Cedar Rapids School District Proposes 1934 Budget Details
The Cedar Rapids school board discusses a 1934 expenditures budget of 931275 with 780225 for general fund. The board notes Beatty Bennett 20 percent millage relief would allow 782476 in tax askings, aiming to match expenditures and tax take while building a buffer fund from non tax revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Beatty- Bennett
Beatty-Bennett
E. R. Moore
Moore
Adults Only Corn Advice Drops Harsh Note
An adult oriented advisory touts Blue Jay corn remover from Bauer & Black, claiming immediate pain relief and corn removal in three days, marketed through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauer & Black
Surgical
Emancipation Day Speaker Oscar De Priest to Visit
Congressman Oscar De Priest of Chicago will be the principal speaker at the Emancipation Day celebration August 4 under Bethel A M E church. The venue is to be announced later. this marks his first visit to the city.
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Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Bethel A. M. E
School Budget Proposes 1934 Levy Increases And Reductions
The 1934 budget totals 931 275 with 138 700 for the school house fund and 12 350 for pensions. The school house levy rises 37 330 from 1933 and a new 50 000 sinking fund levy for bond retirement is added. Despite these, actual expenditures will fall due to prior balances and nonbudgeted 1933 income. Insurance of 15 000 to be paid in 1934 offsets salary and maintenance cuts.
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General Fund
School House Fund
Teacher's Pension Fund
Ten-day jail for impropriately registered, unlicensed car
Charles Lippens 41 and Louis Keenney 33 of Kewanee Illinois were sentenced to ten days in county jail after arraignment for operating a motor vehicle improperly registered and without license. They were arrested Sunday at Van Horne by Marshal Herzberger and brought to Vinton.
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Vinton
Charles Lippens
Louis Keenney
Kewanee
G. W. Burnham
van Horne
Herzberger
A. H. McClellan
Albert Lea
Minn
Waltersdorf
Wheatland Legion Picnic Fun At Alex Park
One hundred persons attended the Wheatland post of the American Legion and auxiliary picnic at Alex park on the Wapsie river. A noon picnic dinner was followed by children races won by Marjorie Ehrke and others, a spelling contest won by Mrs Max Ehrke Wilma Riedesel and Mrs Chris Homrighausen, with arrangements led by several local ladies. Hawaii pineapple production is about 216 million cans per year, enough to circle half the globe when lined up.
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Wheatland
Wheatland Post
American Legion
Alex Park
Wapsie River
Marjorie Ehrke
Junior Hominghausen
Blanche Bicknese
Max Ehrke
Wilma Riedesel
Chris Homrighausen
Mount Mercy to Stage June Time Comedy Friday
Ray Plamadore leads the Leefers Players in the three act comedy June Time at Mount Mercy auditorium Friday evening. The Cedar Rapids performance features Eileen Kelly and Darryl Horsfall with a cast drawn from local groups.
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Ray Plamadore
Leefers Players
Mount Mercy Auditorium
Mr. Plamadore
Immaculate Conception Players
Mr. Palamadore
Leefers
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
T. Aulden Griffin
Don Zook
Robert Downing
Eileen Kelly
Darryl Horsfall
Fred Petrick
Howard Hoff
Lucille Funkey
Madeleine Lewis
Robert Leefers
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest in Quiet Home Image
The poem describes a weary working man returning home to a humble, loving welcome. His children’s affection, a simple garden, and a cheerful home scene accompany him after a hard day’s toil. The verse praises the worker’s life and the dignified, royal welcome he receives.
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Wren
Song
Marriages and local notices from the Gazette archive
Ten to twenty to thirty years ago the Gazette reports weddings in Waterloo Cedar Rapids Marion and Independence. Items note Miss Jessie Marshall's marriage, librarian Liltan, faculty moves at Iowa Normal College, and local injuries from a pole crash and molten metal.
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Donald van Metre
Cedar Rapids
Jessie Marshall
Independence
Waterloo
Erasio
Liltan
Walam
QL. H. Stubbs
Estes Park
Colo
Ora Beitzell
Cedar Falls
Iowa Normal College
Viasta Drakos
Charles Cogswell
Homeopathic Medical Association of
Central Iowa
C. L. Nall
Blanche Staskal
J. D. Todd
Todd
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street
Jessie L. Casford
Jay S. Hayward
Marion
Charles F. Ensign
George Yuill
Board of Water Trustees
George C. McDonnell
E. Riley
Bennie Dolt
First Avenue
First Street
Nervous Women Find Relief With Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Lui Crow of Toledo Ohio reports improved color and appetite after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nerves. Mrs C Rienanps of Brooklyn New York says the remedy steadies nerves, aids sleep, and boosts strength.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lui Crow
131St Point Place
Toledo
Ohio
Mrs. C. Rienanps
Coney Island Ave
Brooklyn, New York
Stars Say For Wednesday July 19 Horoscope Features Lupe Veles
The star column notes planetary influences favor social interests over business and warns against loans. It highlights a favorable employment outlook for minor advancement, advises frugality, and predicts a social and romantic focus for those with July 19 birthdays. Lupe Veles is noted as a notable nativity. A Lowden reunion for broke families occurred at Credit Island with attendees from Stolte and Meyer families and others.
Post's Bran Flakes Promoted For Regular Exercise Diet
An advertisement extols Post's Bran Flakes as part of a health program. It emphasizes water to drink between meals fresh fruits and vegetables and a daily helping of Bran Flakes to aid appetite and fitness. The product is noted as a General Foods offering.
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Post
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