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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
5
An advertisement touts tarkroot mixed with lemon juice as a facial treatment that supposedly smooths deep wrinkles and tightens skin within minutes. It claims no risk of skin loosening and low cost under three cents per application, urging readers to try the home remedy.
The federation convened at head quarters with Clem Schadle calling the session to order. President Lewis faces no opposition for re election as the primary is set for Wednesday at 10 and officers to be chosen Thursday morning. The invocation was delivered by Rev Thomas Conry and John A Cunningham. Schadle ceded the gavel to Lewis after remarks.
The article notes a transformation in cleaning staff as scrubwomen are replaced by male workers and electric machines. It describes roles from motor scrub pilots to squeegee operators and finishers, comparing a three man crew to twenty ordinary scrubbing efforts in the Equitable Building.
Iowa City graduates thin the ranks of star athletes as 2 varsity lettermen and 10 secondary award winners receive degrees. Notable departures include Parkin Otte Fisher Hancock Fleckenstein Coulter Phelps Scantiebury Marshall Janse Laude. Captain Cuhel Pratt White Kennedy to compete in Minneapolis track events. Eddie Anderson, ex Moline bantamweight, signs for June 25 boxing at the Mississippi Valley fair grounds. Bill Clemons of Logan barred from boxing in 18 states after last night’s bout with Young Stribling. Zev the Derby winner to return to training with Rancocas stable.
Miss Irene Sommers of Waterloo is hospitalized with a fractured left wrist, scalp cut, and bruises after her car struck an obstruction on the Lincoln highway three miles west of Cedar Rapids. Ed Treyer, driver from Waterloo, fled the scene with a third man in the car remaining unidentified. The crash occurred at 12:30 a.m. and she was taken to the hospital at 2:30 a.m. by a Chicago motorist who found her beside the wrecked vehicle.
The 1925 Iowa Federation of Labor convention opened in Dubuque with sessions scheduled through Friday. U S Senator Smith W Brookhart will speak Thursday along with leaders Fred Cenfield Mae Francis C B Robbins and E T Flood. Local representatives and Des Moines President John C Lewis arrived to oversee proceedings.
Rome researchers report Rome now ranks with Moscow and New York as among the world's most expensive cities. Since the Holy Year began, living costs rose, with March up nearly three percent. Romans face higher bills as shopkeepers shrug and cite the Holy Year.
New York reports that $10 million office towers on Fifth Avenue replace older sites like the Vanderbuilt mansion and the Church of the Heavenly Rest, signaling the end of the traditional scrub-woman. The scrubwoman is fading from the Wall Street district as modern methods change maintenance work.
Belvoir Eng June 9 a farm dray drawn by four gray horses served as a hearse giving rural impressiveness to the Duke of Rutland funeral at Belvoir Castle. The casket bore the duke's own flag as lord lieutenant of the county with his cocked hat and sword. Country workers from his estates joined a procession to the chapel and mausoleum.
A collection of editorial quips from rival papers noting debates over ethyl gas studies and the impact of police coverage, with references to Harvard Yale and advertising battles between Chicago and New York papers.
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