Coe Debaters to Speak in Three Towns on Trip
Coe College seniors Duane Blackwell and Avery Gage of Cedar Rapids will debate at Elkader Fayette and Decorah Thursday and Friday opposing Elkader junior college Luther college and Upper Iowa University teams on the question should Congress be empowered to fix minimum wages and maximum hours for industries.
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Duane Blackwell
Avery Gage
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Elkader
Fayette and
Decorah
Coe
Congress
Luther College
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Blackwell
Gage
Kent Andrews
Robert Shearer
Massillon
Ohio
Max Reed
Ottumwa
Ottawa University of Ottawa
Kan
Navy to take more Iowa enlistments after flood
Due to flood damage in the navy central recruiting district, Iowa may supply forty four extra men in February. C C Hudnall head of Cedar Rapids territory recruiting office covering Tama Benton Linn Poweshiek Iowa and Johnson counties explains the disaster will speed enlistments and shorten the waiting list from four months to one.
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Navy
Iowa
C. C. Hudnall
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Benton
Linn
Poweshiek
Johnson
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Hudnall
10 20 30 years ago in the gazette
The item relays multiple city notes from a past edition including injuries from accidents and a fatal fire at the Quaker Oats feed house. It mentions civic and university figures, a patent filing for street sign braces, a church organ dedication, and a stained glass window gift to the Cedar Rapids library.
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District Court
Court House
F. O. Ellison
Frances Anderson
Fourth Avenue
Frank B. Armstrong
Ellis Boulevard
Mary Agnes Barnett
Floyd D. Baumgartner
Twenty-first
Clara A. Bolenbaugh
Bever Avenue
Louis W. Bredle
Mt. Vernon
Jessie Coleman
Second Street
Elva A. Emerson
Marion
Willard M. Endsley
Eighth Avenue
Hazel Etzel
Orrin G. Ford
Ralph W. Ford
Fourteenth Street
Ralph Frank
Springville
Walter Guy Frazee
Forest Drive
Samuel Geiger
Washington Avenue
June Gibson
W. Haman
First Avenue
Frank Havlik
Fifteenth Avenue
A. G. Heim
Fifth Avenue
Zoe Scott Heinze
Forest Hooker
John F. Kanealy
Joseph E. Kelly
James H. King
B Avenue
Chas. Kolarik
I Street
Joseph Lazio
R. C. Lehmkuhl
Seventeenth Street
Emmet Leonard
Coggan
Donald Livingston
E Avenue
Stanley Lubbock
Cedar Rapids
Marie McEvoy
Central City
Geo. Minor
Palo
Merlin E. Morris
Center Point Road
Walter F. Mott
Louisa
Myron Neal
Harvey L. Parker
H Avenue
Pearl Pickerill
Cellanda Post
Frank Prusek
Maple Drive
R. M. Sawyer
M. W. Shafer
I Avenue
Jane E. Slavata
J. F. Sorensen
Sixth Avenue
Henry Spratte
RFD
August Steinberg
Center Point
Jessie B. Storrs
Robert G. Strait
L Street
Amber Travis
W. E. van Fossen
Keith Vawter
J. J. Wallace
Lida Yuza
Lillian Ziemer
Lillian Prusek
Tenth Street
Anton Nelson
Quaker Oats Company
Berdenness Clemmons
Acacia Fraternity
National Social Masonic Order
Robert O. Bickel
Allen B. Hird
Thomas C. Hayden
Dora Thorne
Greene’s Opera House
C. E. Fawcett
Dows
Edward Clark
F. Allen
J. A. Lattner
Chicago
Billy Wilky
C. D. van Vechten
Committees Named for Observance of Coe Night
Five committees appointed by Dr J S Skien president of the Coe College Alumni association organize the national Coe night to be observed April 7 in Cedar Rapids. A dinner for alumni former students and friends will precede a broadcast program to other Coe meetings nationwide. Committees include Dinner Promotions Program Publicity and National setup with unit chairmen across cities.
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J. S. Skien
Coe College Alumni Association
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Carl Thomas
Bruce West
B. L. Knight
Inga Tapper
Arthur A. Barlow
Robert Armstrong
Louis R. Kriz
James Manville
Marvin Selden
Russell Knapp
Alfred W. Meyer
Boyd Rogers
Max Daehler
Seelbach Hotel Shelters Flood Refugees in Louisville
The Seelbach hotel in Louisville once meant for 500 guests now shelters 1,200 flood refugees daily as the city hall floods and the mayor operates from the hotel. Water from the artesian well remains uncontaminated while relief work is coordinated from the Seelbach.
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Louisville
Seelbach Hotel
Eppley
Montrose
Magnus Hotels
Cedar Rapids
Homer Maxwell
Seelbach
This Birthday Brings Sudden Shifts and Cautious Growth
A forecast predicts a day of breaking up old stagnation leading to stronger fortunes and potential property gains. Readers should avoid rash moves and seek counsel before decisions, as a child born today may be studious, practical, and supported by elders.
Prankster Greases Knobs In Dorm Fire Drill
In Bigelow Hall at the University of Colorado pranksters greased doorknobs before a fire drill. Fire Chief Al Johnson said the women exited quickly, unaware of the slick handles, while others along the hall aided the pranksters by greasing knobs in advance.
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Boulder
Colo
INS
Bigelow Hall
University
al Johnson
Johnson
Neatness Not Counted in Fortune Winning Puzzle Contest
A bold ad promotes a contest offering up to 100000 dollars in prizes for solving puzzle pictures. It urges readers to submit six weekly solutions starting Feb 1 1937, with free puzzles available where Double Mellow Old Gold cigarettes are sold. It promises refunds and a money back guarantee and notes entry requires wrappers or their facsimiles.
P. Lorillard Puzzle Hints At Rudolph Valentino
Notice hints list Texas Guinan Rudolph Valentine Edwin Booth as clues forming Rudolph Valentino. The 1937 contest by P Lorillard Co. offers weekly puzzles and rules and promises a challenging skill based challenge.
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P. Lorillard Co., Inc
Double Mellow Old Golds Money Back Contest
An advertisement offers a double money back guarantee for Double Mellow Old Golds. Buy first pack, smoke ten cigarettes, if not delighted return remaining ten and wrappers to receive twice the price paid plus postage. Contest runs until end date specified.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Betty
H. A. Allen
C. B. Robbins
Brownsville
Tex
National Guard
Joseph Fort Newton
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Carleton College
Zika
Hus Memorial Church
Percy B. Eversden
Ruth Ebling
Jan Fiala
The
DuBois
Bettes Co
Ford Hopkins CO
Genevieve Kemble
Sth Prize
P. Lorillard Company, Inc
CS Sae Urc
P. O
Varick Street Station
New York, N. Y
William Tell
Alexander the Great
James J. Corbett
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph
Valentine
Texas
Guinan
Rudolph Valentine
Edwin Booth
Valentino
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