Postmaster's Lamp recalls Chicago Fire through decades of service
A porcelain lamp tells its life from 1860 on a farmer's Wheeling family to Chicago fire upheaval, and later Cedar Rapids and a postmaster's desk. It traces the lamp's endurance through moving homes, a 1906 attic stay, a 1926 revival, and a 1920s modernization with electric light in a Baldwin post office.
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Chicago
Baldwin
Bachman
Henry Bachman
Wheeling
Cook County
Til
Jacob
Henry
Cedar Rapids
Bachmans
Kenmore
Elizabeth Heins
Oakland Avenue
Frank Baldwin
Henry, Jr
Second Avenue SE
The
Gazette
Mr. Baldwin
Curella
Ceder Rapids
Coe Student Literary Publication Honors Sigmund
The Cara van at Coe College will print a winter issue as a tribute to the late Iowa poet Sigmund. The Caravan, edited by Vernon Lichtenstein, devotes half its pages to Sigmund’s selected poems and will distribute about 100 supplementary pamphlets to friends of the poet.
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Coe College
Jay Sigmund
Iowa
Vernon Lichtenstein
Sigmund
Lichtenstein
Democracy or theocracy? A civic letter from Cedar Rapids
G. W. Shakespeare of Cedar Rapids laments Americans worship of great men while neglecting Jesus Christ values. He compares Washington and Lincoln to modern leaders, warns of self interest and political manipulation, and urges fighters to return to the golden rule to avoid revolution. Tobacco etymology note follows.
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Washington
Lincoln
Jesus Christ
Satan
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
G. W. Shakespeare
Cedar Rapids
Double Raises In Modern Culbertson System
In the Culbertson system a double raise shows four trumps to a face card or five small trumps, giving the opener room to explore slam. A triple raise limits opponents by shutting them out. Today North makes a typical double raise, South uses four no trump to pursue a grand slam, North cannot bid five no trump, South bids six spades with a clear path to play.
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North
South
Sur-Ango Pledges Quick Digestive Relief At 25 Cents
An advertisement promotes Sur-Ango as a non habit forming herbal medicine after meals to cleanse bowels, stimulate liver bile and kidney flow, relieve gas and dyspepsia, backaches, and skin issues. It claims fast relief within minutes, diuretic action, and a boost in appetite, available for 25 cents with a Monday only coupon offer.
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Bearthel
Carl Dueser
Kneip
Choice
Porter Heese Games Locate
Coe
People’s Forum
Tobago
Wm. E. McKenney
American Bridge League
DIAL
Een
Hershey
Hershey's
Vier
Diud
Johnson’s
Famone
Johnson Paste
Cascara Sabrada
Armica
L. C. Kaiser
Optician
Optometrics
May
MAZDA
R. G. A. Radio Tubes
SWIFT
Najol
Florida
Kaffee Hag
Sanka
OM Taubes
Enders
Eastman
Lore Nts
PET Supplies
Ash
Borax
LG. Chamberlain Lcarrie
Danya Crea
DE Paul
Sogolow
Mr. Betor
Medicis
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