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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
3
Ernst Lubitsch directs Three Women at the Strand with a strong cast headed by May McAvoy Marie Prevost and Pauline Frederick. Lew Cody Mary Carr and others support in a stylish production praised for its direction, plot and photography.
Fred Thomson delivers a charismatic performance at the Willard highlighting daring stunts and screen presence as a peak example of his adventurous screen persona.
The Creston Daily Advertiser lists publishers Carl Davenpoort and W A Roseberry with office in Creston Iowa. It notes weekday evenings and AP affiliation, with republication rights and postal registration on March 4 1904.
The tremen dous Western drama features Thomson as a meek-appearing youth who fights like a tiger when provoked. The production teems with thrills romance and high class humor as it plays at the Willard Theatre tonight.
The skeleton of Tracery the famous racehorse bred by August Belmont at Lexington Kentucky has been presented to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and is on display in York. Tracery earned nearly 100000 dollars in stakes during his career. He was sold in 1920 to Senor Anzus of Buenos Aires for 265000 dollars the largest sum ever paid for a race horse. He returned to England in July 1923 and died at the Cobham Stud Surrey four months later.
Pete McCann arrived home Thursday from Los Angeles and Long Beach California after two years away and will resume residence here. Miss Edith Brown returned this morning from Indianola to visit her parents Mr and Mrs H L Brown at 1026 North Chestnut Street. Miss Brown attends Sinvypson College.
Texas Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and former Gov James E. Ferguson reportedly share power in a de facto dual governorship. He handles patronage pardons and speeches from a separate office, while she signs proclamations and papers, creating a family-led administration with a busy, intertwined dynamic.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a dependable remedy for aches pains irregularities and low mood. It claims three generations of use restoring American women to health and strength and portrays the product as essential for the home.
Royce Thompson of Arispe and W. W. Coper of Corning visited friends in Creston. iM. J. Jordan and F. B. Harkreass left for Ottumwa to spend the weekend with Mr. Jordan and Clete Jordan. William Hill traveled to Nodaway to see Mrs. Hill who teaches there and will join him home tonight.
Weather and Crop Reporting Bureau notes unusually warm April in Des Moines area favors early season growth for alfalfa oats barley and spring wheat. Corn prospects remain uncertain though past conditions show variable results. Temperatures reached into the 90s with a 95 degree reading at Waterloo on April 22.
Admah hosts a tense visit from Flora Lee and her kin at the Holtzes estate. Social pretensions clash with Admah's kinship, as Uncle Lafe and Aunt Brownie critique decorum while Flora Lee masks disdain with polite cordiality during a strained dinner and tour.
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