Stamp Book Recalls Charity Collection In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids library hosts Alvin F. Harlow’s Paper Chase which traces stamp collecting’s history. The volume recounts 19th century campaigns to raise funds via stamps and covers, noting famous collectors, firms, and the value of cancellations and personalized postmarks.
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Cedar Rapids
Jean Witmer
Alvin F. Harlow
Henry Holt and Company
Cedar Rapids Public
Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Des Moines News
Walker News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
College
Martin Steffan
Memphis
United States Postal Department
Veteran 36 joins army third time in Canada
John Frenchy Bestor a 36 year old private in the Westminster regiment M G Canadian active service force is a World War veteran with five years in the foreign legion in Algeria and Morocco. He speaks nine languages and earned Croix de Guerre with palm Medal Militaire Moroccan and Blessi. He fought with French forces Arras and led a daring rescue earning the Medal Militaire. He now serves in British Columbia after moving from Quebec and South America.
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Vancouver
B. C
John “Frenchy
Bestor
Westminster Regiment
M.G
Algeria
French Morocco
Foreign Legion
Morocco
France
Quebec
Arras
Army of Occupation
Oran
Abd-el Krim
Reunion
South America
British Columbia
Australia
Chilliwack
Mind Worry May Fade With Future Science
Yale psychologist Dr. J P Fulton says humans and monkeys worry, but frontal lobe surgery in a chimpanzee stopped its fretting. He notes worry is part of learning yet future science may diagnose and reduce it while contrasting modern weight gain with armor-bound knights.
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Seattle
Wash
J. P. Fulton
Yale University
Fulton
Troubled Times for World Map Makers in 1939
Rand, McNally chief cartographer Claude Van Horton notes map makers must record about 300 000 miles of new or resurfaced roads in 1939. State maps undergo 250 major changes yearly with about 5 000 minor updates. 200 research staff track paving, bridges, toll points, underpass heights, and police station numbers across 48 capitals and major cities.
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Chicago
Ill
Hitler
United States
Claude van Horton
Rand, McNally & Co
van Horton
Ghost store in Forestville holds 50 year old stock
In Forestville a ghost store remains stocked with pre war wares and Civil War era gear. Felix Meighen opened Minnesota’s first general store in 1853 and his son Thomas locked it in 1910 with the stock intact. The shop now sits as a dusty time capsule.
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Rochester, Minn
Forestville
Minnesota
Felix Meighen
Thomas Meighen
Felix
First National Bank
Preston
Modern College Girl Seeks Early Marriage
Dean Harriet M Allyn told the National Association of Deans of Women that modern college girls aim to marry soon after graduation, but Mount Holyoke statistics show only about 50 to 60 percent of alumnae have ever married, a figure unchanged in recent years.
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ST. Louis
Harriet M Allyn
National Association of Deans of Women
Dean Allyn
Mount Holyoke
Will creates quandary over odd Cherokee county will
In Murphy North Carolina residents dispute a will that leaves part of the estate to God. A suit naming God as a party was filed and the sheriff reports God cannot be found in Cherokee county after due search.
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Murphy
N. C
Cherokee County
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Toman
Florist
Third Avenue
RIAL
Georgia Choteborsky
Champlin Hatchery
Champlin
E Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Leonard C. Winch
Siebke & Taylor
Quality Criterion
Siebke & Taylor's
Second Avenue SE
Gazette
Keokuk Constitution- Democrat
Earlville Phoenix
ARMY
KR. L. Batchelder
Alburnett
Jaws
Sherwin Willams
Sherwin-Williams Co
Third Avenue SE
Dial
Imelda C. Morzan
First Avenue NW
Penney's
Erage
Penney’s
Penney’s Penney Company Incorporated
Hope Lenore Richardson
New Process
Zoric
Marion
Third Street
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!