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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
3
Creston Daily Advertiser announces weekday publication by The See See Pee Publishers. Notices remind readers the paper is a republication outlet for Associated Press dispatches and reserves all rights for local and national content.
Iowa American Legionnaires will hold the twentieth position in the parade at the upcoming national convention in Omaha. The ranking is based on percentage membership growth, with Florida leading and sharing first hotel and auditorium seating. The British Isles section, led by William M. Mayfair, follows, as plans aim for full representation of countries and empires.
Mexico sends Legionnaires to fourth place in the parade while Nebraska sits in fourth, Brazil will occupy ninth, South America seventeenth, and IChiba twelfth in the lineup.
The Associated Press reports Russia is conducting extensive cotton growing trials in Turkmenistan Trans Caucasus and newly in Turan Kusar and Turkestan areas. With domestic cotton scarce the state spends large sums on imports while experiments aim to meet textile needs locally.
Bealin July 10. The periodical Excelsior reports Americans are the greatest short smokers in the world. It estimates an average of 625 cigarettes a year are smoked by every American, a figure including non cigarette smokers.
County agent L. J. Nickle writes on farm tours to the Iowa State College, Ames. The article notes meals, guides, and large farmer delegations from Hancock, Boone, Cerro Gordo, Grundy counties visiting the experiment stations and barns. It highlights the first annual short course for county agents June 29 to July 3 and work on animal husbandry and clover seed purity.
Thirteenth annual conference of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors met in Raleigh July 7 9. Delegates from across the United States attended sessions at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Reuben Brigham presided as president with W B Kirkwood as vice president and J E MeCantock and Kinghorn on the executive committee.
Dublin July 10 Dr William O Beirne Galway medical officer told the commission on the state of the Irish language that in western districts Irish is rarely used by local officials and few solicitors speak it. He said prospects in Connemara rely on family networks in America as children leave school at twelve to eighteen.
Webster City July 10 Superintendent George Bonner of the Chicago and Northwestern railway reports a new method to clear weeds along the right of way. Live steam is sprayed from pipes under a box car pulled at about three miles per hour with steam pressure at 130 pounds. The approach shows promise compared with prior schemes.
Dayton Tennessee July 10. The Scopes trial has attracted visitors to the city which claims to be the world’s largest strawberry shipping center. Local officials tout mining prospects and peach orchards as 900000 trees will bear fruit this year. The city council plans street and sidewalk improvements within 18 months while visitors explore Walden’s Cumberland mountains and the Tennessee and Hiwassee river valleys.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture reports Iowa buttermakers lead the creamery butter contest hoping to win a third consecutive national banner. In preliminary scoring 24 of the top 32 tallies came from Iowa with FP Gernand of Valentin City and Paul L Smith of Rockwell tied for first with 95 points.
An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a cure for grouchiness caused by stomach, liver, and intestinal troubles. It claims the remedy cleans the intestinal tract, reduces catarrhal mucus, and soothes inflammation, with effects including relief from appendicitis symptoms. Sold at all druggists.
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