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Word: crestonman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...some time I have considered myself southwest Iowa's strongest booster for TIME but I fear my boostings will be unfavorably received now by other Crestonians who noted TIME'S reference to "tiny Creston" in the otherwise splendid article on Crestonman Lewis H. Brown of Johns-Manville [TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 17, 1939 | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

Creston's nearly 9,000 residents do not consider it "tiny." It's the second largest town in the entire southwestern quarter of Iowa (Council Bluffs the exception) and Crestonians are proud of its up-and-comingness. Crestonman Elmo Roper of FORTUNE Survey needs take no poll to know that. And you'll hear more about Creston if Crestonman Frank Phillips is successful in his present quest for a rich oil pool beneath the famous bluegrass (and corn) fields of this area. Creston even had three daily newspapers when Crestonman Gerald P. Nye was behind this very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 17, 1939 | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

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