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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1925
Page
4
The Creston Daily Advertiser states it is entered as second class matter March 1904 at the Creston post office and credits The Associated Press for news dispatches. It reserves exclusive republication rights for AP content and local news published in the paper.
An old advertisement touts McCoy Laboratories Cod Liver Oil Compoun d Tablets claiming men can gain five pounds of healthy flesh in 30 days and women or children can grow robust. It promises sugar coated tablets and a refund if goals aren’t met with Newcomb Matthews York Drug Co. and other druggists.
Blanche Hepler and Loya Courter were married Sunday at the Methodist parsonage. The bride, a Creston high school graduate and teacher, and the groom, an Iowa State College electrical engineering graduate, will live in Schenectady New York after August 1 with General Electric.
A Cedar Rapids area farmer five miles northwest of Central City hosts Thursday barn dances forcing cows and sows to vacate the barnyard for dancers. The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor also opposes motor buses competing with streetcar service.
The Iowa State Conference of Social Work announces its twenty sixth annual meeting in Iowa City October 20 to 23. Ralph J Reed of Des Moines presides as plans include nationally known speakers. A new industrial committee will study Farm Prices and Social Progress. A full day focuses on child welfare with E. E. Sands and the State Board of Control. Dr Don M Griswold leads health topics including medical care for crippled children.
In Moscow diplomats and press correspondents suffer a tedious life under Bolshevik rule. To ease monotony the government funds monthly theater outings at the state opera house featuring ballet and vocal numbers by leading Soviet artists. Despite grand parades and many flags, social life remains sparse as diplomats avoid dinners and parties amid high costs and cautious routines. The French ambassador Jean Herbette and his wife reside quietly at the former Nansen relief mission house and maintain a restrained diplomatic lifestyle.
Buster Keaton stars in a comedy about marrying for money when a deceased uncle’s will ties seven million dollars to a marriage. Keaton’s character seeks a wife to claim the fortune after being rejected by the beloved. The film, produced by Metro Goldwyn and directed by Keaton, features adaptation from Belasco’s stage comedy.
A July 20 report from Manila notes the Samar twins declined a vaudeville offer detailed in a letter cited by AP. The missive mentions REO Muha and references potential show plans amid regional entertainment news.
Former resident commissioner Toodoro Yangco and guardian Simplicio and Lucio Godino, the Lamar Twins, rejected a New York City firm of vaudeville managers and producers seeking to sign them. The managers offered a large weekly salary, but Yangco declined the proposal. Years ago he found the twins in a circus side show in the United States and brought them back home.
A university sets regulations effective in October prohibiting undergraduates from using motorcars during their first term, restricting all students from motor vehicle use before noon, and banning nighttime driving after 8:30 p.m. in winter and 10 p.m. in summer.
Cambridge authorities implement stringent regulations to curb student car use. The July measure aims to limit motoring by undergraduates and enforce compliance across campus.
Dr. W W Council of Cordova performed a cauterizing operation at Controller Bay 60 miles east of here using a jack knife and denatured alcohol. He arrived from a hunting trip and, without anesthetic, completed the procedure with the alcohol sterilizing the blade.
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