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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Ernest Milles return to Fon tanelle after a brief visit. C E Fiers arrives home from Centerville where he managed business interests. Hatch Motor reports Ford truck sold to Marshall Shull and a Ford roadster sold to E B Cashman.
General Baron Tanaka, elected head of Japan's Seiyukai, merged the Kakushin club and pulled members from the Chuseikai to reach 140 Diet seats. He seeks closer economic ties with the United States and China and urges cooperation to ease immigration tensions, aiming to improve Japan US relations and stabilize coalition politics.
Rome faces a surge of Holy Year visitors that tests linguists and staff across hotels and transport. Multilingual notices now extend to six or seven languages, and taxi guides include Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Polish. Staff cope with guests who speak only regional dialects, boosting reliance on gestures.
In London, the Blue Book from the British meteorological office notes that at least 100 lightning flashes occur worldwide each second, totaling about 16 million thunderstorms annually. It highlights the immense energy released by these flashes, beyond human comprehension.
Scientists compare energy from lightning to vast water power outputs. They estimate one flash releases energy equal to many months of global hydro production, suggesting lightning is a colossal instantaneous energy source beyond man made dams.
Nearly 100 masons, stonecutters, and laborers joined clergy and contractors at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a open air prayer service as the first stones for interior nave walls were blessed. Bishop Manning led the interfaith, multilingual recitation of the Lord's Prayer, requested by the workers themselves to bless their sacred labor.
Modern research reveals ancient chariots for hire around the Acropolis used early taximeters. Bematists measured distances in Attic campaigns, with taximeters evolving to aid mobile professionals. Historical devices, once noted in Spain and by John Evelyn, are now in display at Oxford museum of scientific instruments.
The Norwegian whaling season in Antarctic waters around South Shetland and South Georgia yielded 166,000 barrels from South Georgia and 166,880 from South Shetland. Total company output reached 410,000 barrels, with 54,000 barrels from South Orkney and 22,000 off the Mexican coast. Norwegian fleets number about 4,000 sailors aboard first class vessels and new tankers.
Swedish radio service to start a winter course in English for listeners at Stockholm on June 20. Captain George Reutersward, managing director, says the program will include lectures by professors travelers and readings by authors. Other languages may be added later.
James Powman has returned to his home in Lenox after spending the past few days away.
The Brooklyn Bridge plans a 25 percent rent increase as leases expire. The bridge hosts 51 businesses, including The New York World and Brooklyn Freezer, with annual rents totaling $72,619.92. Surface and elevated car receipts, plus concessions, push yearly bridge income to approximately $307,652.45, reinforcing its role as a revenue source beyond transport.
Richard Barthel Mess' Soul-Fire offers a new First National film shown at the Strand Theatre. A visualized symphony in six movements follows a young American composer from a New York concert hall through Italy Paris Port Said and the South Seas. Critics hail it as a striking screen technique.
The International Lions clubs plan a ninth annual convention in Cedar Point from June 29 to July 2 with a focus on a handicapped children relief program. About 4,000 are expected. 950 clubs in the US and Canada total some 44,000 members. Speakers include Helen Keller, James E. B. West, and Jay W. Stevens.
An advertisement asserts health is most important to women, not food or fashion. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is promoted as a woman’s medicine for women’s ills, claiming three generations of success and standard remedy status.
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