Work Watchers On Third Avenue Seek Charter With Sidewalk Superintendents
Cedar Rapids readers discuss local sidewalk watchers who inspect Third Avenue construction. They describe gritty details from air hammer noises to steam shovel impressions, noting the crowd as shops pause to watch and potential club members eye a 400000 brick, 1100 yard sand base and 1100 yards paving project, pending charter approval.
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Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
New York
Haegg Company
Widow of Potter Palmer Seeks Ten Million Dollar Share
Pluma Louise Palmer, widow of Potter d Orsay Palmer, filed a bill for declaratory decree in Sarasota seeking a share of the Palmer fortune estimated at ten million dollars. She asks the circuit court to determine her rights in the estate left by Potter Palmer and names Honore, Potter Palmer, and their mother Bertha as defendants alleging lack of accounting.
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Sarasota, Fla
Potter d’Orsay Palmer
Chicago
Palmer
Pluma Louise Palmer
Circuit Court
Potter Palmer
Honore
Bertha
d'Orsay
British Labor In Plea To Germans
A manifesto issued in London by the National Council of British Labor appeals to the German people to avoid war and to seek peace. It states that the British are their friends and urges aid to prevent the world from drifting into conflict.
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London
INS
National Council of British Labor
WPA Orders Freeze Changes Except In Drama Branch
Washington AP Colonel F C Harrington works projects commissioner ordered state WPA administrators to halt changes in personnel or work programs except federal theater projects which ended under the new relief law. Workers will stay on WPA rolls at the same day rate temporarily.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
Works Projects
Carol’s Son and Commoner Lead Romances in Bucharest Palace
In Bucharest a dark beautiful girl Lulu Malaxa dined with King Carol at the royal palace, reportedly the father of her best friend is the king. Crown Prince Mihai, nearly 18, enjoys a Florence visit with his mother. Sources say the king approves the friendship with the commoner Lulu.
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Bucharest
Royal Palace
Lulu Malaxa
The
Lulu
Funerals Barbaric He Skips Mother's Rites After Slaying
Campbell McDonald, 25, told police he did not attend last rites for his mother, actress Margaret Campbell, 56, whom he confessed killing. He reenacted the hammer slaying and said funerals are barbaric. Police suspect he may be found insane and ordered to an asylum.
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Hollywood
Charges Lending Plan Is Pump Priming For 1940
Springfield report says Rep Joseph Martin minority floor leader warned that a new large lending spending program is a pump priming scheme for the 1940 elections. He urged anti New Deal Democrats to unite to stop the plan and argued New Dealers fear losing power without recovery and reemployment.
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Springfield
Joseph Martin
House of Representatives
Martin
Hit and run cyclist blamed for Quincy fatal hip fracture
Police sought a female bicyclist after a 72 year old man, William F. Dixon, died from shock following a fracture to his hip when he was struck by the cyclist two days earlier in Quincy Massachusetts.
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Quincy
Mass
William F. Dixon
Anamosa Couple Wed at Methodist Parsonage
Miss Edwins Biggart daughter of Mr and Mrs Cloyd Biggart Anamosa and Carl H Poppe son of Mr and Mrs Henry Poppe near Anamosa were married Friday at 7 pm by Rev J K Delahooke at the Methodist parsonage here Rose Blazaite and Harold Biggart attended The bride’s mother was a Anamosa high school junior this past year The couple will live on a farm north of town
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Anamosa
Edwins Biggart
Cloyd Biggart
Carl H. Poppe
Henry Poppe
J. K. Delahooke
Rose’ Blazaite
Harold Biggart
Ind coal contract awarded for Cedar Rapids schools
Ayrshire Enos coal mined in Oakland City Ind will heat Cedar Rapids schools for a year after the board of education awarded City Fuel the contract at 4.03 dollars per ton. The district uses about 5,000 tons annually with total costs around 20 to 23 thousand dollars.
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Ayrshire Enos
Oakland City
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
City Fuel Company
Ayrshire Enos Coal
Inland States Laboratory of
Dubuque
Bright Star
Illinois
W G_ Block company
City Fuel
Ives-Frana
Peoples Fuel
B.t.u’s
Inland States Laboratories
Middle Grove
Rainbow
Dennis and Midway Company
Centerville
Tis Btu
Ives-Frana Coal Company
Patoka
Nnere Coal Company
Little Sister
Haters Coal Company
Peoples Fuel Company
Buckheart
Cedar Rapids Fuel
Central Park Fuel Company
Dimond
Blue Bonnie
Cedar Rapids Fuel Company
E. E. Pinney Coal Company
Tnnita
W. G. Block
Sahara Six
Fidelity
W G Block
Hawthorn
Ives-Frann Coal Company
Harco
New Monarch
Chadima Coal Company
City Fuel Hacce Coal Company
Royalton
Home Coal Company
Ives
Orient
Hacey Coal Company
Home Oil Company
Zeigher
Mount Olive
Central Park Fuel Companys
E. Pinney Coal Company
Champaign Officials Cleared in Vice Inquiry
Seven Champaign officials indicted after a grand jury probe into vice and gambling in Urbana area have been cleared. Former Police Chief Roy Argo had his indictment dismissed over lack of proof of knowledge of conditions. State's Attorney Fred Hamill Mayor James Flynn and three city commissioners also had indictments dismissed on technicalities. Some resort keepers and alleged gamblers still face trial. The inquiry followed the slaying of William Spurrier a Toledo sophomore outside a resort. the woman proprietor was acquitted.
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William Spurrier
Toledo
Man digs backyard for treasure finds only memories
In De Kalb Illinois Ray Yocum spends two months digging his yard for 2300 dollars in hundreds hidden in a fruit jar. He says he burned the money last November and cannot recall the spot, leaving the yard with signs of heavy digging and a hopeful but frustrated search.
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DE Kalb. I
Ray Yocum
Yocum
Ben
Reed, Former Nebraska Attorney General, Dies at 72
Willis E. Reed, a former Nebraska attorney general and 1896 campaign speaker for William Jennings Bryan, will have funeral services Sunday in Madison, Nebraska. He was 72.
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Madison, Neb
Willis E. Reed
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
City Farming Is Simplified By Assistance Of Yearling Heifer And Shetland Pony
The text discusses how diet and climate affect water needs, recommending salt with large drinks in hot conditions. It explains water production in the body, normal daily intake, risks of water intoxication, and signs of dehydration and starvation, emphasizing balanced intake and hydration.
How Much Water Should a Healthy Adult Drink
A healthy adult carries about ten gallons of water in body tissues and fluids. Water rapidly moves from the stomach into the small intestine, so drinking before meals aids digestion and does not delay gastric juice. Weight changes from water intake are temporary, and salt and carbohydrate intake influence tissue water balance. The amount to drink depends on several factors.
Cyprus Copper Lore Shapes Name of Metal
A fragment explains that copper was first found by a tribal people on Cyprus who valued it greatly. They named the metal after their land, calling it Cyprian Metal, from which the word copper is derived.
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Island
Cyprus
Retires After 33 Years on Cedar Rapids Iowa City Line
J E Stevenson 65 of 413 Fourth Ave SW Cedar Rapids retired after 33 years with the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway. He began as a brakeman May 9 1906 and promoted to conductor in 1907. He had one serious accident in 1922. He will continue to live in Cedar Rapids and belongs to Masonic and railway groups.
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Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
J. E. Stevenson
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Stevenson
C. R
3. C
Stevenson
Swisher
North Liberty
Yraer
Cedar Rapids
Mizpah
Order of
First Of Round Trip Clipper Mail Flights To England Completed
The Yankee Clipper completed the first round trip mail flight to England via Newfoundland and Ireland, carrying 18 federal officials and observers. The ship left Southampton Friday, stopped at Foynes Ireland Botwood Newfoundland and Shediac New Brunswick before reaching Port Washington at 6 08 p m Saturday. Stephen Early called the trip unique and Capt Harold E Gray praised the route as very good despite fog.
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New York
Port Washington
England
Newfoundland
Ireland
Southampton
Foynes
Botwood
Shediac
N. B
Stephen Early
Harold E. Gray
Shedine
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Scotty McLlop
Gazette
Carol
Champaign
Bryan Aide
Dewey
James
Gene Metge
H. G. Metge
Nineteenth Street
James Harris
E. T. Harris
Woodland Court
Pansy
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M. D
Anna Plummer
Tall Howse
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Cedar Rapids’ Bargain Shoe Center
2Nd Avenue
Iowa City Line
Cone
Elizabeth R. Wise
Tenth Avenue SE
Kresge's
Charles Gentile
L St
Kresge
First Avenue E
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