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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1925
Page
5
Mrs D G Wiley spent Monday in Orient visiting friends. Mrs J F Bowman of Kent spent Monday in Creston visiting friends.
A large congregation attended the revival at the Christian church with Opal Mae Nelson leading the chorus and singing The Land of An Unetting Sun. Rev H H Twyford spoke on The Commonplace and the Carpenter's Son. Tonight services at 7 30 with music. Wednesday prayer meeting at 3 pm. Friday morning entertainers and a boys basketball game at Shannon City. W A Price in charge of the Christmas seal sale with half receipts funding Cromwell health work.
Dr Joseph Cooper world war chaplain spoke last Thursday on True Citizenship urging peace and citizen opposition to war through lawmakers. He used football as a life lesson before students. An apron exhibit is planned for December 1 by the domestic science department. visitors included Mrs Callie Bissel and Thomas Bowman. convocation was led by Helen Hutchinson and Arline Gravett.
The American Farm Bureau Federation discusses cooperative marketing taxation and transportation issues. Speakers including Wallace Rogers C O Moser and Walter I Dodd address price stabilization shipping rates prewar railroad freight costs and the role of marketing organizations in farming prosperity.
T G Rockestrom of 808 Loraine Street Detroit reports 26 years with piles improved after using four boxes of Peterson's Ointment nearly cured. Box priced 60 cents at Newcomb & Matthews and druggists. Also advertised for ulcers eczema and rheum.
Warner Bros classic Satan in Sables opens today at the Strand with Lowell Sherman in a standout role as Michael Lyev Yervedoff a Russian prince. Pauline Garon shines as Colette in a tale of dramatic loves and hates directed by James Flood with strong supporting cast.
Attendees at the St Pauls Church mission service heard Father Campbell present God the Holy Trinity in earnest terms. He emphasized faith in Christ amid life’s bustle and doubt and urged a living faith that cannot be destroyed. Holy Eucharist and a Wednesday service are scheduled with breakfast at 900 West Jefferson. Edward Hutchinson.
E J Thompson assistant cashier of the Eagle Grove Citizens bank in custody in Clarion due to a 250000 shortage has been granted a postponement of arraignment to seek more legal advice. He says only 200 dollars was repaid in four years with about 200000 unaccounted for while his daughter's hospital treatment is noted.
Berlin officials pursue revival of the capital as a tourist hub. A municipal travel bureau will lure visitors and assist with lodging while promoting visits and ticketing. Lord Mayor Gus tav Bogis champions expo buildings and a national sportform. He also contends with the interior minister to keep restaurants and dance halls open all night.
Miss Barnes led training for long distance operators to standardize procedures. Thirty nine schools in Iowa held sessions reaching operators across surrounding territories to improve coordination and reacquaint workers.
The fragmentary article references the Ladies Auxiliary leadership including Ella Knapp and Margaret Cadmain, and notes ongoing mine labor activity with 225 miners at Montour, a bomb incident near Midland, and peaceful picketing at five Company mines. It mentions Mrs Ross elected president and lists several officers. The piece also cites hospital injuries and union statements amid labor tensions.
Fort Dodge report quotes R. K. Bliss of Iowa State College extension service urging people to hold or buy Iowa farm land. He told county bankers, farm bureau representatives and newspaper men that land values remain strong and worth its weight in gold.
William G. Grady who helped spark a Cassiar gold rush says prospecting is more fun than mining. He and partner Hugh Ford worked the Gold Pan creek claim 50 days last summer, taking out about $30 per shovel full and ending with around $10,000 in gold nuggets. Grady plans to visit his mother in Eastern Canada while considering a future exit from mining.
Sarah Mahn aged 35 a chorus girl died in a Fort Dodge hospital after a two day struggle following a hotel room overdose. Police found her unconscious and a letter indicated poverty led to the act. She had worked briefly as a specialty actress at a local theater.
White Plains N Y December 9 The West Chester county grand jury was instructed to investigate an alleged attempt to tamper with the jury that heard Leonard Kip Rhinelander s annulment suit against his mulatto wife Alice Beatrice Jones The move follows reports of pressure placed on jurors during the trial in New York court.
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