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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
8
Phil Keck notices a new porch rising at the front of his Wyoming Avenue home. Dr. A J Myers has returned to his city residence after a several week stay in Chicago.
A. A. Sheehy is having a new residence erected on lots owned by his on Livingston Avenue. Misses Mabel and Flora Ferguson of Lenox are spending a few days at the home of their uncle John Gray.
A dense string of classified ads from a 1920s paper includes sales pitches for candy salesman jobs, private loan requests, rental offers for rooms and houses, sales of stock and property, an automobile sale, canning produce, and local business services. Names like Union County land, Cres ton National Bank stock, Fidelity Abstract & Loan Company appear with addresses and contact methods. The items portray a bustling local market economy and a mix of personal and business notices.
A death certificate reports Stewart Clinton Hall aged 9 months drowned at the Salvation Army nursery in Outremont Montreal. The infant, left unattended by a nurse, crawled to a bucket of cold water and submerged his head on Saturday afternoon.
Thos L Cheetham builds a new house on New York Avenue. Dr Norman and wife of Lenox visit Creston with daughter. Mrs Robert Page and children of Clearfield and Mr and Mrs P W Lunt and family travel to Des Moines for the day. Professor Houghton and daughter Mrs Charles Stapleton of Corning visit for business and friends. Ice cream social tonight at Columbia Club 309 South Birch Street. Used 7 foot Deering binder for sale. Mrs L A Porter improving after hospital operation. Stores close 5:00 PM Wednesday for Creston vs All Nations Ball Game. Ruth Wilson and Gene Hawks among shoppers/visitors. Local residents noted in daily exchanges and travels.
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