Subscriptions and rates for Cedar Rapids news service
Subscriptions priced by duration and region. In Iowa and nearby states the seven issues weekly rate is 5.00 yearly 8.50 with regional and foreign options. Carrier delivery in Cedar Rapids and Marion listed per week and per year with varying rates.
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Economy as a Source of Revenue Says Seneca
A quotation attributed to Seneca proclaims the economy itself yields wealth. It frames fiscal prudence as a generator of prosperity rather than mere restraint.
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Seneca
Government Relief Demands Hit Homeowners Loan Bonds
The article argues that some HOLA loan borrowers seek relief through Congress while lenders insist borrowers comply with mortgage terms. It warns that relying on contract modification via legislation reshapes private and public finance and notes limited naval disarmament progress in 1935.
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation
Baltimore Sun
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Census Age Verification Sparks Pension Reform Debate
A discussion in the Times analyzes the impact of age testimony on pension eligibility. It notes the 1930 census showing many over sixty were foreign born and discusses the ease of misreporting ages, urging tightening safeguards to prevent fraud while highlighting the burden on rural birth records.
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Penoen
Negins
Questioning Justice and Society in a Moral Parable
A reflective meditation contrasts scientific omniscience with humane responsibility toward imperfect beings. It asks whether power should protect the vulnerable and how laws, justice, and public policy intersect with compassion, including critiques of politics and economic evils.
Townsend plan subsidy risks in pension system
The passage warns that crooked politicians could seek county clerk roles to run grafts under the Townsend plan. It notes the difficulty of setting pensioners age and ensuring the $200 is spent within thirty days to meet legal spirit, and fears broad opportunities for dishonesty and neglected truth under the subsidy.
Italian Advance Seizes Key Towns in Ethiopian Campaign
Report states Italian forces have captured Abi Addi Adigrat and Aduwa and have taken Agali and Aksum as they push toward further objectives in the Ethiopian theater.
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Abi Addi
Adigrat
Aduwa
Agali
Aksum
Seals Theft Hits Liquor Control Commission
The liquor control commission faces a seals theft involving hundreds of labels from a Chicago distiller issued under the new system. Chairman Bernard Manley orders the firm to pursue all leads and recover the seals. The piece notes officials avoid deeper probes in other cases and jokes about Christmas shopping advice.
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Liquor Control Commission
Chicago
Bernard Manley
Prince Mike Romanoff Returns to Rustic Image and Broadway Endures
The piece recalls Prince Mike Romanoff’s phony nobility and repeated arrests as he reemerges near Fredericksburg with a rural pose, while Broadway awaits his inevitable return. It also notes Patrick Tappe reopening his 57th Street dress shop and pegs past fashion houses Hickson’s, once led by sisters lost on the Titanic, fading with time.
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New York
Mike Romanoff
Virginia
Broadway
Mike
South America
Hollywood
Fredericksburg
Prince Mikes
Erman Patrick Tappe
Tappe
Europe
Prince Mike Goes Rural Amid Rich American Hunting Lore
A collage of 1920s leisure and hunting culture shows city men browsing sport shops like Abercrombie and Fitch and dreaming of outdoors. It notes Rex Beach Corey Ford and Bob Davis among hunters, Ford’s profits from fishing writing, and Amos and Andy with fly names. It highlights Walter Damrosch dinners and young Walter Chrysler’s lavish hosting, ending with a humorous Conrad analogy about a tactful plumber.
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Abercrombie and Fitch's
Rex Beach
Corey Ford
Bob Davis
Exploring Morality and Choice in A Science View
A scientific perspective examines rights of society over individuals in moral questions. The author discusses women as harsher critics, shopping desires, and whether collective good replaces individual drive, noting debates between individualism and communism and the role of aggressiveness.
How To Develop Your Personality by Sadie Myers Shellow
A reader offer promotes a practical booklet by Sadie Myers Shellow PhD on personality development. Send 10 cents for costs and a stamped return envelope to Dr. Wham in The Gazette submission. Tomorrow asks Do Men Understand Women.
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Olga Knopf
America
Sadie Myers Shellow
Dr. Wham
the Gazette
Lake Baikal Holds Unique Seals Among Landlocked Waters
Lake Baikal in central Asia is believed to be the only landlocked body of water containing seals.
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Lake Baikal
Central Asia
Santa Claus as Patron Saint of Pawnbrokers
The article links Santa Claus to Bari Italy and the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, noting his burial site and the claim he was patron saint of pawnbrokers. It mentions the pawnshop insignia and describes Christmas season pawning, with Santa Day listed as May 8.
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Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Bari
Italy
American Legion to Meet at Elks Club Next Year
Dec 24 1925 Hanford post reports the American Legion will hold regular meetings at the Elks club next year, after meeting at various sites since the Chamber of Commerce building burned last winter. Mrs Henry Bennett heads Dallas trip. Leo Kuda, Chicago art student, visits with his parents. Dec 24 1915 Dr T Clyde Williams athletic director at Iowa State College at
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
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Legionaires
Henry Bennett
Dallas
Tex
Leo Kuda
National Academy of Commercial Art
Chicago
J. Kuda
T. Clyde Williams
Iowa State College
Local residents spend holidays with family and works
Ames and Mrs Williams visit the Rider home for the holidays. Leslie McConkie from Iowa University Medical College returns to his parents. Inez Murray, after voice studies in New York, comes home for the holidays. John Ira Russell, AmEx agent, dies at home. Abbie S Abbott visits Baltimore and Washington, D C. Lillian Consigny returns from Davenport for holidays. Olga Higley, from Dubuque, also home for the holidays. Ed L Hughes travels to Excelsior Springs. Lane Severna returns from Ann Arbor for the holidays.
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Abbie S. Abbott
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Lillian Consigny
St. Katharine’s
Davenport
Olga Higley
Dubuque
Atending School
Ed L. Hughes
Lane Severna
Ann Arbor
Funeral rites for Albert F. Barske Independence carpenter 74
Albert F Barske 74 longtime Independence resident died Sunday at his home. Funeral services Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church conducted by Rev A H Zeillinger. Born in Germany February 23 1861 he immigrated 1888 settling in Westbury Township then Independence. Survived by wife Louise Ludwig married 1909 three sons William Herman Otto and three daughters Esther Mrs W E Ehrke Mrs S S Sill and Mrs Clyde Tumm of Cedar Rapids. He was a Lutheran and deacon at the church.
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Independence
Albert F. Barske
Immanuel Lutheran Church
A. H. Zeillinger
Germany
Westbury Township
Louise Ludwig
William
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Otto
Esther
W. E. Ehrke
S. 5S. Sill
Clyde Tumm
Cedar Rapids
The Seventeen Year Locust States Its Brief Winged Life
The seventeen year locust spends only about one nine hundredth of its life in the winged state.
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