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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1922
Page
6
The piece notes a Central Asian custom where a suitor asks to buy a bride’s clothes. The bride via her parents names the required sum to begin housekeeping. If the groom cannot pay the amount, the marriage cannot proceed, and if he buys the clothes the wedding occurs twice one for her friends and one for his.
Creston council reviews a proposed new sewer to replace the old line in the lake bottom near McKinley Park. The plan would run along the lake shore and leave the old sewer in place as a drain with a dam valve, while flushing it after installation. The panel also orders removal of obstructive signs at New York and Prairie Avenue and discusses extending water mains.
News notes from the Christian Church report a Thursday 4 p.m. Aid Society and Loyal Workers meeting at the church parlors. Also notes Mason City state convention was inspirational and praise service, teacher training, and Bible school conference praised. Hoodooed Coon play by Loyal Sons and Daughters at Community Hall Cromwell Wednesday.
Viola Dana stars as Joy Duval with Gaston Glass as Billy Norton in a Metro production described as capital entertainment. Harry Beaumont directed the show featuring Mayme Kelso Helen Lynch Claire DuBrey Ellsworth Gage and John Steppling in a plot about a presumed crook wife and comic misadventures.
A group of about fifteen young friends gathered at Miss Nellie Seeley’s home on 224 Southwest Poplar Street for a prenuptial shower. Guests brought gifts for the bride to be and refreshments were served as the evening proved a source of special enjoyment.
Memorial services were held Sunday afternoon at the Congregational church by the Order of the Eastern Star. The program featured a quartet, a memorial address, readings, and tributes to departed officers and members, with extensive references to Grand Officers and local sisters. A list of deaths from 1919 to 1921 includes Philo J. Martin Stella Wheaton Koontz Cora Cox Crissman William H. Wray Sarah Kilpatrick Woods Larence Morgan Clyde Brokell Williams Eva L. Given and mournful verses concluded the service.
Screen masterwork by Thomas H. Ince presented this week features Florence Vidor as Judith Beresford in a dramatic tale of modern American womanhood. The Strand showcases a powerful cast including Theodore Roberts Madge Bellamy Lloyd Hughes and Tully Marshall in a romance amid realistic life.
A local report commends the Chapter for its high regard for duty and the thorough manner in which members carry out their tasks, highlighting dedication and strong communal service.
Leonard Copeland aged 20 died from severe burns at his Avora Iowa home after pouring gasoline on a fire in a cook stove. An explosion followed as he attempted to start a fire burning him from neck to knees with little hope of recovery.
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