09 Jun 1921
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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
1
The Advertiser Gazette and Plain Dealer serves as the official city and county paper for Wa vets. Published by ADVERTISER-GAZETTE CO with D. G. Sowers and W. A. Roseberry as publishers. Independent telephones listed for business and news lines.
The article notes President Wilson urged independence for the Philippines, but General Leonard Wood’s current Philippines visit aims to assess if Uncle Sam should withdraw. It cites possible oil discoveries in Luzon, ongoing Luzon field work, tensions with Japan, and a likely shift toward a firmer U S policy depending on Wood’s forthcoming recommendation.
A Creston classified snippet advertises rental spaces with shop floors and upper chambers in the Arrius Pollio Block. The humorous ancient Pompeii framing notes the origin of classified ads and references Roman billboards and a 79 AD eruption context.
Narrative recalls Dr George E Shipman aiding Chicago foundlings in 1871 with a modest endowment and a frame-house shelter. Frances Shipman continues the work, noting babies in need from war to modern times and the enduring charity of the Foundlings Home and its mission of care and mercy.
A compact column reflects on after vacation themes, garden yields vs prices, wine interests backing an anti prohibition drive, and social remarks about women education and understanding. The tone shifts from light anecdotes to broader questions about American cultural trends.
A concise Iowa Press Comment laments the aging farmer who used to lose his pals to hardship and time, now facing quiet solitude as communities change and friendships fade.
The Flower Mission began with a Boston schoolteacher who delivered flowers to poor city children. A Louisville invalid inspired by her work led Frances Willard to adopt the Flower Mission as a WCTU department with Jennie Cassidy as national superintendent.
The Living Buddha of Outer Mongolia, freed by Ungern-Sternberg's forces, seeks recognition of autonomous status under a 1915 Niakhta convention. Urga reports restored order, Mongol leadership aiming to trade with China while avoiding invasion. More than fifty thousand Chinese civilians fled Urga as famine and cold followed the siege.
Miss Irene Moore a Lincoln school fifth grade teacher in Charles City Iowa announced she secretly wed John Steinbach in Cedar Rapids on January 22. Steinbach a University of Iowa dentistry student plans wedding trip. Moore’s from La Crosse Wisconsin. The note also mentions baseball players Gavry Cravath Horus Wagner and Babe Ruth as top career centennial makers.
A June bulletin from Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society frames the western U S border as a vital new commercial frontier due to market revival global interest in the Pacific and rising trade. It links Pacific coast activity to broader world commerce and suggests shifts in migration and boundaries.
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