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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1936
Page
8
Column by Mary Manners praises Daisy for unexpected homemaking skill and budgeting. The note contrasts Daisy and Fritz with praise for her home management and its impact on their marriage despite critics.
R A Bates named new hospital head at St Luxes honored at a dinner. Rev Hugh McCarrol called to First Presbyterian Framingham Mass. Cyclist injured after collision on Third Street between Seventh and Eighth Aves. Mrs John C Petrovitsky and Mrs Emily Hasek depart for Florida. Mrs T J Lewis and grandson head to Philadelphia. Tre Rex Wibur L Clapp heads Laymers Missionary movement in US and Canada. Mes Barres wins city salesmen contest at pure food show. Lagomareino second Newell third. Rev Walter McWhite returns from South Bend. Up Pon Chew of San Francisco speaks at Rotary. Cedar Rapids Chautauqua organized. officers named. Mrs Ida Griffin leaves for Vermont. Trinity Church Brotherhood formed. officers named. Group heads for Calvert Ala. Keswick declamatory contest results announced. Doris Caskey, Helen Dyson, Marjorie Kramer, Jessie Edmundson among winners.
Marengo Garth Hite placed first in the high school speech contest with Peter MacGivern second Regina Steele third and Hazel Keil fourth Eugene Westenberg of the University of Iowa served as judge at the event.
A William Brady column discusses how spit sneeze and conversational spray spread infections, the dangers of shared cups and utensils, and the limits of public health guidance. It includes patient questions on undescended testes treatment and a diet quack’s claims, with Brady’s cautious advice.
Iowa listings feature Olsen and Johnson in Everything Happens and Anne Shirley in Chatter Box on screen. Paramount presents Harlow and Tracy in Riffraff. Boris Karloff in The Invisible Ray and Jessie Matthews in First A Girl on other screens. Palace, Rialto, Olympia house multiple pairings, and Community Playhouse hosts Counselor at Law. Grundy Center notes Christmas seal sale winners. car ownership skews to low income households.
The Lady Consents headlines a sparkling comedy drama starring Ann Harding and Herbert Marshall at the Iowa theater Friday. Margaret Lindsay leads the supporting cast in a gripping plot about love and desire. In the second feature Preston Foster and Jane Wyatt form a new romantic team as a New York detective sergeant and a Manhattan reporter.
The planetary aspects for February 7 favor progress and high recognition in employment and big business. Ambitions may reach the limelight with influential friendships but vanity should be kept in check. If it is your birthday, expect a year of progress, achievements and rising popularity.
The text calls for those in power to cultivate influential figures and portrays a child born today as likely to be efficient talented ambitious and to attain notable popularity and standing in life. It reflects aspirational social expectations tied to birth timing and social cultivation.
Earlville area report notes Almoral Rural School near Earlville closed only one day during two weeks of severe weather. Teacher Miss Geral dine Parkin and most pupils walked to school daily.
It Happened In New York a clever comedy drama screens Thursday through Saturday at the Olympic. Starry cast includes Lyle Talbot Gertrude Michael and Heather Angel. The second feature Lawless Ranger with John Wayne and Sheila Terry promises action and western thrills. The bill closes with Red Rider in chapter eleven.
The Lisbon event directed by Miss Sybil Crawford featured twelve contestants in three categories. Oratorical winners were Ann Kruse first and Gordon Rahn second. Dramatic winners were Helen Slater first and Stella Bova second. Humorous winners were Lowell Andreas first and Catherine Williams second. Judge was Miss Margaret Schrubbe of Marion. Musical selections included trombone by Prof. D B Holcomb and piano by Eulalia Border.
A terse note describes snakes curling around the ends of their ribs in a curious anatomical or natural history observation. The line hints at a surprising or unusual body feature without broader context.
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