Dads Of Today Not Such Bad Boys In High School
Veteran principal Miss Abbott recalls Washington High in Cedar Rapids in 1886 through anecdotes of students, teachers, and reforms. She recalls strict attendance rules, early classrooms on Riverside building, and how her leadership shaped graduates and school life across generations.
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Miss Abbott
Paths of Wisdom
Washington High School
Washington High
Majestic Theater
Abbie S. Abbott
Eolar Rapids
Ashington High
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Brandybott
Elas
Greene's Square
Edwin Hazleton
Emma Fordyce
Bob Clark
Chase
The
Gazette
Harriet Culkin Shipley
Powers That Be
Misa Abbott
Walter Cherry
Walter Moore
Beardsley Rumi
David Turner
Walter Dimshee
Fay McClelland
Funnyface" Safely
Milo Chehak
Web Perley
Clifford Baxter
Ruth Ebling
Ralph Clements
Herbert Stamats
New England
Times
Gazette Survives as Local Dailies Field Erupts
A look back at Cedar Rapids newspaper history details The Gazette’s rivals The Republican and The Evening Times, early presses and moving buildings, key editors like W. R. Leach and J. R. Sage, and the rise of Torch Press. It covers mergers, political alignments, and the surviving Gazette amid a crowded era of papers.
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Second Avenue
W. C. Benesh
Republican
Fourth Street
Benesh
John Canfield
Iowa Farmer
Gazette
Fourth Avenue
Third Street
Torch Press
W. R. Leach
J R. Sage
D. G. Goodrich
Johnson Brigham
Fred Benzinger
H. P. Keyes
Sage
W. R. Boyd
State Board of Education
Cedar County
W. R. Merchant
Brewer
H. G. McMillan
Rock Rapids
United States
Cyrenus Cole
Iowa State Register
Cedar Rapids
Boyd
McMillan
The
Evening Times
McClellan
Milwaukee
Times
M. B. Williams
Morning Republican
Brewer and Cole
J. L. Enos
Enos
F. A. Willams
Republican Party
Cedar Valley Times
Cedar Valley Farmer
W. W. Perkins and Company
Voice of Town
School Journal
Col. W. H. Merritt
Kirkwood
Merritt
Co. M. Hollis
Hollis
Ayers and McClellan
Cedar Rapids Times
F. McClellan
Stephen A. Douglas
Vinton
Mount Vernon
Bertram
Atlas
Cedar Valley
F. H. Williams
Marion
J. B. Letovsky
Letovsky
Mr. Enos
T. G. Newman
Daily Observer
Linn County Liberal
Liberal
Linn County Standard
McKinley
Standard
Iowa Staats- Zeitung
A. Hunt
Charles and
E. J. Stoudt
Des Moines
Iowa
Gundling
Town Post
Iowa City
Henry Gundling
Organ
Linn County
Amana
Post
W. L. Harding
Ralph van Vechten
A. J. Huss
Sterling
People
Time
R. Bair
Chat
Huss
B. R. Hatfield
Hatfield
E. A. Sherman
Saturday Record
Sherman
Enterprise
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Tribune
G. F. Taylor
R. G. Stewart
Stewart
Joe McCormick
Frank Hr
Thomas Taggart
Linn County Review
Listys
Kvinden Og Hiemmet
America
N. Fr. Hansen
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Adeline Taylor
Player
First Avenue Bridge
San Francisco
Imp
Abbie
Abbott
Sands
Garfield
Giteau
Gareld
Grand and North Western
Bressler and Sons
Brigham
Midland Monthly &. S Merchant
Luther
A. G. Lucas l
True Worth CO
Oakland Avenue
Reel Products Co
Tokheim
C Avenue NW
Iowa Machine Co
8Th Ave
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company