Mail bag readers recall old days and echo Gus Schrader
The Gazette readers share memories from the 1930s including cigarette brands and potato chores. Joseph M Kremer notes Good Friday planting timing, Lina Unglenk recalls potato work in Amana, Jo Ann Stewart asks about Mrs Wilkes Boarding House, and Leo Boddicker and others recount Gus Schrader memories and racing tales.
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Veep Quayle
Joseph M. Kremer
R-Jesup
Buchanan County
Gus
Lina Ruth Unglenk
P.O
Amana
Jo Ann Stewart
Valley Dr
Coralville
Leonard Gibbs
Hopkinton
Tucson
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Leo Boddicker
P.O. Box
Newhall
Gus Schrader
Leo
Nash
Firefighter deaths at 14 year low credited to safety rules
Boston AP report notes 1991 saw the fewest on the job firefighter fatalities since 1977. Improved equipment lighter gas masks stronger coats boots and hoses plus safety chiefs and regular breaks helped cut deaths. Veterans resisted safety pushes but mindset shifted toward caution and teamwork.
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Boston
The
Fire Protection Association
Henry
Correction on Hall Mall reporting in Gazette
The Gazette corrects an error misidentifying Virginia Visker who is manager of Savage Salvage in Hall Mall Iowa City The newspaper invites complaints about accuracy and fairness and states a correction will be published in this space Call 398 8313.
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Leander Clark College
Toledo
Iowa
Dave “Foxy” Hamilton
Grinnell
Leander
Coe
Foxy
Joanie Nazette
Linn County
Eldora
Mona van Duyn
America
Forest Evashevski
Katherine Evashevski
Vero Beach
Fla
Evy
Ruth
Imlay City
Mich
South America
Murphy Brown
Martin Henry
New York City
Sunday
S Gazette
Hall Mall
Iowa City
Virginia Visker
Visker
Savage Salvage
The
Gazette
Linn County Board of Social Welfare
Fourth Ave
Linn County Commission of Veterans Affairs
Third St
Marion Independent School Board
Mentzer
Marion
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Decorah
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Manchester
Farley
Advice book writer listens to his heart
Nashville author H Jackson Brown Jr created Life’s Little Instruction Book after writing 511 tips for his son before college. The project grew from a 32 page green binder to best selling advice volumes, while Brown maintains his marketing career.
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Nashville
Tenn
H. Jackson Brown Jr
Rosemary
Walgreen’s
Brown
New York Times
Publisher’s Weekly
Adam
University of Tennessee
Pauly Shore Performs At Penguins Comedy Club Tonight
Comedy show featuring Pauly Shore of MTV and Encino Man at Penguins Comedy Club with 7 and 9 30 p.m. performances. Tickets priced at 14 dollars. Also includes local meetings and recycling drive details for Cedar Rapids and surrounding counties.
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Pauly Shore
CITYLINE Travel Weather Forecasts Promotion
CITYLINE offers travel weather forecasts for 38 major U.S. cities and 16 international cities. Call 363-7000 and enter category 2200.
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Cityline
U.S
Gazette promotes sustainable printing and recycling program
The Gazette highlights using soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support agriculture. Readers are urged to drop newspapers for recycling in boxes at City Carton, econofoods, and Hy-Vee locations across Marion with addresses listed for drop sites.
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the Gazette
The
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store
Highway 151 East
Marion
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publishing Details and Subscriptions
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates include $3.20 per week by carrier and $3.70 weekly for motor route delivery. Mail options list Morning Editions a day seven issues at $14.20 for four weeks and $159.60 for 52 weeks with higher rates for other states. no mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas. The Postmaster must send changes to Cedar Rapids Gazette Inc P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Cedar Ra
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Jated
AP News
Cedar Ids Gazette. Inc
P.O
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