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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
3
Burlington Route runs a special train from Omaha at 11 30 P M after the Electric Parade to aid western Iowa spectators. Train will stop at all main line points east to Creston with 25 percent round trip fare reduction offered to the public.
Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana plan a October 15 and 16 gathering at Clifty Falls State Park to coordinate conservation efforts. Richard Lieber leads Indiana, with Govs Jackson and Fields also attending, plus officials from geology entomology forestry lands and waters fish and game and public works. The event highlights cross-state recreation and economic value of conservation in a scenic river valley setting.
The weathered log cabin where James Buchanan was born on April 23 1791 will be restored and moved to Chambersburg Pennsylvania to serve as a memorial. The cabin originally built by his father in southern Pennsylvania was moved to Mercersburg then torn down and relocated to Chambersburg where it will be rebuilt near town center. The elder Buchanan a Irish trader among frontiersmen built two cabins in the hills near the Maryland border and his son Jamie grew to lead locally and serve in state legislature and Congress before becoming president in 1856. He died in 1866 and is buried in Lancaster his sister later erected a stone pyramid at his birthplace site hidden in pines. The oak logs of the cabin remain well preserved.
London reports Field Marshal Sir William Robertson says mechanical contrivances in warfare remain unproved after British army maneuvers. Dragons on caterpillar tracks did not speed artillery nor avoid damage, prompting calls for further testing and design refinement of mechanized transport amid debate on cost and efficiency.
Barges loaded with 4000 tons of steel will move from Kansas City to St Louis within 30 days marking heavy tonnage service on the Missouri. The Woods Brothers Construction of Lincoln Nebraska sponsors the shipment for a Gulfport Mississippi sea wall project.
The village of Gilbertville marked a shared golden jubilee for its parish and Father John Nemmers. The 1847 born priest, likely Iowa’s oldest native minister, has served since his ordination at Dubuque Cathedral in 1375. Archbishop Keane and other clergy are expected to attend the mass and community program.
Ottawa reports that U S tourists brought an estimated 150 million dollars to Canada in 1925, about a quarter of the wheat crop’s value and near the combined mining output of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. Over two million American cars entered Canada this year carrying about nine million travelers, with Ontario drawing the largest share.
In Florence Catholic youth members interpreted a papal edict on dress literally and militantly causing disruption. The incident occurred amid a broader push by church youth groups to enforce modest attire in public and church settings.
A proclamation by Cardinal Mistran gelo to bar immodestly dressed women from Florentine churches triggered a confrontation during noon mass. Organization members detained two women in a dark corner, escorted them to the door, where others shouted shame before they escaped in a carriage.
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