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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1942
Page
15
A vintage classified notice promoting ad-taker services urges buyers to place Want Ads for selling businesses and to ask about a lower seven day cancellation privilege. It includes contact numbers and an appeal to mail or call today, amid numerous rental listings and property notices.
A fragmentary classified page shows real estate ads by Bolton and Conway. Listings mention houses with 4 to 6 rooms, full basements, and landscaped yards. References include phone numbers and box addresses. mentions include 1312 and 3070 numerals, and a preference for larger lots and owner for six room homes.
An OCR fragment advertises farm store offerings including manure spreaders and milking gear, with contact details and locations in Arden. It mentions masonry items, steel wheeled horse drawn implements, and a 000 bushels corn note, plus 5 acre farm tract and stock share under Box 366 Gapette.
Local notices show agricultural land and acreages for sale or inquiry. Listings reference Malcolm Bolton & Co and John B Finney, Realtors, with contact details and partial descriptions of properties including 120 acres and other parcels for sale or exchange.
Dean Preussner, tavern operator at Dundee in Delaware county, sues the town for 5000 damages in district court after a July 3 application for a class B beer permit was denied, with the town citing a permit already issued to Josey Noek who reportedly paid 150 for the permit though 100 is typical.
Des Moines gains over 3,000 new homes and an estimated population of 158,500 by chamber of commerce secretary John D. Adams, with the 1940 census listing 159,782 residents.
A midsummer project by the Santhepe Health Nursing association designs a clothespin quill hat. The camp sent 80 children this summer to build health, pack supplies, and support the program while it remains active since June 8.
In 1969 Italy bound Ric Myles, tutor at Oxford, and his wife Frances join a secret mission to locate a chief agent aiding anti Nazi escapes. They evade pursuers, split from a tailing car, and seek safe passage with Schulz in a tense inn setting as Frances is coerced into new disguises and plans to reach Italy by train. The scene blends espionage, danger, and cautious hospitality in a continent-wide pursuit.
IOWA CITY The 26 day old twins from New Vienna are at the University of Iowa hospital. Doctors describe their condition as satisfactory but not out of danger. An operation is contemplated, with care by medical staff in Dubuque and hospital teams assessing the best path forward for the sisters.
DES MOINES AP Four men here Saturday and Vertin L Swedhey entered to be considered for the position of new superintendent as no meeting date has been set for the board to decide.
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