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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1940

Page

16

Classified Ads and Real Estate Listings Mixed Broadly

A chaotic collage of ads covers business ventures real estate rentals and sales and employment opportunities. Items include partnerships wanted nursery stock acquisitions rooming houses furnished rentals and multiple real estate listings with prices locations and agent references. The text also references political notes about Iowa elections and state officials.

Gazette Grocery & Meat BUSINESS _EXCHANGE Remington Remington Mfg CO Delmar St. Louis Bolton & Co Bolton White's Business Exchange Walker Cox Olds Iowa Stanwood Wisehart Tavern Clarenden Hills Crntin Park Dotson 1St Ave Earace 10Th Ave Rockford Ave Ralph Chiverton 16Th Ave Prochaska Realty Co Joseph Ulch E. Collard East Side Country Club Heights Colo Miah Ho Land 4Th St Geo. P. Witwer Bath 16Th St Johnson and Franklin Dist First Ave Beacom Marlon Toms

Death Penalty Sparks Iowa Court Split Over Rhodes Case

A report on Governor Wilson and the Walter Rhodes death penalty case notes deep concerns among court members. The Iowa Supreme Court divided over whether Rhodes had a fair trial, with six justices ruling against it at first and six later upholding the sentence after personnel changes. A private remark questions sending the case back to Iowa City for a new trial.

Joan H Chapman EL Moines Wilson Walter Rhodes State Supreme Court Iowa City The Jurists Company

Girls win Fayette and Clayton County spelling contests

Eileen Martin, 11, won the Fayette county spelling contest, defeating 15 year old Ralph Wooster. Eileen, an eighth grade pupil in West Union, takes the top honor while Ralph attends Dover No 9.

Fayette and Clayton County the Gazette West Union Eileen Martin Fayette County Downing Ralph Wooster Eileen Ralph Dover No 9

Edgewood eighth grader wins Clayton county spelling contest

Mary Barzer of Edgewood won the Clayton county spelling contest by correctly spelling chisel. Thelma Christanson of Monona faltered on the final word, while Marx’s final word was grievous.

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Iowa Through the Years by Cyrenus Cole

The State Historical Society of Iowa releases Iowa Through the Years by the late Cyrenus Cole. Foreword notes his death in 1939 gives new meaning to his farewell to Iowa history. The book covers Iowa from Joliet and Marquette to the 1938 election, with human-interest chapters on Indians, early transport, and the horseless buggy race in Cedar Rapids.

Wanda Montz Iowa Cyrenus Cole State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa City Benj F. Shambaugh Society Gines Mr Cole Joliet Marquette Iowa River John Brown Mr. Cole Davenport William G Haskell Cedar Rapids Wiliam G Dows Cuba Pdows Haskell Colonel Dows Fairfan District State of Marion County

Republican Elected to Congress with Noted Iowa Works

The Republican was ultimately elected to Congress. His books include A History of the People of Iowa I Remem ber I Remember and I Am A Man The Indian Black Hawk.

Congress Iowa

Waterloo Woman's Club earns top rating in university play fest

Waterloo Woman's Club won the sole superior rating in class B of the University of Iowa play production festival for the production The Conflict. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City clubs also received excellent ratings. Iowa City earned the only superior in class C with A Cup of Sugar. Honorable mentions highlighted several performers.

Itowa City Waterloo Woman's Club University of Iowa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Woman's Club Iowa City Woman's Club Cedar Rapids Carnhusk Iowa City John T Hecker Rosalie Braverman L. Richard Craig Kennedy Hecker Margaret Taylor Walter Stone Jane Vincent Council Bluffs Studio Players L. C Jones Jessie A Seger Iowa Cits

Finnish monastery head arrested for espionage in Petsamo

Reports from Riga Saturday night say the head of a Finnish monastery in Petsamo was arrested by Soviet officials on charges of espionage and actions against Soviet interests. The Queen Mary liner kitchen yielded 200 100 pieces of crockery and 100000 heme of tableware.

Copenhagen INS Riga Petsamo

Farm equipment and livestock offered in Cedar Rapids ad

Cedar Rapids classified item list shows Farmall and John Deere tractors with cultivators, disc harrows, plows, used pickups, trucks, harness and animal stock including Holstein and Guernsey cattle, horses, pigs, goats, and various farm supply listings. Advertised by Farmers Implement Co and Sears Roebuck Farm Store with multiple location references and contact numbers.

Oliver Happel & Sons Cedar Rapids Lowa John Deere Sitehfield Farmers Implement CO John Deere Store Rapids Center Point Keystone Tipton Monticello Williamshire Elkader Manchester Soland Sanitary Soland Sanitary Rendering Companox 226, Cedar Rapids. 1 € Towa Dept of Aar Li Gazette Goodrich Severe 2Nd Ave Leo Kelly Co Blairstown Marengo Belle Plaine Holstein and Guernsey Oak Marion Blvd W. BR. Stevens 110Th St Marion Berkshires Albee. E Midway John Harness 16Th Ave E. A. Kriz & Son H. Burton 30Th St. Dr Jones Center Junction Marton Wm. Harris Quazaneton Allis Chalmers Tractor R. Rosencrans Wilson Ave Fordson Gader St. BE Scuathwaite Circle Drive

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