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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
8
Found fold of insurance books and papers. Owner to call at this office and pay for this notice. Wall paper cleaning. G. Schoon over. Phone 227%. For abstracts and loans see Fidelity Abstract & Loan Company. J V Richardson, President.
Holly Hall and Bryan Melody Boye Warren Riggs of Kent visit Creston for business while Newton Miller of Des Moines and Frank Ramasbottom return home after brief stays. Other locals, including F Halm, CR Larson, Mr and Mrs Will Flackey, and Emma Thornberg with Mrs Mosteller, also travel or return, with several planning longer visits to Omaha Corning and Blackwell.
Multiple sale items including oats beans hogs furniture ranges incubator poultry and livestock listings. Individuals such as Matt Conway H L Johnson D M McMaster Mrs Ed Winn and Mrs Jas Jensen associated with addresses Cromwell Cromwell Bridgewater Iowa and John Longshore provide contact details and prices for seeds beans eggs poultry and household goods.
Multiple rental notices list seven room houses two room houses three large unfurnished rooms and three modern light housekeeping rooms with heat and light furnished. Phone numbers and a mix of furnished and unfurnished options appear, plus a five room modern apartment and a Hunt vintage at a country club with a Ford automobile offered for sale or rent.
Edward W. Bok has offered to cover the first year's expenses for the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. A nationwide campaign will raise an endowment fund of 1 million dollars, with Bok providing initial 50 thousand, enabling opening for the next school year and funding professorships scholarships and library.
Rio de Janeiro closes the 1925 carnival with three days and four nights of merrymaking. Banks and shops closed while cleaners haul away colored paper and confetti. About 100 tons of paper and 250 tons of serpentine litter the streets as Rio faces a $600,000 bill and no masks due to political disturbances.
The USDA reports March 1 feed grain stocks on farms smaller than a year ago amid reduced livestock, early hog marketing, and shifts to oats and barley. Despite a 245 million bushel rebound from corn shortfalls, overall feed grain supply remains below last year but adequate for domestic needs until new crops.
In a Nevada desert boom town near Gilbert work rushes to build a camp echoing historic gold camps. Prospectors flock to Last Hope Black Mammoth and Homestake sites with rich surface rock and widespread development as armed guards secure the area.
Funeral services for Herman A. Knepper city assessor and prominent club and business man were held today. He was the father of Rudolph Knepper, a noted golf star, in Sioux City. Also in Richmond Virginia stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway voted to lease the line to Nickel Plate as part of the Van Swearingen Big Five system.
The Highland Lassies gathered at Wilma Choate and Gertrude Choate home Saturday. Thelma Wycoff read an article titled What to Listen for in Music. After the business meeting a social hour followed and refreshments were served by the hostesses.
A Detroit News quote ponders broadening the minds of the young generation and urges attention to depth in education beyond mere breadth. The提 emphasis is on deeper learning and critical thinking for future generations.
Mrs Davenport of 11 South Stone street entertained the Saturday Nighters with a 7 o clock dinner at her home. After dinner the guests spent the evening playing bridge.
Column criticizes optimistic propaganda about a coming prosperity wave and warns that the ultimate consumer will bear the brunt of inflated claims and prices. The piece suggests the public should be wary of sweeping assurances from advertisers and officials.
Mr and Mrs iL Lent of Aifton spent Monday here attending to business and visiting with Mr and Mrs V Lent and Mr and Mrs C G Cook. H M Reynolds of Van Wert returned home after weekend with niece Mrs Edward Smith. Mrs John Hawker to arrive home from Pacific Junction after visiting her parents W Anderson. Miss Harriett Watts returned to Indianola after visiting her parents H L Watts. Mrs Carl Crawford arrived home from Los Angeles after four weeks with relatives. Marble Hoyd George McBride Helen Worthington Ralph Speaker Edrie Chester and Floyd Norris of Cumberland spent weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Olson of Sunnyside.
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