Remedies For Sleepless Nights From Cedar Rapids Leaders
A Cedar Rapids piece details varied nondrug approaches to insomnia shared by twelve residents from a traffic chief to a librarian. Methods include deep breathing, warm baths, reading, coffee, and a bright chair light show, with advice from nurses and doctors on staying nourished and avoiding fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin E. Katterjohn
the Gazette
Katterjohn
Frank Hahn
Metta Burd
Linn County
American Red Cross
Atlantic Monthly
H. C. Dorrien
Dorrien
Java
Hahn
Burd
Frank S. Skinner
Marion
Linn
Alma Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Hartz
Joanna Hagey
Public Library
Morpheus
Soda Jerker School Shows Craft and New Creations
About 150 soda jerks and fountain owners attended the Russell Ice Cream company dealers convention at the Hotel Roosevelt to learn advanced mixing. Judges scored chocolate flavor, accuracy, and speed as contestants demonstrated precise syrup measures, whipped cream technique, and soda construction. New offerings included banana ice cream soda and a barbedue soda, with other novelties like a five cent orange sherbet drink and a frost-on-glass presentation attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Roosevelt
Russell Ice Cream Company
C. Esmond
G. P. Gundlach
George L. Newman
Cincinnati
Youth Held After Fatal Rock Island Street Collision
Ed ward L. Johnson a 72 year old Rock Island man was killed when struck by a car driven by Arthur Findley 17 held by police. Findley said he did not see Johnson crossing until it was too late and returned to the scene ten minutes later to tell officers it was his car. He is held for the coroner inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Edward L. Johnson
Arthur Findley
Findley
Johnson
Private Ownership of Oil Stations Profits Company
CHICAGO OP In order to escape the chain store tax in Iowa the Standard Oil company of Indiana began leasing company operated stations to individuals and found the change so beneficial to sales that it is extending the policy to other states President E G Seubert explained Enactment of further chain store legislation led to a pronounced alteration of the companys retail marketing policy For many years Standard Oil of Indiana has been building up a system of company owned and controlled stations the chain
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
E. G. Seubert
Standard Oil of
Iowa Store Tax Forces Shift to Independent Dealers
A company reports Iowa store tax made continued operation unprofitable and led to a move away from company-owned stations. Leasing arrangements increased product distribution at stations run by independents, with the firm acting as lessor wholesaler supplier and adviser rather than employer.
Acting Head Of Venezuela Elected President
General Eleazar Lopez Contreras, who had served as acting head since Gomez’s death, was chosen president for a seven year term by a special congress session. He was a former minister of war and the most popular Gomez regime figure.
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Caracas
Venezuela
INS
Eleazar Lopez Contreras
Juan Vicente Gomez
Congress
Lopez Contreras
Gomez
Inquest Planned Into Wheaton Man's Chicago Death
The inquest into Arthur Hewitt's death will be reopened early next week in Chicago. Assistant state's attorney Charles S. Daugherty said after questioning Mrs. Jean Scott 28 alias Jewel Cortez who had been Hewitt's companion for several hours before his death in a southside building areaway. She denied any involvement in the contractor's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Hewitt
Wheaton
Charles S. Daugherty
Jean Scott
Jerry” Cortez
Scott
Hewitt
Detroit
Formal Alpha Delta Alpha Dinner Dance at Coe College
Alpha Delta Alpha at Coe College held a dinner dance in the Crystal room of the Montrose hotel Saturday night. Attendees included faculty guests Prof. and Mrs. Ogburn and Prof. and Mrs. Yothers, with committee members Robert Nelson Donald Rundquist and Le Roy McLeod. Special guests Keith Tow Warren Buchan and Mrs Buchan attended, along with numerous fraternity guests and attendees listed among Miss Ruth Munden Georgianne Ryan Maxine Sharpe Helen Ruth Becker and others.
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Alpha Delta Alpha
Coe College
Crystal
Montrose Hotel
Vincent H. Ogburn
J. F. Yothers
Robert Nelson
Donald Rundquist
LeRoy McLeod
Keith Tow
Warren Buchan
Buchan
Fraternity
Ruth Munden
Georgianne Ryan
Maxine Sharpe
Helen Ruth Becker
Marjorie McCrillus
Helen McManes
Henrietta Tillson
Ruth Trunkey
Carmen Grennan
Betty Kline
Lenora Pyle
Anne Dusek
Geraldine Guan
Eugenia Kelley
Jeanne Thada
Dorothy Blodgett
Catherine Cooper
Leila McDermott
Lois Lanning
Agnes Cota
Zoe Burge
Mari Ann Huebsch
Helen Wade
Ruby Knaupp
Courthouse Parade Finds Quintuplet Hampshire Pig
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon used a Walter Winchell expression to report a Hampshire hog mystery near Palo. A missing hog led to a larger find when a search party uncovered five hogs including a sow and her four piglets under a culvert bridge.
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Larry Condon
Walter Winchell
Palo
Hampshire
Mama
Hillbilly pays for drink with axe handle at crossroads store
County Recorder Dempsy Jones recounts a tale from Kentucky about a hillbilly who hurled an axe handle on the counter to pay for a drink of mountain er. The store keeper returned the favor with the drink and a hammer handle as change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempsy Jones
Old
Kentucky
Cross Roads
Dempsy
Beheaded Petition Sparks Reader Caution in 1889 Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Gazette souvenir book from December 31, 1889, lists attorney business cards including Milo P. Smith who would become Judge Smith. Ray Coutts recalls a high school boy circulating a petition asking signers beheaded, with over 200 signatures obtained without reading the plea, illustrating dangers of signing without reading instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Coutts
Cedar Rapids
Milo P. Smith
Law Firm Names and Attorneys Featured in Local Court Scene
Nathaniel M. Hubbard and Frank F. Dawley are remembered as district judges forming a law firm. Other partnerships include Powell and Harman John J. Powell and Warren Harman Mills and Keeler Mason P. Mills and Charles B. Keeler Rickel and Crocker Henry Rickel and E. H. Crocker Individual attorneys listed include C. A. Clark C. J. Deacon and A. C. Blake W. L. Crissman of Cooper and Crissman remains an active attorney. A court shorthand rumor notes a reporter who joked about writing shorthand after asking Can you write shorthand.
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Nathaniel M. Hubbard
Frank F. Dawley
Powell and Harman
John J. Powell
Warren Harman
Mills and Keeler
Mason P. Mills
Charles B. Keeler
Rickel and Crocker
Henry Rickel
E. H. Crocker
C. A. Clark
C. J. Deacon
A. C. Blake
W. L. Crissman
Firm of
Cooper and Crissman
Reporter Questions Conventions And Confidence Clash
A reporter debates coverage rules with a stranger at a convention. The caller questions reporting accuracy while the voice asserts preference for a competent worker who can do the job. The exchange hints at tensions over representation and reliability in press conventions.
Rural pupil offers new angle on water power in white coal theory
A Linn county rural pupil claims Switzerland has white coal because it comes from trees, while another student suggests that good reading requires brushing teeth an erect posture and a good disposition.
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Linn County
Switzerland
United States to Join Great Lakes Exposition
President Roosevelt signed an act authorizing US participation in the Great Lakes exposition to be held in Ohio this year. The act allows the President to invite Canada to join in the celebration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Ohio
Canada
Slimming Frocks Parade for Matrons in Pattern Ads
Readers are offered Anne Adams patterns 2686 and 2643 with slim line frocks for matrons, featuring jabots, yoke sleeves, and pleated skirts. Sizes span 16 to 44. fabric yardage and prices listed. Ordering information includes pattern book options and address in New York.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
New Books At Public Library
Public Library adds several new titles including European Cookbook for American Homes by Cora Rose and R C Brown. Also Cold Table by Helen De Guerry Simpson and Book of Modern Etiquette by Addis Durning. Other works cover home decoration Furnishings homemaking child care and art in America.
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Cora, Rose
R. C. Brown
Helen de Guerry Simpson
Helen Simpson
Addis Durning
Ross Stewart
John Gerald
A. H. Rutt
Northwestern University
Dorothea Myerson
Hugh L. Dwyer
University of Kansas
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
America
Holger Cahill
A. H. Barr
Storck Family Receives Stork Announcement From Storck Va
A letter mailed from Storck Virginia informs the Marion household of the birth of Patricia June England 8 pounds 3 ounces born April 18 to Mr. and Mrs Earl England of Van Metre Iowa. The sender, a stamp collector, arranged to have the notice mailed from Storck Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Storck
Marion
Storck
Patricia June
Earl England
van Metre
England
Storck, Va
Man Says Joy Lifted His Driving Into Dead End
Charles Singer aged 20 told Joliet police he drove into a dead end after leaving a date. He said he felt elated and driving on air when the incident occurred after proposing to the young woman. Rescue from Spring Creek followed the crash.
Couple's Social Life Dips as HusbandWorks Keeps Him Busy
A reader letter outlines a couple once popular at gatherings now sidelined due to the husband's WPA work and fatigue. They struggle with rent, fuel, and groceries for seven, seek advice on jobs and child needs, and hint at church support to help their children attend Sunday school.
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Miss Manners
WPA
Christian Church
Dear Miss Manners on Farm Life Pities and Pies
A reader writes about farm hardships contrasting city wealth myths. The letter explains slown down by poverty, salting hog meat, selling lard, and saving milk and cream to stretch scarce dollars while rejecting pity.
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Miss Manners
Roosevelt Signs Tobacco Measure
Washington reports President Roosevelt signs a measure authorizing states to negotiate an interstate compact for tobacco production control. The bill aims to replace the Kerr-Smith act after the AAA was struck down by the Supreme Court, following growers’ requests.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
Kerr-Smith Tobacco
Supreme Court
AAA
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Seubert
He Sai
Cee
Fred C. Henson
U. S
Great Lakes
Public
D. B. Storcks
Stork
Oriental Rugs
Killian
Geo. A. Nassif
Killian Co
Mary Manners
D’s
Mr. D
Jack
High Hat
Hardendorf
Third Avenue SE
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Luv
Bea
Anie
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