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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1936

Page

14

Little Brown Church in the Vale’s Prairie Church Story

The Bradford valley tale chronicles the Little Cedar river settlement from 1852 to 1864. William Pitt and Rev. Nutting push a simple wooden church to completion with community effort, funding, and the famed bell. The Little Brown Church becomes a shrine attracting visitors and weddings, while the area fades from rail prominence.

Cedar River John Joseph Bird Little Cedar New England Bradford New Hampton William S Pitts Greenwood Janz Prairie Sea Wisconsin Little Brown Vale William Pitt Dream Massachusetts McGregor Nutting William Pitts Fredericksburg Dale Little Brown Church Thomas Cole Catherine Troy New York Pitts

Love and Loss In A Woman's Fight For Work

Nell Calhoun renounces despair as she balances love and motherhood after a stalled engagement and a failed career. A forced layoff follows her marriage at a time of employer scorn, leaving her to face stigma and a new life while nursing her ill mother and hoping Ricky will support them.

Emily Ricky Nell Miss Kinsells Lee Tantalus Eve Nell Detan Richard Calhoun Vei. Bean Famr Ned Hamilton Junior Parrner Ricks Neil Tio Mom Sigrid Karen Mildred Martin Mildred Miss Kinsell Grenville Indemnity Company Miss Doran Church of Saint Luke Sigrid

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