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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
8
A jumble of 1920s era sale notices includes houses for sale or move, rental offerings, a work horse, roll top desk, various hay and farm goods, a 1924 Tudor sedan, cattle and poultry offerings, hens and eggs, a cash register, furniture items, two north Sycamore lots, oil stove and carriage, Duroc Jersey sows, Fishers White Rock eggs, and yearling steers with draft horses. Contact numbers and names appear for each item.
Chiropractor over Hester's Shoe Store at 107 N Maple. Knice Works of 109 N Elm offers roofing and gutter work. Jack English of Omaha visits Creston for business. Mrs Jay Meais visits from Bridgewater. Miss Hattie Wilcox to Denver for brother Harry’s illness. Lucy Gibson of St Joseph guest at Strauss apartments. Vern Keating of Denver to assist at Deitrick Mortuary. Madden couple return from honeymoon in Jacksonville Florida and plan to live near Kent.
Several rental listings across the city include a five room cres, a six room house at 300 N Elin, seven room modern homes, a garage at 506 N Maple, large unfurnished first floor apartment, three furnished rooms with light housekeeping, three downstairs rooms with utilities, and a seven room well located house. Also a room for rent with meals available and gentlemen preferred at 217 N Maple.
A short classified notice offers paper hanging and painting services by F. E. Porter. It invites readers to call for samples and estimates at the provided phone number 615% to reach Porter.
Lost notes and keys are requested to be returned to this office. Advertisements offer farm loans at 6 percent by Adam Pickett. Milk and dairy products are advertised with a phone contact. Wall paper cleaning and tornado insurance are promoted by G Schoonover and Jas Hawks. Abstracts and loans are available through Fidelity Abstract & Loan Co with J V Richardson as president.
A proposed mill and one third levy would raise under 1 percent in taxes to fund a city band, with Port Dodge already levying 14 mills for 1924 and 1925. The plan aims to keep entertainment local, benefiting residents and developing local talent, as stated by Mayor C. V. Findlay.
A political ad frames the choice as Ed Keith promising a greater Creston through booze vice and boodle while challenger Adam Pickett vows to root out evils. Pickett pledges clean amusements, efficiency and honesty and urges Creston voters to give him a chance.
Irving Parent- Teachers' Association approved placing copies of the Ten Commandments in every room of Irving School. A musical program preceded framing duties. The event featured Creston Concert band selections, talks by officials, student performances, and a one act play. A pie social raised about $15 for the association.
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids led Iowa cities in building permit valuations for February. Des Moines valued at 1,089,460 dollars and Cedar Rapids at 763,010 dollars. Other cities reported smaller totals led by Council Bluffs 119,000 Sioux City 101,000 Davenport 65,000 Ottumwa 55,000 Dubuque 35,000 and Port Dodge 32,000 with lower figures in Waterloo Marshalltown and Keokuk.
Mrs Almyra Newton received 6000 in damages from W B Hanes United States customs collector after a district court jury found in her favor. Newton alleged Hanes assaulted her in his office in the federal building last September. Hanes called the suit a frame-up by political enemies.
Naples officials face a crisis as marriage licenses birth and death certificates become invalid after vice mayor Troise vanished. About 500000 lire missing suggests he will not return, prompting authorities to seek a method to legalize the irregular demises and divorces left behind.
R. R. Allison of Mt. Ayr attended business in Cres on the day. E. J. Hateh of Omaha arrived in Cres on Monday evening for a brief business visit. The note references Easter cards sold at The Safe Drug Store with Newcome Matthews. The Baltimore Sun mentions limited New York drinking venues between closed establishments.
News Flashes report the death of Will iam A. Warner aged 75 known as Detroit's grand old man of the rowing game. The item notes his prominence and death location in Detroit.
Minneapolis March 24 Major Ray C Hill former Army football star and first assistant to Howard Jones at Iowa for several years will join Coach Sphulding football staff next fall in the capacity of backfield specialist announced today by the University of Minnesota athletic department.
Stockholm reports an exceptionally mild winter across Sweden with little snow by late February. Bolthnic gulf shipping remains open where normally closed since November, cattle graze outdoors, and fuel costs easing is aiding the poor.
The Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji temples in Kyoto plan to use film to aid their missionary work. Interiors of sacred precincts will host filming of priests and ceremonies as a religious drama is cast by the Higashi Honganji chief priest.
The Edgar Allan Poe tomb in Baltimore has been moved to the Baltimore Press club nave as the Press club accepts responsibility for its upkeep. The Poe association had halted funds and a Presbyterian committee transfer enabled the maintenance as a literary shrine.
A Columbia Record item states a woman is seen as someone who will purchase a pocketbook on credit, reflecting social attitudes toward consumer credit and gender in midcentury retail culture.
Miss Inez Swanker hosted a Monday birthday surprise party for Miss Dolly Kingrey at 403 West Monroe Street. Guests enjoyed five hundred and dancing before a dainty lunch was served to close the evening.
The U C C club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Butler presiding. Five hundred was played with Mrs. Hugh Mc Cauley and Mrs. Rambo winning top honors. Refreshments were served at the close of the afternoon.
Miss Lorretta Cusack and Miss Lorraine Sellin hosted a 7 o clock dinner at the Lowana Hotel for the high school girls basketball team. School colors red and black and floral decor graced the event as each player received a box of candy from Elmo Raper. Afterward the group attended a theater party at the Strand with listed attendees including Margaret O Rourke Ruby Smith Janet Huhn Ruth Wilson Mildred Lilley Harriet Huckins Peg Lewis and Jennie Strance.
Mr and Mrs Normain W Kilburn of 517 New York avenue announce the birth of a son at their home this afternoon at 2 30 pm The child has been named Norman Whipple Kilburn Jr
Mrs H N Miller has returned to her home in Mt Ayr after a brief visit here, ending her stay with friends and relatives.
Mrs Gillen resumes position at Princess shop after illness. Frank Meisenheimer of Greenfield calls in Ches t on Monday. Walter Korth of Heinmans millinery Milwaukee visits Creston. L W Forbey returns from Deap River after ten days with relatives. Mrs D J Hixenbugh visits Red Oak for illness of daughter. Mrs C J Pitman heads to Omaha to live there. Pitman has been there before. Mrs Andrew Hanson travels to McClelland for daughter’s illness. Mr and Mrs P A Carlson and Edna and Harry of Afton shop in Creston. Mrs Carrie Leary convalesces at her mother’s home and returns to Creston. Freddie Wilson funeral in Kansas City prompts arrival of Wilsons from Keokuk and Danville. Frank Reed of Ames arrives to assist farm bureau. Reed leads Boys clubs from ISU Extension. Mrs E Paul Shaw of Minneapolis goes to Omaha for few days then returns. she spent weeks with daughter Mrs Elmor B Roper.
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