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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1925
Page
6
A vintage advertisement lists groceries under the slogan A Safe Place To Trade. It promotes fresh meats and a wide range of items with low prices such as sugar, butter, oleo, peanut butter, cocoa, dates, pickles, flour, sorghum, pancake flour, buckwheat, soap, crackers, hominy, kraut, stoneware, and flower pots. The ad emphasizes brand comparisons and value for customers.
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on October 19 the Creek Nation artifacts and remnants remain in use. The council house and Creek chamber of commerce occupy the central building, with a bus line office on a corner. The grounds cover four blocks in the business district and include two trees where executions and whipping occurred. The Creeks had no jail. punishment included lashes or even death for a third offense.
Data from thousands of farms show family living at farm prices totals about one third of overall living costs and two thirds of food fuel and housing costs. In prosperity years 1918 19 the farm provided about one fifth of family living value but in depressions 1921 two thirds as much. The system supports farm stability by reducing cash living costs and smoothing hard times, though it is not free. Production labor and capital, including byproducts and home use, contribute to the living expenses. Detailed results appear in department bulletin No 1338 available free from Washington DC.
A reform era Iowa news item notes Tayior formerly of agri will address the state conference on October 20 for a four day session. He will speak on Want Fart Program in Town with Heary R Ance of The Wallacest Parmer. Taylor, researching farm conditions for a service university, is linked to Secretary Jardine and the conference will feature county officers presenting the new welfare system from the health and welfare departments.
Excerpts show C A Norman of March county and EL Nawman of De Roines county presenting the excess of the new welfare system. The trained workforce is already operating successfully in 12 of the 99 counties in the state.
Howard J. Clark urged extending credit facilities to farmers at a community and school fair in Sandqvile. He argued current credit gaps force immediate sales after harvest, hindering market stability, and called for leveraging stored crops as security within existing banking systems and Federal Reserve guidelines to ensure orderly marketing and fair profits.
Article notes Dr Fred N Bonine called country doctor and Benton Harbor Michigan figures as reps in negotiations for the Dempsey Wills heavyweight title bout. Mentions promoter Floyd Fitasimmons and local nicknames but leaves general war references unstated.
The article recalls a physician known for long standing dash records at Moyard and a role as medical advisor to the 1912 Swedish Olympic team. It notes education at the University of Michigan, early sports involvement, and quirks in his patient practice, alongside other scattered local notes on injuries and vigilante practice in Des Moines Fort Des Moines.
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