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Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1925

Page

3

Creston Daily Advertiser data card and rights notice

The Creston Daily Advertiser lists its publishers Carl Davesport and W A Roseberry with city, county, and postal details. It states journalism rights, AP affiliation, and republication restrictions for news dispatches and local news.

Creston Daily Advertiser Creston Advertiser-Gasette Co Carl Davesport W. A. Roseberry Afpiciad City and County Pargck Creston Iowa Associated Press

Gasoline Famine Avoided by New Production Methods

At the American Chemical Society convention in Los Angeles the pledge is made that there will never be a fuel famine and gas should not rise above a quarter per gallon. The claim rests on improved production and handling and on synthetic methods to curb waste.

American Chemical Society Los Angeles Mocking Dare Dare Devil Peter O’danna Peter the Great Captain Bird Captain Dewey L Peter O’donna H. P

Gasoline scare put on top shelf by old editor’s tale

In a reflective note, the Fairfield Daily Ledger cites fears of gasoline shortages and other doomsday predictions, then dismisses them with faith in human resilience. The piece cites J. West Goodwin’s motto about troubles that rarely occur and argues citizens will curb crime and persevere.

America J. West Goodwin Missouri Fairfield Daily Ledger

Unemployed Able Bodied Men Face Barriers to Work

A Shenandoah Sentinel editorial laments able bodied men out of work and unable to find relief while the sick elderly and poor receive aid. It argues many competent workers go hungry or rejected by employers despite willingness to work, citing widespread job scarcity in Shenandoah and Clarinda and asking what is wrong with the system.

Clarinda Shenandoah

What They Owe Us

The article notes the U S citizens lent 9 09 billion dollars to foreign governments and citizens last year reflecting on large foreign loan exposure and implications in a crisis. It cites National Industrial Conference Board figures to illustrate the scale of the nation's financial interests abroad.

National Industrial Conference Board United States

Foreign loans reshape U S interests after World War I

The piece notes loans abroad grew after the war, with 1915 loans fifteen times the prewar average and postwar private investment peaking thirty times prewar levels by 1920. It warns such financial ties risk entangling the United States in future wars and force choices between protecting interests or absorbing losses.

St. Joseph

Melancholy humor in Brookhart ballot recount sparks debate

The Newton Daily News condemns clerks recounting Brookhart and Steck ballots showing names like Andy Gump and Barney Google. It argues such vot er humor reflects disrespect for voting rights and suggests depriving offenders of the vote might deter similar mockery.

The Newton Daily News

Empty and full pris ons

A comparison of crime and prison trends between the United States and England based on English statistics. The piece notes England closes prisons, faces underutilization, while American jails overflow, with debates on conviction rates, pardons, and the effects of war and unemployment on crime.

America England Alfred Nutting London Wales Department of Justice Ames Daily Tribune Evening Times

What It Takes for Success

A column argues success comes from hard work not luck. It cites a sales manager who advertised for skilled salesmen offering 100 to 200 dollars weekly, receiving fifty responses. The piece emphasizes that most people avoid the effort required for extraordinary achievement.

Lessons in Success From a Tough Hiring Experiment

A local anecdote recounts how an employer tested 25 applicants by phone and in person. Only four endured a year, one lasted two years, and the tale argues that hard work, not talent alone, drives lasting success.

Fort Madison

Women and Farm Improvements Advance Rural Iowa Life

Iowa farm women are driving farm home improvements with over 80 000 participants in the past year through the farm bureau federation. Lee county leads local efforts under the federation, with strong collective work boosting rural life. The movement aims to make farming more pleasant and productive, reflecting a shift from dreary past to a more active, cooperative future.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Lee County Farm Bureau Ellworth Richardson Iown Democrat Fort Madison

Get Rid of the Peddler Nuisance Reaches Nationwide

An editorial notes growing annoyance from door-to-door peddlers across cities including St. Joseph and Galveston. It reports retailers urging countermeasures and cites Galveston’s Advertising club campaign as a public education effort to deter peddler sales.

St. Joseph Galveston Texas Advertising Club

Remedy Promises Cure For Digestive Ailments

An advertisement touts Wonderful Remedy as a simple harmless prep that removes catarrhal head from the intestinal tract and inflamed stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. It claims permanent results in thousands and urges readers troubled with bloating to try the remedy sold at druggists.

Help For Nervous Women Remedy Claim

An advertisement touts Lydia E R Winkham's Vegetable Compound as a simple herbal remedy for nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backache and fretfulness in women. It claims forty years of proven health restoration for American women and urges merit as proof.

Lydia RK. Winkham America

Local Clerks Learn Real Interest Drives Sales

A St Joseph Gazette quote urges train clerks to sell with genuine interest and confidence in their goods. Buyers reward courteous, engaged salespeople and will stand by stores that provide better service.

St Joseph

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