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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1925
Page
4
Roper left for Villisca to attend to business interests while Gerald C. Warner of Lisbon arrived to spend several days pursuing business matters.
A Sioux City pastor warns at the Town Lutheran conference against church factions and schisms citing modernist trends. He argues that replacing biblical authority with subjective religious experience erodes faith and jeopardizes salvation. He laments fading family worship and neglect of devout practices at home.
Rev. Mr. Olson urged a balanced spiritual life, warning against empty spirituality while stressing faith must be active in love. The session discussed the Turner Mission work and planned to reorganize and expand charitable and welfare efforts led by Hines and others.
Parades form a central feature of the American Legion convention in Omatia Neb. Events run Tues to Thurs with military displays, a German and Austrian material parade, a dog parade led by mutts, and others. Local veterans and citizens participate amid large crowds and planned festivities.
Decatur Arkansas September 29 The ancient bucket with iron bound staves from pre germ days is conserved as a historic outline while the old town well is adapted for modern sanitary use. The well once served dusty travelers now feeds a drinking fountain through a pipe from the water works.
Irish laborers occupy over 50,000 local authority cottages built since 1883 to house workers. Cork reports that cottages in rural districts cost 21 pence weekly. The Cork County Board of Health notes occupants now include milk vendors, railway workers, masons, carpenters, late collectors and teachers, instead of the intended poor agricultural laborers.
Yellowstone National Park report notes Old Faithful continues to erupt at about 87 minute intervals rather than 60, with seasonal changes causing slight delays. The superintendent says the geyser has never spouted better or more regularly this year.
Thayer High School reports officers elected and class meetings completed. The first preliminary examinations have been given and tests for the next week are planned. Basketball practice began with 20 reporting, several hard battles are noted, and practice suits were secured for the first squad. Physical education losses were organized this week and the work started earnestly.
Secretary Jardine endorses recommendations for a business conduct committee to curb speculation and price manipulation on the Chicago Board of Trade. The plan would require members to abstain from personal trading, broaden board oversight, and empower the committee to access grain futures data to ensure lawful market control.
The Free State has granted an annual subsidy to Abbey Theatre, praised by Finance Minister Wythe as supporting a national educational role. Senator Yeats and others note the theatre’s importance, while discussions touch on endowment contrasts with other English speaking countries and the theatre’s broader cultural impact.
The Crest Theatre will stage the season's unusual mystery The Unknown Purple with a matinee Thursday. Based on Ro and Wear's famed success, the play features a special cast led by Henry B. Walthall Alice Lake Stuart Holmes Ethel Grey Terry and Helen Ferguson among others. Each character is portrayed as a distinct type, with notable talent in every role.
Western Kansas has transformed from buffalo sod and dust to diversified farming. Last year 24 western counties produced over 56 million dollars in livestock and farm products, with land yielding about 26 million bushels for roughly 28 million dollars. Local men J F Schawb, J K Johnston, and M H Binegar visited for business.
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