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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
4
In the Congo, women cultivate crops and sell produce while men handle sewing and washing clothes, reflecting traditional division of labor within households and communities.
The Forty Fourth Annual Graduating Exercises of Creston High School are tonight at 8 in the auditorium. Eighty seven graduates receive diplomas after four years of work. Des Moines speaker Prof. Z C Thornburg delivers the address. The program includes music, invocation, salutatorian Hazel Sadler, and a student duet.
Readable fragment lists Clark-Chor us of Girls and many names for the Lass Bonge Class of 1922. Includes valedictory by Kermit E F Patterson and officer roles. Shows board members, class motto Rely on yourself, and flowers and colors. Contains lists of graduates by academic course with numerous names including Hood Hicks Patterson Coakley and Wilson.
Prices shown for canned fruit and fish, beans, wafers, jelly, apricots, rubber jars, cocoa, peanuts, doughnuts, butter, gelatin, flour, sugar, yeast, raisins, cornflakes, soap, cream cheese, shrimp, and bread. Items include Lg cans of peaches 7c, sardines 6 for 25c, salmon 80c, apples 65c per pk, cereal and pastry staples, and household goods with daily specials.
SADIE M. JOHNSTON HATTIE PEARL LAMASTER J. MARIE OSHEL MARGARET A. PETERSON LELA BERLE PUTNAM J. HAZEL SADLER GEORGIA IOLA STREAM AGNES LUCILLE TAYLOR MILDRED M. WALKER.
Miss Leona McKee and Mr Harland Alloway wed at the Methodist parsonage in Creston. Rev J W Goodsell performed the ceremony attended by I W Brotherton and wife. The couple plans a short honeymoon and will reside in Creston after returning from their trip.
Spaulding Township trustees have purchased a fourteen ton tractor likely the largest in Union county. The machine, capable of pulling two road graders simultaneously, has been delivered and is now in use to maintain township roads.
L. C. Fitch of the Extension Department at Ames inspected seed potato experimental plots at the Miller Bros. nursery in Creston this forenoon and later at the Leonard White farm near Afton. The experiments test certified seed and demonstrations will be held before harvest season.
Members of the Douglas Township Farm Bureau will hold their regular meeting Friday evening at 8 o clock at the McKee school house. Spray ring and spur track committee members are urged to attend. A special program has been arranged and all members are invited.
Notice to bidders for repainting and interior redecorating of Franklin school and exterior woodwork repainting, plus installation of new toilet facilities at Lincoln school Creston Iowa. Bids due by 8 PM July 1 1922 at the secretary’s Creston office. Specifications available after June 5 1922.
Unusually strong interest surrounds the opening of D W Griffiths epic Way Down East at the Strand Theatre for a three day engagement. The film surpasses the stage version, features a stellar cast, and culminates in dramatic scenes including a New England blizzard and ice gorge explosion.
A sales pitch promises extra big money with no investment by inviting readers to write to R. E. Wyer at 201 Second St. Minneapolis, Minnesota for full information. The ad targets sellers serving farmers and urges quick contact for details.
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