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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1925
Page
7
An advertisement urges flushing kidneys with a quart of water daily and four ounces of a grape and lemon acid Lithia salt mixture taken before breakfast. It claims this stimulates kidneys, prevents bladder issues, and keeps blood pure, recommending biannual physician checks.
A Creston reader, Mrs C C Thompson of 5018 Vine St, reports backache dizziness headaches and swelling eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad touts Devon's stimulant diuretic and urges readers to ask for Doan's Pills at 60 cents from Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The diplomatic landmarks of Washington are fading as embassies move to new locations and historic houses convert to businesses. The British embassy departs lower Connecticut Avenue for a modern site near the naval observatory, while the Austro Hungarian embassy house becomes a dyeing shop. Other legations rise after World War I, and long-time figures like Jules Jusserand and Count Dumba fade from the scene.
A Des Moines Iowa mail order pitch invites readers to send name and address with six cents to receive a trial package of Chamberlain's cough remedy tablets salve and related products. The ad lists remedies for coughs flu indigestion biliousness and skin ailments priced at five cents.
An old advertisement touts liver and stomach health as key to success. It claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy fails in such cases and promotes a simple preparation that removes mucus from the intestinal tract and eases inflammation, aiding stomach liver and intestinal ailments. It urges readers to buy from druggists.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sustains a nonsuit in a death case arising from a rear passing collision with a stalled car on a highway. If a vehicle stops in the middle with space on both sides, a driver may pass on either side with care, and passing to the right does not establish negligence. The court quotes lower-court reasoning.
Ben Hur Wilson notes in The Palimpsest that only once since white settlement had Iowa seen a total solar eclipse within its borders. The Aug 7 1869 event drew observers from the U S Navy, Franklin Institute, and colleges, with temporary observatories set up statewide.
About twenty Civil War veterans and twenty World War veterans will form President Coolidge’s guard during his June visit to Minneapolis and St Paul for the Norse American centennial. The guard is organized by Oleg Nelson and Edwin Lindell with aid from the Scandinavian Veterans association. The official party from Washington is expected June 7, with potential attendance by Norwegian officials and possibly Crown Prince Olaf. Frank Kellogg may accompany the party.
Ohio ranks fifth in women in gainful occupations and wage earners in the industrial field, based on a bulletin from the U S Department of Labor Women’s Bureau. Among 30 568 women aged 18 plus employed in 2602 factories stores and laundries across 44 cities the median earnings for a representative group are described as low.
The report shows median weekly earnings by industry with men in suit and coat manufacturing earning the highest at 19.60 while women in rubber and electric products fared better than cordage mills and 5 and 10 cent stores. About one-fifth of all women earned under 10 and many lost time, though full-time female workers saw 6 percent under 10 and nearly a third under 13 dollars.
Robbers during a March night hit Linby garage and mill, cracked a safe at the Packwood mill and coal yard, robbed three Packwood stores and the post office, and broke into a Linby store. A diamond ring from the Packwood post mistress was the only valued loot. an abandoned car was found in Hedrick this morning.
A Columbia Record joke cites a bachelor as a man with no one to throw away his worn-out neckties, framing bachelorhood as a solitary, humorous condition.
Dr Paul S Helmick of Drake University explains radio waves from a 1500 watt New York station travel to Iowa in under 1 100 of a second but arrive greatly attenuated. He notes amplifiers boost output to loud speakers far beyond the tiny received current amid ongoing legal proceedings in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and St Paul related to Shepherd and the Wintock estate.
Chicago reports counsel for William D. Shepherd secured a continuance until March 23 for the inquest into the death of William McCintock. The delay was granted to allow further proceedings.
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