Cedar Rapids History Aims for Chronological First Volume
Harold Ewoldt, longtime Cedar Rapids Chamber official, prepares the first 168 page volume of Early Cedar Rapids covering 1837 to 1850. He has researched diaries and letters, notes publishers’ interest, and envisions a two year finish for a clear readable chronology of the city’s early development.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Ewoldt
Evergreen Street
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Ewoldt
Osgood Shepherd
Cedar River
First Street
First Avenue
Shepherd
Alexander Ely
New York
Ohio
Tan Talk and Cedar Rapids History Collide in Columns
A columnist ruminates on summer tanning and body image then shifts to Cedar Rapids history. The piece recalls rapid city growth from 19th century mills to early fire and explosion disasters, and notes Ewoldt’s talks on local heritage and Cedar Rapids leadership.
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Rapid City
Cedar Rapids
Ewoldt
Avenue East
Greene
Mississippi River
American
Quaker Oats
Douglas Starch Works
Penick and Ford
Douglas
Rose jar recipe and vegetable blanching Q A
A reader asks for a 1923 rose jar recipe using rose petals salt and spices. The answer explains blanching vegetables halts enzyme action to preserve quality and remove undesired organisms. Another reader asks how to remove grass stains from pant legs using alcohol or diluted detergent and rubbing.
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F.C
C.C
Litter problem in parks blamed on picnickers and fishermen
Gazette staff writer describes littering in area parks blamed on picnickers and fishermen. Officials call for civic action and a proposed ban-the-can bill while noting a recent shift to larger trash dumpsters to curb waste. A separate note reports Outdoor Life figures showing over 7,000 lightning deaths in 35 years, mostly May through September.
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America
Gene Bloudek
Backbone Park
George Hamilton
Bloudek
Hamilton
Linn County
Park Rangers
Larry Kenyon
Lake Macbride
Kenyon
Backbone
Cedar Rapids Park
Outdoor Life
Go ta Canal Links Baltic Sea and Danish Straits
One of Europe's busiest canals is the Go ta crossing Sweden for 115 miles linking the Baltic sea south of Stockholm with the Danish straits between the Baltic and North seas. Other major canals include Kiel 61 miles and Elbe 41 miles in Germany, Amsterdam 16 miles, Netherlands, and the Manchester Ship canal 35 miles in England.
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Europe
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Stockholm
Baltic
North Seas
Kiel
Elbe
Germany
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Manchester Ship Canal
England
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C.R
You
Winston Churchill
Maxine DeGarmo
Iowa
Bertrand Russell
Lake Macbride Park
The
Iowa State Extension Service
Steve Helle
Gazette
Lightning
Gene Todd
Tommy Tucker
Inspiring
Dale Evans
Carol Lawrence
Mark Hatfield
Julie Andrews
Vincent Price
Shirley Jones
Stan Mooneyham
Wore Vision Internat
World Vision International
KCRG
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