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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
6
An old promotional text touts Joint-Base as a remedy for stiff swollen inflamed joints. It claims rapid relief after failures of ordinary cures and markets Joint-Base at 60¢ a tube through druggists under the slogan Joint Ease.
An advertisement touts Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tasty remedy for weak children. It claims rapid gains in weight and strength, cites doctors and stores like Newcomb & Matthews and York Drug Co., and urges imitation of McCoy's original product while noting low cost and candy-like consumption.
Dockets list Wareham Beauty Shop in Agnew Building with phone 163 and Cornice Works at 109 West Elm with roofing and gutter services phone 204. W L Montgomery of Ottumwa visits Creston for a short business trip while D Davenport Scott Skinner and Scott Armstrong take a business trip to Preston. Mrs S E Archer leaves for Cromwell to visit daughter Mrs J W Keisling. Mrs C J Quackenbush and Mrs M L Burt depart for Villisca for a Presbytery meeting.
A mix of farm and household ads lists eggs, poultry, livestock, tractors, vehicles, and appliances for sale. Items include silver laced Wyandotte eggs, Rhode Island baby chicks, two good work horses, Jersey cows, a Ford touring car, a Fordson tractor with gear, and hatching eggs from Buff Orpingtons. Contact details and locations cited: Kent, Creston, Bart ertiser, and nearby rural addresses.
Five room house available call 506 West Union. Office rooms in Agnew building. F. E. Agnew. Five new modern unfurnished apartments downstairs phone 366. Seven room modern house at 311 North Sumner contact after 5 p m phone 501. Partly modern six room house with two lots at 212 S Sumner Ave write W W Staley Murray Iowa.
A set of classified notices seeking household help farm work and small jobs. Includes requests for a girl for general housework, a married man for farm work, hauling services, a second hand sulky plow, a second hand rug, and renting a modern apartment, with contact details and timing. Also invites gospel visitors to a Christian church event.
Abstracts and loans info noted with Fidelity Abstract & Loan Co. J. W. Richardson, president. Evergreen spruce trees from Black Hills advertised as fast growing and attractive. Prices for 12 to 18 inch trees four for $1.00 up to 100 for $17.00 with 18 to 24 inch sizes at slightly higher price. Gay & Son, Essex, Ta.
C McBride has returned to Massena after a short visit here and arrived in Creston for a visit with Mrs James Patton on West Montgomery Street. Miss Edith Magison is mentioned in the fragments of this society listing.
A vote underway in Des Moines to circulate a petition urging Governor Hammill to appoint Representative John M. Rankin of Keokuk as judge of the first judicial district to succeed the late W. S. Hamilton of Fort Madison. More than 20 signatures reported. Berlin brief notes Dr. Wilhelm Marx reelected premier of Prussia in a 222 to 442 diet vote.
Crestmoor Golf club members gathered Monday for a society party with bridge led by Mrs. Don McGinnis taking high score. Guest Mrs. Edgar Howard of Columbus No. b. joined. Lunch ended the afternoon as visiting Mrs. H L Johnson planned a brief Stanton trip with Mrs. Edna Wallin. She attended a 1 o'clock luncheon at Mrs. J S Anderson's home before departing.
The U C C club met at Mrs. Filna White's home. Officers elected: Bertha McAuley president Esther Peak vice president Nettie Peak secretary Lizzie Sanders treasurer Filla Madden corresponding secretary. After business, 500 was played with Ella Madden high score Minnie Worsley and Alice Riggs low scores. Refreshments served by Mrs. White and Mrs. Willa Schofield.
Des Moines reports municipal court filings of attempted murder and robbery against Mrs. Marjorie Brady 25 wife of Harry Brady tied to a robbery gang. Detectives say she drove the car that ferried holdup men from a New York lunch room raid in which William Shaw was wounded in a pistol encounter with the proprietor.
Brisk buying in wheat on March 10 driven by government data showing farm wheat reserves at their lowest since 1918. May delivery climbed to 1.89% dollars per bushel, a swing of up to 5%. Later profit taking steadied the market, May closing around 1.87% to 1.87% per bushel.
Des Moines resident F Hodges arrives in Creston for a brief visit. Lenox’s WE Richards spends the day on business in Creston. Nevinville’s Lewis Smetak attends to business here, as does Omaha visitor Jack English. Council Bluffs’ W L Gillen of International Harvester stops in for business. Chicago milliner Miss Cordin Jones arrives to work at Store of Fashion. Lenox’s Harry Abernathy visits his father in hospital. Mrs Earl Roush returns home from a family visit in Creston. Mr and Mrs Ivan Reish plan an extended western trip via Ft Morgan Col. Mary Schroeder hosts a Mt St Scholastica student. Lyle Stream returns from Omaha after treatment. Margaret and Walchter Kelly visit with their parents. Marion Hawkins of Des Moines spends the week with Dr H A Childs. Perry Armitage of Trenton Neb visits and plans to visit Murray with Dr Armitage. L A Hestere and family travel to Des Moines for a Shoe convention and stay with Mrs Salome.
A Panhellenic group holds a regular meeting Friday evening at the Iowana hotel. An accompanying dinner and card party require no reservations and offer an informal social program.
Jack Stahly of Atlantic arrives in Crest to tend to Mrs. Shelton Jackson and grandson Donald Leon Morrison. Mrs. Shelton Jackson returns from Corning. Mrs. John Deitrick comes home from Afton after visiting the DeLay home. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Spargur leave Crest for Gary Indiana. Spargur will work for Broadrick Contracting after two years at 312 North Walnut.
Mrs P E Evarts of Marshalltown Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with easing two years of bearing down pains cramps and inability to walk She says her mother used it for the Change of Life and it helped Mrs Norton of Dover New Hampshire reports dizziness weakness loss of appetite and restlessness but improves after taking the Vegetable Compound and is grateful for the relief
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