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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1925
Page
3
Creston Daily Advertiser details its weekday publication schedule and staff credits. The snippet references Davenport and W A Roseberry publishers and notes AP affiliation while outlining republication rights and entry as second class matter in March 1924.
The passage argues that the younger generation will reshape society and inherit the world not loaned, urging wisdom and common sense over heroic ideals. It warns against overconfidence in current laws as future generations may discard them when hardship arrives.
Des Moines reports the purchase of 200 acres in Alla makee county near the Minnesota line for a state game fish hatchery at $8 an acre. J Cc McClune state auditor to recommend the plan after returning from the hatchery site. Iowa City Mason rally set for Nov 3 with Gov Hammill to address the gathering.
Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal industry, says Alabama Louisiana Arkansas Michigan join a blanket embargo on Texas livestock and farm products to block spread of foot and mouth disease. He defends slaughter eradication and cites international comparisons and historical outbreaks.
Lawrence Kansas September 22 Haskell Institute may claim the honor of being one hundred percent American The fall term opens with 1040 American Indian students from about eighty tribes from Key West to Ketchikan and Yakima to Yonkers Oklahoma leads in enrollment with 3383 students and Kansas second with 104 Sioux are the largest single group at 119 members The Cherokee and Ponca tribes are also well represented
Music notes reveal Creeton Choral Club planning a major Elijah production with rehearsals resuming after summer. Chas A Hayden to conduct, Evelyn Heessel to play, and E L Carroll and Geo Newcomb to assist. Public date hoped for early winter.
The Washington and Meridian streets intersection in downtown Indianapolis will be called the cross roads of the nation. The two main routes, the National Old Trail road and the Dixie Highway, intersect at this corner, linking Atlantic to Pacific and north to south routes. E W Stein hart, head of the Hoosier State Automobile association, spearheaded the designation.
A pen point picture 25 by 40 inches of old Mon ticello on the Cowlitz river near Kelso Washington completed by D W Bowman of Echo Oregon after five months. The image uses only pen point dots with tens of thousands of points to render the scene. It depicts the Pries house where the first convention for Washington territory petitioning separation from Oregon was held and two granaries loading grain onto ocean schooners.
A cloudburst near Tonopah Nevada washed soil away from L L Loony’s land exposing a mineral vein. At 20 feet depth the ore assay reached eighty dollars per ton, and Loony began loading a car for the smelter.
Lou Morgans, head of the Iowa Census Bureau, calls for a new state census office with an independent field force paid by names counted. He cites inadequate funding and cooperation from tax assessors as key flaws while promising a richer, more detailed report than the federal census, including education data and industrial and agricultural details.
In Chicago on September 21, Harry J. Lane treasurer of the Orchestra Hall association feeds pigeons in Grant Park on Michigan Avenue. He spends about 150 dollars a year on peanuts and uses a small knife to cut entangled lines and perform minor care for birds seen daily along the busy route. Lane travels widely feeding pigeons in parks, filling gaps when park caretakers are away and is known for his patient, skillful care.
Paris fashion officials say women's shapes remain slim this winter with backs of dresses trimmed opposite last season. Embroidered backs, delicate mittens crafted in thread or silk with gold thread and small stones appear. A separate note covers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle defining a ghost and reports from the International Spiritualist congress.
Motion pictures are helping army officers at Ft. Riley Kansas to diagnose and correct defects in cavalry equipment and techniques. The program uses film to show practical demonstrations and train officers in handling horses saddles and weapons.
The Fort Riley cavalry school trains officers to become better horsemen this month. A picture is filmed of each student and mount as they jump hurdles and perform exercises. Later a student watches his own performance on screen as crime waves spread and references to Hoover and Niagara arise amid Chicago’s issues with Lake Michigan.
Mrs Agnes Wignall of Taleville credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief after childbirth and postpartum complications. She says it helped with bladder inflammation and dis placement and uses it as a tonic when feeling run down. The testimonial notes the product is sold by druggists everywhere.
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