China painting memories note Mrs Franks and prewar rituals
An article recalls bygone china painting ideals for brides with pansy and violet motifs. It profiles Cedar Rapids artist Mrs. B. F. Franks, her studio, kilns, and the craft’s fading memory as a modern era shifts to faster life and strained romance between Shirley and Jaird.
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Cedar Rapids
B. F. Franks
Second Avenue
Franks
Jaird
Shirley
Maguire House
Laura
Furies
Handmade Rainbows Drama Teases Conflicting Loves and Schemes
In a small town Kathleen Moaxuire helps stranger Ritchie Graham while Connie Mays pursues Jaird Newsuma. Shirley Mauire faces engagement doubts as Connie’s brazen pursuit and family pressures strain her relationship with Jaird amid social scrutiny and economic hopes.
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Kathleen Moaxuire
Ritchie Graham
Macuires
Newsuma
Kathleen
Jaird
Shirley Maaire
Mike
Katheen
Graham
Ritchie
Gene Mays
R House
Alec
Leu Knight
Drenkard
Leon
Gaines Maguire
Bob Baird
Connie Mays
Connie
Eugene Mays
Bella Newsom
Shirley
Janet
Bob
Nell Cotter
Real Estate Transfers in Linn County and Surrounding Areas
A compilation of 1938 real estate transfers listing grantees including Joseph M. Bartosh to Harry Upmier, P. A. Osborne and wife to Leo B Geesaman, and more. Transactions include quitclaim, joint tenancy rights, and nominal sums with valid consideration, dated 1937 to 1938 across several townships.
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Joseph M. Bartosh
Harry Upmier Gedwig
Valcon
P. A. Osborne
Leo B
Marian E. Geesaman
Hus
George R. Cejka
Marguerette A. Cejka
Perp
Savs
W. G. Steele
John Mason Gramling
Pearl Gramling
Jones and Co
Treas
Linn County
Valcons
Archie Dallas Reinheimer
Caroline Reinheimer
Davis & Brooks
Marion
Charlie A. Merkel
Charlie A
Nettie P Merkel
Refinement of a Declarer Play Against Diamond Finesse
A Southeastern Championship hand shows testing diamond honors before drawing trumps. South, with strong distribution, reverses to two clubs. he safely fulfills the contract by testing diamonds, despite initial misgivings about finesses and ruffs. West holds four trumps but the line succeeds when diamonds are established.
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South
West
North
Declarer
East
Weather by Prof Selby Maxwell Prompts Drought Hope
A Cedar Rapids Gazette weather feature recounts Prof Selby Maxwell’s analysis of Gulf Stream air flows and their impact on Texas and the southwest. He notes storms from Old Mexico bringing rain, predicts drought relief in 1938, and urges reading his sunagnet monograph.
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Amarillo
Texas
Weather Bureau
Old Mexico
United States
High Table
Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Tamaulipas
Vera Cruz
Pacific Ocean
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Missouri
Ohio Valley
St. Lawrence Valley
Mex
Selby Maxwell
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Selby Maxweare
Ico
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Mexican Plateau
Okla
Homa
Kansas
Nebraska
Southwest
Finois
G. D
Great Lakea
Gulf of Menice
Nudson Bay
Clarifying Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Anoxia Terms
Readers questioned statements on carbon monoxide and anoxia. The note explains CO is not poisonous to cells itself but kills by preventing oxygen binding to hemoglobin, causing cellular oxygen deprivation across concentrations and conditions.
Carbon dioxide and monoxide in air and resuscitation facts
A Red Cross county chapter chairman questions Dr Brady’s air safety claims citing studies on carbon dioxide levels and oxygen supply. The piece explains that carbon monoxide damages cells by causing anoxia, not direct poisoning, and that high carbon dioxide levels require deep breathing but rarely cause immediate asphyxia.
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American Red Cross
Brady
Red Cross
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