12 Aug 1922
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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1922
Page
1
A Sunday game at Spaulding ball park drew a sizable crowd. The married men defeated the single men 16 to 9, with likely equal hits and errors. Umpire Roy F P Osborn and base umpire Earl Cecil officiated the game. Lineup follows.
Creston and nearby towns reflect a busy social week with visits among families. Oren Cheethams spent Sunday at the Haworth home as Emma Dalheim and her daughters visited Burdette and Jacobson households. Mary Murphy and her nephew Paul from Marcus Iowa were here for a visit Tuesday. Louis Schuh began work after his application was approved.
Joseph Masseria, who dodged bullets last Tuesday in a four gunmen attack on Jnd avenue injuring six, is arrested for murder after a second shooting near Mulberry Street. Umberto Valenti was killed and a street cleaner and a girl wounded as the feud continues. Police theorize Valenti may have been one of Masseria’s attackers earlier in the week.
The text urges concertgoers to tip or pay attention after encouraging a pianist to perform. It counsels polite behavior, noting a heart to heart talk beside you can please more than a disliked piece, but insists you should still show consideration and not omit payment.
A brief adage reflects on faith and virtue, urging steady growth of virtue. It quotes II Peter 1 5 and Montaigne noting that trusting another’s virtue does not prove one’s own. The snippet offers moral reflection rather than news or event details.
Iowa’s four million dollar State Fair and Exposition begins in Des Moines in seven days on August 23. Experts anticipate a record crowd for the sixty eighth year with auto races aviation thrillers livestock judging and an extensive exhibit of swine and cattle. Over 410000 automobiles are expected and admission is reduced to 50 cents while railroads offer a round trip fare of one third.
Creston fans urged tearing up rain checks from Sunday’s game, destroying them as the crowd questioned if the event was worth admission. The street‑level sentiment favored discarding any remaining passes and not saving the pieces.
Local notes report visits and travels among Brook residents. Carrie Richey buys a Ford. Laverne Thomas family returns from South Dakota. Walter Glade visits Fontanelle. Ivan Heaton reports parents are well and not yet home. Crewmates attend Chautauqua in Corning. Rev Borst assists baptism at Mt Etna. birthday celebrations for Donald and Dorothy Taylor. spider bite to Robert Thomas. Abbie Marsh injures cheek. community plans Homecoming Aug 23 24 with free music games entertainment and a full day of activities.
The U S Supreme Court will be asked next October to rule on whether Takao Ozawa of Honolulu, a Japanese native, is white and eligible for naturalization. Ozawa argues he is American in life and Caucasian, while courts in Hawaii and the Ninth Circuit rejected his claim. He cites his education in American schools and his children’s upbringing as proof of loyalty to the United States.
A new shade titled Marion Orchid will debut this fall. The name honors Marion Ohio, the hometown of Mrs. Harding, reflecting local pride in the launch.
C B Woodhull dies at home in Creston after brief illness at age seventy plus. Survived by wife and seven children Roy Donald Frank Floyd Noel, with son Fred predeceased four years ago. Funeral at 2 30 PM Monday at 1109 West Mills, Graceland Cemetery interment follows.
The Tramp Bros. Brick Yards at this place have failed after closing several days ago due to coal shortages. The plant is expected to remain closed indefinitely.
The next meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be postponed until August 22.
The piece notes fashion changes where young flappers and grandmothers dress alike, contrasting with Oriental and Japanese traditions. It highlights that in Japan marriage alters a woman’s color choices, forbidding some colors and permitting others, reflecting strict sartorial rules for married women.
Salem Lutheran Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 Morning Worship at 10 15 Swedish Services at 11 15 No evening service The parable of the Unjust Steward is the morning sermon topic The Dorcas Society hosts Mrs Ernest Johnson 101 School Street next Friday Palmquist pastor District Luther League Convention at Essex August 18 20 Also Wilburn Palmquist Pastor Bible school 10 and 11 Preaching 11 with a Progressive Christianity message Teachers conference inspired plans for Bible school Future church events announced including September first Sunday invitation to all families
Rev. David Ferguson announces no public worship services at St. Pauls Episcopal Church during August. church school meets at 10 A M and services resume in September.
Pastor Rev J Hamilton Woodusm preaches God With Us One Hope in The Present World Situation. Sunday School at 9 45 A M. Morning worship at 11. B Y P U social at 5 and devotional at 6. Union Open Aid service on High School grounds omitted to allow Bishop Edwin H Hughes Chautauqua attendance.
The First Church of Christ Scientist at 104 North Oak Street invites the public to Sunday School at 10 and morning service at 11 with lesson subject Soul. Wednesday testimony meeting at 8, reading room open Wednesday and Saturday 2 to 4.
The Creston artist donated two oil paintings with scripture verses and a fine pulpit Bible to the Mission. The Supt E. E. Wade invites all to attend a gospel service each evening at eight o clock.
Aug 12 Madison Wisconsin arrests were expected tonight for the hammer slayers of Julius Balzer Cassel Prairie farmer and his sister Mary as William Balzer the sole surviving brother recovers from a coma. He told Sheriff Neitzel the names of two assailants who struck the victims and fled in a getaway car. Posses search the area while a money clue disputes the tramp theory. District Attorney H G Bohn questions whether a long buried feud explains the killings.
The Union Gospel Mission announces Sunday School at 3 P M in Mission Hall 210 S Elm St G W Taylor to deliver the sermon at 8 P M Attendees of various services are welcome to visit the mission and the High School grounds evening service follows. Our new home is comfortable.
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