03 Jul 1923
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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1923
Page
1
The issue reports cash market activity and grain futures from Des Moines with Wheat, Corn, and Oats prices for July and Sept contracts. St. Joseph lists cattle receipts at 1,400 with steers, cows, calves, hogs at 6.75 to 7.00, and lambs around 14 to 15. Sheep receipts 2,500 with lambs and yearlings noted as steady.
The piece touts a Burlington vacation featuring Yellowstone Park with a ninety mile motor tour from Gardiner via Cody Road, plus optional side trips to Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Pikes Peak Estes Park Royal Gorge Glacier National Park and other Western highlights. It promises low costs and flexible routes with no extra rail charges.
Hog receipts 24000 with top price 7.49 and varied ranges for packing sows to light hogs. Cattle receipts 5000 with killers market active, steers and heifers priced with higher bids. Sheep receipts 4000 with active market, lambs steady to strong. Chicago Produce items show declines in butter and poultry mixed with several price levels.
Police intensified patrols after reports of cars with a single functioning headlight. The pursuit reduced arrests from five in one evening to two as officers urged offenders to report to the mayor’s office. A. D. Harper and William Cain were summoned to discuss the light violations and were instructed to improve their headlights.
Ten groups from Winnepausa kee Camp Fire occupy the Mc Coll cottage at the Country Club for a week. The girls will cook for themselves, enjoy boat rides, and hike extensively.
Walter Osborn outlines methods to break broody hens with a wire coop and constant feeding, plus guidance for visiting Iowa Poultry Record Flocks to aid culling. He reports ChinCh chinch damage near Lamoni, recommended sprays like Black Leaf 40 and soap, with barrier plans and community burning to reduce pests next year.
Poultry cullers from Union Adams Taylor Ringgold and Clarke counties will attend a two day course at Albert Leininger’s South Parkie avenue home led by Professor Lapp of Iowa State University. The schedule covers culling principles, feeding for egg production, caponizing demonstrations and disease discussions with blood tests.
Mrs. J. M. Talent of Nevinville died suddenly yesterday at Oakdale Sanitarium after months of illness. Her son Charles Talent and son in law Charles Bowerbank rushed to the hospital but arrived after her death. The body was sent to the Missouri home for burial.
Creston taxpayers will pay thousands less for school maintenance next year as the board reports major bonded debt paid off and interest charges reduced. The regular annual meeting approved reports from the treasurer secretary superintendent and librarian.
New York July 3 Frank Hussey of Stuyvesant High School tops track chatter after equalling the world record for 100 yards with 9 5-10 seconds in a public schools meet. Officials note possible wind influence while scouts deem him Olympic timber alongside other notable schoolboy sprinters like Eugene Goodwillie and Hamm.
Inches Kuck of Wilson Kansas shows promise by tossing the 16 pound shot over 40 feet. Paulsen of Hill School ties interscholastic records in both the 120 high and 220 low hurdles.
Dr. R C Moore state geologist of Kansas heads a ten member government party on a 100 mile canyon survey from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Needles California. The trip August to October seeks dam sites for flood control irrigation and power development in the Colorado River valley under Col Birdseye with two federal aides and five boatmen.
Afton residents share travels and health notes. T F Shunk travels to Des Moines then St Paul to visit his ill daughter in law Mrs Richard Cool. Harry Briggs returns from Rochester seeking relief for deafness with no success. Local visits include Shuhan, Peterson, and Will Denly.
STRINGTOWN and Bert Peacock with J P Reekner of Lenox visited Jess Schatfers. Mrs Ernest Dalberg near Cromwell visited Joe Reeves. Will Weber and daughter Esther visited Prescott. Inez and Lyle Bush visited relatives near Lenox. Gale Reeves and siblings visited Cromwell area. Mrs Robert Buxtion is ill. Lyle Stoaks injured his hand while putting up hay tearing the thumb and breaking bone. Monard Bush family and Inez Bush visited L C Bush in Corning. Minnie Grandeman of Lenox spent weekend at J E Sanborns. Fritz Leach of Creston visited F Schaffers. Rev Harry Haynes and Mrs Haynes had dinner with Grover and Mrs Gibson. Roy Moore and Wm Schaffer went to Creston to see Mrs Everette Williams and her ill son at Greater Community hospital.
Lorimor residents host relatives and friends from Des Moines Creston and nearby towns. Local figures attend church receptions, business calls, and social visits. A notable event is the 5 o clock Thursday wedding of Truth Stoner to Allen Veterick of Massena Iowa at H A Stoner’s home in Lorimor.
Local residents travel visit and return dates in St Charles Osceola Afton and Creston. Mentions include Bert Kelley Lenor Hughs Mrs Relfsnider Olmstead Larkins Bueckman Lar kin Rev Irvine Laurel Wake and others in social calls church services road work and grain harvest notes.
Mrs. Dale Bunn and daughters called on Mrs. McAuley Wednesday afternoon. Claud Morris and Frank Hay were shopping in Creston Wednesday. Lizzie Schofield spent Friday with her daughter Mrs. Chas Madden. Mr. Beverland and Roy were attending to business in Creston Wednesday. Mrs. Chas Madden and son were
Mrs. Frankie Schofield and family spent Sunday with Mrs. C. H. Schofield. Several families and neighbors gathered for dinners and calls in Creston and Lenox. Dale Bunn helps with haying. Ralph Graham assists Bruce McFee. Frank Alloway plows for Gay McIntyre. Raymond Madden visits cousin Harry Madden.
Berlin reports show middle class hardship after national upheaval with servants left jobless as households shrink. Large cities grow deserted by workers as cooking and housekeeping positions vanish. Newspapers urge loyalty among servants, noting shared burden of war outcomes.
A vintage advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria used for over 30 years to relieve babies and children of constipation bloating windy colic and diarrhea. It claims to regulate the stomach and bowels aid food assimilation and provide natural sleep without opiates. The genuine bottle bears CHAS H FLETCHER signature.
An advertisement urges women to act fast when afflicted with backaches headaches nervousness dragging pains and other female ailments. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted old fashioned root and herb cure that has long restored health and can be relied upon with confidence.
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