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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1925

Page

5

The Trouble With Wives at Strand Paramount

A Paramount comedy at the Strand features Florence Vidor Tom Moore Bethel Ralston and Ford Sterling. The plot centers on married life with a meddling mother in law a college friend and a designer from Paris creating a love triangle. Catalina Island finale includes many bathing beauties.

Paramount Strand Theatre Paramount Picture Florence Vidor Tom Moore Bethel Ralston Ford Sterling Lada Cowan Howard Higgin Grace Hyatt Florence Victor M Hyatt al Hennessy Sterling Hennessy Moore Hyatt al Most Oymar Miss Ralston Paris Bill Hyatt

Harold Lloyd star turns in The Freshman at Strand

Harold Lloyd delivers a sensational football rescue in The Freshman a Pathe feature opening tomorrow for three days at the Strand. The story follows Harold Lamb a freshman who becomes the unlikely hero in the season finale scoring a game winning touchdown as the crowd roars and critics compare his dodging to Red Grange.

Harold Lloyd Pathe Strand Harold Lamb Harold Red Grange Lloyd

Oklahoma Started Oil History With 30 Barrels Yearly

Tulsa dispatch recalls early Oklahoma oil when the first well drilled in 1884 by Michael Cudahy of Omaha reached 1,120 feet and showed a small yield. Drillers were instructed to continue, marking the start of oil history in eastern and western Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Tulsa, Ok Oklahoma J Michael Cudahy Omaha

Oklahoma Oil Boom to Tulsa’s Growth and Prospects

The record traces Oklahoma oil from early prospects and modest 1890s production to a 1904 watershed with the Glenn pool. Tulsa rises from a trading post to a city of 125,000 as oil offices, wealth, and diverse businesses spread. Operators drill from 1,000 to 4,400 feet with some aiming toward 5,000 feet amid numerous sands and expanding fields.

Oklahoma Oklahoma Territory Red Fork Tulsa Glenn Pool Garber

Curfew Plan Headline Miss Cherry's Gubernatorial Talk

Miss Effie Cherry, former Cherry Sisters vaudeville member, declares a platform calling for a curfew to curb youth morals and the removal of bathing beaches. She favors earlier home hours for married couples and opposes public school art education as part of her broader campaign in Cedar Rapids.

Associated Press Cedar Rapids Oet Effie Cherry Miss Cherry Smith W. Brokhart Iowa

Florists and Growers Plan State Conventions in Ames and Des Moines

Florists and fruit growers statewide prepare for November and December meetings. The 23rd annual Iowa Florists society convention will be in Ames on November 5 and 6, while the 60th Iowa Horticultural Society meeting occurs December 1 and 2. Fruit and vegetable growers also hold December sessions in Ames, with the Iowa Bee Keepers to meet in Des Moines later in December. The horticultural society aims to exhibit at the Central State Horticultural Exposition in Kansas City December 8–10, alternating with the Midwest exposition in Iowa.

Des Moines Florists Fruit Growers of Love Society of Down Florists Ames R. S. Herrick State Horticultural Society Iowa State Horticultural Society Iowa Fruit Growers Association Iowa Vegetable Growers Association Iowa Bee Keepers’ Association Iowa Horticultural Society Kansas City Iowa

Local residents journey to Omaha for American Legion convention

Miss Ruth Horner returns home after visiting Osceola and attending the Creston-Winterset football game in Winterset. Dr. and Mrs. Davis Frank Ball Willis and Mrs. Gault plan to leave Tuesday for Omaha to attend the American Legion convention and stay several days. F Frederick also heads to Omaha for the convention and to visit relatives. Mrs. Fredericks and her son Carl accompany him home Wednesday after a week in Omaha.

Ruth Horner Osceola Miss Horner Creston Omaha American Legion

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