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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
4
Advertisement promising quick relief from piles with a harmless tablet by Dr Leonhardt. Claims no grease or cutting and guaranteed to end misery, available at Newcomb & Matthews and other druggists.
The U S S Ortolan, on temporary duty with the California Academy of Sciences, returned from a months long voyage to Revillagigedo and Socorro islands off Mexico. Dr. G Dallas Hanna led a party that gathered rare birds fishes reptiles fossils and plants for the academy museum.
Strands Theatre hosts Zarek and Zarek this Tuesday and Wednesday in a fast paced vaudeville act featuring wire stunts. The duo recently returned from the West Coast where they performed aerial feats for Metro Goldwyn studios on the film The Mystic. They also appear with the Paramount picture The Air Mail starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The article notes that billing and cooing activities do not end in June with the possibility that only the cooing may affect Birmingham News, signaling ongoing promotional chatter or marketing phrasing tied to the publication.
Indianapolis Aug 3 Lew Shank plans retirement at year end ending his second mayoral term He has not decided whether to return to auctioneering storage plant management or other work His bid to buy Laurel Hill estate for a city park and country club faces opposition while his political career remains in the limelight and party rifts linger after GOP primaries.
London reporter Malone seeks adventure after rejection by a girl. He secures access to Professor Challenger, who hides a troubling tale from his perilous South American expedition and the fate of Maple White. Malone glimpses drawings in a sketch book that may hold the clue to a dangerous mystery.
A narrative describes a full page landscape and a second page creature sketch from an opium influenced vision. The portrait shows a birdlike head on a lizard body with spiked tail and a dwarf observer. Professor Lankester references a Stegosaurus bone, debating its authenticity and origin in South America.
A large Sunday crowd lingered but rain forced cancellation of the final concert. The Creston band played 11 concerts this year and plans a stronger series next year. Musicians and locals report steady attendance despite weather. several local figures and visiting artists are noted in brief.
Mr and Mrs W C Wall and their daughter Ruth and son Walter Jr left Sunday for Ottumwa and Illinois for a vacation. Mr Wall is manager of the Spurgeon store here. Miss Lenore Wralsh has returned to her job at the Farmers and Merchants bank after a two week vacation spent partly with her sister Mrs L A Weber of Algona Minnesota.
A survey of warranty deeds filed at the Union County Recorder’s office lists transfers in Creston Iowa from 1923 to 1925. Several properties pass from Stinson Terry Bailey Moore Workman and others to Alta Hawk Lundquist Lindahl Blakewell Lucas Pilger and more with prices noted. Also notes a South Dakota rail commission meeting in Omaha to discuss wheat corn and livestock transport.
Des Moines Aug 3 Walter J Conbran of the commerce counsel will probably represent Iowa at the conference of state railroad commissions in Topeka Kansas Tuesday to consider ways and means of opposing the proposed increase of freight rates.
Five Lyons county men from Larchwood pleaded guilty to stealing chickens hogs and sheep. Judge Bradley sentenced L. G. Levins Elmer O. Thomas William F. Martin Francis Bruggemann and John Whalen to five years in the Anamosa men’s reformatory. Arrests were made by Lyon county Sheriff A Ripley and BIS Special Agent A E Nugent.
Sam S. Sharpe's will probated at Hampton directs that all farms except 200 acres be held 10 years and then sold with proceeds to be divided among heirs as if no will. 200 acres to be sold, $10,000 to a cemetery vault, $5,000 to sister Elizabeth Stockdale, and remaining funds to pay debts and improve farms for the 10 year hold, reflecting belief land values will rise.
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