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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
3
Public notice style text from Creston newspaper masthead listing publication details and subscription rates for morning and plain dealer editions. Includes dates of entry and Associated Press note, with pricing for mail and carrier delivery.
An English inventor Louis Brennan and the British air ministry showcase a helicopter that rises straight up and descends slowly without a large landing field. The craft would fit in a garage with a trapdoor roof and could hover in wind up to 20 miles per hour for 30 minutes, reimagining aviation despite competing efforts like Hansch’s Dutch helicopter.
The passage describes propeller blades positioned above and below an airplane to rise by creating a vacuum. It imagines a helicopter plane able to land on flat roofs or settle into streets, suggesting humans could soar like or better than birds with this marvel.
Stockholm June 10 The smuggling of alcohol into Norway has become a well organized growing trade despite Norway extending its territorial waters. Over 100 vessels waited outside to deliver liquors legally purchased. Smugglers using Stroemsta Sweden near the border move wine and beer into Norway under Swedish seals then resume outside the limit to complete sales. Prices fall and drunkenness rises in Christiania, with government revenue from liquor collapsing from about 46 million krone to near zero after prohibition.
In Moscow the American Relief Administration distributes food from the Chauve Souris benefit in New York. Hundreds of artists line up for 118 pounds of food, each labeled as plain American fare. Names such as Soumbatov Stanislavsky Legkovskaya appear among the artists. A $10 package would fetch 83,000,000 rubles in Moscow, exceeding three months' pay for the top star.
Gray and champagne colored light hosiery are described as the most smart for daytime wear and are said to naturally go with black patent leather pumps.
Belgrade June 9 medieval pomp marked the wedding of King Alexander of Jugoslavia and Princess Marie of Romania. Princes, duchesses, and foreign monarchs attended a ceremony in the Byzantine Cathedral and a gala luncheon followed by banquets and a palace procession.
A noted skin specialist promotes a cold cream version of Bowles Menthol Sulphur for itchy burning or broken skin. It subdues itching, cools irritation, and heals eczema quickly leaving clear skin in place of eruptions and pimples. Available at any drug store.
Grandmother kept her hair dark with Sage Tea and Sulphur. Wyeth's Safe and Sulphur Compound is advertised as restoring natural color, gloss, and evenness with simple daily use. The ad notes it is a toilet product not a medicine and claims wide popularity among druggists. It mentions radio service plans for farmers and a rough state estimate of over 10,000 radio sets.
The Canton of Grison opened 250 miles of electric mountain railways linking St Moritz and Pombesina with Coire and other Rhine area points. Switzerland now has about 1500 miles of electric railways, many converted from steam lines.
Iowa State College officials and Charles D. Reed announce a new radio weather service for farmers. Daily forecasts will be broadcast from the Ames station WOL at 9 30 am and repeated at 12 40 pm with a 36 hour outlook telegraphed to Ames from central points at 7 40 am.
A George Macdonald meditation urges believers to trust divine guidance during trial. He compares life to clay in a potter's hands, urging voluntary submission and hopeful action as pressure and pain shape character under God's will.
The American liner St Louis pioneered wireless communications in November 1899 marking an early maritime wireless milestone. Venice is noted for a long standing monopoly on glass beads dating back to the fourteenth century.
An advertisement touts Jad Salts as a harmless, inexpensive remedy to flush and stimulate kidneys, relieve bladder disorders, and prevent backache and insomnia. It claims a daily tablespoon in water before breakfast improves kidney function and urine health, noting local druggists sell the product widely.
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