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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1925
Page
4
Mrs. L. B. K. Hacker of Fremont arrived for a few weeks visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Guthrie. Miss Eleanor Loughlin returned to Menada after a two weeks vacation with her mother, Mrs. Robert Loughlin, 308 North Maple Street.
The Electric Parade on October 7 will cap Omaha events with the American Legion National Convention and Ak-Sar-Ben Festival. A Burlington Route special train will depart Omaha at 11 30 P M with 41 stops to western Iowa points including Masta Creston, offering a 26 percent fare reduction.
Mrs. Wm Butts of Wellston Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending back pains and weakness that kept her from work She reports improved strength and energy and plans to use the remedy for nutrition as spring returns She says the product helped her become more lively and capable in caring for her children and housework.
Articles describe Prof. Gilbert N. Houser of the University of Iowa praising hogs as the most efficient feed converter. He claims hogs convert about 24 percent of grain into pork, far surpassing sheep and cattle. Also included are unrelated notes on La Follette’s political rise and a brief health-related anecdote about Bob LaFollette.
U S farm economists suggest carrying surplus oats from fat years to lean years to stabilize prices and potentially raise the gross value of U S oat consumption from 1895 1918 from 5 964 000 000 to about 6 135 000 000. The plan, modeled after biblical Joseph, would smooth price fluctuations and increase farmer returns by about 171 million dollars on the carryover if applied in 1896 1913.
Red and alsike clover seed movement up to Sept 29 was ahead of last year but similar to two years ago. About 15 percent of red clover and 45 to 50 percent of alsike clover are out of growers hands. Prices offered to growers were the highest for red since 1919 and for alsike since 1920. Quality improved due to better weather, though late September rains delayed threshing in some districts. Imports: red clover smaller than last year. alsike larger.
Madison Wisconsin October 5 The Associated Press reports Robert M LaFollette Jr 30 year old Republican nominee for United States senator enjoys campaigning as his late father did He is skilled in steering campaigns and prefers automobile tours His hobby appears to driving an automobile
Appeal issued by the Revolutionary War Memorial Commission seeks help locating graves of Revolutionary War soldiers in Iowa for proper marking. Citizens and organizations urged to submit information to Mrs. Robert H. Munger of Sioux City. $2,500 state funding with $250 max per marker.
A survey by the Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station shows taxes as the largest single expense for Warren County farms. Poor pastures and high pasture share cause losses. on prosperous farms corn makes up 40 percent of acreage while the average is 25 percent. Most crops are fed to livestock with pasture and roughage supporting feeder cattle and some dairy alongside cattle operations.
Melbourne preacher Dr Henry Howard tells Chicago audience the key to a carefree life is aligning with God's purposes. He cites Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and notes worry fades when life runs on divine rails. He argues work plus worry cannot be separated and urges harmony through faithful relations to God.
Former balloon champion Ralph H. Upson, now chief engineer of Aircraft Development Corp, outlines changes for a safer, more stable dirigible. Proposes thin metal skin, shorter length to diameter ratio, rigidly attached control car, stronger hull, greater pressure range, and metal covering replacing fabric. A royal visit included a Buenos Aires ranch stopover with a morning train delay.
Atlantic City Jet. 5 national electric railway operations show higher net revenue in 1925 with slight gross revenue declines. J N Shannahen president of the America Electric Railway Association cites lower operating costs and fare increases as factors. He notes uneven business and automobile use reduce general traffic with heavy losses in New England. Conditions north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi are most favorable. Wages average 56 cents per hour, taxes up 0.5 percent. bus competition waning as electric lines expand reliable service.
Buenos Aires October 5. Cabinet ministers diplomats and thousands of school children anxiously awaited the Princes arrival for a school festival in his honor during a visit to Buenos Aires. The heir to the British throne slept profoundly in his private residence and refused to leave bed at the early hour the feast should have begun.
Iowa City October 5 Special to the Advertispr Professor Frederick J Lazell editor of the Iowa Journalist aims to collect facts about early Iowa printing. The piece details the Owen Lovejoy press once dumped in the Mississippi River and later used to print several local papers before becoming an abolition relic.
Senora Deotoras del Rio a wealthy Mexico City socialite becomes a motion picture actress in Hollywood. She pursues this as an international mission to reduce prejudice south of the Rio Grande by producers who once cast Mexicans or Spaniards as villains. She plans to write a series of articles on films for Mexican newspapers while acting.
The Asheville report from the Playground and Recreation congress shows a rapid growth in public recreation. In 1900 only a dozen cities provided recreation. now 711 communities have playground systems under direction. The movement, born in New England, spans all regions with a notable Southeast presence.
Beet raising may supplant sugar cane in Louisiana as a dominant crop if sugar beet growing proves successful. Cane crops have been upset by...
Planters seek machinery at the new Louisiana State University sugar house to refine beet sugar as part of an experiment. Over 100 acres of sugar beets will be planted next year across sections of the sugar belt in Louisiana amid pest challenges.
Cromwell school announces newly elected junior class officers Velma Manatrey president Helen Hutchnson vice president Roy Foster secretary and Mildred Rundle treasurer. The eighth grade forms Hawkeye club elects Frank Rundlett president Harvey Chapman vice president Lloyd Rhodes treasurer Gwendolyn McDonald secretary. Afton county supervisors club reelects C L McDowell president Ella Day secretary treasurer and W A Price Cromwell superintendent as vice president. Committees named for the year include executives athletics declamatory course study and text books with Miss Day Mr Day and Mr Price among leaders.
Edgar Watson Howe renowned editor and printer will address editors from state and University of Iowa journalism students on Oct 23 in Iowa City. His topic is Sixty Years Experience as a Printer and Editor. Howe praised by Mencken and Crane and noted as a lifelong newspaper figure.
Des Moines reports the Kansas Aggies pass attack remains perplexing as they beat Oklahoma University 16 to 0 in a Missouri Valley opener. Kansas University topped Oklahoma A&M 15 to 3 while Drake coach Ossie Solem downplays a 6 to 0 Washington win as not yet showing Valley strength. The Iowa State Teachers situational standings lead the Iowa colleges after the season start.
Weste Union upset Morningside to claim a rare conference win while Ellsworth handed Iowa State Teachers a 30 to 0 defeat. Central and Moines University fought to a 6 to 6 mud sprawled draw as most state teams rested.
The Parliament Gazette reports Winston Churchill as the greatest talker in the last session with speeches totaling 146.4 words across 309 columns. Ramsay MacDonald follows with 281 columns, Lloyd George with 210, Baldwin 82, and Commander J Kenworthy leads questions with 571.
Tokio reports a shift in Japanese fashion as geisha girls begin to adopt occidental styles while strict limits remain. The geisha authorities ban bobbed hair and short skirts, forbidding most occidental coiffures and dress since September 1.
Mrs A F Hubbert of Glenda California arrived in Creston to visit her parents Mr and Mrs W M Anderson of South Linco street and her sister Mrs S Black of South Myrtle street.
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