City Needy to Receive Made Garments From Red Cross
Cedar Rapids residents in need will receive ready-made garments via a Red Cross shipment approved by national headquarters. The aid includes overalls underwear hose and bedding from farm board cotton, with a per family limit of five items. Applications and distribution run daily 2 to 4 pm at Red Cross headquarters in the federal building room 206.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Metta Burd
National Headquarters
Farm Board
Congress
Federal Building
February Fire Losses In City Watered By Uninsured Properties
Fire Chief Emil P. Kohout reported 63 fires in January causing $5,383.36 total losses. Of this, $2,063.96 damaged buildings and $3,219.40 damaged contents, with $2,038.96 and $3,169.40 paid on respective items and no uninsured excess. The February losses totaled $175 on uninsured property.
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Emil P. Kohout
Unemployment Relief Expenditures Reach Fifty-One Thousand
Auditor reports total expenditures of the Unemployment Relief distribution committee amounting to 51766.49 dollars with nearly all spending in wages. The latest figures disclosed in Wednesday’s audit detail the distribution of relief funds and emphasize wage payments.
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Unemployment Relief Committee
Distribution Committee
Married couples cultivate shared sports and taste worlds
The article notes couples can bond by sharing sports like golf and bridge without dictating play. It cites Dr Donald Laird on how likability hinges on mutual respect. It adds Carnegie Institute researchers found wide inherited taste and smell variations across families.
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Donald Laird
Christopher Co
Lumbus
Payroll and relief expenditures detailed in weekly report
The document reports 953.22 spent on payroll with 3813.07 disbursed for medical aid relief and office costs. It breaks down employment by gender 38310.75 for men and 9642.47 for women and notes Sunshine Mission transient relief at 49.30 for 279 beds and 107 lodgings, comparing to a year ago 79.50. It adds an odd note about Beavers using a split nail as a comb and toothpick.
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Sunshine Mission
Kirk's Coco Castile Offers Odorless Cleanser Boost
A health note claims body odor stems from stale perspiration and describes a new odorless treatment. It warns ordinary soaps fail to disperse waste, forming curds, and promotes deep pore cleansing with Kirk's Coco Castile as a 100 percent vegetable oil solution.
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Kirk
America
Procter &Gamble
Fire damages C. J. Murray residence in Iowa city
A roof fire on the rear porch at the home of C. J. Murray 1507 Fifth avenue SE spread along the side and under eaves at 3 15 pm Thursday until confined to roof and exterior. Loss not extensive. Also notes multiple chimney and roof fires at other local homes and a later retirement of Northwestern Bell Toll office manager Mrs W S Read, with Bertha Lewis named new manager.
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C. J. Murray
Fifth Avenue
Donna Reitz
Twenty-fifth
Company .No
Verne Hyde
Second Avenue
E. W. Foley
First Avenue E
W. S. Read
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bertha Lewis
Tripoli
Butter Hijackings Surge In Chicago Week
Chicago authorities report that 50 000 to 75 000 pounds of butter were diverted from normal channels in the past week. Loot is moved via fences to wholesale houses. typical hijackings involve large trucks with butter on Des Moines routes bound for Chicago. A separate note recalls veteran North Western railway switchman Joseph Reese retired March 1 after long service since 1890.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Exchange
Des Moines
Borden Sales Company
D. H. Reynolds Trucking Company of
Des Moines Dairy and Marketing Association
Belle Plaine
Joseph Reese
North Western Railway
Iowa
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Stripes
Fleer
Kate
Greenaway
Paradise
Smart Paradise
Phoenix Hosiery
Eleanor
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Ouvuruay
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