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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
5
County agent urges Union county farmers to test seed corn vitality now. Seed stored in livestock-influenced sites may lose germination. store seed in dry, livestock-free places. Individual ear tests recommended if 90 percent germination is not achieved. Cautions on sweet clover as a soil renovator and notes poor natural sweet soil in Union county.
In Memoriam Arla Halcyon Leno daughter of John H and Grace Leno born in Grant township Adams county Iowa June 6 1912 died Creston Iowa January 11 1925 aged 12 years 7 months 5 days after an operation for acute appendicitis. Arla moved to Creston in 1921 attended Irving School seventh grade baptized by immersion at the Christian church at age ten. She was bright popular and mature beyond her years and her death brings sorrow to family and friends.
The screen North of 36, a Hough novel adaptation, is a Paramount film in development as part of wartime studio plans. Details describe it as a World War II era production tying to author Hough and Paramount’s WW project lineup.
The Adair County farm bureau held its annual meeting at Greenfield opera house on Monday January 5 electing 1924 officers to serve again in 1925 President H A Smith was elected voting delegate to the state convention Holliday was chosen president Mrs Guy Bush vice president and Mrs Henry Shirk secretary Reports show strong finances and high mileage by county agents in service of farm bureau Resolutions favored club work bovine testing McNary Haugen bill bank deposit guarantee and state banking law changes Opposed were child labor postal salaries road bond issues and higher gasoline tax Runyon family trip to California and return of Scotland collie Scottie after eight months.
A promotional blurb notes Irvin Willat produced North of 36 from Emerson Hough novel with Jack Holt Ernest Torrence Lois Wilson and Noah Beery in leading roles. Set just after the Civil War in Texas a heroine ventures north of 36 to find a market saving Texas. Promoters promise a grandly produced epic rivaling The Covered Wagon.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a cure to gray or streaked hair. It claims the mix darkens naturally, restores color and shine, and can be applied with a sponge to individual strands for a renewed, lustrous look by morning.
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