28 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1923
Page
1
An advertising pitch extols Kellogg's Bran as a universal health aid aiding digestion. It claims regular daily use relieves constipation, promotes a clean alimentary tract, and offers versatile serving ideas from hot cereals to baked goods.
Mrs. Mary Wenz of Seward Street Omaha testifies that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription improved her daughter's frail health during puberty, ending fainting spells and restoring vitality. She says the remedy may save lives and urges mothers to try it with their daughters. Trial package available by sending 10 cents to Buffalo New York.
An author warns rheumatism rises in damp cold weather and offers home remedies. Dress warmly keep feet dry avoid exposure drink water and cut sweets. Four ounces of rad Salts in water each morning for a week may neutralize acidity and aid kidneys. Jad Salts, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, is touted as effective.
Advert says Bowles Red Pepper Rub provides instant heat to relieve rheumatism and stiffness. It claims rapid circulation increase and pain relief for lumbago neuritis backache and colds in chest with a genuine Rowles package available at drug stores.
Local notices report sick lists including Gustava Kuster and Albert Fitz’s wife. families visit and travel by wagon due to deep drifts. Des Moines visitors, funerals, births, marriages, school makeups after blizzard, and new residents move to Adair amid civic updates.
Prescott notes include updates on W H Dailey carpentry in Orient, travels of Pell and Fackler families, illness visits to A Nash and M A Looney, and a March 14 1925 Alabama wedding of Bernice Fackler and Elmer Turner. Local relatives from Clarinda Creston Mercer Center and Knoxville appear, with farming, service, and social news.
Community notes from Talmage report recovering sick residents under Dr Wright care and local activities. Mrs Bert White seen shopping in Creston. Agnes McBride visits Creston. Roy Moffitt visits ill uncle Ed Moffett in Afton. A literacy program drew a large audience. juror list includes local ladies for Union County district court. References to arrivals, births, and local travel punctuate the week.
Mr and Mrs Charles Veatch welcomed a boy and a girl born Tuesday March 24 weighing 8 pounds each. Both mother and twins are doing well. Local notes mention Allen Brown visiting, Helen Freeman and Frances Hastings visiting, funeral services led by Rev O R Jones, and several residents hosting or visiting others in Orient and nearby Fontanelle Prescott and Fontanelle names appear among the social items.
Creston visitors and church services fill a weekend column with a Creston hotel update, ill health recovery, and multiple Friday business visits. Residents travel to Des Moines for events, while new births, family moves, and staff changes add to community chatter in Orient and nearby areas.
Paul Lockwood, a Kent business caller, visited Thursday. Mr Schmitt of Lenox spent a few days with family. William Schmitt, Francis, and Emmet Bradley motored to Crest Saturday night. Hugh Henderson has been on the sick list. Orra Jones and wife visited their daughter Mrs Hugh Henderson. Roy Bish went to Indianola to visit his mother for a few days. Ike and Mrs McFee visited Bruce McFee’s home. Frank and Mrs Hay spent Sunday in Greston with Cunningham couple. Nora Barker of Lenox returned home Saturday after visiting sister Mrs Clarence Ambrose. The many friends of Warren Madden will be glad to know that he
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a candy like laxative that cleanses the bowels overnight without causing cramps. It promises quick empties by morning and notes the product does not irritate like salts pills calomel or oil. Children are said to love Cascarets and a box costs ten cents.
A local patient is set to leave the hospital on Friday. Mr and Mrs Will Schmitt visited Creston on Sunday and attended church. Madden is reported sick with the flu.
Rich and vast phosphate beds found in Morocco may shift economic power. British Consul Heathcote-Smith reports Morocco houses deposits rivaling Florida, with Oued Zem El Bouroudj beds spanning 60 by 30 miles and ore content of 68 to 72 percent. Even with multi‑million ton yearly extraction, exhaustion would take centuries.
Washington March 27. Holders of Victory notes called for redemption last December 15 have lost over 1.0 million in interest. Acting Secretary Gilbert said more than 88 million of these notes remain outstanding and owners lose about 10 thousand dollars daily.
London reports show England supporting fewer poor persons and fewer prisoners than at any time since 1911. The notice notes a decline in prison populations and welfare aid as reforms take effect.
The record shows 117 indigent per ten thousand living at state expense historically, now 70. It also notes prison and reformatory inmates averaged 13.6 per ten thousand in 1911 versus 8.3 today.
Shanley’s, a famed Broadway lobster palace, has closed its doors. Manager John J. Morgan blamed the failed finances, saying a large restaurant on Broadway cannot make money now as the lights went out last night.
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