Roosevelt's New Deal Echoes Across Iron and Steel Belt
An editor's survey through Pennsylvania to New York reports broad support for FDR's New Deal in the iron and steel region. Business gains and booming hotel demand clash with mixed views on NRA and CWA, while politicians pivot to a "Support the President" line. Pittsburgh shows revival, Lackawanna stirs, Rochester prospers aided by Eastman Kodak and local factories, and repeal hopes buoy farmers.
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Iron and Steel Belt
Sre
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Pittsburgh
William Penn
City Hall
Pinchot
Dave Reed
Senate
Philadelphia
Rochester
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester Clothing
NRA
Buffalo
Lackawanna
Canada
Syracuse
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Forgotten
Blue Eagle
10 20 30 years ago in the Gazette highlights
A compilation from January 16 1924 recalls Calvin Hayes 22 of Cedar Rapids drowned when a skiff with his father and brothers capsized near Memphis. The note mentions Marjorie Bixby and John F Arends wedding, theater owners board appointment, an injury from a streetcar collision, and other local events including Miss Bunting concert plans and Yourex trips. The 1904 notes cover Greene's opera house, a Cedar Rapids baseball contract, Farmers Insurance officers, a coasting party, and a Hutchinson fire near Hopkinton where residents fought a bedroom blaze with volunteers.
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Calvin Hayes
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Hayes
Helena
Ark
Memphis
Marjorie Bixby
John F. Arends
A. J. Michael
A. J. Diebold
Iowa Theater Owners and Exhibitors Association
Greene's
Opera House Toay
Hill
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club
Warren Gill
J. H. Smith
Farmers Insurance Company
S. T. Berry
John W. Henderson
John B. Henderson
Ed H. Smith
Lena
Alice Watson
Nettie Day
Wyoming
Chandler Hill
Fay Scott
Clara Guy
Lena Watson
Ray Stiles
Irving Emery
A. Spurgeon
Clyde Robbins
J. R. Watson
Mothers Mix This At Home For A Bad Cough
A home cough remedy promises relief with a simple mix using sugar syrup and a Nordic lung agent. It claims soothing inflamed membranes loosening phlegm and clearing air passages for restful sleep. The ad asserts cost efficiency and better results than store bought medicine with a money back guarantee.
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Pokouwll
Norway
Roosevelt popularity grows as nation feels pay check boost
The piece notes rising public approval for Roosevelt, aided by CWA pay checks that boosted buying power and spurred support even as political criticisms surface in Rochester. It highlights accusations that Democrats wield jobs and money influence, yet it asserts strong support across the iron and steel belt.
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Ness
Rochester
Roosevelt
Gly-Cas Rescue Story Highlights Local Praise
Mrs S Holmes of Cedar Rapids credits Gly-Cas with dramatic health recovery after years of catarrhal stomach issues high blood pressure rheumatism and urinary distress. She reports nerves stomach kidneys and pain relief and urges others to try the remedy as a Cedar Rapids public sells Gly-Cas at Thrifty Drug Store corner First street and Third avenue SE.
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S. Holmes
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Third Avenue
Third Avenue SE
Piblic
Elven moral notes and Iowa banking updates
The text blends an 1934 author’s note advocating science over morality with local Iowa news. It cites studies denying links between physical and mental traits, urges youth to choose vocations with expert guidance, and comments on complacency harming progress. It then reports Niles and Watters Savings dividends and Congregational Women’s Missionary Society leadership in Anamosa.
Local Candidates File for County Supervisor Seats
An informal talk notes Mrs J A Marts man as hostess. Fred Kiever from Piled township plans a bid for Iowa county supervisor in the June democratic primary. L S Schultz of Hartford township has entered the race on the republican ticket.
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J. A. Martsman
Marengo
Fred Kiever
Piled Township
Iowa County
Schultz
Hartford Township
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Kenwood
George Dennis
Marion
Laura Bunting
Chicago
Robert Yourex
Los Angeles
Hopkinton
W. C. Lux
Hautsch
Second St. SE
Gly-Cas
Mrs. S. Holmes
A. No
E. LeRoy
Mussolini
Anamosa
Niles and Watters Savings Bank
Peoples Savings Bank of
Congregational Women's Missionary Society
T. A. Manuel
Kohl
A.W. Strawman
A. G. Hejinian
Alma Beach
Propecia
Povier Drea & Covenical Corporation
Malden
Mass
Women’s Unions
Penney
Jye
New Cretonnes
Penney’s
Penney's
Wool Unions
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