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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
8
Attention Masons meet at Masonic Temple at 1 50 p m June 10 to attend the funeral of Brother Charles L Bullard, ORDER OF WL M.
Creston Plumbing and Heating Co located at 109-111 North Elm offers plumbing and heating services with phone line 204 for inquiries and service requests.
A Wednesday evening party at Mr. and Mrs. Lou Geis home north of the city honored their daughter Veronica. Guests included Marie Wolfe Catherine Wolfe Leo Wolfe John Healey Zella Healey Forest Brown Carrie Ernest Kessler Edward Kessler Bill Dawson Randal Reckner Lola Parl Howard Kessler Margaret McCornack Herman Notz Harry Herbel Fern Lahoma John Clark Robert Clark Rolla Clark Elmer Geis and Veronica Geis.
The Loyal Workers of Prairie Star church held a Sunday afternoon picnic at McKinley Park despite a storm. Attendees included Bernice Bentley Lucile Hewitt Ruth Morley Gladys Reed Opal Reed Velma Woosley Louise Reed Helen Hood Earl Leach Ray Hewitt Harold Woosley Charles Reed Keneth Woosley Dean Hood Ralph Tripp and Gien Leach.
FE. H. Cunningham of the Federal Reserve Board told the South Dakota Bankers Association that American farmers must submerge individualism into real cooperation to lift farm returns. He warned current farm cooperation is a game of heads win tails lose and called for organized co operatives to secure financing and better markets.
A Detroit News line reflects on prioritizing the search for poles as a step in locating explorers. The quotation emphasizes the challenge of locating discovery teams amid exploration work.
Des Moines June 15 severe storms swept virtually all Iowa causing washed out crops and high water. Bridges and railroad lines across multiple counties were damaged with traffic disrupted. Dubuque reports 3.15 inches of rain and widespread outages. Minor injuries reported. farms and basements flooded across cities including Ottumwa and Burlington.
Four Great Western trains are detoured through Clinton today via the Northwestern Railway due to last night’s storm washout on the Great Western line. Little local damage was reported early today.
June 15 report details a heavy hail and rainstorm across Southwestern Iowa causing crop damage and shattered windows in Council Bluffs. Two inches of rainfall flooded homes while Mills County wheat and corn suffered, roads washed out. In Glenwood families relocated due to damage. A separate Waterloo incident described a lightning strike injuring residents including Mrs. W Scott Williams and Mrs. W C Walker.
Severe weather damaged Burlington structures with a roof blown off and fences wrecked as 2.09 inches of rain fell in under an hour. Autoists were pitched into ditches but no injuries reported. In Dubuque a large Illinois Central train party bound for the bankers convention was stalled by flood waters near Dyersville. Bankers were rescued by auto relays along the Hawkeye road to reach the city.
A heavy wind rain and hail storm struck Nebraska causing one death from heart disease aggravated by the storm and serious injuries to many. In Omaha thousands of windows were broken parts of the city were darkened and crops across several counties were ruined. Ralph Wesenter aged 49 of Omaha died.
Clay county towns Garber and Osterdock on the Turkey river are submerged after a heavy downpour. Mrs. Eli Livingstone, 70, living with her son Bert Col two miles east of Colesburg on the Little Turkey river, is missing and feared drowned. Parties search the area.
Miss Mable Parker spent Sunday in Corning visiting friends. Eugene Wiley of Iowa City and his father D G Wiley visited here. Mrs A J Ambrose of Lenox returned home after a short visit. Eugene Wilson returned to Macksburg after a visit. Hatch Motor reports selling a four door Ford to Mrs Alice Gummere. Mrs H W Linthicum of Orient spent Saturday shopping and visiting. Mrs C S Newton of Kent had business in Creston. Mrs D Eastman left for Chicago and Burlington for a stay. Miss Madge Welch and Miss Mary Jane Sullivan arrive Tuesday for a visit with Mrs Catherine Welch. Mrs C E Younger leaves for Ottumwa for an extended visit with her daughter. Ralph Osborn returns from Iowa State College to spend summer at Higbee home. Miss Mary Kelly and Miss Jennie Danielson depart for New York for vacation. both work in Burlington offices. Miss Martha C Guenther of Burlington, recently teaching in Council Bluffs, visits H Detering home. Mrs Anna Culver and daughters Evelyn and Lucile arrive from Des Moines to spend summer at 506 North Maple Street. Lucile attends Des Moines University.
Galen Kilburn son of Mr and Mrs Norman Kilburn aged 19 or 20 returned to Des Moines after completing his first year at Drake University to join the Wheelock Optical company. He spent the past week with his parents at their New York venue apartment.
Classified brief notes Cres ton Iron and Metal Co advertises tar paulins in multiple sizes with contact phone 852 indicating a government procurement or supply listing.
Ernest Johnson arrives home after Ottumwa visit with parents Harry Wilson and Hal Childs of Lenox. Numerous locals travel for weekends and weeks with relatives in Ottumwa Omaha Savanna Ke rney Montezuma or Glenwood. Some workers and students resume duties, including Mrs J W Reynolds heading to Fort Madison and E G Johnson enjoying a ten city vacation.
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