Cedar Rapids Library Opened 70 Years Ago Today
Cedar Rapids marked the 70th anniversary of its first Free Library opened January 15 1897 with dedication ceremonies the night before led by F F Dawley and Col C A Clark and music by Tiapa's orchestra. Mrs C D Van Vechten, board president, did not appear on the program due to a belief that women should not speak in public.
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Cedar Rapids
University of
F. F. Dawley
Frank Dawley
People University
Dawley
Col. Clark
The
Gazette
Free Library
Masonic Library
First Avenue
Ing
City Federation of Ladies Literary Clubs
van Vechten
William Baylis
Cedar Rapids Library Grows From Small Rental to City Landmark
The Cedar Rapids library began in a Granby block room with 1,300 Scribners volumes and gas lighting. By 1905 it moved to a Carnegie financed building at Third avenue and Fifth street SE, expanding to over 164,000 volumes, 30 staff, three bookmobiles, and a 70 year growth record. It now serves a city of 103,000 with extended hours and a strong public engagement.
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Andrew Carnegie
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Granby Block
Second Street
Scribners Library
Virginia Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Granby
Dows
Red Chinese Envoys Visit Calcutta Area
Police sources report two men and two women from the Red China Embassy in New Delhi spent 12 days in Calcutta. They circulated among Chinese nationalists to drum up support for Premier Chou En lai and moved through Calcutta’s Chinatown and the Dhapa district aiding Chinese bootmakers with small sums.
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Calcutta India
Red China
New Delhi
Calcutta
Peking
Chou En-lai
Dhapa
Modern Science Captures Crook in Italian Bust
Modena police captured 23 year old Gino Siena after X ray revealed Corrado Gambardella's gold ring in his stomach. Siena denies the crime but faces charges as investigators link him to the case.
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Moddena
Italy
UPI
Gino Siena
Gino
Corrado Gambardella
Lawyer in contempt for noon meal delay
Don ald Eisenberg a Madison lawyer was fined 100 for contempt after objecting to starting a case at noon claiming three decades of noon meals made the schedule injurious to his health.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
Donald Eisenberg
Termites Restrict Groups at Bromley Technical School
Officials at a Bromley technical school restrict students to groups of five or fewer due to termite damage. fearfloor collapse in a building while students gather.
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Bromley
England
UPI
Mountain Climbing Film Next on Peoples Series
A color film about a Himalayan expedition titled Annapurna will screen at 7 30 p m Monday in Peoples Unitarian church. Maurice Herzog leads the French ascent of Annapurna 26493 feet. Proceeds go to the Albert Schweitzer hospital.
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Annapurna
Himalayas
Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids
Peoples Unitarian Church
Third Avenue SE
Maurice Herzog
P.T.A
Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Lambarene
Africa
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University of Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
Third Street
Oak Park
Kathryn Canfield
van Dyke
Eugene Field
Scribners
Ministers’ Assn
Smulekoff
China
Next On Peoples
Aries
Clarion
Winthrop
Regal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!