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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
4
The article promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for digestive and liver ailments tied to mood. It claims the remedy removes catarrhal mucus, reduces inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and can elude appendicitis. Available at druggists.
From the state penitentiary Cecil Mickle and Jack Gaskill serving sentences for slaying a railroad detective said they confessed the crime to seek a lighter sentence. Also reported Davenport: Farm Bureau Federation re elected officers. Judge Lett plans resignation. governor Hammill to act. Fort Madison: youths freed in kidnapping case after auto accident injuring a high school girl who jumped free. Cedar Rapids: county supervisors order removal of highway advertising for safety and landscape.
A spoonful of vinegar per quart of rinsing water helps revive colors in washed fabrics. Clothes should be wrung and dried as quickly as possible to set the restored hues.
Berlin reports 1924 as a year of financial adjustment with the rentenmark stabilizing currency and hopes rising. Dawes plan advances, Paris talks ease Rhine tensions, and U S loans top 100 million dollars while domestic costs stay high and rates remain severe.
Roy D Moore and EF Brush, publishers of the Marion Ohio Star, settled a 1.2 million dollar damage suit against Frank A. Vanderlip of New York out of court. The claim followed an address at Briar Cliff New York where Vanderlip allegedly charged the publishers paid President Harding an exorbitant price for the paper. Damages paid were not disclosed. Vanderlip is reportedly ill with typhoid fever.
The Teller, Alaska Pioneer Scout, America’s farthest north newspaper, suspended after publisher and staff left for Seattle to finish high school. Walter J. Marx, 17, held editor, publisher, composing, circular manager and reporter roles. The weekly paper began four years ago with about 60 subscribers in Nome.
The article explains earned income definitions for tax credits, detailing wages and personal services, reasonable compensation in trades, and caps on earned income deductions. It illustrates with 1924 figures, showing a $5,000 salary with $500 business expenses and resulting tax on $4,500 after exemptions.
A compressed catalog of stations and times shows a wide slate of musical acts and talks across the nation. Entries include orchestras, concerts, choirs, dance programs, and variety broadcasts from stations in Chicago Dallas New York Los Angeles and other cities.
An listings note shows KFLX Atlantic and WHAA Iowa City broadcasting eight pm dances and a seven twenty pm Iowa Creighton basketball game. It also mentions a 12:25 pm concert with a 6:30 pm program from KENF Shenandoah.
Frederick B. Smith of New York City, chairman of One Thousand on Law Enforcement, urged readiness to uphold Prohibition as essential to national stability. He cautioned against modern attitudes toward marriage and warned that easy divorces threaten government foundations.
Two major generals retire from active service under the age law, both born on the same day 64 years ago. Major General Robert L. Bullard, commanding the second corps area at Governors Island, and Major General Charles G. Morton, commanding the ninth corps area at San Francisco, are honored for long careers and World War I service. Secretary Weeks recalls Bullard led the first American division into front lines in France and accomplished key early actions in Cantigny.
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