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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1922
Page
5
Three autos were believed stolen in the weekend but two were located. Dr. Hixenbaugh’s car vanished from his garage and remains unfound. A resident’s car was recovered after a relative used it briefly. Chief A C Loudon’s car was found near the city with tires stripped. the suspects George Brown and Toots Young were held and released on $500 bonds each.
Elmo Roper of Roper Bros. travels to Minneapolis to wed Miss Dorothy Shaw. They plan a two week honeymoon at Gull Lake before returning to Creston to settle. Both are University of Minnesota graduates. Miss Shaw is a Delta Gamma.
Isaiah Parcel, a farmer near Lenox, is treated at Greater Community Hospital in Creston for injuries from a runaway incident Saturday. Parcel was plowing corn when another man’s team was frightened and struck him, leaving fractured ribs and severe bruises.
Smith Pettigrew of Creston area dies at his home after a brief illness at age eighty nine. He was a respected resident with a sister Mrs. Jennie Slood living northwest of the city and a nephew named Cliff Pettigrew.
A young man named Crouse living near the city was brought to the Greater Community Hospital today with a broken leg after being run over by an automobile. Hale of Lenox was driving on the Primary road when he stopped to aid another motorist. he left the engine running and the car rolled into a ditch but caused no great damage.
The Lincoln Township Farm Bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Lincoln Center School House on Wednesday evening June 14. A special program features a speaker on taxes addressing the paramount question before the people today. The Ladies Aid of Jerusalem church will serve ice cream and cake. Everyone is invited to attend and participate in the business session.
County Auditor Wickham urges all primary candidates to file their campaign expense accounts within ten days after the primary. The notice reminds candidates to submit the required report to the county auditor as mandated by law.
Miss Mary Morrison entertained friends from Marys ville and Hopkins at a weekend gathering hosted at the Country Club summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Morrison. Guests included Miss Vetura Faubion and Lena Copeland of Marysville and Myron Laiptie and Vergie Florea of Hopkins.
The Loyal Workers Sunday School class of the Methodist church will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. W. Tucker for a church group gathering.
C D of A will hold a business meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the Knights of Columbus Hall on North Pine Street. All members are urged to be present.
Mr Pred Suthoff and his wife Misa Dorothy Bogle have arrived and will reside at 224 South Poplar Street in this city. Suthoff works as a traveling salesman for the General Cigar Company with headquarters here, and many friends welcome their return and settling in town.
James S. Ide returned from St. Joseph after attending the cattle sale and sending a shipment home. He states the market was very satisfactory and praised the overall conditions of the trip and the sale.
Oklahoma City 10 Omaha 5. Wichita 5 6 Sioux City 3 5. Tulsa 146 Denver 5 5. Today Omaha at Oklahoma City Des Moines at St Joseph. Sioux City at Wichita. Denver at Tulsa. Yesterday Cleveland 9 Philadelphia 8 Detroit 8 Washington 0 Chicago 7 Boston 6 New York 8 St Louis 4. Today Philadelphia at Cleveland Washington at Detroit Boston at Chicago.
Members of the Womens Relief Corps will convene at the Potter Post hall this evening for a meeting. A number of candidates will be presented for initiation and a large attendance of the membership is hoped for.
Frank A. Ide left Creston on No. 6 this morning to attend the University of Chicago commencement. He will witness the graduation of his daughter, Miss Agnes Ide.
The final of the Mississippi mounds in North St. Louis is being leveled to clear space for an ice plant. The 500 by 200 foot mound yielded spears arrowheads and peculiar pebbles from prehistoric home sites. Once 27 mounds lined the riverbank and defined St. Louis as the Mound City.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Garrett announce the birth of a son at the Greater Community Hospital on Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs Glenn Roberts of 500 Southeast Poplar Street are the parents of a son born this morning.
Bon voyage boxes serve as charming gifts for the June bride and other travelers. They hold a compact assortment of hard candies fruits nuts and cakes arranged for maximum appeal and sometimes include books or magazines.
Myron Burt and Willard Robbins of this city visited Thayer Lake on Sunday where they plan a week of camping fishing and swimming. A number of local residents joined them for picnicking and swimming.
Eddie Rickenbacker and four companions crash while taking off at an air mail field near Detroit on the last leg of a 15000 mile U S air tour. All survive with minor injuries. plane severely damaged. party includes Eddie Stinson Steve Hannagan Sam Lair and Theodore Loving. Rickenbacker travels by rail to San Francisco to relay President Harding's message to the Shriners convention.
June 12 Miss Margaret Mason daughter of Mr and Mrs James Mason earns a full scholarship in piano composition ensemble and advanced counterpoint at the New England Conservatory of Music Boston. An orchestral arrangement by Miss Mason of a Richard Stevens piece was played by the Boston Symphony at a popular concert. She completes the second year this year and will graduate next year returning home around July 1 with her mother who has stayed with her in Boston.
A Central train collided with a wagon near Lemerton, killing two children from the Tindall family and injuring Tin dall and his wife Lydia and two small children. Mrs Minora Spiner, Tindall’s sister, is mentioned among the injured or affected.
Le Figaro of Paris will devote weekly space to American affairs to interpret American life for French readers. The move contrasts with European papers that favor domestic politics and arts reporting while limiting foreign news. Louis Thomas heads the New York office guiding the project.
M Coty buys Le Figaro on November 40, 1921 and plans to publish by cable and mail, including American life features and economic stories. The Proprietors Association is cited as a factor in the split with Lord Northcliffe arguing against capitalists dictating terms to Fleet Street journalists, noting a financier influence behind most London dailies.
Lord Northcliffe opposes wage reductions for London daily newspaper printers and resigns from the Newspaper Proprietors Association. The move follows tensions over pay cuts and labor costs affecting the press in London.
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