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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
5
The Creston Daily Advertiser lists staff positions and publishing details. It includes pricing for subscriptions by mail in Union County Iowa and surrounding counties, nationwide mail rates, and carrier delivery charges with monthly and weekly options.
A columnist compares historic royal marriages to modern ties after the recent wedding of the daughter of President Calles to a young American. The piece notes changing diplomacy and hopes the union strengthens U S Mexico friendship despite past tensions.
An old tale of sending a hopeless mission to find General Garcia is rendered outdated by Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight to Paris. Sailors once doubted Lindbergh and the messenger, yet both achieved their goals without maps or instruments.
Report lists conditions for cities across Iowa including Des Moines slippery dirt roads and rain Burlington fair and cool Ottumwa soft cloudy Keokuk soft cloudy Cedar Rapids slippery cloudy Fort Dodge good cloudy Waterlace Marshalltown good cloudy Mason City good cloudy Muscatine muddy cloudy Dubuque fair threatening Clinton slippery cloudy Sioux City rain and slippery Iowa City fair cloudy cool Davenport dirt roads bad cloudy Council Bluffs muddy raining
Lord Durham's Bean trained by Galtloper Light outpaced rivals to win the Oaks over the Derby course at Epsom. Look, Law finished second with Grande Vitesse third as sixteen three year old fillies contended for the about $45,000 purse in the 145th renewal.
Dialogue between a wife and tobacconist about obtaining three cigars for the husband. The wife requests end-stretching strength and notes previous cigars broke in his pocket.
Gene Sawyer writes a timely tribute poem praising Lindbergh for crossing the ocean solo. The piece notes the narrator’s belief in divine guidance and frames the feat as a product of courage, faith, and national pride, asserting heroes arise to meet great tasks.
Funeral services were held at Greenfield for Faye Hall who died May 26 in a Des Moines hospital. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hall and a Greenfield high school graduate active in drama. Survived by her parents a sister and a brother.
New Jersey extension dairy specialist E J Perry submits two spray formulas to protect dairy cows from flies and mosquitoes. Sprays must be applied twice daily after milking and before evening milking. all containers left outdoors to avoid milk taint. Formulas include kerosene oil tar mixtures and chemical additives, with boiling steps and dilution instructions.
Application directions describe mixing two gallons of linseed oil with another component and spreading the blend as used. The text specifies thorough mixing and applying in the usual manner.
Helen Wills advanced to the finals of the North London championships by defeating Mrs. Beamish of England 6-4 6-3 in the semi finals.
A brief caption notes a social scene aboard a vessel where fashionable friends discuss visits to the Dardanelles and claim to have dined with their hosts. The piece ends with a light reference to a passing show and a penny cigar remark.
Chicago defeated Boston 7 to 2 while New York beat Detroit 2 to 0 Philadelphia topped Cleveland 8 to 4 and Washington routed St. Louis 11 to 2 Tomorrow's schedule lists St. Louis at Washington Detroit at New York Cleveland at Philadelphia and Chicago at Boston.
New York beat Cincinnati 5 to 4 while Pittsburgh led at seven and Philadelphia stood with no score noted. Tomorrow’s games list Brooklyn at St Louis Philadelphia at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati and Boston at Chicago with no further details.
Salmon Idaho June 2 Mrs M J King rose from matriarch of sixteen children to heads a 165 acre Jersey dairy herd near Salmon. After failed sheep ventures her second farming attempt became Idaho’s dairy leadership with a monthly income around 800 and prize cows including Lady Sophia Winona in 1925 with notable butterfat records.
Des Moines 4 Lincoln 6 Omaha 3 Tulsa 13 Amarillo 3 Wichita 2 Oklahoma City Tulsa at Oklahoma City Amarillo at Wichita Omaha at Denver Des Moines at Lincoln.
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey leaves his comeback camp near Ojai and travels to Los Angeles to pursue ring partners and fight preparation as reported on June 3.
Report notes former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey tiring sparring partners with body work. Partners say if he enters the ring again it will be for a mid section battle as he focuses stiff punches to sparring partners’ midsections.
Question and answer feature from The Associated Piece by the State Historical Society of Iowa asks which Iowa Senator advocates cooperative marketing and identifies the new president of a specified organization.
The note asks several quiz questions about the Iowa Federation of Women’s 4H elutbs the White Sox pitcher from Cascade the location of the state industrial home for boys and the site and date of a wildlife protection school.
A fragmented plea from a village elder hints at drought conditions and poverty. The text mentions a character named Paddie and a bizarre image of stamps pinned with a fetter, suggesting hardship and social derision in a rough local scene.
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