This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1989
Page
2
A humorous column on price tag shifts to bar codes and rising cling peach prices. The writer vents about automatic doors, blocked aisles, deli queues, and unruly kids while poking fun at consumer frustrations and his own modest salary.
Lauren McConnell of Bettendorf won the second Pontiac Grand Prix lottery prize by turning in five non winning scratch tickets. Twenty other players won 500 dollars each and 30 won free tickets to the Ryan Grand Prix auto race in Des Moines in July. The promotion runs through July 8 with a total of 12 cars to be given away.
Hopkinton hosts the 18th annual Civil War Days at Lenox College where about 2,000 visitors toured the museum and watched a mock Civil War camp. A Rebel group from the 16th Alabama Regiment joined Yankee forces on campus, with participants in role playing including Pvt William O'Donnell and Pvt John Aubrey as part of the living history event.
Cedar Rapids resident Sally Novetzke, former Iowa Republican Party chairman, awaits Senate transmission of her ambassadorial nomination to Malta. White House sources expect confirmation in June or July after FBI checks, with Ambassadors' School in July. Local reaction mixes excitement and frustration.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.