Reserve Officers to Attend Camp near Des Moines
Twenty nine Cedar Rapids reserve officers will travel to Fort Des Moines for a two day encampment and training period to elect new state officers. Capt Frank N Mallory and Lieut Jack Donnell will accompany the delegation.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Frank N. Mallory
Jack Donnell
Regular Army
149Th Infantry
C. B. Robbins
Otto W. Mull
John Gardner
Lisbon
Lee Gillis
J. T. Wurst
L. M. Zalesky, Jr
Forrest Brebner
R. A. Huntington
Herbert Clark
Richard Beall
Edward McClenahan
L. F. Buchanan
Norway
Col. Robbins
349Th Infantry
Col
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
United States
Canada
Claude Stanley
350Th Infantry
Corning
Robert Shawn
Sigourney
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
War Department
Johnston Hagood
Omaha
Seventh Corps
John H. Hughes
Fort Snelling
Minn
London puzzle from 1790 on display at Chicago museum
The Museum of Science in Chicago showcased a 36 piece jig saw based on Pilgrim's Progress. The cutout was manufactured in London in 1790 and depicts the journey from the City of Destruction to a pleasant land beyond Giant Despair.
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Chicago
Museum of Science
London
Let’s Explore Your Mind by Albert Edward Wiggam
An excerpt presents Dr. Albert Edward Wiggam arguing science guides moral judgment and social rights. It cites studies on adopted names, egoism, stimulus values, language tests showing women’s linguistic superiority, and a humorous note on women’s sociability.
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Albert Edward Wiggam
D. Sc
Mark May
Yale
Wiliam F. Book
Indiana University
Frederick H. Lund
Temple University
Calvin Coolidge
Plan Commission Hears Plat Request On Memorial Drive
Guy Linville asked Cedar Rapids plan commission to approve a preliminary plat replat along Memorial drive SE from Bever avenue to south of Iowa avenue creating twelve lots at forty five feet frontage. The commission approved by engineers and inspectors. objection from Mrs Kate Loomis led to referral to major streets committee. Petitions to rezone on Johnson avenue and Thirtieth street SE were denied. A request to send Cedar Rapids plan to Prof Edwin L Mailly of William L Dickinson HS was noted.
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Guy Linville
City Plan Commission
Memorial Drive
Bever Avenue
Iowa Avenue
Kate Loomis
J. F. McLaughlin
John Real
Johnson Avenue
Hedges Company
Thirtieth Street
First
Third Avenues
Center Point Road
Thirty- Ae Street
C Street
Edwin L. Mailly
William L. Dickinson
Jersey City
N. J
Cedar Rapids
United States
M. L. Engelhardt
Teachers College
Columbia University
Hickenlooper Chosen Chairman of City's Board of Adjustment
B. B. Hickenlooper was elected chair of the city board of adjustment at a special meeting, succeeding S. V. Shonka. George B. Sherman named vice chairman. The Bever Land Co. may lease the Cedar View golf club house for a clubhouse and eating house with a 1 a.m. music limit and right to cancel after a hearing. A. G. Smid and S. C. Rock granted building and conversion permissions. Ed Sheffie’s refreshment stand and dining room approved.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Board of Adjustment
S. V. Shonka
George B. Sherman
Bever Land Company
Cedar View Golf Club
A. G. Smid
Oakland Avenue
S. C. Rock
Eleventh Street
Ed Sheffie
Ellis Boulevard
MacDonald Welcomed by British Crowds in Southampton
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was greeted by cheering crowds on the Southampton dock upon his return from Washington. He said his discussions with President Roosevelt were most successful and expressed pleasure with all conversations during the trip.
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Southampton
Ramsay MacDonald
President Roosevelt
Washington
MacDonald
Roosevelt
Hiking Club Plans First Cedar Rapids Hike
The Cedar Rapids Hiking Club will hold its first hike Thursday evening at 7 15 from City Hall. Future hikes occur every Thursday with two age divisions later led by Mr and Mrs George Taylor for the older group. The route goes east on First Avenue to Twenty seventh Street with games and refreshments. participants should bring 5 cents.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Clare Nichols
George Taylor
First Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Kenwood
Kiwanis District Governor Guest at Cedar Rapids Club
Rian Dow of Fort Dodge, vice governor of the Iowa-Nebraska Kiwanis district, spoke at the Cedar Rapids Kiwanis meeting in the Montrose hotel about Kiwanis affairs and the forthcoming national convention in Los Angeles. Washington High School glee club, directed by Miss Jess Chaney, performed with Miss Virginia Ohmann on violin. Principal M. S. Hallman attended as a guest.
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Rian Dow
Fort Dodge
Leutenant
Iowa-Nebraska Kiwanis
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Shoemaker
Glee Club
Ohmann
M. S. Hallman
Washington High School
Kiwanians
Daylight Saving and Prohibition Debate Sparks Reflection
Editor letters urge saving light by using daylight and shifting clocks. Authors cite international practice and quote scientists on alcohol, noting government controls in Canada and rising crime and bootlegging. STEMPLE WHITE, CANADA'S LIQUOR EXPERIENCE signatories included.
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the Gazette
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Victor Horsley
Metchnikoff
Howard Kelly
Johns Hopkins University
Montreal Star
Dominion
Ottawa
Saskatchewan Liquor Board
British Columbia Liquor Board
Minneapolis Journal
Connie Mack
John J. McGraw
Alonzo Stagg
Knute Rockne
Stemple White
Origins of OK debated in old Gazette letter
A reader recounts a Civil War era tale linking the term OK to Orrin Kendall and hardtack. The letter questions daylight saving power, arguing the ballot should decide, and urges the city council to ignore “luxuries” and protect farmers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
O. K
Orrin Kendall
WM. Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Abbie S Abbott remembered for lifelong impact on students
A tribute praises Abbie S Abbott for guiding thousands of youths through careful personal attention and fair, square leadership. The writer recalls her rare ability to analyze needs, offer remedies, and inspire individual effort, shaping lives beyond the classroom. Her legacy endures in the city.
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the Gazette
Abbie 8
Abbott
Abbie S
Sound sleeper loses car and watch in downtown Dallas
F B Forest dozed in a new sedan on a Dallas street and awoke to find the car and his watch missing. He was found in the gutter, a puzzled victim of the daytime theft.
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Dallas
Tex
F. B. Forest
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Cleopatra
Hamilton
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