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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1927

Page

7

Day and Allene Sumner Commentary Argued

A reader ponders whether friends and acquaintances are truly intelligent by their talk. A famed psychologist suggests high talk ideas, mid talk material, low talk personalities. The writer defends the humane type who helps others and questions labeling such people as morons.

The Baby’s Name and Numerology Explain Self-Naming

The article promotes the idea that unborn children name themselves through numerology. It cites examples like Percy and Gwenny to illustrate how a name reflects the child’s own identity, even before birth, arguing the self-dictated naming process shapes personality.

Percy Tiny Wnborn Gwenny

His Breakfast and the mark of a good wife tradition

A traditional idea is examined in fiction where a wife wakes early to prepare her husband breakfast. The passage contrasts active domestic duties with tales of slacker wives who sleep late while husbands fend for themselves or eat elsewhere at odd hours.

Husband

Breakfast Down Town Sparks Domestic Mildness

A husband jokes about breakfast away from home and his wife’s traditional concern for feeding him at dawn. He laments home meals and reveals a humorous, affectionate dispute over morning routines. Selah.

Selah

Mother by Virginia Terhune Van der Water reviewed

A magazine piece analyzes the old versus new mother role as the author argues the next generation will grasp the modern view. A White House dinner anecdote features Queen Marie of Romania and Mrs. William Borah with a light anecdote about keeping a gown down using a feather fan.

Virginia Terhune van der Water Marie William Borah White House Mrs Borah

Queen's Role Questioned in Narrow Senate Debate

A cautious discussion questions authority and use of royal influence in legislative processes. Officials weigh limits on monarchical power amid concerns about unequal treatment and potential abuse by those with influence.

Plush Horses and Dress Rules in the Borah Article

Mrs Borah comments on changing dress norms from ornate calling costumes to simpler contemporary styles. She contrasts feathered hats white gloves and silk gowns with modern sport and evening wear while noting that many still use accessories, and seasoned travelers may wear simpler outfits.

Pantomime Suggests Escape From Matrimony

A narrator muses that a couple tired of marriage should attend The Beggar on Horseback in town this week. The play features a prince and princess who disguise themselves, seek night romance, then fear the new roles at dawn and return to the familiar breakfast table.

We Live But Once by Rupert Hughes

A recap notes Hughes’s heroine in We Live But Once as a grasping figure who disregards marriage for desire. It contrasts steady moral codes with a new philosophy urging to seize what one wants before it is gone.

Rupert Hughes

Lindbergh Homecoming Sparks Political Glee and Gripes

Washington correspondent notes how Lindberghs homecoming stirs politics with Coolidges restraint and anti administration critics. A New York congressman warns courts may relegate broadcasting regulation to states, challenging federal radio authority.

Federal Radio Commission Lou Bloom New York Bloom Commission

Record Held Unbroken for Four Decades Likely Untouchable

A remarkable and enduring record from decades past stands as an unlikely feat to surpass. Observers note the longevity of the mark, with proponents arguing it may outlast many contemporary attempts.

Riker Eyes Mississippi Flood Plan and Cost Downgrade

Carrol L. Riker, a veteran engineer, advocates steering the next Congress to flood control funding. He claims to have cut government project costs in half compared with army estimates and congressional appropriations. In the 1880s he dredged the Washington channel and built the Haties Point Speedway in Potomac Park, credited with savings and invention of a suction dredge.

Carrol L. Riker Congress Mississippi Riker Army Washington Channel Great Haties Point Speedway Potomac Park Washington

Physician's Cattle Give Milk For Infants

Near Miami Florida the White Belt Farm of Dr and Mrs John Gordon DuPuis养 hosts 800 Dutch Belted cattle once circus curiosities now valued at over a million dollars producing infant milk and children's milk. Gem of Columbia set breed records at age 11 and 12. DuPuis runs a modern plant with sterilizing bottling refrigeration and a private laboratory.

Miami Fla Barnum America Here P. T. Barnum Holland White Belt John Gordon DuPuis Lemon City Gem of Columbia DuPuis

Woman Profits on Butterfly Trade in Iowa

Cedar Rapids June 16. Mrs F W Casterline of Tipton eastern Iowa raises hundreds of butterflies and moths in a screened porch. She began after seeing butterfly eggs on tree bark and now operates a varied collection, selling as a hobby income. Eggs are brought on branches, worms feed on leaves, then cocoons form and emerge as butterflies the next spring.

Cedar Rapids F. WW. Casterline Tipton Iowa North Central Plains Casterline

Spying Now Recognized As Business

An essay explores how espionage operates between nations and the prevalence of spying in diplomacy. It notes Lloyd George’s remarks on states spying on each other, cites the Arcos raid, and mentions U.S. military attaches handling secret information amid border espionage and a State Department employee tied to a Mexican embassy leak.

Washington Lloyd George Mexico City State Department

Scientific Planed Attack On European Corn Borer Conference

Federal and state officials plan a Toledo meeting in late June or early July to map a coordinated program against the European corn borer. Dr A F Woods will lead data presentation with entomologists and chemists, while dairy experts discuss feed adjustments if corn production halts. Dr C R Ball notes ongoing farm cleanup efforts as key to progress.

Washington United States Department of Agriculture Toledo A. F. Woods C. R. Ball

Denver sophmore weds despite vows debate

Ralph Batschelet of Denver a Thinkers society vice president advocated Judge Ben Lindsey companionate marriage views and was flogged for his declarations. He is now on honeymoon after marrying Miss Lillian Schneider in an Episcopal ceremony with rings and bridesmaids. Batschelet is a University of Denver sophomore. his bride is a co-ed.

Ralph Batschelet Denver Thinkers’ Society Ben B. Lindsey Batschelet Lillian Schneider Episcopal Church University of Denver

Speedy puzzle blends odd phrases and clipped clues

A fragmented puzzle list mixes partial words and cross clues. It includes terms like horizontal, injection, social insect, sea eagle, and phrases about speed, diction, and animals, forming a dense, cryptic wordplay page.

Inette Atitch

Corn Grows Faster With Fertilizer At Wooster Station

Fertilizer tests at the Ohio experiment station near Wooster show late planted corn matured two to three months earlier when a high grade complete fertilizer was used in hill or row plantings.

Ohio Wooster

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