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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1926
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a horse named Perchet and a stallion Herring plus weight 1840, with references to Miss Agnes Welch and various address fragments. The text is incoherent with plumbing and gutter work mentions and phone numbers 148 and 204.
A long list of local society meetings and social events fills the week with gatherings. Mayflower guild hosts at Mrs Albert Snyder’s home. Peery family reunion near Afton honors Will and Delmar Baker. Spaulding School picnic includes a nature hike, lunch, and outdoor games. Viking Party group hikes to Mrs Robert Porter’s farm for a day of sports and socializing.
Mr and Mrs Row land and son John travel to the Porter home with Paul and Shirley Hewitt. Vandewater and Owers families join. Women of the Methodist Church meet at Mrs L M Randolph’s home for White Box and a varied program led by J M Williams. refreshments served. EE club hosts surprise birthday for Mrs Warren Julien with five hundred. Anna Cusack wins first prize. Miss Emma Szeaumont heads to Thayer. Emmy Broan to Cedar Falls for summer studies. Forest Agnew and Lois visit from Oskaloosa for a few days.
London report notes enduring Maori legends in New Zealand. The tale describes Maui pulling a giant fish from the sea, which became land as it fossilized. About 40,000 Maori of a population around 1,000,000 are descendants of the original settlers.
Tom E. Jones, UW track coach, calls for uniform clay surface with a cinder base for shot put, discus, and hammer in college meets. He argues current varied footing causes unfair results and seeks NCAA guidance via Western Coaches Association. Local notices of visitors and summer plans follow in Creston and Cedar Falls.
The Rev. A A Christenson will punch at Union Gospel Mission this evening with services starting at 7 45. Floyd Reinsor of Red Oak visits friends in Creston as relatives and neighbors host gatherings. Several families from Des Moines Denver Chicago and Orlando travel or host relatives during the weekend and past week in Creston and at nearby homes.
B A Roberts and Allan Mack of St. Petersburg Florida arrived for an extended visit at the homes of Mrs. Joe Elliott and Mrs. Waita Butler, sister of Roberts, in town.
Large Turkish towels 24 by 48 inches with assorted color striped double thread terry. Also 22 by 42 inch towels with novelty jacquard colored borders. Exceptional values by the dozen. White with blue and gold borders. Pink tones also featured.
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