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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
9
Albert Edward Wiggam argues science sets societal rights over individuals. He says immigrant families’ shame harms children, with a New York school song cited. He asserts dinner questions insult spouses yet surprising meals can uplift character. He asserts memos, used rightly, strengthen memory.
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The Gazette recalls incidents from decades past including injuries from a Muscatine auto crash involving Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mott of Cedar Rapids, a racing accident at the state fair in Springfield injuring Wilson Pingrey, and falls or trips causing injuries in Cedar Rapids. Other notes salute travel, health postings, and cultural customs such as Japanese reverence for flowers.
Trapper George Hayes, a Tooele county figure known as a demon slayer, faced execution by firing squad at dawn in the Utah state prison. A last minute reprieve by Gov Henry H. Blood delays the sentence for at least a month.
Mexican Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera told reporters that American oil companies whose properties were expropriated 17 months ago must take the next step toward settling the dispute with Mexico.
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