Creston Advertiser Gazette Publication Details
Publication information for the Creston Advertiser Gazette series lists multiple onetime titles and pricing for weekday evening issues. It notes publishers, contact numbers, and carrier rates including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly prepaid options.
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Creston Daily Advertiser
Creston Advertiser
Creston Gazette
Creston Morning American
Creston Plain Center
Creston Advertiser-Gazette CO
Price of Fame and the Hidden Glands of Great Men
The article discusses Napoleon and Darwin as examples of how glandular health affects temperament and vigor. It cites Corvisart and Dr. Louis H. Berman to claim Napoleon’s sluggish pulse and epileptic fits, plus decay in captivity, and notes Darwin as a neurasthenic genius with thyroid and heart symptoms.
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Napoleon
Corvisart
St. Helena
Louis H. Berman
Berman
Charles Darwin
Darwin
The Price of Fame and the Glandular Mind
The text links genius to chemical imbalances in endocrine glands and cites Darwin as an exhausted, gifted exemplar. It notes famous epileptics among geniuses including Julius Caesar Mohammed Byron Dostoyevsky and Flaubert and argues happiness lies in normalcy rather than fame.
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Julius Caesar
Mohammed
Lord Byron
Dostoyevsky
Flaubert
Pinkerton backs whipping post as crime remedy
William J. Pinkerton, veteran detective, argues the whipping post is the best cure for crime after speaking with thousands of convicts who reportedly prefer long prison terms to punishment. He notes the threat of whipping rarely deters crime, urging a scientific cure for criminals' underlying disease.
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William J. Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Minimum wage rise for Massachusetts women workers
The Massachusetts minimum wage commission orders a compulsory raise of a average three fourths for women in laundries to match rising living costs since 1915. The move follows a long labor struggle with setbacks, and is presented as a victory for labor despite current tensions.
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Massachusetts
State
Sioux City
You Ladies Only Girls and the Plaster Patch Patchwork
A collage of brief opinions and quips from Iowa editors and readers. Topics include wage talk in Sioux City, strict law enforcement, a Chicago preacher’s hair joke, and reflections on Iowa political primaries and Senator Brookhart’s renomination.
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Oskaloosa
Gold and fashion mix in 19th century musings on value
The piece contrasts currency, gold flow, and imagination in economy. It cites a Kansas anecdote about a dress suit donated in 1860 and jokes that badges of status have shifted to autos and bootleg whiskey.
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United States
Atchison Globe
Kansas
Boston
East
Paswell
Kapioma
Primary System Seen Forming After Debates
The Iowa press comments discuss the second round boxing metaphor between Kid Lasker and Battling Busch and comment on the primary as a political process. They note that candidates chosen may not please everyone, yet the primary remains as an equal opportunity at the polls now and in the future.
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Marguerite Kirmie
Deey Cree
Davenport Democrat
Kid Lasker
Battling Busch
Carroll Herald
Valley items and social notes from Shannon City week
The column records visits and social calls around Shannon City including Thelma Delay visiting Tom Griep’s home and Fern Wiser Friday night. It notes several business callers, a church play well received, local haymaking, and local families like the Griep and Balus households visiting relatives.
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Thelma Delay
Tom Griep
Harry Estes
Elingsworth
Bert Hampton
Shannon
Olympic Diving Technique by Aileen Riggin
Aileen Riggin explains the one and a half somersault dive as a spectacular fancy dive. It requires a strong run, a high jump from the board, rapid body rotation, and a straight entry with arms over the head.
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Aileen Riggin
Social visit noted at Shanson residence
Mrs Nina Griep and her grandson Mark Wiser visited Friday forenoon at the home of her daughter Mrev Earl Balius and family. If you are well bred you rise to greet an introduction, a hostess rises or not.
Summer Wardrobe Tip on Draping and Packing
A note suggests choosing clothes with straight lines for easier packing and pressing. Elaborate draping outfits take more space and may require professional pressing services for a neater look during vacations.
End Tables Add Comfort and Space Saving Utility
Small end tables greatly increase comfort by drawing up to the davenport or bedside. Nesting tables offer decorative function and maximize limited space in a compact setting.
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Finance Committee
Aldrich
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Boise Penrose
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Mabel
Washington
Monticello
Brookhart
Grimes
Harlan
Allison
Boss Brookhart
Bryan
Manson Journal
Marshalltown
Mark Wiser
Fern Wiser
Shannon City
John Griep
Earl Balius
Homer Ibbotson
Valley
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Nina’Griep
Buick
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T, Micky
Creston Buick Co
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Newcomb & Matthews
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