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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1935
Page
13
A 1930s style guide advises parents to favor science oriented and peaceful toys for children. It describes best bets by age including building sets, motion picture toys, and crafts for older kids while promoting nonviolent play with G-men, blocks, dolls, and terrariums.
A New York service report surveys Christmas gifts from exotic delicacies to fine cheeses. Boxes of kangaroo tails, shark fin soups, and birds nest appear alongside honey varieties from Syria and Dalmatia. Also offered are sausages, boars heads, reindeer meat balls, and teas. Gift hampers include Wiltshire bacon, English ham, chutneys, and New Year assortments with cheeses in many languages.
A catalogue of edible gift ideas including Stilton from Leicestershire heritage, white wire cheese holders, and varied cheeses in decorative containers. Also features hors doeuvres pairings, cheese flavored popcorn, crackers, smoked hams, nuts, shrimp jars, pastry boxes, cheese sticks, and festive fruit cakes with crystallized fruit assortments.
A catalog notes preserved fruits in brandy grenadine or champagne alongside international cakes. Short bread in a gay box with Scotch lakes, Vienna tree cake with chocolate, English plum puddings with Dickens characters, and Vienna gingerbread shaped as hearts and Santa Clauses highlight diverse seasonal selections.
The final week of the Cedar Rapids Little Gallery exhibit spotlights works by Grant Wood Everett Jeffrey and Arnold Pyle among others. Pieces include Woman With Plants and South Side Siesta by Jack Van Dyk Portrait of Ruth by Everett Jeffrey Freaks by Marvin Cone and Snow Fence by Harry Jones, praised for color handling and expressive vigor.
Mort H. Singer, operator of the Iowa theater, completes arrangements for a new RCA Photophone High Fidelity sound system. The unit matches setups in Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, promising natural, intelligible sound beyond earlier theater equipment.
Washington county farmers sold 79 000 hogs in the 1935 fiscal year for about the same total money as 110 000 hogs in 1934. Paul Moore of Moore Packets reports $1 500 000 paid for hogs at Washington for the year ended November 1 1935. Market top near 12 dollars per hundredweight in August. hogs heavier and in better condition this year. Estimated total value of hogs marketed in Washington county last year about $2 500 000.
Air valves govern venting in steam vacuum or hot water systems. Replacing inefficient valves improves radiator heat delivery by ensuring free venting and preventing cooling from sticking floats. Contractors can apply a cleaning preparation to remove grease and sediment blocking internal passages.
Stanwood farmer Ralph Wilson sold a 1480 pound steer at Chicago Monday, commanding 14 dollars per hundredweight, the day’s top price reported. The sale highlights a strong market showing for forage cattle in the region.
New versions of intimate gifts for Christmas are shown in glamorous styles. Underwear, gloves, bags, stockings, compacts, and jewelry are redesigned with stitched details, brown leathers, and monochrome tones. Monograms personalize items. consider blue satin nightgowns with matching initials and water-light fabrics. Hostess gowns, furs, perfume, and jewelry offer luxury, while practical cases and accessories add everyday value. orchids remain a gift option if needed.
Poor sidewalks detract from property value and appeal by being muddy and slippery. Uneven walks cause falls and wear footwear. mud tracks into homes. Durable walks can be funded through private lenders under the federal housing administration modernization credit plan, boosting property value and beauty.
The daily question of who shall get into the bathroom first has been a source of heated argument in American families for years. This cause of friction can be removed, however, now that extra bathrooms can be built easily and inexpensively by nailing sheets of asbestos wainscoting over the old walls of whatever space is available. A spare closet can be converted into an extra bath, or one can be built in a section partitioned off from a bedroom. By installing the new bath next to the old one, or in a line with it, one can keep plumbing costs down, as the same pipes can be used for both.
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