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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1925
Page
6
The Wade family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of E. E. Wade. Signed by E. E. Wade relatives and friends McKeeman McKeeman McKreeman Geddes Reed and spouses.
Dance tonight by request at Odd Fellows hall featuring round and square dances. Hot music by O'Bryan's Melody Three with banjo.
The Woodmen of the World announce a regular meeting every first Wednesday of the month at Potter Post hall. Local notices include Robert Hutchison from St Louis calling on merchants for King Brinsmade Millinery, Alma Stanger from Lenox visiting Creston, Miss Kitty Sheridan returning from Ottumwa, Ruth Porter returning from St Joseph and Kansas City, and Florence Stanger to Freeport Illinois for family matters. Mrs. M D Corrigan of Denver left after a two month stay with sister Mrs. Jas E Sullivan on New York avenue.
A flurry of short notices from Creston and nearby towns tracks arrivals, departures, and visits. D Davenport promotes a 320 acre farm near Creston. H D Snyder travels from Maryasville to Creston. Miss Nina Royce returns from Brookfield. Mrs Herbert L Jones arrives from Herring ton. Jack English and H F P Wilkins head to Red Oak and Griswold for business. Several residents plan trips to Omaha, California, Denver, Spokane, and Boise, while others visit relatives in Pacific Junction and Glenwood.
A dense list of miscellaneous for sale and wanted notices from a local Creston Iowa page. Items include livestock seasons and breeds, vehicles, farms, eggs, real estate, furniture, machinery, and services with various contact details. Also requests for rental, hauling, and household labor plus business ads.
A long list of rental notices details homes, rooms, and farms for rent including modern eight and seven room houses, furnished and unfurnished apartments, and office spaces. Listings give contact phone numbers and nearby streets. several properties offer utilities, garage space, or ground-floor access. Some entries specify acreage and price per acre.
H. J. Becker of Shenandoah arrived here Monday for business. Henry Roberts of Bedford returned home after a short visit. N. F. Seeley of Burlington arrived in Creston Monday and will stay a few days to attend to business.
Advertiser office offers reward for returning a lost envelope with money and the owner’s name. An unrelated ad from Roy E. Benson, Realtor, promotes houses from ten thousand down to one hundred dollars with homes across west, north, south and east ends, listing Porter’s Drug Store area.
The Chamber invites members to Friday March 6 at 6 30 for the annual meeting at lowana. John W Murphy of Burlington now with Higbee McEniry Murphy will speak. Music by the Foot Warmers Orchestra. Annual report and officer elections. Ladies invited. Plates 75cReservations at the Chamber.
Judge A Ray Maxwell travels to Leon to hold court this week. Ray Nichols of Indianola arrives in Creston for a brief business visit along with R E Covington of Des Moines arriving the same evening for a short business visit.
The Eastern Star C. E. S. No. 253 held a regular business meeting Monday evening at 7 30 at the Masonic Temple.
Miss Goldie Henry hosted a Monday night surprise at her home for Margar et Beagle. Friends attended including Clara Rodebaugh Mildrea Taddicken Margaret Beagle Perry Ridpath Paul Brown William Long Eldon Breese Charles Mc Brien Aston and Orland Beagle. A variety of games and a luncheon were enjoyed.
W Randall of Cromwell attends to Creston business. Emerson of Afton visits for a day. Fred S Chapman also in Creston for business. Mrs Ray Wilson leaves for Chaippel Neb to stay with her mother. George M Jones of Des Moines becomes watchmaker at Roper Bros. Henry Detering returns from Burlington weekend visit. N P Christensen and John Curry of Atlantic in Creston for business and visiting. P K Devoe shows improvement after three weeks ill at 1001 North Elm. Miss Alice White of Topeka returns home Wednesday after weeks of visiting. Mrs Carl Olson of Sunnyside returns from Cumberland with her mother Emmitt Norris visiting. James Perry of Creston area recovering from wood saw thumb injury.
Firemen rescue a baby as Mrs Angelina Vitritti dies in an oil explosion that sets her Oelwein Iowa residence ablaze. The incident occurred yesterday with investigators tracing the cause as a residential fire tragedy.
Clinton Iowa March 3 funeral services for the late Mrs William J Young pioneer Clinton resident who died here yesterday will be held at the late home Thursday afternoon and will be private The deceased was the widow of William J Young a prominent lumber man in the Mississippi valley and early Clinton settler. She leaves five sons and daughters William J Young Jr Esther Young Burgesser Mary Young Hancock Edward A Young and Courtland H Young plus five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
New York March 3 a fire in a five story Brooklyn apartment building in the Borough Hall section killed Mrs John Carroll and her two children age eight and six. A dozen tenants were injured and six firefighters were overcome by smoke.
Baron Shidehara, Japan's foreign minister, told the upper house that Japan would participate in an arms conference if the United States called one, but prefers the agenda be discussed beforehand.
Albert Burich visited Creston on business. Mr and Mrs J W Cunningham of Orient spent the day shopping. Nora Walker left for Denver. C T Myers of Afton attended to business and social calls. Sid Butts of Diagonal and Mr and Mrs J E Davis of St Joseph Mo visited briefly. Mr and Mrs Martin Kinney of Adams county shopped and handled business. James Rhodes of 202 North Cedar Street will start work with a Chicago firm on April 1.
Victor Fleming produced adaptation of Arthur Stringer's novel follows a man and woman surviving in the wilds. Jack Holt and Norma Shearer lead a notable cast including Gertrude Olmsted and Charles Clary as the film explores independence and romance amid wilderness survival.
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