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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1925
Page
3
The Creston Daily Advertiser notes its status as a second class matter since March 1904 at the Creston Iowa post office under federal law. It identifies Associated Press membership and rights to republication of news dispatches and local news, with all rights reserved.
A public-spirited editorial urges very young men to pursue work, stressing that employment keeps youths out of trouble. It highlights industrious effort over idle loafing, noting many successful men started poor and fought their battles, and that dedication leads to promotions even beyond regular hours.
The text recounts King Midas of Phrygia who wished that all he touched become gold. Dionysus granted the wish but food turned to gold, forcing Midas to seek relief. He was told to bathe in the Pactolus river, whose sands supposedly yielded grains of gold. The passage ends noting Midas faced a decision between Apollo and Pan.
Mrs. N. R. Layton of St. Louis Missouri says she suffered a serious side pain after childbirth and general weakness for three months before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief after the first bottle and plans to recommend it to friends. Sold by druggists everywhere.
The verdict favored the latter party and Apollo grew donkey ears. He hid them with a Phrygian cap except for his barber who learned the secret. The barber whispered the truth into a hole and a reed later carried the secret to the wind.
A coke firm hired an agency to boost understanding of its products. The president noted most people did not know what coke was. The campaign tested public recognition by street inquiries and mailings including a sample coke to explain the product.
The Blakesburg Exelsior notes that an ordinary column has 10 000 type pieces and seven wrong positions per letter creating 70 000 error chances and millions of transpositions. In the sentence To be or not to be Transpositions alone yield 2 759 022 possible errors. It argues editors and officials are human and error prone yet daily life already offers ample mistakes.
A Melrose Wisconsin Chronicle item lampoons delinquent subscribers to an old publication. It jokes that a married woman kneads bread with gloves and implies the editor will need bread no garments if payments are not made, painting Wisconsin as harsh in winter.
A riddle like item describes a small coin, twenty five cents, not enough for ice cream or candy, not a tip. It notes estrangement from the butcher and readiness for church on Sunday, implying a penny or coin used in offerings.
Leonor F. Loree head of Kansas City Southern and Delaware & Hudson shapes possible fifth trunk line amid push to regroup railroads. He leverages lease of Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh to connect Montreal Buffalo New York Pittsburgh Detroit Chicago. Wall Street sees a wider reach and possible race with the big four.
The Associated Press notes thirty nine American artists showing at the Paris Salon. Competition with Muscovite and other foreign exhibitors reduced quantity but heightened prestige for accepted works. Notable Americans include Harrison Eskridge Hamilton Thompson Porter Miller Embree Howland Levey Halowell Foster Kellogg Beverly Bridgman Grooms Math Kiefer White Jacobs Gustin Hay Sampaon and others from cities such as Philadelphia Boston New York Portland and more.
A county recorder record report lists warranty deeds filed for record as compiled by Geo. A. Ide and Gon of Creston Iowa. The document notes deeds transferred or recorded for various property transactions within the county.
USC authorities release results from a 992 woman graduates questionnaire covering 1920 to 1924. More than a third of respondents married by graduation or within four years after. Of 610 respondents, 262 chose wife and homemaker roles. 52 entered fine arts. 28 in other fields. 139 became teachers. a few pursued banking, law, medicine, ministry, nursing, journalism, public service, or agriculture.
John H. Taber recalls Iowa’s 168th Infantry arriving in France in winter 1917 and training at Rimaucourt. Bitter cold and snow covered the ground as troops wore worn garrison shoes issued in September.
A sequence of 1925 land deals and transfers in Creston Iowa includes Rachel Moreland to J E Wick for 1.60 and other consideration Lot 14 Swigert’s Add to Creston. Elizabeth Bartle to C W Graham May 11 1925 1800.00 Lot 71 West Creston Sec C. Douglas Ice Cream Co to Broomer Cold Storage Co December 12 1921 30000 Part of Lot 226 West Creston. Kathrine Smith to Geo J Breit enbach contract May 18 1925 for multiple lots and blocks in Swigert and Wilson additions. Hurd Creamery Co to Fred J A Henderson May 18 1925 one dollar exchange and description of West Creston properties.
Dublin May 26 The minister for fisheries disclosed to the Dail that a Bisley marksman was hired to shoot seals in the Suir estuary and worked three months. He expended 1009 pounds of ammunition and admitted uncertainty over whether any seal was killed.
Mrs John Moran and her daughter Teresa Ann depart this morning for Aurora. Mrs Moran is a delegate to the Catholic Women Foresters convention in Dubuque. Teresa Ann will visit relatives in Aurora during the trip.
The Imperial Valley, spanning about 870,000 acres across California and Mexico, sits below the Colorado River and relies on levees and revetments to prevent inundation. Main defenses include California Development Company works, the Sais levee, and Ockerson Levee, with seven million dollars spent on flood protection and annual maintenance ranging from two hundred thousand to six hundred thousand dollars.
Interior department moves to strike Beauchaine from the Flathead rolls after discovering he is the son of a white man and already enrolled with the Coeur d Alene tribe. Congress may be asked to deny him Flathead funds and cancel land patents he received under the prior ruling.
Air force reserve members faced red tape delaying solo flights. They sat in the pupil tent as an instructor demonstrated how to fly, while awaiting required annual training.
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