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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
5
Paris reports labor agitators demand wage guarantees matching investor protections as Caillaux promotes a 95 franc to the pound guarantee. They argue workers deserve the same security as bonds and press for a sinking fund funded by new taxes to reassure the franc's value.
Stockholm reports strong gains for the previous year with 80 percent of large individual taxpayers reporting higher incomes and two thirds of top business corporations also up. The top individual earner was A M Versteegh with 402 354 dollars, followed by Marcus L Wallenberg and Ivar Kreuger. The Swedish Tobacco Monopoly led corporations with 5 462 424 dollars, though down from prior year, with Swedish Match and Swedish Liquor Monopoly close behind.
Keokuk leaders move to save history by keeping name slabs from three early schools and two ornamental plaques from the old grammar school. The slabs and plaques will be exhibited in the new auditorium under construction by the independent school district.
Stockholm reports Sweden remains the soberest among Finland Norway and Sweden adopts restricted liquor policy. Each household may buy four liters monthly and restaurants face limited supply. From 1911 to 1913 Stockholm liquor use averaged 24 liters per person annually.
Public offences stood at 47 per 1000 inhabitants while hospital treatment for drunkards averaged 12 per 10000. Last year liquor consumption fell to 12 liters per person with public offences rising to 19 per 1000 and drunkards treated at 3.6 per 10000.
Des Moines August 21 Secretary T. J. Edmonds of the newly organized Iowa Heart Association announced a series of chest clinics to be held across the state. The aim is to cut rising fatalities from heart disease through early detection and screening.
Belfast July 21 The saddest man on the liner Cedric arriving from Liverpool en route to America was John Neill an 86 year old Scot He left Glasgow for the United States in 1863 and fought in the Civil War This was his first trip to his birthplace He said I did not meet a soul I knew Everything was changed and I was a stranger in a strange land He planned to return to Honolulu to spend his remaining days.
Miss Mable Sherer arrives home from Mt. Ayr after attending a Baptist church meeting. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Rubey and daughter spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. De Haakison at 214 South Peterson Avenue. They travel to Ames after attending the Rubey family reunion at Fairfield where about 125 people attended.
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