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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1936
Page
8
A quotation attributed to Sir Leslie Stephen argues that true influence comes from prompting individuals to think independently rather than instilling preformed judgments. It emphasizes autonomy and personal critical thinking.
A Cedar Rapids analyst links economic royalists to wealth invested in tax exempt securities. The piece argues the Roosevelt administration expanded tax exempt bonds and notes the shift in party support that impeded curbs a decade ago. It questions if the president will name such royalists and predicts discretion overall.
A couple argues about a clogged kitchen sink as a pipe bursts and water floods the floor. She insists on fixing it before work, he delays to finish a paper, and miscommunication escalates into a comic domestic mishap. The exchange highlights misused tools and a busted pipe.
A 1936 essay laments treachery as the basest crime, arguing loyalty underpins security and social order. It contrasts infidelity, political opportunism, and public hypocrisy, noting how betrayal harms spouses, comrades, and communities, while condemning hypocrisy and improper rhetoric.
A homeowner questions a repair worker about delaying essential plumbing work. The tradesman urges a phone call to schedule a plumber as the speaker rushes to work, highlighting a tense exchange.
Harry J. Klinger, president and general manager of a major auto firm, offers nine practical rules to 201 industrial institute graduates. The guidance urges learning to get along with people, patience, respect for others, thorough problem solving, empathy, democracy, loyalty, cheerfulness, and hard work. The piece notes the advice is familiar yet valuable when applied by real employers. It ends with a jab at Hopkins type relief efforts.
A Winsome column notes autographed plays by Charles G Norris and jingle lines from Carolyn Wells plus writes on Julian Street Amos n Andy and Cholly Knickerbocker. It praises Triboro Bridge as New Yorks top sight with clear guiding signs and $12000 daily tolls while surveying current jazz and music shows and a Ziegfeld highlight.
Music nostalgia and radio anecdotes recall Ruth Etting Nora Bayes and Shine On Harvest Moon plus Ells of era, with notes on street life, entertainers, and personalities like Marlene Dietrich Calloway Brisbane and Bowes. Reads like a collage of 1930s entertainment and cultural observations.
This piece argues that alcohol can suppress good judgment in drivers, contributing to hit and run incidents. It urges stricter public behavior at accident scenes, condemns ghouls who stare, and calls for better first aid training and dissemination of a correct resuscitation method via a book offering prone-pressure techniques by Sir E. A. Schafer.
A discussion on marriage and leisure activities cites golf and bridge as potential threats to happiness. It argues science prioritizes social order over individuals and suggests couples balance common bridge and golf to avoid being a golf or bridge widow or widower.
A readable booklet titled How to Improve Your Memory promises memory skills tested by modern science. It explains methods to remember names dates lessons and books and is offered as a service to readers in conjunction with Lets Explore Your Mind.
The passage suggests that while adults may mislead a child, siblings help him learn to stand up for himself and develop social traits and personality through interaction. It emphasizes self-assertion within family settings as a key aspect of growth.
Railway notice lists destinations including St Paul Chicago Sioux City Kansas City Excelsior Springs Ottumwa Liberal with similar low fares and fast Milwaukee Road trains. Cedar Rapids Ticket Office at 401 First Ave and agent C L Sherwood advertised.
Reader asks about baking soda for night leg cramps and alternatives like calcium lactate or gluconate. Answers warn against misused dinitrophenol and clarify the doctor’s death was not proven by vitamin D, noting excessive intake and lack of evidence. Also discusses a reader’s mother with varicose veins and aversion to vein obliteration by injection.
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