This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
5
The Cedar Rapids Gazette amateur ad writing contest tightens as the final week begins. Readers have six days to submit at least one ad for each of 26 advertisers to qualify for three grand prizes totaling 350. Winners are announced weekly with 130 individual prizes and special prize entries.
The document presents a bank statement from Linn County Iowa with figures for assets including bonds, overdrafts, cash items, and total resources, and liabilities such as deposits and trust funds. Signatures of President Van Vechten Shaffer, Cashier Reginald B. Figne, and Asst. Cashier Frank S. Zanka accompany sworn affirmations and a notary public acknowledgment dated April.
A brief exhortation to study newspaper ads for ideas and potential slogans. It urges reading, evaluating, and even purchasing advertised goods to gain knowledge of products and craft effective advertising messages. The tone is promotional and instructive, urging engagement with the paper’s ads.
A New Process Laundry finishing unit irons interior and top collar edges for smooth wear, leaving space for neckties. The shop offers bachelor service repairs, with free button replacements, mending, and uniform pickup with prompt delivery.
The Peoples Savings bank offers loans to residents in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas. Applicants must be regularly employed with sufficient income to cover monthly payments. Loans help establish or improve bank credit.
In Paris Sumner Welles posed with French Premier Paul Reynaud as a map showing a reshaped Europe after an allied victory appeared in the background. White House and Welles declined comment on the photo, aligning with Roosevelt's warning to treat foreign propaganda with caution.
Chicago AP reports medical experts say the strange poses of frozen Soviet soldiers photographed in the Russo Finnish war are not caused by cold alone. They indicate death from other factors and describe the gruesome scenes.
A Journal of the American Medical Association piece explained that rapid freezing can cause instantaneous stiffening or cadaveric spasm in dying soldiers, addressing physician claims that unusual photographs defy physiology. The note closes with Rudyard Kipling's birthplace being Bombay, India.
An old advertisement touts Noxzema as a medicated dream that clears skin and reduces enlarged pores with mild astringents. It promises to soften coarse texture and heal externally caused blemishes and suggests using it as a night dream and powder base for twenty five trial yards at nineteen shillings.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.