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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
5
Actress Edna Wallace Hopper promotes White Youth Clay as a new beauty aid claiming it preserves youth, reduces blemishes and wrinkles, and firms the skin. The ad touts a two-clay formula, scientist backed, with trials available via coupon and druggists at 50 cents to a dollar.
Mrs Wiliam Wallace of Greenfield attended a 1 o'clock luncheon hosted by Mrs L S Stream at Crestmoor Golf club. Mrs Eurl Pierce and her son Junior from Omaha visited the Creston home of the Pierce family. Cecilia Weisshaar returns home from Pueblo Colorado after four months with sisters Mrs M B Andrews and Miss Louise Weisshaar. Mrs W H Walker returns to Omaha after visiting Mr and Mrs L S Stream.
A year of Red Cross life saving work shows 5 681 men 4 187 women and 13 024 juniors passed tests while 22 892 were trained overall up 5 041 from last year. The effort expands across camps institutes and municipal programs boosting swimming skills and water safety nationwide. The annual roll call runs November 11 26.
Noblesville Indiana October 30 Judge Sparks overruled a motion to suppress evidence and the jury trial of D C Stephenson Earl Kleck and Earl Gentry for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis. The defense argued death by own action as a theory of murder but the court held the issue for the jury. Oberholtzer died after taking poison following an alleged attack.
Eight Mississippi Valley cities met in Cedar Rapids to form a schedule committee and approve a tentative 126 game plan to end on Labor Day. Belden Hill named as Netional Association of Baseball clubs delegate. officials Mike Sexton Keyser Fairweather Burton attended. League finances show a healthy balance with a sinking fund over $7,000.
Davenport reports the annual Eastern Star officers were elected with Waterloo’s Jessie Wheeler named worthy grand matron and the convention set to return to Waterloo next year.
Paris action hints at new envoy as Emile Daeschner steps down with government seeking a fresh push on debt funding talks. Senator Victor Henry Berenger is viewed as the strongest candidate to press the debt settlement with the United States.
Washington reports a change in the French ambassador to the United States with surprise. Daeschner’s relations have been agreeable but the mission is seen as failing to secure a settlement of the French war debt despite talks with American officials and Caillaux’s debt commission.
Karl Starnes, who escaped jail weeks ago after killing a deputy sheriff, killed himself at his grandmother's home rather than surrender to Sheriff Taylor. Donald Cordelia, who was with Starnes, surrendered to the sheriff. They came to the grandmother's home while she was away in Decatur.
Joe Baker of Kent tended business in Creston as Cres ton visitors crowd the town on Thursday. Kiesling of Cromwell and Ermei of Orient were seen shopping and visiting with friends. Hattie E Piikin of Arciel? joined the steady stream of Thursday guests.
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