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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
5
The Willard Theatre screens Ralph Ince's big submarine drama Wet Gold this Sunday a Jules Verne inspired adventure of treasure hunting across land sea and the ocean floor. Underwater footage was shot from a fifty foot accordion tube lowered from a barge with a glass photographic chamber weighing 3 ½ tons and a camera operator at the ocean bottom.
Anita Stewart headlines the First National feature A Question of Honor at the Strand Sunday. Set largely in the Northwest, she plays a hidden romantic who falls for a young engineer and launches a daring raid to protect him, delivering action, romance, and drama with a strong performance by Anne Wilmot.
Prof and Mrs Joseph H Voris recent arrivals in Creston have leased the 1103 West Adair street cottage for the present and expect to buy later. They will be accorded a sincere welcome to Creston.
The Episcopal Church publicity department urges newspaper advertising to spread the gospel. The pamphlet suggests evangelistic ads and “sermonettes” with preacher names and church affiliations, viewing publicity as a tool for reaching the unchurched. Church promotion by radio, movies, and posters is also discussed.
Prof Norman E Richardson of Northwestern University urged religious education to instill the motive of service as essential for national welfare. He cited Herbert Hoover’s 20 leader conference and said nationwide training is needed to embed service in future citizens. He called religious education America’s hope amid crisis and praised Kansas City for backing a moral undergirding of democracy.
A newspaper note discusses a Russian Samciedes tribe practice where a suitor pays the father a fair price for the daughter before engagement. If the wife dies soon after, the father may return all or part of the purchase price as a concession.
Mrs Lillie Harris wife of Frank Harris died at the family home five miles north of Shannon City after a short illness She was the oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Tucker of Creston and leaves a bereaved husband and nine children aged from five months to older siblings Funeral arrangements were not yet made.
Des Moines visitors Mrs Ed Nervell and Mr T Cook visit parents and neighbors. Local residents recover from illness and attend plays. A 7% lb girl is born to Mr and Mrs Harry O Riley. Funerals for Mrs Harry Hughes and Mrs Alfred Hughes held near Orient with Missouri relatives attending.
Mr and Mrs L L Burton of Creston attended the play on Wednesday evening. A large Cromwell contingent joined Creston for the Thursday baseball game against Leon in Creston.
Syracuse graduate blind since age four, Farl A. McCarty earned a Syracuse University Liberal Arts degree with honors and plans a life of service. Born in Utica, he has sales experience in Detroit and lost his wife in 1917. he is Sigma Delta Upsilon and remains confident despite blindness. Oklahoma City campaign note features Miss Perle Dunham seeking Congress seat as Republican standard bearer.
The article notes two contenders besides Miss Dundrum. Mrs. Lamar Looney, a former state senator, and Miss Alice Robertson run to succeed herself in Oklahoma. The quoted poem Out Where the West Begins inspires the speaker’s choice.
Des Moines Iowa Secretary of Labor James J Davis challenges fraternal societies including the Brotherhood of American Yeomen to fund and build a $10 million home for motherless and fatherless children. Yeomen plan a 500 acre campus with education like a university and a path to independence funded by ten cent monthly dues.
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