Creston Daily Advertiser archive note
Publisher and operation details for the Creston Daily Advertiser, listing publishers Carl Davenport and W A Roseberry, contact phone numbers, and notice of second class matter status at the Creston post office Iowa. Includes AP affiliation and republication rights disclaimer.
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Creston Advertiser-Gasette Co
Carl Davenport
W. A. Roseberry
Wppiaat City and County Paper
Creston
Teeton
Iowa
Associated Press
Never Had A Chance A Polish Immigrant Turned Millionaire
The piece tells how Ben Winter, born a poor Polish emigrant in New York, rose from sewer work to owning multiple properties and controlling interests. It contrasts his success with a Kansas pool hall fire leaving homeless workers, arguing Winter’s drive created his opportunities.
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Benjamin Winter
New York
Ben Winter
Astor
Fifth Avenue
Kansas
Ben
Omaha
The Decline of Neigh Borliness
A fragment notes the woman of today has forgotten in the hurry and turmoil. The piece suggests social change affecting neighboring relations and daily conduct.
The fading art of neighborly life in a busy world
The Shenandoah Sentinel World reflects on how old fashioned neighborliness faded as society grew busier and more social events became mere dress and ceremony. Mothers of yesteryear shared time and empathy, helped others, and learned life’s deeper truths beyond appearances.
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Shenandoah Sentinel
McCarl inaptly blamed for rigid governance of enforcement style
A Kansas City Star editorial chides Comptroller General McCarl for rejecting expense reimbursements to prohibition agents who lose money gambling while chasing violators. It argues government should spend on enforcement and questions the framing that law officers should cover their losses.
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McCarl
Treasury
McCar
K. C. Star
Crest theater to be managed by Omaha buyer
Rcy Fangman of Omaha arrived in Creston to serve as manager buyer of the Crest picture show owned by Roy Benson. Fangman spent part of last week on business and will remain in Creston.
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Rcy Fangman
Omaha
Creston
Crest
Simmons Tops Batting Leaders In Early Season Spurt
Chicago June 6 The Associated Press reports Al Simmons's surge in the American League with a .415 average leading batters after 20 hits in his last nine games. He has 44 runs and 123 total bases, aided by five doubles a triple and two home runs. Other leaders include Harry Rice at .412 and Ty Cobb among notable averages. in the National League Rogers Hornsby and Gabby Hartnett stand out with 11 doubles and 14 home runs respectively as hot hitters and pace-setters across the leagues.
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Associated Press
Chicago
al Simmons
Connie Mack
Athletics
Mack
Philadelphia
Simmons
Jeaders
Ty Cobb
McManus
Browns
Ken Williams
Sammy Hale
the Athletic
Harry Rice
St. Louis
Hig
Heilmann
Detroit
Vache
Boston
Cobb
Sisler
Pasdly
New York
Rice
Washington
Combs
Boone
Indians
Sam
Red Wingo
Tigers
Bob Meusel
Yankees
Baby Ruth
Meusel
Gabby Hartnett
Mostl
White Sox
Nelson
Chicken” Hawks
Nashville
Phillies
Clyde Barnhart
Pirates
Hawks
Earl Smith
Barnhart
Stock
Dodgers
Cuyver
States
Rogers Hornsby
Caroline’s
Cubs
Crafty bootleggers in Spokane use illness to dodge jail
Bootleggers in Spokane develop new ruse by hiring chronically ill sellers to market liquor. Peddlers plead illness and risk death if jailed, with doctors testifying. Judges note several such cases. defendants often post fines and gain early release, leveraging health claims to escape lengthy confinement.
Bootlegger Suspected Employer in Hidden Labor Case
Report indicates authorities suspect a bootlegging operation employed a worker in a covert labor case. Details remain scarce as investigators trace links between illicit alcohol networks and local employment, with no charges announced at this time.
Records of World Flier Saved from Alaska Wilds
Major Frederick L. Martin and his mechanic Sergeant Alva L. Harvey narrowly escaped death in a May 1924 Alaska crash. Robert West, a fisheries watchman, says the pair would have died if their plane hit Port Moller’s peak gloves. West recovered the aviators personal effects, instruments, and the chronometer, noting the wreck site 150 feet from the summit at 1600 feet elevation among surrounding 4000 to 6000 foot mountains.
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Associated Press
Bellingham
Wash
Frederick L. Martin
United States Army World Flight
Seattle
Alaska Peninsula
Robert West
West
Martin
Alva L. Harvey
Port Moller
Portugal Under Martial Law Shockwaves Hit Lisbon Press
Portugal, after a collapsed military revolution, declares martial law. Newspapers not praising the regime are suspended. Regiments dissolved, officers jailed in fortresses. Foreign correspondents face censorship and harassment as notices and messages are controlled and returned.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Portugal
Jeculo
Epoca
Locomotives Named After Famous Race Horses in Britain
The London and North Eastern Railway begins naming locomotives after famed racehorses such as Flying Fox Ormonde Hermit Ladas Persimmon Robert le Diable Donovan Doncaster and other turf stars. Southern Railway also names engines after notable men including His Majesty and The Prince of Wales. Passenger locomotives nationwide will bear names while only small yard switchers keep numbers.
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Flying Fox
English Teachers to Study American School Systems
London reports Miss Jeanette Hayes winner of the Walter Hines Page Traveling Scholarship for Teachers will sail to the United States in July and spend summer with the English Speaking Union in New York Boston Philadelphia Washington Chicago and other cities. She heads St Ann's Girls Senior School Hanwell Middlesex. Two Chautauqua Summer School scholarships to British women teachers were awarded to Miss Catherine Robertson of Edinburgh Ladies College and Miss Hilda Stuart of the Arthur Pease School Darlington Durham.
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Associated Press
London
Jeanette Hayes
Walter Hines Page
United States
Chautauqua Institution
The
English Speaking Union
Catherine Robertson
Edinburgh Ladies College
Hilda Stuart
Arthur Pease
Darlington
Durham
Miss Marian Williams Returns Home for Summer
Miss Marian Williams arrives from Grinnell to live with her parents Mr and Mrs Guy R Williams at 907 West Montgomery street. She attends Grinnell College this summer.
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Marian Wiliams
Grinnell
Guy R. Williams
West
Montgomery Street
Miss Wiliams
Grinnell College
Market standards aim to simplify livestock pricing
The U S Department of Agriculture urges standard market classes and grades for meat animals to reduce distribution costs and teach producers what buyers want. Standards, used at 13 markets, would enable grade based sales and clearer expectations for feeders and slaughter cattle by conformation finish and quality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Notice of Probating Will in Union County Iowa
Notice is given that the last will and testament of William Kiikade, deceased, was produced and read. A hearing for proof is set for Monday July 6 1925. Geo Figgins Clerk District Court signs and seals the notice with dates June 8 15 22 1925.
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District Court
William Kiiakade
South Court
Figgins
Clerk District Court
Japanese Plant Gardens as Models of Perfection
Seattle June 8 Japanese look upon a garden as a picture beautfully designed and framed Prof Takuma Tono landscap architect of Waseda University Japan told Seattle on a lecture tour of the United States Professor Tono is my graduate of Cornell University Our Japanese gardens are entirely different from gardens in any other country
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Seatle
Occidental
Takuma Tono
Landscap
Waseda University
Japan
Seattle
United States
Tono
Cornell Univer
Sty
Japanese Gardens Shaped by Naturalistic Vision
The speaker notes in the interview that western views treat gardens as curated collections of rare plants while Japanese gardens emphasize natural forms. He contrasts Western architectural displays with Japanese aesthetics that favor a natural landscape approach.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelly Return From Omaha
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelly arrived home Saturday evening after spending the day in Omaha.
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Mrs. Arthur Kelly
Omaha
Why Skinny Folks Take Cod Liver Oil Tablets
An advertisement claims cod liver oil supports weight gain and treats rickets anemia and malnutrition. It promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as superior, with promises of rapid weight gain and a money back guarantee if five pounds in thirty days aren’t achieved. It targets children and weak adults, citing dramatic gains.
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McCoy
McCoy Laboratories
New York
Newcomb & Matthews
York Drug Co
Ady
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