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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1937
Page
35
A Cedar Rapids boy recalls Civil War era life on Orchard Hill Maryland as Confederate raids and Union signals loom. The family hides livestock and prepares harvest as the Gettysburg battle roars in the distance for three days and nights.
The account follows a family awaiting news near Orchard Hill as Civil War events unfold. On the fifth day the Union victory becomes clear when a soldier signals the retreat of rebels. Bub’s family feeds marching troops and recalls a rider’s discarded brass spur found at dawn.
Ace is a cross between a spaniel and a wire haired terrier owned by C. B. Litchfield of 31 Haddington Street Devonport England. The dog risked burns to extinguish sparks save his home and later chased an attacking tramp in Plymouth. Jack's heroics earned him Cruft's Brave Dogs exhibit consideration.
A lighthearted note describes a local character who shuffles through a playful circle game, unaware his actions provoke a dyspeptic mood among onlookers. He remains blissfully unconcerned that he is the source of the crowd’s laughter and chatter.
Eva R. Jordan 68 of McGregor recounts icy Highway 13 north of Cedar Rapids as the worst she has faced after driving over a million miles. She briefly failed to negotiate the icy stretch, turning back to Cedar Rapids after seventeen miles, noting two other cars were left off the road. Jordan, featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not in 1935, has added more miles since and remains a long time driver often transporting patients from northeastern Iowa.
The Ryde Auto company opens a neighborhood super-service station at Fourteenth street and First avenue E under Wes Blood to handle Ford service and all makes. Wagner Motor reports strong trailer interest with the Covered Wagon line and orders for summer use to Florida. The company celebrates building the twenty-fifth millionth Ford on Jan. 18 as 120,000 new Fords roll off the line in January.
Chrysler shifts to delivered prices at Detroit including taxes and delivery items, simplifying cost for buyers. Rapids Chevrolet owner Glenn Fletcher remains optimistic about 1937, noting Chevrolet’s 1936 peak year and strong January used car sales. Linn county Studebaker sales rose 47 percent year over year, and Willys dealers expand as production climbs. McKibben Motor reports Japan orders fifteen Packard Super Eights for the imperial household in a specific red shade.
The article reports Surprising tractor orders and dealer activity at Stepman Motors with twenty one tractor orders in thirteen days and a Memorial Coliseum open house for John Deere equipment. Kadlee Brothers notes 1 043 new Studebaker dealers signed in 1936 and Buick orders hit a high with 29 419 unfilled at GM. Sales in January reached 8 031 new cars in twenty days, a new period record.
Two former women teachers from Madison and Mazomanie set up a 12 acre farm after threats of unemployment. Helen Brandemuehl and Louise Parman farm and manage the work themselves for three years. They keep three cows two horses and nine pigs and grow vegetables and fruit to sell fresh or canned.
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