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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
6
Numerous classifieds list used washing machines chairs rockers stoves eggs seeds and farm animals for sale. Items include building lots farms and multiple homes in Creston and nearby towns with contact names and phone numbers. Special mentions include tractors and motor vehicles plus household furnishings and farm equipment.
A mix of farm goods real estate and instruments advertised for sale including Ever-bearing red raspberry plants, fresh milk cow, yards of French Ginghams, six room homes in West End, several pianos and other used items. Listings provide contact phone numbers and locations in Creston and nearby.
Classified items include farm loan inquiries at 5 percent for Adam Pickett and mortgage searches by J V Richardson president of Fidelity Abstract & Loan Co. room and board requests at multiple addresses. employment travel positions for two young men. wallpaper cleaning services. housework requests. real estate and insurance services by J T Long. and Bouvee's All American Candy Land promoting meals and decor updates.
Attention to farmers advertises hail insurance from The Farmers Mutual Hail Assoc. of Iowa. It praises oldest, safest, and lowest price hail policy and offers explanations at Cromwell, Iowa with Agent A. O. Cannon to call. It lists miscellaneous mortgage figures for city property at $300 $1000 and $1200.
Dr R A Swanson operates as a chiropractor at 107 North Maple Street near Hester's Shoe Store. Office phone is 663 and residence 937.
A Strand screening night features a novelty screen piece described as truly wonderful though not edible.
4ornice Works at 109 N Film offers roofing sheet metal and gutter work and can be reached at phone 204.
Multiple listings advertise rental properties including five room modern houses at 208 North Sumner and 509 West Jefferson, one half house four rooms near town, a Creston flat with immediate possession, furnished rooms for light housekeeping, a kitchenette in Summit building, and a six room modern house with garage near the north school. Contacts include phones and business names Goodsell & Gossell Farmers & Merchants Bank, Sitrause Dry Goods Co, and John Benson.
A billfold with money and papers missing and a reward offered at Lowana Hotel. A three strand lady's bracelet is lost between New York Avenue and the Post Office with finder to call 1164.
The Strand screens the greatest novelty on the screen tonight. Local residents travel for business in Des Moines. Amey Iowa State college agent arrives in Creston for farm bureau work. Mrs. Boyd Taylor visits Creston with the Cummings family. Mrs. Richardson reports her mother seriously ill in Galesburg. Dentists Rivenburg and Davis head to Des Moines for the State Dental convention for Tuesday to Thursday.
Drivenport Iowa May 5 No community can grow unless the supply funds produced by the profit of business there are given back in bank credits to that same community for further industrial development declared Attorney Charles Grilk in an address at the closing sessions of the twenty second annual convention of group eight Iowa Bankers association here yesterday The convention ended with a banquet where Congressman F D Letts of the second Iowa district was toastmaster Jacob Heng of Iowa banking department and C J Wohlenhberg Holstein ta president of the Iowa Bankers association were among the speakers
A collection of short notes records residents and visitors arriving or returning to Creston and nearby areas. Maurice McGrath of Melrose arrives for a visit. Crenshaw returns to Lenox. Ralph Rutledge visits Sharpsburg. E E Devore attends business in Des Moines. Ben Harriman travels to Creston. Halcyon Reckner returns from Ottumwa. Ridgeway attends to business in Lenox. A A Kitching visits from Kent. Loren Recxnor and John Sash return from Des Moines. Frank Lecocq visits Lorimer. James MadCoy returns from Des Moines. C E F Detering departs for Marshalltown. Mrs. Fred Cochran moves to Delta. Mrs. R Koggell arrives from Alva. Dr George Waggoner and Rev J H Woodsum head to St. Joseph for osteopathic meeting. Frank Tubbs returns to his home. Verna Morgan returns from Omaha after prom at Creighton University.
Iona City Iowa May 5 Seven months ago Allen Carroll 18 months old son of Mr and Mrs Harris Carroll Mans nn la swallowed a metal bottle top. The piece lodged in his throat causing breathing trouble only recently and surgeons operated to remove it after a throat incision and breathing tube insertion. Doctors expect recovery though the tube may stay a month. University specialists say prognosis is good.
Dr. W. C. Pearce said religious education of the young is vital to evangelism in an address to delegates at the sixtieth Iowa State Sunday School Council of Religious Education in Burlington. Other speakers included Dr. C. R. Parker of Cedar Rapids and Miss Harriet Walker of St. Louis as the convention runs through Thursday drawing hundreds of delegates and visitors.
Swansville Indiana May 5 chemical analysis of Joseph Bowles ten found no poison traces. The Bowles family death toll rises to six in 22 months with Mrs. Mary Bowles the sole survivor. Husband and four other children died from similar liver and stomach trouble recently.
Lansing Mich May 5 The state securities commission disapproved the sale of Dodge Bros Inc preferred and common stock in Michigan It authorized the sale of six percent debenture notes The company issued 75000000 bonds and 85000000 stock The commission valued stock backing assets at 27000000 and refused to recognize goodwill as an asset for stock basis
In Des Moines on May 5 municipal court charged C A Goodmanson M H Rank and Paul Graves with disturbing the quiet after they confessed to burning a cross at a black resident’s home. Marshall Goodmanson was exonerated by police and the trio denied Klan membership.
Muscatine Journal muses on a tiny Montana town of Jordan with under 300 residents and a church attendance near 250. The thought experiment considers local impact of a new golf course on this small community.
Harrod C. Andrews, a Cedar Rapids coal dealer, was re-arrested after crashing into a crowd on May 28 injuring nine. Held on $1,000 bail after failing to post, he had posted $1,000 bond previously for driving while intoxicated and $600 on police court. County Attorney Barngrover aims for a June term trial with a special jury under a new law.
Eugene Ray was sentenced in Lee County District Court to 60 days in jail and license suspension until June 1 after pleading guilty to driving an auto while intoxicated. The May 5 ruling by Judge John E Craig followed a collision near Montrose that injured three women in the other car.
Leslie Albern 16 died when the touring car he drove hit loose gravel and overturned near Perry Iowa. Two companions escaped with minor injuries. The Washington Township Consolidated School students were riding in the car and suffered the accident Tuesday.
Hartford City Indiana May 65 bank robbers held off residents for over an hour before blasting open the Eaton State bank safe securing 2300 dollars and fleeing the scene.
London May 5 The house of commons passed the bill providing for a return to the gold standard without a division at the third reading.
The American Legion auxiliary will meet at Mrs M F Stever's residence on Wednesday evening.
A single-man opportunity offers a future with commission and high-grade salesmanship. Requires a clean record, belief in work, ambition toraise income, and stable future prospects. Thorough free training provided 25 to 41 preferred, confidential correspondence to L. R. Campbell Box 1014 Soux City Iowa.
Creston Hardware Co lists used items including power washer at 7.50 3 burner perfection stove at 20 4 burner perfection at 22 and a 5 burner red star with built in oven at about price. Also electric washer 20 and 18 inch lawn mower 8 plus 2 gas stoves. See us at once.
Our offices will be closed Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday to attend the Iowa State Dental convention in Des Moines. Dr. F P M Davis and Dr. L D Rivenburg will be away.
B M Music Teacher Chas A Hayden announces studio at 713 West Mille Street. Contact via phone 317 for lessons and scheduling.
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