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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1939

Page

35

Umbrellas Rise From Parasol Past In April Trend

The column explores umbrella fashion and function, noting sixteen rib plavi sheds with wood shanks and surrealist heart handles. It cites English statesmen, Prohibition-era imagery, and a Cedar Rapids market readiness as spring rains approach.

Mr. Volstead Prohibition Cedar Rapids Sam Simonson Chicago Sam

Cornell Symphony Orchestra Concert at Mt Vernon Chapel

The Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform Friday evening in the Mt Vernon chapel for audition guests and the public. High school students from local orchestras and bands are invited to attend.

Mount Vernon Cornell Symphony Orchestra

Theory Body Needs Spring Overhauling

A reminiscence critiques patent medicines and the myth of Indian remedies in the 1939 copyright piece. The narrator recalls a Minnesota sourced medicine wagon, calomel as cure all, and belief in Indian doctors, calling fakery and quackery behind marketing.

Minnesota

UT dental student breaks dollar bet eating one srasch

Just a Piker in Memphis reports University of Tennessee dental student Joe Battle won a dollar bet on Saturday by eating a single srasch onver. The item details are unclear but the feat set a local record for odd eating challenges.

Toodle Lama Mr. Chamberlain Memphis, Tenn Joe Battle University of Tennessee Dental School

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