Highway safety needs in Iowa outlined for parties
Mrs Alex Miller urges both parties to add highway safety planks to platforms. She calls for a state highway patrol, tougher drivers license tests, compulsory vehicle testing, removal of unsafe cars, a financial responsibility law, and a prima facie speed limit. Emphasizes urgent need amid rising accidents and calls for organized state police and stricter licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Miller
Iowa
Muller
General Assembly
Highway Patrol
Business leaders eye renewed confidence after congressional adjournment
The article notes that with Congress adjourned, business leaders face the future with greater confidence and vigor. It argues that executive and market conditions, not legislative action, have driven volatility, and that the temporary pause could let leaders plan new strategic moves as policymakers debate costs and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Esher
Ero Gewn
Toelig Maat
Two Sisters Mary and Mabel Split by Modern Ways
A 1934 prose piece contrasts two sisters, Mary dutiful and shy, and Mabel bold and flirtatious. It surveys attitudes toward virtue, marriage, and society with sharp, satirical asides about gender roles and modernism.
Cutting Corners and a Century of Progress Exposition
The article notes Uncle Sam’s four year fiscal gap of about 10.2 billion dollars as spending exceeds revenue. It details small austerity steps like no ice water for federal judges and single spaced letters. It adds a drought warning and hints at Chicago hosting an annual Century of Progress Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United Press
Washington
Chicago
Riverside Drive the lively summer promenade in New York
The piece paints Riverside Drive as a bustling riverside thoroughfare with the Hudson below and the Palisades glowing at dusk. It notes landmarks like Grant's Tomb Inspiration Point and Jacobsen, mentions a revamped Claremont Inn with live music, and contrasts glamour with growing tawdriness.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Riverside
Grant
Inspiration Point
Jacobsen
Claremont Inn
Roger Wolfe Kahn
Central Park
Rockefeller Church
Washington Bridge
Riverside Drive Breathing Space and Self Promotion
A satirical note on solicitations for sketches or caricatures with no payment mentioned. The writer likens selling writing to other trades and cites a farmer’s encounter with Will Rogers Irving Cobb and Will Hays. The wife identifies a mystery man as Rogers’ stable hand, illustrating framing tricks in jokes about fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Irving Cobb
Will Hays
Mr Cobb
Mr. Rogers
Hays
Rogers
Just Folks Anniversary and Executrix Appointment Notice
Just Folks Anniversary text followed by a legal notice declaring Myrtle A Popelka appointed executrix of the estate of Frank S Ponellin of Linn County Iowa on June 25 1934. Creditors and claimants are instructed to pay and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk. The notice cites the executrix's name and role and the deceased's surname Ponellin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Frank S Ponellin
Towa
Popelka
Kittenish behavior criticized in Miss F column
In a dated advice column, a middle aged woman’s coquettish mannerisms are derided as childish. Readers discuss youth versus dignity with Miss Manners offering guidance to a teenager in love and a breakup scenario with a light note on a helium dirigible not fully inflated before rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Sunny
Exposed to drafts and wet shoes fuels debate on health
A physician argues that exposure to drafts and wet feet does not cause illness, while cautioning that excessive exercise or sudden cooling after heavy exertion may injure athletes. The column cites Miss C who recovered from tuberculosis and critiques popular health bulletins and exercise lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss C
McKenzie
Orange blossom honey does not cure neuritis or diabetes
The column dismisses orange blossom honey as a cure, comparing its sugar content to molasses and stating it is a nutritious food but not a treatment for neuritis or diabetes. It recommends castor oil only as a daily, tolerable internal remedy for facial neuralgia, noting possible lasting relief after months. Wax ear plugs are described as obtainable in stores, with lambs wool as a substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eure
Joe Doakes
Literary Digest
Miss Manners
Beau
Alyy
L. W
Car Canal
Notice of Probate for Samuel Nelson Berry Will
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear the proof and admission for probate of the Last Will and Testament of Samuel Nelson Berry, deceased. The hearing is set for July 7 at 9 o'clock. Cedar Rapids, Iowa July 2. Attorneys Grimm Elliott Bhuttlewoath and Ingersoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
District Court
Samuel’ Nelson Berry
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nose, Brwin
Iy Lundquist
Erk
Grimm, Eliott
Bhuttlewoath
Ingersoll
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Tion
National Safety Council
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Geeretier
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Mabel
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Bill
Champion
Europe
Noris
Bible Times
Ourepes Adeas
Crete
Occae Ton
Giees
Mexico
China
Newrray
Roosevelt
Daycintyntyre
Winsor McKay
Sheepshead Bay
Ereal
Sinclair Lewis
Oklahoma
Lewis
Stan
Paris
East 115Th Street
Baxter Street
Broadway
Babe Ruth
Harry Richman
Times Square
Akron
Ache
Edgar A, Guest
Mary Manners
Sanford
William Brady, M. D
Galen
Doherty, O. D
Second St. SE
Dr. Bradys
William Brady
National Newspaper Service
Priny Dern
Esa Cout
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Third Street
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank
the Gazette
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