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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1925
Page
5
A noted skin specialist touts Mentho Sulphur as a quick healer for fiery itchy eczema. The sulfur preparation calms irritation and promotes clear, smooth skin by destroying the itching and disfigurement. Use Rowles Mentho Sulphur from a good druggist like a cold cream.
Five years after first using Doan's Pills Mrs Anderson of 314 Livingston Ave Reston still praises the remedy for backache and kidney disorders. She notes boxes fixed her trouble and others in her family agree. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y Adv
Mrs. Edith Barker from the extension department of Iowa State College at Ames arrived to spend the day in town, engaging in club work in the interest of the farm bureau.
Reports from many towns note events including University of Michigan address at honors conference with 500 educators in Cornell Bluffs, federal tax checks on Ed Wickham contracts in Cedar Rapids, a bus franchise proposal by Iowa Railways and Light for Davenport to Cedar Rapids, and a ban on married women teaching in Irvington.
Funeral services for L. L. Hamlin Des Moines pioneer businessman who died in South Pasadena California will be held in Marshalltown next Saturday. Nearby a farmer’s wife fatally burned when kerosene used to kindle a fire exploded.
Pavvo Nurmi raced to three world marks in the Knights of Columbus track meet in New York before a disorderly stomach forced him to quit. Brother Willie Ritola and Minlander helped carry the event as Ritola also posted strong times in the 1000 meters and 2 1 2 miles.
Dolores Wintree charges husband Theodore Wintree a sailor with branding her back with a hot iron during a marital dispute. She obtained a warrant in Sandaco on March 18 after claiming the mark was burned into her skin when he accused her of infidelity.
Dr. O C Crawford will speak at the Creston Presbyterian Church tonight at 7 45 on China. The lecture is free and open to the public. He is described as a forceful speaker with a strong message.
In Humboldt Iowa Leroy Fox and his 17 year old bride pleaded not guilty in district court after arraignment on charges of issuing fraudulent checks. The case is tied to Adel and involves Mrs Guy Scott.
In the District Court of Iowa Union County probate matter the final report and account of Joseph Hubatka as administrator shows full distribution debts paid and assets settled. The court may approve the final report and discharge the administrator unless objections are filed by noon April 2, 1925 at Creston Iowa. dates March 18 and 25, 1925.
The house appropriations committee will accept the Hogue budget bill for school appropriations. Some legislators seek more funds than allowed. Director Hogue says no cuts were made to educational asks, only conting ent fund reductions. He trimmed the University of Iowa, Iowa State College at Ames, and State Teachers College at Cedar Falls by about $1,000,000.
A 1,000 mile race in Buenos Aires pits native criollo horses against purebred rivals to settle stamina debates. Dr Emilio Solant challenges two criollos to test against two thoroughbreds descended from Bonnie Dundee, race set for April.
Plans submitted by the Argentine Aero Club propose mail plane routes from Buenos Aires cutting New York–Buenos Aires transit to 18–20 days. A week saved would come from a link to Antofagasta, Chile, with mail picked up from steamships at that port. The routes extend to Asuncion, Paraguay, and other remote Argentine towns. The President aims to seek congressional funding.
A traveler reaches Buenos Aires two days after departing from a prior location, marking the completion of a leg in an assumed eastbound itinerary. The report notes the timing gap and the final destination in the sequence.
London reports P. Southcombe after viewing cinema, offers five film industry reforms. He urges fewer hotel assassination scenes, ban straw hats with evening dress, avoid scaffold hangings in Broadway, drop horn-rimmed spectacles and eliminate dated motor cars in 50 year old settings.
An American housewife in Rio reports weekly price increases in the Brazilian capital. She says food costs have risen so high that cartloads are needed to buy basic sustenance.
A city market scene described with rising vegetable spoilage and a shift in shoppers. The speaker notes more taxi cabs at the entrance, indicating higher class trade, and reports prices in Rio doubling over two years while wages stay low. Fruits are also costly.
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