Cedar Rapids Gazette subscription rates and distribution notes
The notice lists subscription prices by region and duration for Iowa and nearby states, including 1 year six months and three month options, with weekly seven-issue values. It also shows carrier delivery details in Cedar Rapids and Marion with a per week rate.
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MAI
Iowa
Borderine
Tawa
Hitness
Aminnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Wage-and-hour bill seen as costly and confusing
The piece criticizes the wage and hour proposal as a flawed plan that would raise costs, swell government payrolls, and disrupt industrial relations. It argues Congress lacks time to study the measure and urges deferring action to next year.
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Supreme Court Tb
Bianes
Ucal
Congress
Tennessee utilities panel approves steam plant near Nashville
The Tennessee Public Utilities Commission on Saturday ruled to allow Tennessee Electric Power to build a 2 million dollar steam generating plant in Nashville, despite TVA price concerns. The majority said large high efficiency units could lower electricity costs, potentially challenging TVA terms and altering regional power dynamics.
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Tennessee Public Utilities Commission
Tennessee Electric Power Company
TVAS
Nashville
TVA
United States
Pushing Their Luck and a Race Trial Spectacle
The piece criticizes a group of four Black defendants for flaunting their intelligence in public at a Harlem stage trial, arguing their actions mock racial prejudice more than seek justice. Samuel Leibowitz, renowned New York attorney, is noted for saving them, while Geo and backers are portrayed as resisting prejudice rather than seeking outcomes.
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Harlem
Peter
Samuel Leibowitz
New York
Negroes. By Flouting Tier ‘Litary
Surprising Difficulty Convincing Advised Boys
The report notes that despite strong recommendations the group of unliaceral boys remains unconvinced about the quality of Ins advice and shows surprising resistance to guidance. It highlights skepticism and differing opinions among the youths involved.
Fragmented medical jargon referenced in aged text
Disjointed OCR style passage mentions various drugs and procedures with unclear terms and garbled phrases. It references para ami do not and British Pus rescitut and mentions Joe Di Voss amid a jumble of names, places, and numbers without coherent context or clear events.
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Gove
Natal
Cate Oat
Fentur
Tadin
Joe di Voss
The Crock on the Mantel and the Crumbling Family
A fragmented essay discusses Bill Jones, a once generous yet flawed breadwinner, whose shift from sharing money to hoarding it fractures his family. The crock on the mantel becomes a symbol of supposed benevolence, while insults at dinner reveal fading respect and strain within domestic life. The piece drifts into cultural critiques on war, politics, and generational change, contrasting old attitudes with modern cynicism.
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B& Jones
Bill
New York Cafes Grow Complex Amid Dining Boom
A crowded West 52d Street block of eateries signals a shift toward restaurant dining as Broadway profits wane. The piece notes crowded, varied venues, entertainment and novelty acts drawing patrons, while new clubs and celebrities fuel a vibrant, perilous urban food and nightlife scene.
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New York
West 52d Street
Broadway
Upper East Side
Sherman Billingsley
No. 21
Cafe Competition Becomes Complex In Ruff Times
An 1937 fragment notes Dennis NM, America's noted dog etcher, exhibiting yearly at a South Avenue gallery and sought by prize winners to immortalize their pets. It also recalls Billy Seeman, once Billy Haver’s bachelor host, a Mayor Walker ally, with Broadway names at his penthouse and steady work the next day.
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NM Organ
Dennis
America
Sth Avenue
Fey
Billy Seeman
Phyllis Haver
Broadway
Mayor Walker
Seeman
Paul Whiteman
George Gershwin
10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette
The column lists moves and events with names such as Mr and Mrs F C Plumb leaving for Sacramento Calif and O L Kline a Jefferson lawyer moving to Cedar Rapids. Arthur Axmear named second deputy clerk of the district court and Brigadier General Hubert A Allen from Cedar Rapids appointed to command the Sixty seventh National Guard brigade at Fort Deming N M. Bedford Lattner sustained deep cuts on his head in an unusual incident.
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F. C. Plumb
Sacramento
Califol
Kline
Jefferson
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Axmear
Ed Sheffie
Hubert A. Allen
National Guard
Federal Army
Fort Deming
Bedford Lattner
Accident Causes Rim Blast Hitting Man’s Head
An accident occurred during tire removal from a rim when air was not released, causing an explosion that blew the rim outward and struck a man in the head. Miss Theresa Prosser returns from Middlebury College Vermont where she studied modern languages. Miss Dorothy Nunn of the public library staff spends vacation at her Boston home. Day was 3.
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Theresa Prosser
Middlebury College
Vermont
Dorothy Nunn
Public Library
Boston
Judge Rothrock Reports From Western Trip
Judge James H. Rothrock has returned from a western trip. Post Office Inspector Alex Charles leaves for his district in central Illinois after a vacation at home. Mr. and Mrs J. N. Lobenstein and daughter have come back from an eastern trip. S W Finger, former University of Chicago fullback, is named head of physical education at Cornell college and will coach this fall. Day was 87.
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James H. Rothrock
S W. Finger
University of Chicago
Department of Physical Education
Cornell College
Alex Charles
Iinois
J. N. Lobenstein
Reverend Tweedle Handles Choir for Troubled Plunger
A small town preacher known for diplomacy invites a reluctant singing plumber to join the choir to ease a parishioner’s complaint. The anecdote highlights equal treatment of all parishioners and a tactful resolution.
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Rev. Tweedle
Tweedle
Copsricht
Artful Dodger and Modest Girl Win Adoration
A playful contrast shows a clever man charmed by a modest woman Sally. The piece pairs a humorous note on charm with advice from a Miss Manners column urging a woman to boost dignity, persevere, and sustain a hopeful recovery through shared resolve.
Back on Your Feet Soon Good Luck Message
The note wishes someone a speedy return to health and offers encouragement and good luck as they recover.
Message of encouragement after a breakup
The speaker urges Big Boy to accept inexperience as a factor and to stay hopeful. They assure him the past relationship caused misery but promise future companionship with another girl who will reveal the flaws of the current one.
This Day Birthday Forecast Promises Prosperity and Happiness
This day is described as auspicious under planetary influences, foretelling progress and joy with minimal employment troubles. It predicts a year of paramount progress, happiness, distinction, prosperity, and rising popularity for those with birthdays, suggesting a favorable life path ahead.
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Cedar Rapids cement paving bid notice and executor appointment
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for seven inch reinforced concrete paving on H Avenue Northwest from Ellis Boulevard to Tenth Street with expansion joints and center metal stripping. Bids due September 2, 1937 at 10 am. security and bid conditions apply. Also notice of appointment of Jesse Anderson as executor of William Olyphant estate in Linn County Iowa with payment and claims instructions.
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Crete
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Aald City
Asia
Cerar Raptis
Diinn County
Ellis Boulesvard
Tenth Street
Storey
State of
Kina
William Oliphant
Linn County
Iowa
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