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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1935
Page
3
Fashion note describes white detachable trims on black dresses inspired by 17th and early 19th century English styles. Puritan collars, Puritan and Regency cues, ruffles pleatings lace ruchings, matelasses, and small square designs shape both one and two piece outfits.
Six eggs of the extinct great auk brought 6877.50 dollars at London auction. The top price for a single egg was 1500 dollars from the Dawson Brighton collection. A Paris curio shop find sold for 30 cents. Two stuffed auk specimens sold for 5145 dollars, 2625 for the male and 2520 for the female.
City building office reports 1934 permit total 1 063 with valuation 1 512 986 up from 1933 and 1932. Major gains stem from four junior high additions about 750 000 and sewage plant work. 1934 also saw 1 596 electrical 659 plumbing and 1 219 miscellaneous permits.
A Cedar Rapids incident in 1935 reports multiple injuries and at least one death. Officials record the accident as a notable toll event with precise casualty figures pending fuller investigation.
New Year will bring wage restorations totaling over 8000 dollars a month for 1800 to 2000 Cedar Rapids workers on the Rock Island Milwaukee North Western and Illinois Central lines. The restoration climbs from a 1932 10 percent cut phased in 1934 35 with two and a half percent raises on July 1 1934. January 1 1935. and April 1 1935.
The statement notes substantial progress in physique clothing and cleanliness, comparing present condition to thirty years ago and to eleven years prior, with dramatic, quantified improvements.
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