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Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1925

Page

4

Creston Daily Advertiser formal publication notice

The Creston Daily Advertiser notes its weekday evening publication by The Creston Advertiser Gazete Co with publishers Carl Davenport and W A Roseberry. It lists contact lines and states Associated Press rights and republication restrictions for news dispatches and local news.

Creston Advertiser-Gazette Co Carl Davenport W. A. Roseberry Creston Iowa Associated Press

Union County Couples Married Years Ago

Long married couple Mr Tallman and Mrs Tallman celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. They moved to Union county in 1876 and raised a large family including Bert Ralph Bert and Ralph Cres ton and four grandchildren. The couple enjoy good health despite limited observance plans due to road conditions and distance.

McKinley Park Beulah Harry S Mitchell R. C. Williamson Des Moines Tallman Union County Henry County Creston Grant Township Warren County Bert Ralph Homer Petit Verner Webb Beverly Hills Calif Webb

Argentina Preparing For Boom in Oil Fields

Buenos Aires reports 1924 results from state owned wells prompt 1925 expansion. Comodoro Rivadavia will see 156 new wells, Salta and Jujuy fields begin borings, and major refinery work continues, notably the La Plata installation nearing completion.

Buenos Aires Comodoro ‘Rivadavia Salta Jujuy la Plata

Harvard Observatory Maps Distant Star Cloud and Archives

Harvard scientists estimate the NGC 6822 star cloud lies about one million light years away, far outside the Milky Way. The Harvard Annals volume 99 completes the Draper catalogue project detailing 250000 stars, with 1,000,000 faint stars still unclassified in the plate collection safeguarded from fire and water.

Associated Press Cambridge Mass Harvard College Observatory Harlow Shapley Perrine, Duttean and Hobbs Harvard Observatory Harvard Annals William Henry Pickering Harvard Shapley Hpt George C

Excuse Me at the Strand Promises Rapid Laughs

Norma Shearer plays Marjorie Newton in Excuse Me, a fast moving Metro picture adapted from Rupert Hughes stage farce. Conrad Nagel co stars as Harry Mallory with Renee Adoree Bert Roach and Walter Hiers contributing broad comic turns in a train bound Philippines tale.

Strand Theatre Rupert Hughes Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Norma Shearer Marjorie Newton Harry Mallory Conrad Nagel Philippines Francine Harry Renee Adoree Papa Marjorie Bert Roach Walter Hiers

Chinese Students Resent Control by Foreigners

In Foochow the Anglo Chinese college backed by the Methodist church has closed to avert a student strike. The faculty vows to retain control despite possible permanent dissolution. Foreign staff cut from 15 to five in recent months and both deans are now Chinese. One dean was stabbed last spring amid student anger. The strike grows from opposition to a holiday and rising anti Christian sentiment among students.

Associated Press Foochow Mar Methodist Episcopal Church

Porter Reprised as Long-Suffering Comic in Role

The critic praises the actor for a memorable performance portraying a porter whose endless curiosity and patience provide the play’s humor and tension.

Porter

Motor Cars are Necessary to Industrial Growth

Munich March 17 Germanys economic life will remain in its present patriarchal condition until it effects mass production of motor cars and modernizes reconstruction F J Popp director of the Bavarian Motor Works urges abandoning the idea that cars are luxuries He estimates only 1 000 000 Germans earn 2000 marks monthly enough to buy cars and projects annual local car production at about 200 000 while current output runs around 20 000 cars a year.

Associated Press Munich Germany F. J Popp Bavarian Motor Works Herr Popp Europe America

Kindness Pays Grinnell Man Returns European Plant Gift

Grinnell March 17 Dr Anton Heimer of Vienna a noted botanist sent Grinnell College a vast collection of central European plants as thanks for aid during poverty and war Heimer collected over 500 species in a year plus alpine specimens Heimer plans to send 1000 to 1100 common U S plants from Grinnell herbarium through Smithsonian division in Washington

Grinnell Anton Heimer Vienna Austria Anyowan Grinnell College Henrys. Coward Pr. Heimer America Conard Grinnell Laboraty

Hawkeye Wrestlers Enter Western Association Meet

Iowa City announces five Hawkeyes chosen for the Western Association championship in Minneapolis this weekend. Mieffer at 115, Scheyli at 125, Michael at 134, Grattan at 158, and Voltmer at heavyweight will compete for points and possible titles.

Associated Press Iowa City Mike Howard Hawkeye Minneapolis Mieffer Scheyli Michael Grattan Voltmer

Iowa boxing tourney entries and results report

Thirty eight men entered the university boxing tournament directed by Roscoe Hall. Jack Lami of Muscatine knocked out Harry Yabo of Cedar Rapids in the eighth round on the Elks show. Sam Brown of Davenport defeated Scrapper Thompson of Des Moines in the semi final. Athletic officials consider a state high school baseball tournament to be held this spring if enough schools enter.

Iowa City O Roscoe Hall Maacatina Jack Lam Muscatine Herry Yabo Cedar Rapids Elks Lodge Sam Brown Davenport Scrapper Thompston Des Moines Beiting Choadtea

Irish health improves with lower death rate in 1923

Official figures from the registrar general of the Irish Free State show Ireland’s health in 1923 improving with higher marriage and birth rates and a death rate of 13.34 per thousand, down from the ten year average of 15.89.

The Irish Free Sto Ireland

Fragmentary Population Figures From a Dated Report

A partial OCR shows stated figures including 31,809 boys and 29,582 girls in an estimated population with notes of no regular census since 290D and a figure of 3,160,000. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or dates.

Creston Iowa Election Notice for March 1925 Polling Places

Public notice lists polling hours from 6 to 8 PM and 7 to 8 PM on a Monday in March 1925. It names offices up for election including Mayor City Treasurer Trustees of Accounts Aldermen in five wards and City Park Commissioner. Terms begin April 1925 with six year terms for park commissioners except other details.署

Ynet Eleetien Creston Iowa A. M Aloek P. M Otty Accon City Park Commisione City Park fYeams Tower Ltewag

Payroll Bandits Promise Trouble for Air Transport

A discussion of payroll bandits using airplanes and armored cars to rob money shipments, noting how thieves study routes and timing. It cites Chicago elevator and downtown street robberies and explains businesses shifting to checks and safer safeties to outpace highway and air-transport theft.

Chicago

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