Little Boy from Texas Drives Railroads Empire Rise
Robert Ralph Young, a 50 year old tycoon with assets in railroads and cinemas, vows to restore public railroad service. He claims to have the bankers on the run, plans to take control of major lines and form a stockholder coalition while running a widespread empire from Palm Beach and Newport.
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Texas
Robert Young
New York Central Railroad
Central
Alleghany Corp
Alleghany
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan and Company
Wall Street
Chesapeake and Ohio
Association of American Railroads
Pullman Company
Palm Beach
Newport
R. I
New York
Cleveland
Los Angeles
America
Young
Canadian
Culver Military Academy
Indiana
University of Virginia
Alleghany Corporation
Allan P. Kerby
Fifth Avenue
Youngs
Eleanor
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Library Offers Homemaking Guides For Spring Cleaning
Cedar Rapids library promotes homemaking books to assist spring cleaning. The collection includes drape selection and home made slip covers with repair guides for sash cords and leaky faucets. Free borrowing for residents, small fee for non residents.
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Public Library
Cedar Rapids
Mary B. Picken
Herbert Best
Ruth L. Bonde
Gaylord Hauser
Malcolm la Prade
Ada B. Lothe
J. B. Craemer
Stacey Maney
van Wie Ingham
Sullivan and Ulcer Pains Ad Urges Udga Tablets Use
An old advertisement questions if John L. Sullivan fought with stomach ulcers and suggests Udga Tablets for ulcer indigestion. It claims relief after a single dose and offers a money back double refund if the first dose fails, urging readers to buy from their druggist.
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Nature
Ark
Religious Emphasis Week Opens at Coe Chapel with Nash
Dr. Arnold S. Nash of McCormick Theological Seminary leads Religious Emphasis Week at Coe College. He speaks Tuesday and Thursday on topics The Time of Our Visitation and Marriage Science and God, with chapel services at 10 a.m. and public access. Musical meditations 5 to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday, plus a religion forum Thursday and concluding Iowa ministers conference and ministers wives session.
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Coe College
Arnold S. Nash
Nash
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Williston Hall
Iowa
Student Nurses To Be Capped At St Luke's Today
Seventeen student nurses enter the 1949 class in a cap ping ceremony at St Luke's school of nursing this afternoon. New students include Pauline Linder Eleanor Cooks Bonnie Cooper and others with Dr E T Gough to speak and ceremonies ending with lamp lighting and music by Verna Betts.
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St. Luke’s School of Nursing
P.m
Pauline Linder
John O. Linder
Highland Drive
Eleanor Cooks
McGregor
Bonnie Cooper
Grinnell
Mary Dittmer
Colesburg
Thelma Dolmage
Victor
Helen Bernisse
New Hampton
Phyllis Franck
Quasqueton
Mary Ellen Grey
Greene
Julia
Darlene Baumgartner
Marian Roberts
E. T. Gough
Alice Coppess
Verna Betts
Helen Schwartz
Frederick H. Haag
Patricia Carberry
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Saul Pett
Robert Ralph Young
China
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Y. M.C.A
Anita O’keeffe
Georgia O’keeffe
du Pont
General Motors
John J. Raskob
Moody
John L. Sullivan
Coe Chapel
Arnold Nash
NOUS
Thornton & Minor Clinic
McGee St
Kansas City
St. Luke's
Electric Motors Co
Second Avenue
Hess
Rocky Road
Gillette Blue Blades
Palmolive
Fere
Biplex
J&i Baby
Lily Cher
Clio
C. D. Welle
Exas
Dave
Harriet Abbard
Yale and
Eagle Locks
Luke
Emi Borden
Betteriss
Acousticon-Heeter CO
Nat’l Bank
Merchants National Bank
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