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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1936
Page
17
An excerpt discusses optimists versus pessimists in a Canadian telephone office. New supervisors improved operator morale by addressing home money and love issues, leading to brighter voices and better service. The dialogue links science and societal rights to moral questions on goodwill and selfishness.
A compact booklet outlines science based memory rules for remembering names dates lessons and books. Readers may apply with 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope by writing Dr Albert E Wigsam care this newspaper and requesting MEMORY.
University researchers led by Dean Lester F Smith and Dr P H Canary document lessons and materials now used in 12 Indiana city schools and 17 Indiana colleges. 104 cooperating teachers report attitudes improving from selfish to goodwill in home, neighborhood, shop, office, and international relations.
A morning blaze described as spontaneous combustion partly destroyed Maurice Krintznik’s two story hay and feed store on Sixteenth avenue and A street. Across town work has begun on a $15,000 Congregation of Judah church on Washington avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, Spanish stucco design planned. Local markets list varied prices for wheat, corn, oats, and livestock, while Cedar Rapids thất records heat at 100 degrees and Ottumwa’s ball club defeats Cedar Rapids 4 to 1.
Civil service exams for police to qualify as sergeant or detective and for firemen to join the captain eligibility list will be held August 3. Applicants must file by July 24. Exam location to be announced later.
A puzzle style item lists horizontal and vertical clues blending musical terms and common words. Notable entries include references to a concert player and various geographic and numeric hints, challenging solvers with wordplay across multiple lines.
Elsie argues that all cities are small towns and that people remain essentially the same. She notes her skill at penetrating façades to reach genuine individuals and her broad circle of friends. The column also shares Miss Manners advice on dating and social connections to widen acquaintances.
William Franklin Porter, 66, former newspaper man, died at his Fairfield home of diabetes. He published the Lamont Valley News in Oklahoma and the Batavia News in Iowa for six years, moving to Fairfield five years ago. His widow and six children survive.
Camp Conservation opened its final two weeks for girl campers this week. Thirty four Negro girls are taking advantage of the camp facilities as hot weather drives swimming to the forefront. Other favored activities include fishing croquet badminton and baseball with most meals served outdoors to escape the heat.
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