Forty Six Firms Recognized at Creston Chamber Dinner
Fifty six manufacturing firms listed at last night's Creston Chamber of Commerce home products dinner held at the Iowana hotel. Posters displayed firm names and products around the banquet room in alphabetic order, including advertisers such as Advertiser-Gazette and Golden Grain butter, and firms like Armour & Co Clover Bloom butter, Creston Coca Cola Bottling, Creston Gas and Electric, New North and Commercial cigars, Swift Co Brookfield butter, and many others across food, textile, hardware, and service categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowana Hotel
Creston Chamber of Commerce
Advertiser - Gazette
Atton Creamery Company
Golden Grain
Atton Star-Enterprise
Allen Hatchery
Diamonds Strain Chicks
Armour & Co
Clover Bloom
Creston Youths Plan Long Hike to Harvest Work
Cecil and Selma Parker of Creston will hike from Creston to Kensington Kansas for wheat harvest work starting tomorrow. Cecil then continues to San Francisco while Selma returns to Creston to enter high school. expenses earned along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Selma Parker
Walnut Street
Creston
Kensington
Kan
San Francisco
Calif
Selma
Beaumont Grand Masonic Officer Returns From Council Bluffs Meet
Thomas Beaumont of 510 North Elm Street was elected senior grand warden at the Iowa grand lodge session in Council Bluffs. He attended the school of instruction and previously served as senior grand deacon and past master of Crest City lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Beaumont
North Elm Street
Masonic Lodge
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Council Bluffs
Beaumont
Crest City Lodge
Lorimor
Union County Receives Largest April Gas Tax Check
Union County shows its largest monthly gas tax receipt, $4 228 20, from the state two cent levy. One third of the tax goes to the primary road fund, two thirds to the county for secondary roads. After July 4 the new law will boost primary funds and shift distribution to the state highway commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
General Assembly
State Highway Commission
First Solemn Mass for Rev James Brady at Immaculate Conception
On Sunday morning June 19 at 10 30 The Rev James Anthony Brady will celebrate his first solemn Mass at Immaculate Conception church. He was ordained last Saturday in Santa Fe New Mexico with Rev H V Malone arch deacon Rev Maurice Aspinwall as deacon and Rev Vincent Lyons as sub deacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anthony Brady
Immaculate Conception
Father Brady
Santa Fe
New Mexico
H. V. Malone
Maurice Aspinwall
Audubon
Vincent Lyons
Des Moines
Father Aspinwall
Father Lyons
St. Mary's Seminary
Baltimore
Father O’brien
Immaculate Conception Church
John Moran
Paul Mudra
Albert Farrell
John Noonan
Noonan
Creston
Corpus Christi
Christ
Mary Pickford Guards as Kidnap Plot Rumors Rise
Beverly Hills police redeploy guards around Pickfair after reports of a $1,000,000 kidnapping plot targeting Mary Pickford. Douglas Fairbanks accompanies her in a car with a machine gun on his lap as authorities insist the threat is taken seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Miss Pickford
Fredom
Blair
Pickfair
H. L. Bradey
Eagles Honor Rev Ferguson at 1928 Iowa Eagles Meeting
The Fraternal Order of Eagles held its 1928 convenion in Council Bluffs with officers elected for the coming year. Rev David Ferguson of Maquoketa was named chaplain, and Rex Bunker of Burlington among trustees. Ferguson previously lived in Creston and pastored St Paul’s Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Council Bluffs
Order of Eagles of Law
T. J. O'Donnell
Dubique
Milo Jasty Clinton
R. F. O'Haran
Waterloo
A. K R. Florenc
Mason City
David Ferguson
Maquoketa
A van Doren
Keokuk
BE. J. Lowden
Oskeloosa
D. W. Moore
Fred Hielmer
Davenport
Rex Bunker
Burlington
Mr. Ferguson
The
Eagles of Iowa
Creston
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Reception for Father Brady at 503 West Montgomery
A reception will be held at the home of W. H. Brady, 503 West Montgomery street, to honor Father Brady and allow him to meet his old friends and acquaintances after his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Brady
W. H. Brady
West
Montgomery Street
Jones County Approves Road Bend Bond and Paving Plan
Anamosa Iowa June 17 Jones County voters approved a 1 200 000 bond issue and a highway paving proposal by about six to one. The plan calls for paving 45 miles of highways on Routes 117 and 161.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Lindbergh Homeward Flight Stirs St. Louis Welcome
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh arrived over the Mississippi at 3 07 p m and landed at Lambert Field after a public greeting in St Louis The city prepared a grand reception and led crowds cheered as the famous flyer proceeded toward the airfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mississippi River
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Charles A A. Lindbergh
New York
Lindbergh
Adron of Arm
Armour Wins US Open Title via Playoff Over Cooper
Armour of Washington defeats Harry Cooper of Los Angeles 76 to 79 in an 18 hole playoff to win the open golf championship of the United States at Oakmont. The June 17 match sealed the title for Armour in a closely fought final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakmont
Tommy Armour
Washington
Congressional Country Club
United States
Harry Cooper
Los Angeles
Vaughn Captures Southwestern Iowa Golf Title Again
Gene Vaughn of Shenandoah won the Southwestern Iowa golf championship for the second straight year, defeating Degnan Reynolds of Creston 7 and 6 in the finals after 27 holes in Des Moines. A large crowd followed the match at Crestmoor course as Vaughn, opening strong, built a dominant back nine to clinch the title. Separately, county readers debated a proposed 3.6 million bond for road improvements with strong editorial divide across Shannon City Messenger, The Daily Advertiser, Iron Star-Enterprise, Star-Enterprise, Lorimer Journal, and Osceola Sentinel coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohne Vaughn
Shenandoah
Iowa
Degnan Reynolds
Gene Vaughn
Creston
Vaughn
Reynolls Hevine
Crestmoor
Desnan Reynolds
Reynolds
Couny
Har-Enterprise
W. K K. Irchard
Connell Bluffs
Stam Enterprise
Union County Production Dollars Highlight Local Industry
A Creston Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Iowana hotel showcased Union County production worth millions. Local manufacturers attended. Afton and Lorimer delegations were absent due to weather. posters displayed firm products and donors supplied food and supplies. A sixteen week campaign to promote home products will begin, with factory tours and talks from local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Iowana
Creston Chamber of Commerce
Afton
Lerimer
C. KE. Fiers
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
H. A. Lori
Lorimer
Shatto & Son
Fiery
William Hartman Dies at 76 in Winterset Area
William Hartman 76, a retired farmer who lived near Creston for 18 years, died at 6 p.m. yesterday at his son Frank Hartman’s home in Creston. He is survived by six sons and one daughter. Funeral is set for Sunday at the Winterset Baptist church, with Rev. H. H. Twyferd presiding. interment in Winterset cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hartman
Creston
Frank Hartman
Levy Street
Hartman
Burlington
James T. Hartman
John H Hartman
Macksburg
George H. Hartman
Eiston
William W. Hartman
Woman Presents Pink Rose Bouquet at Local Office
Mrs Prank Welch of 202 North Lincoln Street delivered a large bouquet of pink roses to The Daily Advertiser office today, a gesture noted by staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Welch
North
Lincoln Street
Daily Advertiser
Local families depart Creston for Kansas trips
Mr and Mrs J M Thomas and their daughter Jane with niece Kathryn Stevens leave by motor for South Kansas City. Mrs Thomas Jane and Kathryn Stevens to Bartlesville Oklahoma to visit Frank and Mrs Philips. They are joined by T Wegler visiting friends. Lt Charles McColl returns from Chicago after 15 days at the quartermaster depot. Benedictine Sisters of St Malachys Parish school head to Atchison for summer, to return in fall before school opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Thomas
Sycamore Street
Jane
Kathryn Stevens
Kansas City
Thonas
Migs Stevens
Bartlesville
Oxton
Frank Philips
Kanas City
T. 2
Wegler
Thomas
Creston
Charles McColl
Highwa Street
Reserve Corps
Chicago
Quartermaster’s
St. Malachy’s Parochial School
Atchison, Kan
Union County to vote on road bond for surfacing project
Shannon City Messenger reports Creston Advertiser accounts say Union County residents may soon vote on a bond issue to fund hard surfacing and graveling primary roads. Fred White explains the plan, stating taxes won’t rise and the state would assume debt after approval, with the majority forecast to pass decisively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Union County
Creston Sincer
Fred White
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jartlett Brothers
Sash and Doors
F.C. Bassett
Boyce’s Candy Land
Boyd Creamery Company
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
Cheetham and Son
Consumers
Creston Coca Cola Bottiing Company
Nehi and Sodas
Creston Cornice Works
Cornice
Creston Gas and Electric Company
Creston Green House
Creston Sanitary Bakery
Blue Ribbon Bread
Creston Woodworking Company
Farmers’ Coopertive — Company
Ford
Halden Printing Company
Henderson Glove Company
Masterbilt
F. T. Herrman
Hinie’s
Hines Bakery
Hudson Brothers
New North and Commercial Cigars
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
James Johnson
F. Kunath
Lorimer Journal
LaForgue Brothers
Harness
McKee Brothers
Nuroc-Jersey Hogs
Morrison Printing Company
Niemeyer Cigar Company
la Belle Moselle
Newcombe and Matthews
Nord Flour and Feed Company
Olympia Candy Kitchen
Owen Bakery
Gene Owens
Perfect System Bakery
Reliable Motor Support Company
Rex Coal and Ice Company
Rex
George Sash
Shannon City Messenger
Shatto and Son
Smith Brothers
South Side
J. CG
Sullivan Monument Works
Swift & Co
Brookfield
BE. F. Tackett
J. ©. Taylor
United Clay Products Corporation
John W. Valin
Walsh Veterinary Supply Company
A. EB. Ward & Co
L. J. Wendell
Monsignor Noonan
James Brady
Shades OF
Betty Ross
Betsy Ross
Philadelphia
Machine Guns Guard
Motion Picture Star
Eagles
Ferguson
Jones
Ocean Flyer
Colonel Lindbergh
Armour
Cooper
Southwestern
Vausgant
Vangelin
Yally
Star-Enterprise Eain
Anyye
Nion
Tose
Court House
Clarke County
Osceola Sentinel
Osceola
John Waller
McWee Brothers
Doro Jersey
Gene Tadings
Gene Owers
J. J. Pettinger
F.D. Ickis
Rex Corlard Ice Company
Creston Rettiving Works
Samuel Mahon
Towanda
Carl Gehrecke
Creston Green Hower
Donners
Mr. Fiers
Fred Henderson
Piers
J. J. Boyd
Boyd
Creamery Company
Boyd Company
Shannon
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