Many Bargains Highlight Creston Saturday Ad Specials
Creston residents and trade area shoppers faced a wide array of special offers from local merchants in The Daily Advertiser. Tire sales from Boyce Auto Company, a Sunday dinner with music at Boyce's Candy Land, and lessons from Miss Rose Burdette and Miss Ena Weidman featured among dozens of ads for dresses, coats, furniture, groceries, cleaners, gas ranges, hats, shoes, and fall fashions. A wrestling match and dance at Woodman Hall were also advertised for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Daily Advertiser
Boyce Auto Company
Boyce
Candy Land
Rose Burdette
Ena Weidman
Grant Harrison
Newcomb and Matthews
I. J. Molby
Caskey-Shaw Air Line Company
Woodman Hall
Iowa State Savings Bank
Athearn and Coyle
Lee Bidstrup
Double Eagle Goodyear
Boyd Creamery
Brady Food Market
Brooks Garage
Brown Shoe
Crawford
Creston Gas Company
Creston Glad Gardens
Creston Iron and Metal Company
Creston Lumber and Coal Company
Creston Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Company
Fred W. Dage Grovery
Honey Beauty Shop
Strauss Dry Goods
Henderson Glove Company
Herrman
F. T. Herrmann
Hester
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Glick
Enna
Marie
Hanson Drug Store
McCoy-Reckner
Meadows Brothers
Climber Stafford Talks Fear of a Fall on High Jobs
Steeplejack Stafford says he never worries about falling, only the sudden stop. He describes years of height work on the Iowana hotel cornice and smokestacks at Rex Creamery Boyd Creamery and Towa utilities, painting Liberty Ice on stacks and Iowana Hotel on a water tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Iowana
Boyd Creamery
Rex Coal & Ice Company
Towa Southern Utilities Company
Rex
Boyd Creamery Co
Amundsen plane wreckage found near Spitzbergen
A float from the French naval seaplane Latham used by Roald Amundsen and Rene Guilbaud was recovered near the Fugloe islands by the Brood. The float matches photographs, confirming the demise of Amundsen and five others after two months of search.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Fugloe Islands
Michael Sars
Durance
Latham
Amundsen
Rene Guilibaud
Guilbaud
Lieut
Lief Dietrichsen
Umberto Nobile
School Supplies and Back-to-School Sales Ads
Local ads list school needs for boys and girls with clothing and supplies at economical prices. Several shops promote back to school bargains on furniture, suits, oxford shoes, sweaters, coal, and food goods as preparations begin for the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomb and Matthews
Nord Feed Company
J. C. Penney Company
People’s Clothing Store
Rex Coal and Ice Company
Rex
Roper Brothers
Dick Baker
Ers Bros
Spurgeon’s Thrift
Standard Furniture Company
Strauss Dry Goods
G. A. Swanson
E. F. Tackett
F. J. Taylor and Co
United Grocery
A. E. Ward and Co
Willis Coal Company
Farm leaders endorse Smith stand in agriculture relief
The corn belt committee, a federation of farm groups representing over a million Midwest farmers, endorsed Gov Alfred E Smith and the Democratic platform. It condemned Hoover and the Republican plank, urged passage of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill, and pledged to back measures shifting surplus costs to marketed commodities. William Hirth of Missouri chairs the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Smith
Des Moines
Corn Belt Federation of Farm Organizations
The
Corn Belt Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
Kansas City
William Hirth
Missouri
Iowa State Fair closes with lower attendance than year ago
Des Moines reports 362,984 visitors for the 1928 Iowa State Fair, about 68,000 fewer than the previous record set during Lindbergh celebrations. Fair board Secretary Corey calls the event a success, noting attendance matched the decade average despite three rainy days and a profit will fund improvements to facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Corey
Fair Board
State Board Budget Seeks 11 Million For Biennium
Des Moines reports the state board of control requests nearly eleven million dollars for the 1929 31 biennium, about three million more than the prior period to ease congestion at institutions. The request includes 2 436 500 for special purposes such as capital improvements including a 150 000 addition to the Anamosa state reformatory cell house and a 100 000 nurses home at Cherokee. Total request 10 810 672 62 with 8 373 172 62 for salaries, upkeep and maintenance. Mr and Mrs William Hanson returned from a ten day trip to Story City Chicago and eastern cities.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Anamosa
Cherokee
Yard Turned Over In Hunt For Treasure
Dexter residents dig around a German immigrant George Koch’s cottage after his death chasing a rumored stash from wartime. Relatives have overturned soil and built an embankment in the yard, but no treasure has been found yet.
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Yard
Dexter
Advertiser
George Koch
Germany
Koch
McKee Brothers Sweep Awards at Iowa State Fair
McKee Brothers of Creston win eleven awards at the Iowa state fair closing yesterday. Their Duroc Jersey hogs claim six firsts including aged herd, aged herd own ed and bred by exhibitor, get of sire, produce of dam, senior sow, and junior yearling sow. Second in aged boar, third in junior boar pig, junior sow pig, futurity, and fourth in young herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duroc Jersey
McKee Brothers
Creston
Fight Ends Anti-Smith Demo Meet in Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina on September 1 a clash between Smith and anti Smith factions broke out at the Hoover Democratic club of Richland County. The melee ended in a draw with heckling and a bag of eggs thrown during a chaotic scene as attendees cheered from benches.
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Columbia
S. C
Smith
Hoover Democratic Club
Richland County
New York
Rail Veterans Plan Meeting in Lincoln Neb
Dozens of Burlington railroad veterans from Creston will attend the eighth annual system meeting of the C B and Q Veterans association in Lincoln Nebraska on Saturday September 29. A special Chicago to Lincoln train will collect veterans at various points. Creston hosts one of 26 chapters with a women’s auxiliary also attending. The association has more than 4500 members across the 26 chapters.
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Burlington Railroad
Creston
C. B. and Q. Veterans’ Association
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Chicago
Veterans’ Association
Ide Family's Spirit Lake and Templar Trip by Auto
Mr and Mrs Fred Ide and their family returned home last night after a car journey to Spirit Lake and Templar Park. The trip was undertaken by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ide
Spirit Lake
Templar Pary
Brown shoots man over melons near Afton
Martin Anderson, 21, was wounded by a shot from W B Brown who lives near Afton after invading a watermelon patch. Both men decided to call it square and file no charges. Anderson was treated in Afton for a small pellet under his arm. Sheriff Frank Collings and Deputy Harold Collings investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Anderson
W. B. Brown
Afton
Frank Collings
Harold Collings
Anderson
Brown
C. B. Roe
Collings
Brown Farm
Simpson Hill
Bribery Probe Says Philadelphia Police Tied to Bootleg Rings
Grand jury finds police tied to bootleg payrolls and bribes, portraying a citywide alliance with crooked politicians. Judge Lewis urges purge and action, warning of gunmen and gangsters and potential civil service scrutiny. Graft payments and records imply extensive corruption among officers and liquor interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chicago
Edwin O. Lewis
Civil Service Commission
Lewis
St. Louis
Union County Rural Schools Win State Fair Sweepstakes
Union county rural schools captured the sweepstakes prize at the Iowa state fair for the second year running, with seven individual prizes including ten firsts and seven thirds. The top honors included a penmanship improvement folder, a review book for 1926-27 at Douglas No. 4, a Platte No. 4 poultry book, and the best collection of educational seat work by a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Ella M. Day
Douglas No. 4
Platte No. 4
Miss Jay
Wok
Ethal Kiesling
Miss Day
Laura Jayes
Kiesing
State University of Iowa
Afton Fr Wilson 76 dies after 31-year residence
Ebenezer Francis Wilson 76 died at home in Afton after living there 31 years. Funeral services set for Sunday morning at 9 at the Afton Methodist Church with Rev. Clark Howard and Rev. H. Twyford officiating. Burial at White Oak cemetery five miles east of Oskaloosa. Survived by widow and five children Lizzie Riggs Burlington Elliott Wilson Sandwich Ira Mrs Millie Molby Churavista Calif Moe Williams Sharpsburg Velma Siddens Afton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Francis Wilson
Afton
Methodist Church
Afon
Clark Howard
H. {. Twyford
White Oak
Oskaloosa
Mr Wilson
Lizzie Riggs
Burlington
Elliott Wilson
Sandwich, IL
Millie Molby
Churavista
Calif
Moe Williams
Sharpsburg
Velma Siddens
Yw Afton
U C T Prizes Displayed for Style Show at McKinley Park
Prizes to be awarded at the United Commercial Travelers style show at McKinley Park Auditorium next Wednesday through Friday. Prizes are showcased in Kunath store windows with donations from Creston wholesale houses. Fred L. Luce says the event features live models in latest men and women's fashions, plus vaudeville music and a following dance each night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Park Auditorium
Kunath
Creston
Fred L. Luce
United Commercial Travelers
Pastor Returns From Vacation
Rev. George FE Mitchell and his mother Mrs. M H Mitchell returned from a month long vacation in western Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. They spent most of their time at Estes Park and traveled by automobile. Rev. Mitchell is pastor of the Congregational church.
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George FE. Mitchell
M. H. Mitchell
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Estes Park
Mitchell
Congregational Church
Public statement condemns organized crime influence in Philadelphia
An official declaration accuses a criminal network of enriching itself by millions through an unlawful scheme. It names gunmen and criminals marching through Philadelphia streets using deadly weapons, engaging in robbery, assault, murder and widespread bloodshed without fear of capture.
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State Board
William Hanson
Story City
Sax
John Coolidge
John
Secret Service
McKees
Iowa Fair
Anti-Smith
Police
Legger Alliance
Grand Jury
John Monaghan
Marsh, Weinberg and Company, Public Accountants
Kk. Fr. Wilson
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