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 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1935
Page
8
Linn county June registrations show 307 new cars and 41 new trucks, a record for the period. The month compares with 183 cars and 33 trucks a year ago, while 1933 had 159 cars and 18 trucks, 1932 had 168 cars and 11 trucks, and 1931 had 244 cars and 26 trucks.
Data from Chambers Inskeep charts indicate 7.13 inches of rain in June 1935, compared with 4.15 inches in the first six months of 1934. Temperatures were cooler by 15 to 25 degrees, with June 12 reaching 98, the highest that month. The period saw multiple daily totals and significant deviations from 1934 patterns.
The city council approved final reading of an ordinance simplifying plumbing code provisions. June police receipts totaled 605.80 with 463 in fines and 115.50 in court fees. A. R Menary noted June Cedar Rapids gas BTU content at 1052.42.
The council approved extra work orders for street work on Tenth street SE to Seventeenth avenue and for Stark Building company on section 1 of the sewage disposal plant totaling 2624.56 dollars. Cedar Rapids Gas Company petition to lay a main in Ninth avenue SW from near Sixth street to seventy feet west was granted.
City council on Monday decided to sell four houses two barns and several sheds to the highest bidder. The structures sit on property bought for a sewage disposal plant and the public improvement department wants removal now to finish landscaping of the treatment works this fall.
A telegram to Louis D Burgos the finance commissioner from P N Benton PWA finance director authorizes private sale of the remaining sewage disposal plant bonds under restrictions. The city holds 78160 in bonds and must withhold 16000 pending grant increase action.
City council moved to accelerate the Hawthorne drive underpass project with Rock Island railroad funds. Don Hines was authorized to draft applications for a federal grant to cover part of the $22,000 cost, with 45 percent from a PWA grant. The city has $15,600 from bond sales and a railroad construction contract was sent to the legal department for review.
Newly elected officers of Cedar Rapids council No. 909 Knights of Columbus will be installed at the lodge meeting in the K of C hall Tuesday at 8 p.m. John H. Bormann district deputy will install the officers, including Joseph Stephan grand knight Ward Loftus deputy grand knight Dr B Broghammer chancellor Michael Rocca recorder Norbert Engler treasurer F D Collogan advocate Herbert Hanson inside guard Ed Wagner Joe Spaight outside guards and P A Pusateri Joe Enzler Patrick Ford trustees.
Leonard Purcell formerly of Marion and Amy Fogleman daughter of Mr and Mrs John Fogleman of Ulysses Kansas wed June 22 at the Christian church in Ulysses. Purcell a Marion High School graduate 1924 worked with John Deere Implement Co in Ulysses. Mrs Purcell a 1933 Ulysses graduate has worked for the Grant County Farm Bureau.
Oscar Busenbark presides with Will Travis as vice president and Mrs. R. Oxley as secretary treasurer. Mrs. Ora Busenbark reads a poem. Out of town guest Jack Carpenter of Detroit attends. Linn chapter 900 to install officers Friday at 7:30 p.m. Masons and friends invited. Royalty clubs hold meetings Tuesday. Local families return from Harlan with relatives. summer work planned at Templar park Spirit Lake. Miss Mary Lorelda Reiter returns to Iowa City after visit with relatives.
John J. McLaughlin known as Boss McLaughlin and thirty-three co defendants entered not guilty pleas in federal court in Chicago regarding a $225,000 mail robbery and related conspiracy charges. The 1932 loop holdup was tied to a gang and the late Gus Winkler and George Barker. McLaughlin is serving a five year Leavenworth sentence for the Edward Bremer kidnapping.
Disposition of stolen bonds and securities linked to McLaughlin a former Chicago political figure. He and five others, who did not appear, are ordered to stand trial in July 12 while McLaughlin’s trial is set for September before Federal Judge Philip Sullivan. Participants include individuals from St. Louis Chicago Springfield Ill and New York.
In Lake Charles Louisiana nine longshoremen were wounded two seriously when a gun battle broke out between 800 dock workers from two unions. At midday union leaders from the International Longshoremen's Association and the Louisiana Longshoremen's Association worked to mediate the waterfront dispute.
A formal petition signed by fifty seven residents asks the city council to reconsider denying a beer permit to Lucille Ruffin at 130 E Avenue NW. The petition was placed on file after council concerns about filing timing and citizenship provisions. The council also approved routing future Class C permit applications to the police for background checks to prevent bypassing B permit refusals.
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.