Coe Ethnic Fair Ties Bicentennial and 125th Anniversary
Coe College launches a fall humanities emphasis tied to the American Bicentennial and the college’s 125th anniversary. The Ethnic Fair September 26-28 in a campus tent will spotlight Eastern Iowa groups with music, dance, art, foods and exhibits, amid NEH-supported programs to bring humanities to the Cedar Rapids community.
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Coe College
Coe
Iowa
National Endowment For the Humanities
NEH
Humanities Center
Salter House
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Edmund Burke
Midwest
John Murray
Murray
Burke
Pat Moehlmann
New England Slavery Trade Tied To Global Triangles
The colonial era slave trade followed a three stop pattern. Fish and lumber went to the West Indies for sugar and molasses, sent to New England distilleries to produce rum, then shipped to Africa to trade for enslaved people sold in American ports. The trade supported Yankee fortunes despite Puritan disapproval.
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West Indies
New England
Africa
New
Camp Good Health Memory Fragments and Local Notices
Fragmented local notices mention in memory tributes for C W Kuning Paul Becker and Harry Durham. Personal dedications come from multiple families including William Valentine and the Demuth, Studt, Fitzgerald, Becker, and Kadlee clans. Additional lines reference Cedar Rapids baseball and civic groups.
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Eastside Kiwanis Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford
Cesseo
Cedar Rapids
William Valentine
C.W. Kuning
Les PR
Waverly
Lawrence Studt
Mr. Vernon
Harry Durham
Aciusitinn
Treatment for Prader-Willi Sufferers at Iowa
Iowa City report notes Prader-Willi syndrome causes overpowering hunger and risky eating. Dr. Hans Zellweger of the University of Iowa cites about 20 affected Iowa children over the past decade, with varied treatments including successful gastric bypass in some cases.
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Iowa City
Associated Press
University of Washington Child Development and
Zellweger
Registration Thursday at High Schools
Jefferson Kennedy and Washington high schools hold fall trimester registration Thursday with notices sent to students. A $5 towel and locker fee is due at registration, plus a $10 activity ticket for the year covering all school athletic and fine arts events and reduced prices at other schools. Washington sophomores have orientation Monday and Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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Jefferson
Kennedy
Washington
World War II carriers scrapped at New Jersey yard
In Kearny New Jersey huge warships once vital to Pacific operations are hacked into scrap. Among the vessels torn down are the Essex Randolph Enterprise Boxer Wasp and Antietam along with battleships South Dakota Washington the Alaska cruiser Juneau and submarine Finan tail. A River Terminal Development Co safety director says dismantling a big ship takes about a year.
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Kearny
N.J
America
Jim Swenson
River Terminal Development Co
Swenson
Essex
Randolph
Hackensack River
Jersey City
Essex and
Pacific
Enterprise
Admiral Halsey
Boxer
Wasp
South Dakota
Washington
Alaska
Juneau
Fintail
4 H Teen Workshop Kitchen Survival at Olivet Church
A two day 4 H teen workshop titled Kitchen Survival will run Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Olivet Presbyterian Church 237 Tenth Street NW. The program includes demonstrations a speaker on human development and baking bread. For information and pre registration call Linn County Extension Service 366 2411.
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Olivet Presbyterian Church
Tenth Street NW
Linn County Extension Service
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Coe Ethnic Fair
James Farrell
My Antonia
Willa Cather
Ole Rolvaag
Cora
Ellen Suchor
Richard Wright
Freka Freikema
Triangle
U. of
Prader-Willi
Teeter
1St Avenue S.E
Holley’s ‘Shop
Tempts
Pierson
Flowershop
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
16Th Ave. S.W
Teen Workshop
Kalton
Robert Fulton
Perpetual Building Association
P. S. Robertson
Fulton
Second Ave
S.E
Lindale Plaza
E. Washington
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