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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1936
Page
17
A quoted remark claiming authorship of a philosopher's stone turns all into gold, attributed to John Randolph. The statement compares pay as you go to alchemy, presenting a satirical or rhetorical observation rather than a factual event.
The Town liquor control commission reports state liquor stores grossed more than six million dollars last year and patrons wonder if profits mask deeper issues. Critics say the monopoly was meant to curb prohibition era evils, but questions remain on bootlegging reductions and political influence. Improvements for Iowa’s liquor control program seem uncertain.
A Washington meeting with Secretary Wallace could spark support to counteract the invalidation of AAA subsidies by pushing tariffs. Historical notes trace tariff constitutional challenges from 1824 to 1833 and later court rulings on tariffs and revenue.
The piece notes 1935 auto death toll of 36 400 and surveys futile appeals to safer driving. It quotes Dr Arthur C. Jacobson proposing a lottery for licensed drivers with clean records to fund safety campaigns, hospitals, and coroner expenses, as a provocative but not seriously endorsed idea. It questions new approaches beyond admonitions and fear.
The piece traces population growth from sanitation and agriculture, notes Japan's rising power and land ambitions after warnings about overpopulation, and critiques political figures, democracy, capitalism, and social attitudes with sharp, era-specific lines. It closes with quips on etiquette and copyright.
Carrie Jacobs Bond, visiting New York for a Rudy Vallee show, is mobbed by fans and offers as she recalls a life of struggle. Widowed young, she supported a son by trying many crafts and self publishing songs, eventually yielding over 200 tunes including Memory's Garden and The End of a Perfect Day which sold five million copies worldwide.
Barbara Hutton famed as the most extravagant user of transoceanic calls. She reportedly dials multiple New York friends daily and voices are heard three times in a recent Palm Beach evening. A writer criticizes phone obsession as self torture and cites a dinner party encounter with a harried Broadway millennial.
A veteran city editor recalls a rush of calls and a single misread hinting at a mayoral ouster. He describes his own hasty assumption and the later reversal as rivals broadcast the mayor’s loss. The piece then shifts to musings on artist James Montgomery Flagg and light gossip items about entertainers.
The excerpt references Philippine President Manuel Quezon and notes Birmingham children named Octavus Roy after Octavus Roy Cohen. It contrasts local attitudes with New York sophistication, hinting at cultural tensions of the era.
A home remedy for coughs using Pinex is described. Dissolve 214 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with a 2 to 1 sugar syrup mix to yield four times the cough medicine for little cost. The syrup loosens phlegm and soothes irritated membranes, promising quick relief. Money back if not satisfied.
Researchers pieced together fossil bones of the New Zealand notornis and tentatively dated it as extinct before a living specimen was discovered. The find challenges prior beliefs and reshapes its conservation status.
Dr Donald B Gould a geology professor from Cornell College will teach at the Colorado Springs summer session starting June 29. He will oversee a course on the geology of the Pike's Peak region.
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