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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1940

Page

7

Styles shift in mental illness reflect changing society

Dr. Martin Grotjahn of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis says styles of psychological illness have changed since the war. He notes modern patients express distress as low mood and anxiety, often fearing organic illness and focusing on bodily symptoms rather than dramatic hysterical fits.

Chicago Martin Grotjahn Chicago Institute For Psychoanalysis Grotjahn University of Berlin

Leap Year Day Originated By Roman Savants

New York report explains how leap day began with Julius Caesar’s astronomers who assigned 365 days and six hours per year and added an extra day every four years. It notes a refinement: century years are leap years only if divisible by four, while 4,000 and higher multiples are common years, so 1900 was not a leap year.

New York Julius Ceasar Caesar

BROOMSTICK RIDER Answer to Previous Puzzle

Horizontal clues span nursery terms and related words with definitions and cross references. Vertical clues mix volume thoughts and common terms, including antique measures and geographic hints, forming a dense cryptic style puzzle grid.

NEW WEEK BEGINS IN AD CONTEST

Sunday marks the start of an amateur ad contest in The Gazette. Entrants must submit one idea per sheet to Ad-Rite Editor with name on back. open to nonprofessionals. prizes include 25 weekly and three grand awards totaling 350 dollars.

Gazette

Armstrong's Heads for Quality in Fifty Years of Service

For five decades Armstrong's has built a reputation for reliability in eastern Iowa. The store promotes quality as economy and urges customers to buy durable clothes from brands like Hickey Freeman Hart Schaffner Marx and Florsheim while stressing value and service for families.

Armstrong’s Iowa Armstrong Hickey-Freeman Hart, Schaffner and Marx Borsalino Knox

FHA system provides insured safeguards for homes and loans

The article describes FHA backed home funding with life insurance options for sinking funds, including National Life of Vermont plans and local agents. It notes protections for borrowers in ensuring sound construction, compliance with plans, and comfort, with consultations at Inter-Ocean Insurance and local offices in Belle Plaine Amanas and surrounding areas.

National Life of Vermont C. Shepherd Robert O. Bickel Welcom FHA Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Office

FHA financing safeguards for home buyers and lenders

The FHA system ensures the property meets standards before insurance. Appraisers assess the site or completed home for factors affecting value and livability. During construction, periodic inspections are conducted to protect the borrower and guarantee sound construction and security.

Federal Housing Administration

Morris Plan Car Financing Promises Easy Terms

The Morris Plan offers a 5 percent yearly charge on a 1940 model with eighteen months to repay and attractive terms on used cars under three years old. Loans may be secured by co makers or other assets and can be combined with other accounts for a single payment. Speedy service and flexible repayment options are emphasized.

Morris Plan

Local ads list goods and services from Cedar Rapids firms

Standout values in clothing furniture jewelry dry cleaning and funeral services advertise moth protection six months insured, new process laundry and dry cleaners, wallpaper and paints, school supplies, and Cedar Rapids mortuary. Multiple companies include Rosenbaum's Furniture Co. Siebke and Taylor Jewelers, and Iowa Life Insurance products with contact details.

Reads Bible Two Days and Is Jailed

Ben Loftin, 31, a transient, spent two days reading his Bible non stop in an Omaha jail cell before police intervened. His sister in law, Mrs Edna Loftin, said he sat at the dining room table reading, eating and sleeping nowhere. He resisted when officers attempted to take his Bible. An arbor vitae hedge trimming is planned once growth begins in spring.

Omaha (Ap Ben Loftin Loftin Omaha Edna Loftin

Planning a Child’s College Fund Through Sinking Funds

The article urges parents to plan early for higher education costs. It discusses tuition, board, lodging, and summer camps, and recommends starting a sinking fund for each year to ease future expenses.

C. V. Shepherd National Life of Vermont

Pepsin and Senna Laxative for Stomach and Bowels

A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin. It claims Pepsin dissolves undigested protein in the stomach while Senna laxative wakes lazy bowels, relieving constipation and stomach distress. Suitable for children. Buy at your druggist today.

Dr. Caldwell

Used Car Ad Brief From Ford Mercury Lincoln Page

Classified note lists Ford Mercury Lincoln Zephyr and Lincoln Ford Tractor. Mentions daily used car ad in Want Ad section on Sil Second Ave SE with phone number 513.

Ford Lincoln

Fine Home Furnishings Opens Saturday Evenings

Smulekoff's offers liberal credit with free delivery and mail orders at 107 115 Third Ave SW West Side near the Third Avenue Bridge. Store hours extend to 9 p m on Saturdays and evening appointments are available.

Liberal Credit Third Ave West Side Third Avenue Bridge Iowa

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