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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1936
Page
4
Paris reports more than 4 million dollars spent in 1935 on orphans under the Assistance Publique. 20,579 children were cared for with 1,400 abandoned by parents and 300 deemed morally abandoned. Funds support country placements, wages for foster employers, and savings for youths’ futures.
An itemad text fragment advertises a pattern book and sewing designs from 1936. It mentions sending fifteen cents for patterns, requests full name address and style number, and promotes a thrift look for women’s clothes. Contains scattered instructions and garbled OCR fragments.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette item presents a mixed puzzle page with horizontal clues about a physician politician Georges and varied word entries. It lists a price note for a book and pattern, and reports a Russian gliding pilot recently towed aloft to 12,500 feet then released for a controlled landing.
London report details a small group of conscientious Britons contributing to a National Debt Redemption Fund aimed at reducing Britain’s vast national debt. Since 1927 the fund has grown to about 2.81 million dollars with annual gifts and interest, but trustees warn only a tiny fraction of the total debt could ever be repaid by voluntary donations.
Nancy Page observes a leftover roast lamb during a hospital visit as Florence La Ganke notes her impatience at not handling tasks. A doctor reports progress with the cast likely to come off soon, leaving Nancy content for now amid medical care.
Nancy prepares a winter lamb dish narrative detailing how shep herds pie with leftover carrots onions and gravy baked under a rough potato crust. The piece notes a leaflet titled Menus for Winter Days and invites requests via a stamped self addressed envelope to Nancy Page care of The Gazette.
Emma Weitsel 78 was taken to a Winton hospital Wednesday with a broken hip from a fall on an icy walk. A widow, she has lived alone since her husband’s death four years ago and for forty years taught a class in the Presbyterian Sunday School.
In this health column the writer argues immunity grows over time and is not lost by a day of cold weather. He links obesity and dietary deficiency to impaired immunity, stresses vitamins as key to fighting tuberculosis, and notes weight loss with balanced vitamin intake can boost vigor even with reduced calories.
Clip notes a South Carolina case where a man refused Pasteur treatment for rabies exposure to his wife and three children. Readers comment on ignorance and skepticism toward vaccines and Pasteur methods. Additional items include a hair removal inquiry, Bread and Milk Club promotion, and advisory on certified milk. Two-year traffic safety classes noted in Milwaukee schools.
Every car of American make is now equipped with safety glass windshields, and 90 per cent of these use safety glass all around.
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