FOTO FACTS On The System In Household Life
John Reynolds humorously surveys The System in homes as a mix of plans notes and memos that families use to organize bills notes and calls. He recalls a Cedar Rapids family bulletin board and a wife’s revolving fund while contrasting memoranda and odd routines that supposedly ensure efficiency and better tradesperson relations. The piece ends with a World War I note about British conscription of cars for tests and gas detection.
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Cedar Rapids
Hospital Insurance for Ages 60 to 85 Ad Offered
Advertises hospitalization insurance for men and women aged 60 to 85. Pays $500 daily in hospital for up to 30 days per sickness after 30 day underwriting and $2000 for hospital extras per confinement. Covers each accident from issue date. Costs under 6 cents daily. Mail name and birth date to Old American Insurance Co in Kansas City. Free policy examination. no agent visits.
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Old American Insurance Co
Kansas City
Couple marks 70 years of marriage with motto Bear and forbear
SUTHERLAND Neb UP After 70 years of marriage Mr and Mrs John Hilliard say they are as in love as in youth Their motto for bliss is Bear and forbear They admit differences like any couple but always avoided anger His wife 91 and husband 92 recall meeting in 1869 at a country school and marrying in 1879 They later moved from a New Jersey farm to a large Nebraska ranch
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Hilliard
Lafayette
Nebraska
Anti-Dewey Forces Clash Over Scott at Omaha Parley
In Washington UPI report outlines a Republican struggle at the Omaha meeting to depose national chair Hugh D. Scott Jr. The anti-Dewey faction accuses him of boosting Dewey and reshaping the executive committee. Taft allies oppose an off year convention and seek to curb policy outside Congress.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Omaha
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Scott
Dewey
G.O.P
Gov
Warren
California
Taft
Albany
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
House
Martin
Congress
Senate
Lake Superior Could Hold All Other Great Lakes
A historical note estimates Lake Superior’s vast size, suggesting it could encompass the combined volumes of the other four Great Lakes with surplus space equivalent to another Lake Ontario.
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Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Life Insurance Firms Drive National Stability
A report on 549 legal reserve companies emphasizes their global reach and impact on Americans. It notes competitive policies, benefits paid, and investments as stabilizing forces in the national economy, underlining the industry’s role in public life.
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America
Make
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John Reynolds
Lulu
Falls Church
Burreeds
R. E. Wilson
Smulekoff
Bendix
Lyle C. Wilson
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Pennsylvania
Les Ruts Landis Public Finance Service
2Nd Ave
Ind ST
Coder Rapids
Iowa
M. Welch
United
AIR Lines
Institute OF Life Insurance
East 42Nd Street
New York
N. Y
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