New three day rail freight boosts Cedar Rapids market reach
Eastern Iowa producers and shippers gain a three day rail freight link to the Atlantic seaboard cutting delivery from four days in some cases. Faster schedule with refrigeration allows fresher Iowa pork butter and eggs to reach eastern consumers aligning with Chicago kills. The schedule adds Cedar Rapids to favorable sites for industrial locations and invites market re appraisal of eastern volumes.
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Cedar Rapids
Atlantic Seaboard
Iowa
East
Chicago
Give Them Their Due For Masterful Spending
The piece rebuts a New Yorker jab at Hopkins Tugwell and Ickes calling them incompetent spenders. It praises their relentless ability to shovel out federal relief funds with ease, noting they lack prior private sector spending experience and have become a defining feature of the New Deal.
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John Taber
Congress
The
New Yorker
Hopkins
Tugwell
Ickes
United States
Brain trusters in disfavour in three year view
The piece notes a decline in support for brain-trust government ideas three years into the New Deal. It argues professors, once central, are now few and unpopular. It cites Walter Lippmann and warns that untested theories may fail and be pushed through propaganda in schools.
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Washington
Walter Lippmann
Roosevelt
Selfishness as Root of Crime and Society Decline
A 1936 editorial asserts selfishness drives crime and social ills, contrasting it with unselfish behavior as the path to safety and moral progress. It critiques racketeering, war, and economic inequities, mocks materialism, and notes labor, imperialism, and Mussolini as examples of ethical failures.
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Ethiopia
Manchuria
Public distrust of professors in politics misreads science
The piece argues that public distaste for college professors in politics harms policy development. It contends that science-based political methods do not require campus origin and rebuts the belief that only academic experts can contribute to scientific progress.
Father's Day Messages From The Past
A playful catalog offers canned Father’s Day lines from a newspaper. It roasts bills, fishing trips, and beach plans, ending with a light jab at a Senator Black. The piece mirrors vintage humor while noting readers may reuse the quips.
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Western Union
W.A
Junior
Mother
Father
Senator Black
A Blended City Scene from New York's Avenues
A mosaic of urban musings covers New York life from fashion shades and hat shop tensions to Park Avenue dismay over cinema licenses. Notables like Mrs Jane Tibbett and Grantland Rice appear among street scenes, dancers, and window canaries.
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York
Page
Jane Tibbett
Harry Staton
Babe Ruth
England
Ian
Inez Haynes Irwin
Park Avenue
Lower East Side
Tea Imports by England in 1934 Distinguished
England imported 505 million pounds of tea in 1934 with 432 million pounds produced in Empire countries. The figures reflect a substantial share of tea sourced from Empire producers.
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England
Anemia causes and treatments from a medical viewpoint
Personal Health Service explains that anemia signals point to underlying illness and lists common, often overlooked causes such as hidden bleeding, heavy metal poisoning, hookworm, and infections. It distinguishes chlorosis as an old form and hypochromic anemia as possibly nutritional, urging medical evaluation if iron therapy shows no improvement within two weeks.
Health letters and advice column responses
Readers inquire about rabies tuberculosis and vitamins. Dr Brady notes insufficient evidence for rabies claims, TB requires doctor assessment, and vitamins can be obtained in concentrated form with a booklet available for ten cents. Letters per column addressed to Dr Brady with stamped envelopes receive brief replies.
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J. K
Brady
William Brady
National
West Madison Street
Chicago
Shellsburg Auxiliary Elects New Officers
The American Legion Auxiliary met Wednesday and elected officers including President Agatha Littelle and Vice President Violet Blattler. Elsie Johnson was named second vice president with Mabel Sheeley as secretary and Faye Alden as treasurer. Chaplain Elizbeth Fish and sergeant at arms Cora Loose were also chosen.
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Shellsburg
American Legion Auxiliary
Agatha Littelle
Violet Blattler
Elsie Johnson
Mabel Sheeley
Faye Alden
Elizabeth Fish
Cora Loose
Beggar Rich On The Tee Haunts A Golf Round
A poem contrasts golf beggars on the tee with giver turned stingy. The speaker recalls once aiding needy players for strokes but learned to ignore their pleas, noting the beggar rich now asks for advantage yet receives none.
Traer State bank receivership ends as assets liquidated
Judge J E Walters approves final disposition by trustees H L Daniel Andrew Whannel R J Smith James W Logan and J W Young. Trustees liquidate assets to pay Jennie Young mortgage and note of 3000, complete 100 percent payout to depositors, cover trusteeship expenses, and distribute dividends to paid stockholders. Stockholders gain bank building a third interest in Hotel Oxford and about 30000 in notes of doubtful value.
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TRAER
Traer State Bank
J. E. Walters
H. L. Daniel
Andrew Whannel
R. J. Smith
James W. Logan
J. W. Young
Jennie Young
Trustees’ Trust
Oxford
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Cy We
ACT
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