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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
6
The article outlines fascist Europe pushing cultural reform in Italy led by Marinetti. It calls for abolishing existing academies and teaching art through free institutes, promoting Italian language in public life and architecture, and creating channels to advance Italian artistic talent.
Mrs Rush Fullerton of Clearfield Pennsylvania credits Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and ability to work. She describes relief from pains cold nerves and irritability and urges others to try the product with confidence.
Pills cannot cure piles from outside and internal treatment is the safe method. Dr J S Leonhardt claims to have developed Hemroid a guaranteed internal remedy tested in 2000 cases and now sold by Newcomb and Matthews with a satisfaction guarantee.
An old fashioned product advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a youth booster for seniors. It promises quick vitality gains, sugar coating for easy swallowing, a 60 tablet bottle, and a money back offer if not satisfied after 20 days, available at Newcomb & Matthews Drug Co. or other progressive druggists.
A field project near Garner Iowa tests high tension power for farm homes under Iowa State College supervision. The study, supported by local utilities and manufacturers, evaluates refrigeration, washing, cooking and other appliances to determine practicality and economy for rural households.
Hearing on objections by depositors to a settlement between State Banking Superintendent Robert L. Leach and the directors of the defunct Farmers' and Merchants' State Bank has been moved to the September term of district court. An agreement for continuance was filed with the district court clerk today. The hearing had been set for this week before Judge W. W. Hamilton of Grinnell.
Nes Moines Iowa May 20 Attorney General Ben J Gibson petitions federal court to vacate Judge Waldes order granting a permanent injunction against collection of about 750000 in state taxes against Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Chicago Western railways claiming the ruling came 24 hours after a new law made such decisions effective. If granted, county treasuries would begin collecting back taxes.
Farmers in section four face a reduced fruit crop due to a late frost. Advise transplanting tomatoes mid May to June 1 and training plants on a trellis for higher yield and better fruit quality. Prune to a main stem, plant 18 inches to two feet apart with three feet between rows, or build a sloping trellis four to five feet high along the row.
The piece explains June skies with the Big Dipper high in the western sky and Bootes near Arcturus as the Bear guards. It notes official summer begins June 21 the longest day, and describes Bootes resembling a hunter or a boy's kite with Arcturus guiding the tail.
Berlin May 20 new instructions issued by the ministry ease travel for tourists. The advisory aims to streamline border checks and permit procedures to boost visitor flow and simplify entry requirements. Officials say streamlined rules reduce waits and boost tourism.
Waterloo delegates led stump talks at the Iowa Nebraska Lions convention with a dinner crowd of about 550. Roy Meeker Marshallown is the leading candidate for district governor to succeed Joan Gebuhr of Council Bluffs as Des Moines is invited to host the next meeting. John Curtiss of Lincoln proposed as opponent, Nebraska’s limited past governors boosting Curtiss’ bid.
In Cresco on May 20 the defense had examined fifteen veniremen in the Dennis J. Murphy sanity trial. Ten were tentatively accepted by the defense, but none questioned by the prosecutor as questioning resumed in district court this morning for a jury to decide if Murphy should stand trial on forgery and embezzlement indictments.
In Omaha on May 20 Arthur Huntington of Cedar Rapids Iowa announced the rural lines committee of the middle west division of the national electric commission has grown to 18 members with eight organizations including the American Farm Bureau Federation. He said the electric industry is further along in serving farmers than farmers are in receiving it and that electric power has sparked the greatest awakening for agriculture by enabling motorized, automatic control and labor savings.
Five Cooper brothers gain regional fame in athletics. Kenneth, eldest, won rodeo races across the Northwest for seasons and later represented the United States at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley, England. The Pierre, South Dakota item notes the Cooper family claim to distinction in sports.
Admah Holtz wanders from the ferry wharf into a riverfront underworld drink den where Old Gray Label liquor and a host of characters drown him in vice. After a brutal assault in alley darkness he awakens in a Hamilton Hotel room to Elmer Hemingway offering a fresh start.
The report highlights Kenneth Cooper as the outstanding rodeo artist, with wins at Madison Square Garden and a shift to polo with Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha. His younger brother Norval trails in rodeo, while Conrad and Arthur Cooper star for the University of Minnesota in football and boxing. A Pierre high school recruit gains notice as a sprinting track debutant.
The American Legion of Iowa launches a campaign to aid world war veterans in Iowa penal institutions. It argues many prisoners suffer mental illness rather than criminal tendency and need medical care. A medical committee from the state university is to examine all ex service men in prison to determine causes and request gubernatorial action.
A survey of penal institutions is ordered to count veterans with sentences for alleged crimes. State Adjutant R. J. Laird of Algona must send a list to superintendents of each state institution holding ex service men. The move is led by a five member liaison committee including Laird Hammer DeWitt Wagner and French.
The Waterlog Tribune reports the Pullman Company bristles at losses of about a half million towels each year amid alleged thefts described as robberies.
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