Fireman Rivalries Spur Cedar Rapids To Form Paid Department
The 1892 93 Fire Engineer Lyman M Ayers report and Councilman Dan Anderson helped end volunteer fire brigades in Cedar Rapids and create a full time department. The era of bell sounded alarms and raced volunteers with hose carts and horses ended after decades of competition. Volunteers earned 1 50 per alarm and earned pride in defending their stations with first on water honors.
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Cedar Rapids
Lyman M. Ayers
Dan Anderson
Dobbins
Benish
Old Maude
Czech Alliance events draw crowd as Vlasta Vrazova visits
A large audience is expected at the C S P S wall this evening to hear Vlasta Vrazova visiting from Chicago under the Czech Alliance. She meets Tuesday with the Czech National Alliance in Iowa City and will join family hosts in Minnesota before traveling to California.
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C. S. P. S. Wall
Vlasta Vrazova
Czech Alliance
Miss Vrazova
Chicago
T. B. Hlubucek
Twenty-fourth Street
Veelky
Alliance
Sokol Hall
Moravian Wedding Color Motion Pictures Shown in Chicago
Color motion pictures of a Moravian wedding will be shown along with views of mobilization day scenes in Chicago and the local Sokol camp. The CSA central committee will meet in CSP S hall Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. M L Hromadka supreme secretary Z C B J and Joseph Mekota general counsel will go to attend today on order business.
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Prokop Velky Lodge
Z. B
Sound Pictures
Washington, D. C
Sokols and
Sokolky
Sokol Hall
Chicago
C. S. A. Central Committee
C. S. P. S. Hall
M. L. Hromadka
Joseph Mekota
England Leads World in Daffodil Cultivation
England grows more daffodils than any other country, expanding production across farms and bulb markets. The trend highlights horticultural prominence with strong export potential and seasonal festival interest driving demand.
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England
Early Cedar Rapids Fire Department A Portrait of 1894
Assistant Chief Ben Beni sh identifies a 1894 formal photo of Cedar Rapids firefighters. The image shows Lyman Ayers as first paid chief and rosters include Frank Larimer Matt Healy J. W. Blue Yank ee Smith and Roy Pratt among others. The piece recalls the shift from volunteer to paid service in 1869 and notes the era’s uniforms, companies, and two hundred thirty four regular members plus 64 police. The story highlights early conflicts with the council over pay and equipment and the formation of independent hose companies before the Cedar Rapids Water Works era.
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Ben Benish
L. M. Ayers Hook and Ladder Company
Lyman Ayers
Fred Sadler
Tony Liter
Frank Larimer
Matt Healy
J. W. Blue
Yankee” Smith
Mr. Smith
William Cleary
Tom Hayden
John Starman
Roy Pratt
W. F. Vrba
William Blumanor
Dan Anderson
George Fitzsimmons
W. A. Mohrbacher
Cedar Rapids
Independent Hose Company No. 1
Steamer Hose Company
Relief Hook and Ladder Company
Bohemian-American Hose Company
Fourth Ward Hose Company
Henderson Hose Company
First Ward Hose Company
Sixth Ward Hose Company
Central Park Hose Company
George H. Spaulding Hose Company
Brewer and Wick
Linn County
Carideo to Speak at Linn County Odd Fellows Banquet
Frank Carideo, Iowa football backfield coach, will headline the Linn County Odd Fellows father and son banquet at Sakel hall Wednesday at 6 30 p m. Motion pictures of the 1939 Iowa Minnesota game will be shown and reservations may be made by calling two numbers.
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Frank Carideo
University of Iowa
Linn County Odd Fellows Father and Son
Jan Hus
Thomas Wildey
Sakel Hall
L. B. Sedlacek
B. J. Paroulek
Jerry J. Han A “Praternity
H. W. Hardy
Geeee Grand Saseet
Iowa
Odd Fellow
Footba
Rapids
Junior Odd Fellowship
A Jensen
Eight Melody
Smell Track Added To Motion Pictures In Bern Invention
Two Swiss inventors unveiled an automatic device for films that adds a smell track to sound and image. Demonstrations produced scents like violets ether and orange blossom synchronized with scenes, with hopes to use about ten odors per feature and low installation cost.
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Bern
Switzerland
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Bob Estabrook
Sanford Kooser
First Avenue W
Kooser
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Yappill Hiri ¢ Department
Prea
All Ytirs
Thompson Photo
South Side News
Z. C. B. J. Dramatic Circle
Z. C. B. J. Hall
Thomas Masaryk
Pavla Hromadka
Alma Wright
Chamber of Commerce
Zizkov Dub Lodge
Z. Cc. B. J. Hall
Des Moines
Go Crandic
Rock Island
Crandic
Iowa City
Rocky Mountain Rocket
Rock Island Rocket
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
Moran Egg House
First Street
E. S. Hill Independent Bose Company
Cedar Rapids Water Works Company
Carideo
Dad and Son
Charles Foltz
Garbe
Gaso
Middle West
Red Crown
Standard Oil
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