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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1925
Page
6
A lost item notice offers a reward for returning a Drake medal and a gold Dolphin key charm marked Baird. The items are described as a track shoe shaped charm and a medal, with return to the Advertiser office G-2.
An advert from a young woman seeks any kind of employment with “6, 4 %” offered for pay. The note appears to be placed by the job hunter to attract potential employers.
The Civil Service Commission invites applications for fire chief fireman fire truck driver assistant chief of police night policeman and merchant policeman. Examinations set for Aug 20 in Council Chamber. Application blanks available after Aug 5 at Martin's Radiator shop West Adams Street.
The act Zarelis and Zarelj bring a sensational blend of comedy and thrills to the Strand stage tonight. Their performance promises lively humor and daring moments for a packed audience.
Margaret Lee Evans of Des Moines arrives in Creston for a business visit. George Woodard of Bedford spends the day handling business interests. Ed M. Stewart of Chariton and Mrs. Frank Dougherty and others travel for brief stays with relatives. Mr A David heads to Prescott for a few days. Mrs Fred Koneeene goes to Corning for a short visit. Homer Harsh family vacations with relatives in Lowell. Owen Morgan family to Iowa City to reside as Mr Carter takes painting work at the university.
Miss Garnet Tisue hosted a 1 o'clock bridge luncheon at 404 North Maple Street on Monday. Guests included Miss Elizabeth Maxwell of Keokuk and Miss Vivian McClune of Des Moines with Maxwell winning high score and McClune second. Several local guests from Orient Olin and surrounding towns attended.
Members of the Thomas Taylor families gathered today for a reunion at the J E Taylor residence 312 North Division street and at McKinley Park. Attendees traveled from various parts of the United States to attend.
Mr and Mrs James Collins of 406 South Mulberry announce the birth of a baby girl named Kathryn Ruth at their home on Monday night.
Col leges and universities nationwide and in Iowa respond to an invitation by Dr. Karl Frederick Wettstone of the University of Dubuque to a conference on alleged commercialism in intercollegiate athletics and remedies. Wettstone, who withdrew the Dubuque team last May over inflated salaries and bidding for stars, cites the issue as a running sore. Iowa educators named include J P Van Horn Upland University Fayette H M Gage Coe College Cedar Rapids S Smith Iowa Wesleyan J W Million Des Moines University C A Meek Western Union Lemars and John Nelson Grinnell College.
Webster City was chosen to host the 1926 reunion of the Iowa Loyal Order of Moose at the convention in Ames. Cedar Rapids lost the bid for next year. The Iowa lodge voted to raise 50000 dollars to build a Towa Cot tage at Moose Heart Illinois.
Justice Lawrence DeGraff of the Iowa Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction restraining yellow cab operators from parking in the Cedar Rapids Union Depot cab space. The Red Top Cab Company claims it rents the lot and has exclusive use rights.
Arlington Heights Illinois August 4 1930 for the first time in history messages to and from the arctic polar area were transmitted and received here when the MacMillan arctic expedition answered a newspaper query from station 9XN at Etah Greenland about 3700 miles north of Chicago the reply arrived within fifteen minutes after the question was sent.
Atlantic City August 4 The anthracite wage scale talks are set to be broken off upon resumption of the conference this afternoon an official said unforeseen developments may force the action. Operators arrived determined to defend the scale committee's standing despite opposition from John L. Lewis and the UMWA. Samuel D Warriner and Wm J Richards did not accompany the other operators and would not join the leaders.
Washington Aug 4 The Iowa senate recount shows 29 counties complete with Brookhart at 116983 and Steck at 117147 in the uncontested totals. Contested votes not yet counted include 1650 for Brookhart and 474 for Steck. Senate tabulators add 1379 uncounted votes from 29 counties with Steck gaining 49 votes. Guthrie, Hamilton and Hancock nearing completion as Henry and Harrison begin.
New York Aug 4 The New York Boxing Commission plans to suspend any boxer who meets champion Jack Dempsey before he signs and posts a forfeit to challenge Harry Wills. The panel, amid delays in Dempsey’s negotiations, eyes an elimination title series to crown his successor with promoter Tex Richards already arranging a Wills Tunney bout this fall.
In Fort Dodge on August 4 Ted Smith a 19 year old Cedar Rapids man attempted to flee parole officer L A Hall from the Johnston hotel. Hall fired several shots as Smith dashed through downtown alleys and streets but no one was hit. Smith had been paroled from Anamosa in February after a 1928 car theft in Cedar Rapids.
Underwood of Bedford and Omaha visitors Miss Helen Matcha Miss Alice Nemec and Louis Nemec arrived in Creston to stay two weeks at the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson 101 West Irving Street.
In Duluth Minnesota more than 3000 members joined a grand parade representing every state and several nations as the Knights of Columbus began their 43rd annual international convention. A pontifical high mass followed with Bishop Joseph G Pinsen and Archbishop Austin Dowling officiating and James A Flaherty presiding. The gathering heard a Columbus commemoration plan led by Manuel Mendia of San Juan Porto Rico proposing a Columbus park and monument in Aguadilla.
A man calling himself Jack Morgan was arrested in Davenport Iowa on larceny of an automobile charge. He drove a Chevrolet roadster reported stolen in Salt Lake City Utah with Utah and Iowa plates found in the car. He admits taking the car from Salt Lake City. James Wilson of Fitchburg Massachusetts and John F Gasso of Sterling Illinois were with him and held for investigation. they deny involvement, claiming they merely rode from Des Moines to Davenport.
Winifred C Waters left Monday evening to shop for millinery at Waters Hat shop. John Crisco and Charles Shull departed Sunday for Long Beach California to visit Criscos mother and sisters. They will stop at Colorado Springs Denver and Estes Park on a two week hunting trip in California country.
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