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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
4
Ad copy urges direct attack on germs causing a head cold. It claims Ely's Cream Balm in nostrils clears the head instantly and reduces inflammation. Users are told to ask their druggist for a bottle and enjoy quick relief.
London asks inventors to develop fog cleaning machines and offers to fund tests but admits suction fans and condensers cannot fix dense winter fogs. Experts say 750 condensers would be needed to impact even light fog, costing about 25 million dollars.
Berlin reports that stabilization of the German mark has cut commercial litigation. Mercantile courts show a sharp drop in cases since January 1924 when the re-denmark fire appeared, ending numerous disputes over exchange rates.
Mrs. George A. Loy of Lorimer travels to Creston for business. Charles Findlay of Des Moines arrives in Creston for a short visit. he represents Pratt Paper Co of Des Moines and has long held headquarters there.
Grinnell College chemist Professor Walter Hendrixson says there is no immediate threat that weapons of war will destroy civilization. He notes death rays and supernatural gases are myths and that defense and medical advances lessen war dangers while science remains optimistic about the future. Edwin Booth confirms his brother’s death by body identification and burial details follow.
Springfield Alabama March reports from Herbert Welle Fay custodian of Lincoln’s tomb claim five skulls of John Wilkes Booth are on display and 200 Booths have died in hoax schemes. He repeats the barn death narrative with Boston Corbett shooting Booth and notes multiple impostors including David E George and William H Regan fueling sensational claims.
George Campbell Carson, aging self styled desert rat, won a circuit court ruling affirming profits from his copper smelting invention. He plans no marriage, focuses on chemistry, and has attracted letters from admirers after decades of struggle and wanderings across the mining frontier.
An obituary tribute for Charles Williamson of Adams County recounts his 30 year friendship with the writer, his Scottish birth, migration to the United States, long farming life, 20 years as a country school teacher, and 40 years on the Colony township board. It praises his intellect, debating skill, and public service, noting his poetry lineage and humble community roots.
Albany reports the tower clock built by Charles Fasoldt of this city and prize winner at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 will be housed in a new campanile on the campus of the State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls Ta. Dudley Fasoldt, grandson of the builder, recently acquired the timepiece.
More than 1,000 applications arrived within a week after the offer was published. Officials at State Teachers College Cedar Falls promised the clock would be kept by the institution with its own mechanics and electricians. The installed campanile will be on high ground with a dial visible for miles and has shown less than 10 seconds deviation from solar time annually.
London officials move to bar slow taxicabs from key routes to prevent traffic hold ups. Sir Henry Maybury heads the traffic committee as it urges faster cruising cars to speed up and restrict roaming taxis found delaying modern vehicles.
The Vienna Hofburg once the imperial city residence is now rented as 127 living apartments and 45 business offices after alterations. It remains a landmark complex in Vienna reflecting its historic role.
Political observers expect a crowded Republican nomination for the Iowa senate, with six potential candidates including Sen. Robert Cummins Gov. John Hammill and L. J. Dickinson. Names like Walter Ramsay Charles Rawson and Kendall appear alongside possible bids by E. Kendall if public demand rises.
Telegrams between Sweden and the United States now average 23 minutes 12 seconds from Sweden to New York. The Grimeton government radio station to America helps speed up the system and nearly halves overall telegraph transmission times.
Bellingham Washington March 31 A second hot water lake covering fifty acres has been found in the Mount Baker national forest in northwest Washington announced by W J Elliott prospector and explorer who said he discovered it last summer. The new lake lies about 5000 feet high and Elliott estimates its waters at 112 degrees Fahrenheit It is in rugged country east of Mount Baker and three hot springs have been located in the Mount Baker national forest.
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