Blair's Road Banned for Trucks Over Eight Tons
Linn county supervisors ban trucks over eight tons from Blair's ferry road to protect the route between highway 11 and Malton. The move aims to preserve roads during thaw while warning of broader restrictions on secondary roads. The board also appointed appraisers for a 13 mile farm to market project and approved a bridge and related hardware expenditures.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Highway 30
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Cedar Rapids
Wilton Pollock
Springsille
William Secrist
Brown
Merchants National Bank
Richard Kerschner
Rozella Kerschner
Pollock
Secrist
William H. Behrens
Dry Creek
Robins
Harper-MclIntire Compan
Edwin Lundquist
W. W. Crissman
Dempsy Jones
Germans Strip Holland Of All Gold Holdings
Germans strip Holland of all gold holdings as occupation authorities order Dutch citizens to turn in gold alphabetically to the Netherlands Bank. A central bureau with the German Chamber of Commerce coordinates production and export aimed at aiding Germany’s war effort. American-Netherlands commerce remains effectively non-existent despite trade measures.
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Washington
Netherlands
Hollands
Holland
Belgium
Germany
German Chamber of Commerce
Lemon Juice Remedy Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts a lemon juice remedy for rheumatic arthritis or neuritis. It claims rapid relief within 48 hours using a two week Ru-Ex Compound supply mixed with water and lemon juice, with a money back guarantee through May Drugs Company and local druggists.
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May Drugs Company
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Red Hot Side Notes
A collage of names and inside gossip items from Broadway and press circles includes Walter Winchell and various celebrities. Reports touch on marriages separations waves of notoriety and upcoming events in entertainment journalism across venues like Vogue Fifth Avenue and Hollywood outlets.
Professor Stephen Bush to address young men’s bureau gathering
About 50 out of town junior chamber members are expected Thursday night as the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce hosts an inter club meeting. Prof Stephen Bush head of the Romance language department at the University of Iowa will speak on international affairs. He is a World War I veteran and was attached to the Moroccan division of the French army in 1918. His medals include the Croix de guerre. He has served on the Iowa staff since 1901.
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Chamber of Commerce
Stephen Bush
University of Iowa
Bush
Iowa
Plumb Line Sermon For The Federal Council
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins prepares a prayer address titled Amos What Seest Thou for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America on March 12. He frames a moral verdict of plumb lines measuring personal and social righteousness and calls for mercy, obedience, and renewal amid societal collapse.
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Gaius Glenn Atkins
The
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
How Family of 4 Can Eat Well On $10 a Week
A diet plan for two families of four aims to provide a balanced, calorie rich menu with protein minerals and vitamins. Recipe notes describe fruit filled peanut cookies doubling as two cookies in one with center fruit filling and steps for mixing rolling and baking at 400 F for about 7 to 8 minutes.
Delicately Browning Cookies and Daylong Meals List
A scattered recipe fragment lists cookie fillings and a daylong meal plan. Items include apricot puree filling, dates, fruit filled peanut cookies, sliced oranges, soft cooked eggs, bran muffins, honey, potato soup, crackers, pineapple lettuce salad, tea, pork shoulder with sauerkraut, browned potatoes, stewed tomatoes, bread and butter, and coffee with a total day cost around $1.50.
Allied Ship Losses Reach Over Two Million Tons
Berlin reports from the German high command on the period November 1 to March 1 show Allied ship losses totaling 2,037,000 tons. Of these, 1,524,000 tons were destroyed by the navy and 513,000 by the air force. The communique also says 175 merchant ships were heavily damaged by German air attacks and that mine losses are not included.
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Berlin
High Command
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4723
The pattern 4723 by ANNE ADAMS offers Misses and women sizes from 12 to 40 with a dress and ensemble requiring 4% yards of 39 inch fabric or 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West 17th Street New York N Y for this pattern and add 10 cents for the latest pattern book.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Congressman Schwert Dies After Dinner Heart Attack
Congressman Pius L. Schwert of Buffalo New York aged 48 died suddenly Tuesday night of a heart attack shortly after giving an address at a dinner party in an Annapolis hotel.
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Pius L. Schwert
Buffalo, N. Y
Annapolis Hotel
Mary Manners Advice Column on Truth, makeup, and trust
A reader seeks guidance on believing a boy who flirts with others and whether to trust him. Miss Manners advises not to invest trust yet, respond tactfully, and let him pursue you if he is unsure. A male correspondent asks how to tell a 15 year old girl her makeup is too heavy without hurting feelings. The answer urges tact, suggests praising natural beauty, and hints gently that she can improve with subtle signals.
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Linx
Fiib
Miss Manners
Jack OF All Trades
Clermont High School Choral Groups Plan Coe Vesper
Clermont high school choral groups under Theodore C. Ressler will sing at Coe College in the T.T.M. Sinclair Memorial chapel Sunday at 4 p.m. Fifty-five voices perform a 19 part program Foundations of Our Faith with Ruth Krueger at the piano. Featured soloists include Augusta Miller Eugene Cooley Lorraine Osterhus Madonna Trudo and Joyce Amundson.
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Theodore C. Ressler
T.™. Sinclair
Coe College
Ressler
Clermont
Ruth Krueger
Augusta Miller
Eugene Cooley
Lorraine Osterhus
Madonna Trudo
Joyce Amundson
Mr. Ressler
Clermont to host Christian heritage program March 23
The event traces Christian heritage from Old Testament origins to Christ’s earthly ministry and will be followed by a worship service. Clermont High School hosts the presentation on March 23 with Max Reed, a 1940 Coe College graduate now teaching there, assisting with arrangements. Other Coe graduates teaching at Clermont include Ida Mae Carlson Dougan and Ida Mikulas.
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Clermont High School
Max Reed
Ottumwa
Coe
Clermont
Ida Mae Carlson Dougan
Ida Mikulas
Half Billion Fence Posts Need Replacing Each Year
Rough estimate indicates about 500 million fence posts require replacement annually in the United States. The figure reflects ongoing maintenance for farms, properties, and public works, highlighting a substantial infrastructure upkeep task nationwide.
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United States
10 20 30 YEARS AGO IN THE GAZETTE
Maurice Cahill will speak at Davenport March 19 for the annual business men's banquet. Rev Wilfred C Keeler resigns due to ill health. Marion high school students win in Monticello sub district declamatory contest Eileen Ferreter first in dramatic Thomas Lawson first in humorous. Ingold Buser dissolve partnership after 15 years. Mrs A Borkovcova represents Alice Masaryk and Red Cross aiding Hoover relief. The County Sheriff is the Greene's opera house attraction today William Byers elected.
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Maurice Cahill
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Davenport
Wilfred C Keeler
Marion Methodist Church
Marion High School
Monticello
Eileen Ferreter
Thomas Lawson
W. M. Ingold
Edward J. Buser
Ingold-Buser Company
A Borkovcova
Alice Masaryk
Czechoslovak Red Cross
Hoover
Greene's Opera House
William Byers
Railway Men’s Christian Association elects officers
The Railway Men’s Christian Association members chose Mrs. William Buttre as first vice president, Harry Jacobs as second vice president, Mrs. John Barnhart as secretary, and Mrs. G. R. De Vault as treasurer. W. J. Elliott of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank spoke in Davenport at the YWCA and St John’s Methodist on The Stewardship of Money.
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Railway Men's Christian Association
William Buttre
Harry Jacobs
John Barnhart
G. R. de Vault
W. J. Elliott
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Davenport
St. John's Methodist Church
U. S. Cost Of Living Edges Up for February
The national industrial conference board reports a 0.1 percent rise in U S living costs in February. The dollar’s purchasing value fell to 1161 cents from 116.3 in January and 117.5 in February 1940, while February marked the third straight monthly increase due to higher rents and prices for food and clothing.
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National Industrial Conference Board
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