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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1925
Page
4
An advertisement touts Joint Beage as the cure for stiff swollen joints caused by rheumatism and other conditions. It promises quick inflammation relief and swelling reduction with a tube sold by druggists for 60 beats.
Lisbon May 23 Princess Cecile wife of the former Crown Prince of Germany accompanied by two of her sons Wilhelm and Louis Ferdinand was questioned by reporters in Lisbon. The Associated Press report notes the event as part of ongoing coverage in the capital.
Ivan Gwchot a Romanian known as the silent prisoner has lived in Lisbon’s jails for seven years without a single word. Despite freedom offers he stays jailed. doctors report normalcy and he enjoys birdsong. He now serves as a prison cook, refusing payment and preferring life behind bars.
A party seeking an incognito voyage on the steamer Cap Nord toward the Canary Islands encountered impatience from Louis Ferdinand as they navigate restrictions during summer passage.
The official history of Iowa's Rainbow division 168th Infantry, compiled by ex Lieutenant John H. Baker of Company K, with a committee of former officers, chronicles the unit from mobilization in 1917 to muster out in 1919. It covers camps, voyages to England, France, trench fighting, gas attack, and major battles including Champagne and Chateau Thierry.
The author spent over two and a half years creating a vivid war memoir covering the Argonne Sedan Belgium Luxemburg Rhine and homeward journeys. The work lists every man who served in the regiment in two volumes of about 450 pages each with many illustrations. The State Historical Society of Iowa will publish and distribute to regiment members and relatives at printing and binding cost.
A collection of brief items reports Magnus C Wide’s 15 year sentence after a bank robbery near Goodwin Nebraska, Ole Sanberg found dead by gas inhalation, Lombard College scoring at a western interstate meet, a Dubuque school board ousting a superintendent to curb sectarianism, a Cedar Rapids bank contempt hearing, Horace Green the Sioux City convict on the loose, and Edward Ladurrie wanted in a hotel clerks death case in Des Moines.
The Soviet steamer Borchenny visited Liverpool and impressed British sailors with lavish social halls and long rest periods. Seamen work four hours on duty with eight off, stokers four hours with twelve hours off, and pay continues if docked. One month of full pay leave is granted annually, and crews fund an orphan boy’s upkeep until he comes of age, with most orphans from Ukraine.
Ames May 26 Parley Sheldon seven th district director of the Iowa Good Roads Association argues that wooden rails would be as cheap as dirt roads for motor traffic. He recalls early railroads used wood with iron bands and notes costs and steel rail improvements have saved money over time.
American League standings noted with brief items. Brooklyn at Philadelphia game postponed by rain. St. Louis at Cincinnati train delayed, affecting schedules.
Tomorrow list includes New York at Boston Chicago at Pittsburgh 6 Louis at Cincinnati with no other games. Yesterday results show Omaha 9 Des Moines 2 Denver 7 Lincoln 0. Tulsa hosts Oklahoma City St Joe visits Wichita Denver travels to Omaha Lincoln plays Des Moines Mississippi Valley League aoe.
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