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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
4
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League seeks to curb judges who grant installment fines to bootleggers. Investigations show cases where offenders stay at large while paying in installments, though no statute permits this. The league vows to fight such practices and push for tougher enforcement.
Oklahoma City reports nine hundred ten orphaned neglected or abandoned children cared for in six homes. One hundred eighty three people were served in twelve homes for the aged. The Benevolence Department reported to the International Convention. Six hundred children could not gain admission and were assisted to other institutions. Ninety eight widowed mothers are employed in the homes.
In Montevideo on October 7, the British visit fêtes featured the American colony as the prince of Wales chose Miss Purviance, daughter of Armour plant manager Charles Purviance, as his dance partner. Her fiancé, Leonard Welch, briefly joined the dances after his fiancée declined without him, while Uruguayan elite observed the royal performances.
The eighth Earl Oliver Henry Wallop Wallop, recently plain Oliver Henry Wallop Jr, a pioneer of the Big Horn country, intends to keep the title and become an American citizen. He may travel to England for investiture then return to Sheridan County Wyoming. The Wallops and Moncrieffes forged a family bond through marriage and settled a ranch colony near Wallop's homestead.
Cherokee Iowa Oct. 7 J. 3 Thornber dean of the college of Agriculture at Tucson Ariz has informed W J Endicott he will arrange with stockmen in northern Arizona to introduce sweet clover as a forage plant The move follows rising popularity of the legume and aims to test its growth on lands along broad washes and in timber belt areas with sufficient moisture for large yields
Sweet clover is a comparatively new crop in Arizona mainly used as green manure. It is noted for its potential benefits to soil improved by fixing nitrogen and improving subsequent crops, with farmers exploring its suitability and management practices.
Waukegan grand jury summoned three new witnesses in the murder of Mrs Arthor Holt. The deceased's husband and his former wife Mrs Clara Haren are held as an accessory. New witnesses include Mrs R W Hunt and K C Herrlin and his wife from Chicago. Olaf Tuveson the apartment janitor was also summoned to testify about a reported key to the step daughter apartment.
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