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Chilly Easter Sleet Paralyzes Cedar Rapids Interurban Transit
A severe sleet storm on Easter Sunday crippled interurban travel and phone lines north of Cedar Rapids. Local note: Mrs. Lillian Landmesser injured when a parked car was struck. Markets show varied prices for wheat corn oats rye hay straw hens eggs hogs steers and lambs across several reports. Local veterans prepare for Shiloh reunion and individuals relocate business operations to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar
L. F. Broberg
California
Broberg
Camp Kearney
Battle of
Shiloh
T. J. Lewis
Samuel Shafer
Bert Shafer
Samuel Rush
St. Louis
Pittsburg Landing
Tenn
Fred Alden
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Sion
Brotherhood of the Congregational Church
Frank Haller
Cedar Rapids and Marion Street Car Company
W. G. Haskell
Johnson Gas Light Company
Cedar Rapids