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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1923
Page
1
Dispatch reports residents at the volcano base flee for lives as Mt Etna erupts. Lava flows threaten towns around Catania and Caltanissetta with villages evacuated amid fear. A separate report says a liquor raid in Homestead ends with the town marshal shot and a suspect killed by a mob.
President Harding announced to department heads that the government closed the year with a 200 million dollar surplus and had paid off 823 million dollars of debt plus cut expenses by 256 million from prior years. He warned of another year with acute problems ahead.
On the Lincoln highway near Marshalltown Iowa two people were killed when a car driven by Captain Charles Hammer of the central fire station struck a bridge railing and hurled Mrs. Leo Mackman into the river. Mrs Mackman was rescued. The dead are Mrs Myrtle Hammer 45 and Lewis Meeks. Four others were injured but not seriously.
In Chicago today and Tuesday the weather remains generally fair with little change in temperature. Tonight and Tuesday show no significant shifts in conditions.
Local observations cover the past 24 hours ending June 18 with totals ranging from 0 to 0.81 inches. Highest reading reached 0.81 inches and the lowest 0.52 inches in the period. Temperature at 1 pm today was 81 degrees.
Delegates representing 1450 clubs in 26 countries gather in St Louis for the fourteenth annual International Rotary convention. The piece traces Rotary’s growth from 1905 Chicago beginnings to a worldwide network of clubs, districts, and community integration led by district governors.
Des Moines June 18. Miss Veronica Stapleton 40 superintendent of the children's hospital at Iowa City was seriously injured today when her taxi was struck by a street car.
One person was seriously hurt and eight others slightly injured when two cars on a Davenport amusement park roller coaster collided. The accident occurred during an outing on June 18.
Des Moines June 18. Senator Ed M. Smith of Winterset says highway improvement programs from the state highway commission and good roads societies hinge on revising taxation laws before a state wide hard road system can be financed. He notes annual losses from bad roads and urges economical use of funds, while calling for broader tax sources to avoid burden on heavy taxpayers.
Minnesota voters began a special election to fill the late Knute Nelson's Senate seat. Fourteen candidates seek the July 16 contest, with three advancing today one Republican one Democrat and one farmer labor. Potential winners include Magnus Johnson Dr L A Fritsche James A Carley and J A O Preus.
Essen reports the French seized 170 locomotives and 2000 freight cars on lines between Dortmund and Essen, granting them control over rail facilities in the Ruhr district. Food shortages grow dire in Bothmen and Dortmund.
Springfield June 18 Henry Ford said he has no desire to be president of the United States. He is spending a weekend in Springfield en route to Poughkeepsie New York and noted his own affairs keep him occupied. He said talk of his seeking the office is newspaper talk.
The University of Chicago plans twelve professors for summer expeditions. Adolph C. Noe will seek coal balls in Illinois and Indiana coal fields, Kane Stuart Weller goes to Kentucky, K K S Bastian to Canada, J Harlen Bretz and R T Chamberlain study the Cascades, Paul Miller blasts in the southwest for reptile bones, Henry C. Cowell and George D. Fuller study plants western lands, Charles J. Chamberlain to Cuba, Albert A. Michelson to Mount Wilson to measure light speed, Edwin B. Frost at Catalina Island for a solar eclipse, and James Henry Breasted in Egypt inspecting Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Word reached our city that Mrs. Fred Reinig, wife of Fred Reinig of Indianola, was critically injured in a Spencer auto accident this morning. Their Hudson plunged, Mrs. Reinig pinned beneath the wreck, a fractured skull diagnosed at Spencer hospital while Mr. Reinig escaped injuries. The Reinig family, formerly of Lorimer, were en route to Lake Okoboji. their children rode ahead.
United States Senator Brookhart of Iowa concluded a Moscow visit and predicted a revival in Russia’s agriculture. He cited well equipped cotton mills and said Russia would have good crops this year and benefit global markets next year after touring industrial facilities.
Shenandoah Iowa June 18 Charles Medford a Hamburg furniture dealer was killed when the car he rode in went over an embankment near Riverton last night His wife was seriously injured two other passengers escaped injury It is believed Medford suffered a heart attack at the wheel causing the crash
Christiana reports Captain R. Amundsen has abandoned his planned North Pole airplane flight. Swedish officials announced the change on June 18.
Burlington employees welcomed the regular pay car on its semi monthly rounds. It started from Aurora and traveled west to Pacific Junction before returning. The crew distributed pay checks to all workers with due payrolls and none of Creston’s road staff were absent this afternoon.
Erwin Bergdoll wealthy Philadelphia draft evader set for release next Wednesday after a sentence of four years hard labor reduced by ten and a half months for good behavior. He will return to Philadelphia. no warrants pending, though reports cited possible arrest on draft evasion claims. Bergdoll later joined by brother G C Bergdoll who fled to Germany after the war.
Mrs Clyde Cassident, mother of six, gave birth to a sixth child in Denver on June 18 1926. The case, which sparked national debate two years earlier, involved social workers urging the judge to permit a sterilization operation to prevent further births due to alleged inadequate home care and unsanitary conditions.
Sheffield, England remains credited with producing the world’s best steel, a reputation built on quality and craft. The statement underscores the city’s long-standing role in steelmaking excellence and its global influence on industry standards.
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