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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1935
Page
7
Cedar Rapids sponsors the eighth annual outdoor Christmas lighting contest by the playground commission and Iowa Electric Light and Power. Two home value divisions offer prizes of Noor Jamps and table lamps. judging will cover all neighborhoods with a focus on spreading Christmas cheer.
A 1938 feature explains synchronized electric clocks enabling nationwide timekeeping via a master clock and generator regulation. It shifts to health guidance on posture, seating, lordosis, corsets, and heels, critiquing school desks and advocating adjustable furniture and physical education for girls.
Medford Oregon report says Ding, a dog owned by Charles Austin, Evans Creek, killed twelve rattlesnakes without injury to itself. A thirteenth snake bit the dog on a foreleg before it was killed. Austin applied a tourniquet, opened the wound, and drew out the fang, likely saving the dog's life.
Dr C Ulysses Moore explains four posture grades from excellent to bad and stresses that posture reflects health. He warns against high heels for growing children, suggests proper sitting, standing, and foot positions, and links nutrition, especially dairy, to strong posture. Astigmatism and vision care are noted as factors in posture.
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