Annual Rodent Crusade Promoted By Iowa Groups
Town Farm Bureau Federation and The Des Moines Register back a March to April all rodent crusade. Ames entomologist Fred D. Butcher will demonstrate control methods across the state. Prizes include $200 from The Des Moines Register and $50 from the State Farm Bureau, plus the Rodney P. Fagen cup for the top county agent.
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State College
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines Register
Register
Fred D. Butcher
Ames
Chamber of Commerce
Butcher
Farm Bureaus
the Register
Iowa State College
Iowa
Divorce by Mme Kerensky Revealed in 1923 Action
Cable briefs report that Mme Kerensky, wife of former premier Alexander Kerensky, obtained a divorce in October 1923 on grounds of desertion. In Scapa Flow workers uncover five German officers and sailors buried beneath wreckage. In Palestine, Arab schools in Jaffa Tul Keram Gaza and Hebron closed by order of the government amid a teachers and pupils strike over Lord Balfour’s visit.
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Associated Press
Leningrad March
Mme Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky
Scapa Flow
Orkney
Nill Bay
Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jaffa
Tul Keram Gaza
Hebron
Palestine
Lord Balfour
Agrees on Questions To Allied War Commission
Paris reports the ambassadors' council has agreed on the questions to submit to the Allied War Commission regarding Germany's Versailles treaty violations. They ask Marshal Foch and peers to classify violations as grave or significant and to offer opinions on consequences if Germany continues its policy.
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Associated Press
Paris
Allied War Commission
Germany
Marshal Foch
Voter Reflections on Candidate Pickett for Mayor
The editorial urges voters to apply practical judgment in selecting a mayoral candidate. It questions Adam Pickett's motives and claims including abolition of vice and his stance on street governance, arguing voters should decide among current candidates rather than withdraw support for him.
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Adam Pickett
Mr. Pickett
The Pickett Negroponte proposition on policing absurd
The text argues four policemen cannot prevent crime in a city of eight thousand, counting existing law officers and officials. It asserts that increasing to ten policemen would not guarantee crime prevention and questions Pickett’s claim to reduce crime, noting current enforcement by a prohibition officer, deputy marshal, sheriff, and constables. It ridicules the idea that four or more officers would yield perfect safety.
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United States
Pickett
Creston
Mr. Pickett
Prohibition
Read This List Carefully FOR MAYOR Creston Ed Keith
Ed Keith is presented as a longtime Creston resident and incumbent mayor praised for six years of service. The note highlights his public and charitable contributions and claims his administration achieved notable municipal progress, with emphasis on street conditions and paved areas around residence districts and cemetery access.
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Ed Keith
Creston
Porter Nominates For Creston City Treasurer
Ernest Porter of Creston, born and lifelong resident, educated in Creston schools, has worked twelve years at Iowa State Savings bank as paying teller. A prominent figure in musical and church circles, he enters public life for the first time, proposing banking experience as fit for the treasurer's duties.
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Ernest Porter
Creston
Iowa State Savings Bank
Porter
Charles R Glattly Seeks Park Commissioner Post
Charles R Glattly of Creston seeks the park commissioner role after eighteen years in Creston and area with wartime service. He is seen as a hustler with executive ability and has led the local Chamber of Commerce and Champagne Post No 70 American Legion. He also serves as manager of Hawkeye Lumber Company plant locally.
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Charlie Glattly
Creston
Chamber of Commerce
Champagne
American Legion
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Valin Seeks Alderman At Large Post In Creston
The longtime Creston resident Mr Valin is a merchant tailor who has served 33 years in business and 25 years as Treasurer of the School Board handling taxpayers funds. His honesty is shown by repeated reappointments to the treasurer role.
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Valin
Creston
William D Anstey for First Ward Alderman
William D Anstey seeks re election to the First Ward seat in Creston. A longtime farmer and cattle raiser, he has lived in Creston thirteen years and served on the city council for two terms, focusing on constituents’ interests with careful management.
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Anstey
Creston
First Ward
George D. Newcomb for 2nd Ward Alderman
George D Newcomb a Creston resident for forty years runs a drug business for twenty nine years after starting as a clerk in 1896 He has taken prominent part in public movements and the Second Ward gains a council member with business experience knowledge of local affairs and good judgment for the next two years.
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2Nd Ward
Newcomb
Creston
Second Ward
Hanson Machine Shops founder and Creston councilman
Charlie Hanson arrived in Creston forty years ago and worked as a journeyman machinist before starting Hanson Machine Shops on West Union Street. He has represented the Third Ward on the city council for several years, earning praise for his dedication to Creston’s welfare and progress.
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Third Ward
Creston
Hanson
Hanson Machine Shops
West Union Street
Charlie Hanson
John P McCoy for 4th Ward Alderman
Genial Jack McCoy the youngest candidate on the ticket has lived in Creston since birth twenty eight years ago. He has eleven years in the grocery business and currently works with Skiley Grocery on West Adams Street. The notice predicts he will become one of the ward’s best aldermen.
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Jack" McCoy
Creston
Skiley
West Adams Street
Fourth Ward
Harry H Bartlett for Fifth Ward Alderman
The notice profiles Harry H Bartlett born in Creston forty four years ago and in business with Creston Planing Mills for twenty nine years. A progressive, upright citizen, he has served six years as alderman and is urged for re election to the Board for another term.
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Harry Bartlett
Creston
Creston Planing Mills
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John P. McCoy
Harry H. Bartlett
C. Keith
Ed McDonough
Burlington Railroad
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