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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1940
Page
16
A reporter substitutes as a classroom teacher at Johnson School. Miss Laura Thompson and Miss Catherine Eckstein guide activities from reading to art and citizenship. The day ends with a tired reporter reflecting on teaching and a hopeful idea about becoming a teacher.
The annual kite contest by the play ground and recreation commission will be held Friday morning March 22 at Ellis Park. Open to all city boys, with kites built at the Y M C A Jane Boyd Community House First Presbyterian and St Pauls churches. Multiple awards for homemade kites and events include a pulling contest message race and kite battle open to homemade and commercial kites.
A local newspaper lists multiple prize sponsors including Killian’s, Champlin Hatchery, J. C. Penney, Moon Funeral Home and more. The piece details 26 special awards with cash, merchandise, and services such as laundry, dry cleaning, car services, and a wristwatch. Advertising contest rules outline entry methods for amateurs and prize publication.
Boys aged 7 to 15 may enter a bird house building contest at the Y M C A with three divisions based on age. Entries accepted at the boys’ desk until noon April 13. Prizes include $2 summer memberships for divisions 1 and 2 and $5 intermediate membership for division 3.
Waterloo hosts a Methodist rally as part of 82 nationwide assemblies in early 1940. Bishops Urban V. Darlington W W Peele J Ralph Magee and William C. Martin participate with Magee presiding. Eastern and southern church legates join in a program of devotion addresses and youth events at Grace and First Methodist churches.
Three grand prizes of 200, 100 and 50 cash will be awarded for the top ideas in the contest. Suggestions emphasize that ads are written ideas and prizes go to concept quality rather than technical details. Short slogans or verses are encouraged and readers are urged to study and try advertised goods.
The notice highlights to study the paper's advertising pages for useful tips. It urges readers to examine promotions, rates, and layouts to gain insights. Carefully review targeted ads and featured products to spot trends and opportunities.
As wheel diameters shrink and speeds rise, tire tread grows thicker and wider. The tire body endures greater stresses and flexing, increasing internal friction and heat. With heat up, blowout danger grows, a challenge Firestone must address.
A remedy for blowouts is described with gum dipping, dipping tire cords in liquid rubber to strengthen fibers, reduce tread separation, and extend cord life by 58 percent. The S. and W. Tenth Street Service station acts as a Firestone tire agent offering repair work and updated machinery. They can cut down old steel tractor wheels to fit rubber tires and use a balancing gauge to center the hub and prevent wobble.
Public acceptance of life insurance is high amid low mood. The National Life Insurance company demonstrates low net cost and a strong surplus per thousand in force. A federal report shows it with the largest percentage gain in market price over cost among 26 companies and the most favorable market to book value balance. Organized 90 years ago in Vermont.
The company operates in Iowa since 1873 with Cedar Rapids branch offices acting as a collection agency for eastern Iowa and housing a real estate mortgage department. It offers complete life policies including disability income and premium waiver features and is based in the Dows building.
The article discusses preventive medicine reducing emergency calls through serums vaccines and antitoxins. It notes the growing pharmacist role and stresses accurate prescriptions. Cedar Rapids Paramount Pharmacy and Security Laboratory offer round the clock prescription chemicals medical supplies and rapid delivery.
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