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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1925
Page
7
Lost license plate from South Dakota No 49 1269 between Creston and Clearfield. Finder should leave at this office.
WANTED to top trees and cut out 500 or 600 posts. Inquire at this office. Young married woman will care for children afternoon or evenings. Tel. 1186. WANTED to borrow 12000 dollars on first mortgage on good farm at six percent interest. Write box 180.
Special meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank of Creston Iowa to consider sale of assets and business to the proposed Creston First National Bank and to address other proper business. The meeting will be held at the bank's Creston, Iowa banking house at two o'clock p m on Saturday February 7 1925.
A Creston notice invites interested residents to Goodsell's office near the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank for a 7 15 p m Tuesday meeting. Discussion covers supporting the band with city funds and selecting concert venues. Dr A E Perry signs.
Notice of annual stockholders meeting of the Hotel Investment Company to be held at Towana Hotel on Tuesday evening January 20 1925. J W Reynolds president E N Dougherty secretary.
Chiropractor Dr Kk A Swanson listed at Hester's Shoe Store location 107 N Maple Street with office phone 563 and residence 937 listed.
A Strand showing of Broken Laws on Thursday features a vital message for viewers about preventing heartache. The film aims to warn audiences about risky behaviors and legal consequences.
Wareham Beauty Shop renews building. Good coal ad. Gault Bros two phones 99. Mrs Ivan Wows of Orient visits Creston. H K Baker of Beaconsfield visits. Grover Hughes of Clarinda visits Creston. Harley Beverland family leave for Mulvane Kansas. Peter Findley leaves for Mason City. Ruth and Grace Cooper return home from Villisea. J Dever of St Paul returns after business visit. Margaret Ann Davidson returns to St Joseph. O W Stream buys Denver Live Stock show trip. Mrs Ruben Carlson of Aton undergoes operation at Greater Community hospital, condition very good. Corn cobs for sale. Farmers Co Operative Co phone 91.
Los Angeles January 19 Winifred Westover Hart wins legal right to return to screen work under her full name until divorce by superior court Judge Albert Lee Stephens rules separation agreement illegal and confirms trusts of 103000 for Hart and 100000 for the Hart baby.
In Chicago on January 19, defense at the veterans bureau conspiracy trial disputed Mortimer's testimony regarding a $3000 payment to J W Black by W D Pratt. Identified checks and bank records countered the claim of a $15,000 cash bribe to Forbes and Mortimer for hospital contracts.
Washington January 19 The conference on the cause and cure of war opened with Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt as general chairwoman condemning warlike influences at home and abroad. She urged enlistment in a practice plan for war prevention and dismissed peacemakers attacked by "obsolete minded generals." Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York warned the middle west is poisoned by fear of Britain and lauded the league of nations as a Christmas spirit internationally.
Muscatine Iowa January 19 purchase of the Citizens State bank of Wapello announced by the State Savings Bank of that city. All affairs of the first institution were taken over and will retain its name with business conducted under the new ownership.
Mrs. Albert St. Johns leaves for St. Josph Mo after weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs L W Hurlburt at Patt apartments. Mrs Harrison M Brown of Peoria Il will arrive this evening and stay about a week at J M McCornack home 607 West Adams. Mrs T A Guthrie of Afton moves from Greater Community hospital to son Bud Guthrie on South Birch Street after recovery.
Florence Claus and Herman Stahl, the two seriously hurt among ten Lubbers and Bell Manufacturing employees, were removed from danger after the third floor collapsed and brought down the upper stories. Investigators cite a suspected weakness in the old building as the likely cause.
Waukon Iowa January 19 Dennis J Murphy a local lawyer pleaded not guilty in district court to nine indictments returned by the grand jury investigating alleged embezzlements Judge H E Taylor set January 27 as trial date.
Hawarden Iowa January 19 two men from Hawarden died by their own actions. John Kenner 49 hanged himself on his farm becoming the third family member to take the rope route. William Watterman 55 widower recently married shot himself in the head at a sister's home in Lagrange Missouri where he was visiting.
The Crestmoor Golf Club women entertained guests at the clubhouse this afternoon. Guests played cards and Kensington, enjoying a social afternoon together.
Des Moines reports the executive council accepted Judge F D Letts Davenport resignation. Governor Hammill said an immediate appointment to fill the office was not planned but would occur before February 28 when Letts retires to join Congress.
Miss Helen Ball hosted a Saturday dinner at the Lowana Hotel entertaining a number of friends in an informal gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hawks hosted a dinner Sunday at 314 North Oak, with out of town guests Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones and son Alfred, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDowell of Tingley.
Riley county Kansas boasted a horse eligible for Sons of the American Revolution after its lineage saved the animal from slaughter at Kansas State Agricultural College veterinary hospital. The farmer refused to part with the steed, citing a grandfather who fought as a major in the War of the Revolution and rode an ancestor of the horse. The horse now retires in the hospital.
George Cecil of Bedford visits Creston for business matters. Judge A Ray Maxwell leaves for Corydon to hold a court session. Ada Culver of Orient visits for shopping and social time. Dale Yeadon returns to Prescott after weekend with friends. Will Hower returns from Oskaloosa to attend to affairs. D B Cowles of Ottumwa arrives to install a post for the relief corps. Mr Cowell commands Iowa G A R state department. Mary McLeod returns home from Fontanelle after weekend. Mrs E L Reynolds of Minneapolis visits at 501 South Walnut. Rose Burdette returns from Spaulding after weekend with brother George Burdette. Edgar LaForgue and wife visit Ottumwa, stay with Henry LaForgue. H M Strowig leaves for Council Bluffs for International Harvester matters. Mrs Garnet Bennett returns home after weekend with J A Spargur, Spargur accompanies her to Villisea. Shelton Jackson travels to Jacksonville, Ill for brother Bert Jackson’s death. Mrs Jess Newkirk and Naomi Griffen spend Sunday at Orient with Griffen parents. Mrs G A Reigel and children of Council Bluffs return home after visit, Maxine Spargur to stay a few days.
A notice warns against cooking with aluminumware when soda is present. It advises cleaning white felt mats by rubbing with a mixture of one quart cornmeal and equal parts salt and flour, letting the mix stand overnight, then brushing off in the morning.
Austin Tex Jan 19 within 24 hours Texag will join Wyoming as the only states to elevate a woman to the governorship when Mrs Miriam Amanda Ferguson is sworn in Plans are shaping for inauguration ceremonies at noon tomorrow followed by a celebration never before equalled at the capital city.
Lincoln Nebraska January 19 fire of unknown origin destroyed the Nye Schneider Jenks grain elevator causing an estimated loss of about 500000 dollars. About 230000 bushels of wheat were destroyed.
Lincoln reports that heavy December snowfall in Nebraska, ranging from twenty to thirty inches, has proven beneficial to crops across the state according to members of the federal crop statistician's office.
Washington date Jan 19 the supreme court threw out two cases attacking the soldier bonus law, ruling against the challengers and clearing the way for continued implementation.
Mrs. Ferne Black and John Schneckner of this city were married in Los Angeles on January 5. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Schneckner of 317 North Sycamore street. The couple arrived in Crest Sunday evening and plan to reside here.
Miss Ethel Staples resigns from J C Penney. Catherine Meagher of Lenox visits. F Bullock returns to Prescott. Mrs Hugh Stevens of Spaulding visits Creston. John Hess and Wayne Harbor of Greenfield visit. Joe Peak resumes duties at Hester Shoe after illness. Mrs H B Duncan returns from Des Moines. Lewis Myers from Lewiston arrives home. James Bertholf returns from Osceola. Mrs Mary Swartz confined at home after a fall. Mr and Mrs Warren Young and Mr and Mrs John Shea visit Will Shea home. Mrs Ella B Woods visits Fontanelle. L A Hester ill at home on Mills Street.
The W C T U will meet on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs H M Bell at 507 West Adams Street.
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