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!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1955
Page
5
A humorous discussant contrasts accelerated obsolescence in autos with women's fashion, noting car makers push rapid model changes while dress styles also cycle quickly. The piece cites harness upgrades and catalogs, joking about the pace of change and social pressures to stay current.
The second annual Jaycee Jamboree opened Thursday at the Coe college auditorium with the show What s Your Game sponsored by the Jaycees and John B Rogers Company. Proceeds go to a swimming pool fund. The two act program features 11 skits and a minstrel section with over 100 performers led by Lloyd West. Notable acts include the Seven Skating Sisters and Hot Rod and Linen Duster. The event promises continued entertainment tonight and Saturday at 8 15 PM and is hoped to become an annual Cedar Rapids highlight.
Three Monticello cafe operators Tedrow's Bob's and Lou's agreed to discontinue pinball games after complaints from residents prompted by city council action. Sheriff Dreibelbis said the owners shut off the machines voluntarily. The council also approved buying a secondhand two way radio from Marshalltown for $100 and a $112 aerial for city police use.
Edgar A. Guest writes of Christmas attire and fashion being overlooked by critics. He notes admiration for his outfit fails to appear while a worn tie becomes the focus of critique, illustrating the loyalties and ironies of public praise.
In today's bridge analysis Jacoby notes a missed penalty double in four spades. East defends poorly but South executes a precise endplay and squeeze, with West forced to part with the queen of diamonds as dummy and South later claims the last tricks. East's cooperation aids South’s win.
A 43 year old truck driver from Sumner Iowa Raymond Reasland was killed Friday morning in a truck accident near Dickson Illinois He drove for Platte Trucking of Denver Reasland a former Oelwein resident is survived by one son and two daughters
Five Iowa county volunteers were inducted into the armed forces and are in training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. The names listed include Roger Gadiss of East Amana Bruce Hall of Conroy Leo Bell Charles Merritt and Donald Knock of Marengo.
Boston, New York debate banned books as Carolyn Haight catalogs famed works barred through centuries. Homer's Odyssey, Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Voltaire and Andersen appear in a list reflecting shifting authority and morality. The author promotes open reading and cites Eisenhower on not joining book burners.
A Boston woman contemplates a move to Ireland amid doubt she will be well received there. Her cautious farewell underscores personal and cultural tensions as she weighs immigration.
Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council announces the Scouters Recognition dinner at the Armar ballroom on February 21. Tickets have been mailed to Cub packs Scout troops and Explorer posts across six counties. Veterans awards honoring ten years of service will be presented alongside longer service multiples. leaders are urged to contact the Scout office to ensure no one is overlooked.
The FPC on file from Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co of Detroit a proposed 1 625 200 annual wholesale natural gas rate increase. The company sells gas to 16 utility customers serving Iowa Michigan Wisconsin and Missouri.
DES MOINES AP John W. Masters of Mapleton has been named farmer-fieldman for the Iowa ASC office effective Feb 1. He succeeds Floyd Huling who resigned Jan 31 after 14 months. Masters, 250 acres, has long led farm programs since 1934 and has served as Monona county ASC office manager since 1953. A new office manager will be named. Also noted: over 700,000 U.S. families are widowed each year.
Natalie Jakubowski, a five year displaced person, will be soloist at the Promenade concert in Coe auditorium at 8 p.m. She will perform Lecuona Malaguena The Forgotten Waltz Liszt and Warsaw Concerto Addinsell with the Promenade orchestra. Jakubowski studied in Vilna and Warsaw and fled Poland with her husband Henry joining the Promenade orchestra. they now live in Cedar Rapids. The concert is free and financed by the performance trust fund with Coe and Local 137 backing.
Detroit based Hudson Motors announced factory delivered prices for its 1955 Hornet and Wasp line, ranging from 2129 to 3145 dollars. The reductions go from 108 dollars on the Hornet 6 Hollywood to 204 dollars on the super Hornet 6, enabled by Hudsons merger into American Motors Corporation.
Ed Lieske was re elected president of Collins Employees Credit Union at a board meeting. Merrill Lund Earl Kindig Clara Kindig were re elected to key posts. Lillian Reynolds Roy Bonham Cliff Peeples joined the credit committee along with Jack Hanley and Charles Packingham on the audit panel. Leo White became a new audit member. F. W. Schlesselman was re elected educational chairman.
Gov. Hoegh asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to transfer the Sioux City Chicago route from Braniff to Ozark Airlines. The line contest involves United Air Lines and Ozark, with Braniff’s service at stake. Readings include protests from Davenport and Rock Island over moving the Quad City airport transfer.
The note presents a compact typographic puzzle about line counts and line layouts. It emphasizes the prevalence of counting lines and arranging content in a structured two line top section and a lower line arrangement.
A fragment lists an address line with NOVAK and other street components including 7200 A Avenue and RA St. Readers are left with an incomplete locality and purpose due to OCR gaps. No events or entities beyond the names and street tokens are clearly identifiable.
A dense, fragmented collection of classifieds and services including watch repair, furniture rental, dance bands, remodeling, tax returns, mattress rebuilding, hauling, painting, and other miscellaneous ads. The jumbled text lists names, addresses, phone numbers, and various service offers with inconsistent formatting.
A collage of job notices seeks applicants for shipping, estate sales, petro sales, commercial refrigeration, Buckles Calcium representation, automotive parts purchasing, electronic service and appliance work, yard work, and other positions. Interspersed are interview reminders and contact details for Cedar Rapids, Readlyn, and other local areas.
Executives sought to direct rental service operations with supermarket experience required. High salary and growth potential offered. Send experience in letter to Box E-6 Gazette Public Finance Co. Contact Cedar Ab for interview arrangements.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.