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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
8
Multiple items listed for sale including a roll top desk for 17 dollars, clover hay, a black reed baby buggy, a reconditioned 1924 Tudor sedan, ear corn, hatching eggs, chicks, and poultry, bikes and tires, real estate lots, and other miscellaneous offerings. Local names and contact details appear throughout.
Mr and Mrs Dickison of Ells on were among many business visitors in Creston today Merrill Beard Mr Delaney Mr Weeks and Mr Romesha of Greenfield spent Tuesday here shopping and visiting Mrs Wm Koeppel and children Des Moines are in the city visiting Mrs Koeppells mother Mrs C L Grines 314 North Street Mr and Mrs Charles Danker of Rockport Mo returned to their home this morning after a short visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Dick Speer 521 West Adams Street
Several rental ads list six and seven room houses. One ad seeks inquiries at 300 N Ehn. A seven room modern house with phone contact 309. A garage at 506 N Maple for inquiry after 6 30. A large new modern unfurnished apartment first floor with phone 366. Another seven room house well located offers easy terms and low price with phone 416.
Help wanted for fence builder waiter cashier and sales positions. Creston cafe seeking experienced staff. Rentals: demand for 10 plus rooms and a modern flat or cottage with long lease. Furniture buyers call 508 N Maple. A. C. Schaaf JM J C Penney Co seeks a strict modern rental. Inter national Correspondence Schools seeks a qualified salesman aged 25-38 with stable character and ambition to join with training and a proven territory. Des Moines Iowa.
Elks hold a card party and dance on Thursday March 26. Luther League gathers Thursday night at the church. Mr and Mrs Grant White of Arispe were in town Tuesday on business. Mr and Mrs J W Ball and daughter Virginia of Glenwood spent Tuesday night in Creston.
Political advertisement urging Creston voters to back Adam Pickett for mayor. The piece accuses current officials of bootleggers and graft, claims Pickett will clean up the city, and warns a vote for any other candidate equals a vote for Keith. It appeals to mothers and business people to unite for a safer, purer city.
Texarkana straddling Arkansas and Texas enjoys a unique tax status. Arkansas state taxes four cents per cigarette and per gallon of gasoline, while Texas imposes no tobacco tax and only one cent per gallon on gasoline. Texarkana remains governed by Texas tax rules for fuel and tobacco until Texas adopts similar laws.
Columbus March 25 The Pure Oil company will buy the Wortham holdings of the Humphreys Boyd Oil company announced today. Price is about 7 million dollars, paid in Pure Oil stock and partly in cash.
The weekly lent service at St. Pauls Church moves to Thursday at 7 30 P M. Communion will be offered Friday morning at 7 34 and 10 o clock.
In Stockholm on March 25 King Gustaf of Sweden, aged 67, played superbly in the open amateur handicap tennis championship. He and his partner took second in doubles after losing the finals 6 sets to 2, drawing astonishment and praise from spectators.
Mrs Hattie Crail of Des Moines arrives in Creston for a few days with friends while Mr and Mrs J W Ward of Topeka also spend a brief visit in Creston. The noted remark from the Birmingham Age Herald contrasts gift shopping with buying gifts by proxy.
Miss Ruby Emery of Benton and O A Yashack of Diagonal were married Tuesday evening at the Methodist parsonage by Rev C Stryker. The couple will reside on a farm near Diagonal.
Mr and Mrs Harry Rex of Omaha announce the birth at Paxowon Memorial Hospital of a baby boy weighing eight pounds Mrs Rex is remembered by Creston as Miss Rena Philpott
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates a $66 million drop in farm value of dairy products produced in 1924 versus 1923, from $2,652,419,000 to $2,586,148,600. Declines occur across most products while buttermilk, whey, and skim milk rise. farm butter and whole milk on farms also fall. Average milk prices received by farmers were 5.225 cents per quart in 1924, down from 5.547 cents in 1923.
The War Department released the summer training camp plan listing locations in the Sixth corps area at Camp Cluster Michigan and Jefferson Barracks Missouri from July 3 to August 21. Another Sixth corps site includes Leavenworth Kansas Des Moines Iowa and Fort Snelling Minnesota August 1 to 30.
George P. Hoover for defense argued here that former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall hid the Teapot Dome lease news to first finish the Pearl Harbor oil storage tanks project and then present both actions to the public as a major achievement.
J H Moore of Centerville and E C Lainson visit Greenfield on business. A Lant of Marshalltown stays with the Lainsons in Sidney. Mrs. Bar Roush of Weldon visits Creston. Dr George Wagoner called to Galesburg for his ill mother. Mrs Sarah Miller and Mrs John Miller return from Des Moines after Frank Hollingbaugin’s funeral. Various residents travel to Lincoln Kansas City Ames and Iowa State College for visits and studies.
A 19th century ad touts Kemp's Balsam as a quick remedy for a coughing fit. The promotion claims it cuts phlegm soothes inflamed membranes and relieves the constant urge to cough. Available for 30 cents at all stores.
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