88 runs and 34 steals as Hazen Cuyler of Pittsburgh tallies 101 runs. Rogers Hornsby, Gabby Hartnett, and Jimmy Bottomley pace batting with averages near .400. Top hitters include Sisler, Cochrane, Hale, and Cuyler among others in this rundown of league leaders and recent form.
London August 1 The government of Queensland offers attractive inducements to public schoolboys and others with some capital to settle in Australia. An Australian Farms College is planned to train new settlers and promote farming opportunities in the colony.
F H Seeley, renowned rupture expert from Chicago and Philadelphia, will be at the Iowana Hotel in Creston for one day, Wednesday August 5, to demonstrate the Spermatic Shield. He claims rapid closure of ruptures without surgery and cautions against elastic trusses with understraps. Seeley cites U S government documents and offers free demonstrations.
The plan establishes a training farm at Lynford Hall Nortolk to be run by H. V. Potts former Hawkesbury Agricultural College principal. Trainees will receive training at the college costing 875 plus expenses for six months. They will be asked to raise 1250 as capital on landing in Australia with passage money totaling 2500. The state will advance 1250 to each trainee bringing total capital to 3750. Estimated training and farm setup costs reach 6250.
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