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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1937
Page
8
Iowa Representative Strickler proposed raising the sales tax to 3 percent and diverting liquor store revenue to fund old age pensions. The editorial opposes earmarking liquor profits for pensions, arguing it would stabilize liquor demand, hinder anti bootlegging efforts, and conflict with temperance aims.
In a discussion on the auto industry sit-down strikes, editors debate proper term for participants. Detroit judge orders sit-downers to stand up and move along to settle the dispute. Spanish rebels near Madrid face slow progress amid heavy city traffic.
A February magazine excerpt rails at gossip and crowd judgment. It contrasts a pure woman facing smears with a noble ally who stands firm, then critiques the mob instinct, democratic flaws, and class bias in American society.
A 1937 syndicated capsule quotes Adolf Hitler arguing only two governments survive: communism and fascism. The column counters, defending representative democracy and noting mass participation remains essential. It cites Mussolini Stalin and the appeal of free choice.
Rudy Vallee thrives as Americas wonder man in New York’s entertainment world. Once mocked as a freak Romeo he now leads in popularity and earnings while maintaining hard work and charitable acceptances. IMMY Walkers restrained rise features a quiet legal career and a disciplined daily routine amid a shrinking nightlife.
The article notes rising tensions around autograph seekers and racketeers at first nights, shifting from harmless celebrity contact to aggressive acts. It mentions John Lardner Jr and Bill Farnsworth in sports writing circles, and profiles of figures dining alone, alongside theater and literary personalities and social circles in New York. The piece also references Mayor LaGuardia’s associates connected to orchestral leadership.
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D debunks autointoxication the idea that toxins form in the gut from fermentation and putrefaction as a poisoning. He cites lack of evidence and notes that fear or self experimentation with diets and bowel washes can harm health.
Edna St. Vincent Millay suffered a fire loss of unpublished poems while her rich husband kept many originals. A writer in transit lost a complete uncordoned novel in the subway and shed nineteen pounds before recovery. A. A. MacDonald from Pennsylvania sold an Esquire essay that reached a British periodical and sparked a celebratory dinner.
The planetary plan favors romantic social and artistic activity over business, with elders likely to cooperate and merit recognized. Secret writings may thrive while affectional matters dominate. Those born today face a year of pleasure, with potential success in literary and cultural pursuits.
A health column discusses the constipation habit and the futility of overreliance on laxatives. It argues victims can break the habit with five days of resisting aids and promotes a booklet, while warning of harmful side effects from common remedies and detailing dangers of dosing children with certain nostrums.
The fragment cites questions about reproduction and gland involvement with orchids, then repeats a skin lotion recipe using tragacanthone, phenol, glycerin, bergamot oil, olive oil, and water. It includes a stage fright gratitude note and offer to mail instructions with stamped address.
The ad promotes Bayer Aspirin as the modern cold remedy. Take two tablets with a full glass of water when a cold starts, repeat if needed, and crush three tablets in one third glass of water for a throat gargle. Gargle to ease throat pain. aspirin fights fever and aches.
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