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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
7
About 18000 admission tickets for Kids Day at Hawkeye Downs were handed to local grocers for free distribution to children. Kids Day is Monday August 12, with Flash Williams headlining a thrill show. Grandstand admission for under 15 is ten cents. all rides cost five cents for children.
Free admission to the fair grounds on August 12 is available to children under 15 at most Cedar Rapids grocery stores. The dealers association offers the pass without charge or obligation and notes the free exhibits and other attractions.
An Eastern health expert notes weight loss progress from 183 pounds to 165 pounds since January 1940, urges readers to save for new clothes after shrinking, and recommends a sane diet with gradual loss of two to three pounds weekly plus vitamins. He cites a 65 inch tall man at forty should weigh 150 and warns about life expectancy tied to waist over chest measurements.
A reader asks about turning adults into daily health routines and aging past fifty. The reply uses sharp humor about brittle arteries and nervous attempts at acrobatics. Readers are invited to request pamphlets by enclosing stamped envelopes for Eyes and other monographs.
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