World’s fair travel prize for high school winners announced
Four winners of The Cedar Rapids Gazette Travel Opportunity contest will tour Chicago for the Century of Progress. They stay at the LaSalle Hotel with the Travel Guild handling arrangements and activities, while local merchants boost votes with coupons for shoppers.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Windy
LaSalle Hotel
Travel Guild
Rude Auto Company
Cut Rate Auto Supply
Madam Mae Beauty Salon
Rex Beauty Shop
Harper Auto Refinishing Company
Kemble Floral Company
Charles Greenberg Furrier
Bishop’s Cafeteria
Troy
Ends Body Odor by Removing Cause
Perspiration odor comes from stale sweat in pores. Kirk's Coco Castile soap penetrates deeply to remove stale perspiration, rinse clean, and end odor at the source. Made by large soap makers, it costs about the same as ordinary soap yet is larger, sold at a new reduced price.
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Kirk
America
Castile
Will Rogers Comments on Roosevelt Radio Speech
Will Rogers notes President Roosevelt delivered a strong radio address on Sunday night using plain language about prosperity. He praises Roosevelt’s voice and mentions the speech covered current minutes of a recent meeting without addressing future plans.
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New York, N. Y
Roosevelt
America
Will
Local Businesses Listing in Cedar Rapids Area
A compiled list of Cedar Rapids area firms including laundries, shoe stores, druggists, hardware shops, furniture outlets, markets, grocers, meat and dairy vendors, electric and gas services, jewelry stores, theaters, clothing shops, and Sears Roebuck. The compilation highlights the city’s commercial variety through numerous named establishments and brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Shoe
Goodrich Silvertown, Inc
Lasswell Studio
Rubias Hardware Company
Rowell Hardware Company
Kanealy and Beezley
P. J. Nemmers Drug Company
W. W. Richards
Fisher Drug Company
Sixteenth Avenue Pharmacy
J. C. Landenberger
Optometrist
W. G. Block Company
Zalesky Furniture
Prout Furniture
Packing House
Conference on Hospital Financial Aid Planned Soon
A Chamber of Commerce committee will meet with local pacers and hospital representatives to decide possible financial relief for two local hospitals. Committee members include Arthur Poe chairman A J Murray M V Kehoe Mark Anderson S C Dows H R Green Edward Kilian and Harry Palmer.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pacers
Arthur Poe
A. J. Murray
M. V. Kehoe
Mark Anderson
S. C. Dows
H. R. Green
Edward Kilian
Harry Palmer
Nancy Page Quilt Pattern From Georgia Featured
Georgia pattern giver Grace Kersey of Meansville shares her Fish Tail quilt with Nancy Page readers. The club appreciates patterns from across the country and notes this design uses three colors with no white, four corner squares in one color, and diamond patches in a third color.
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Georgia
Grace Kersey
Meansville
Nancy Page
Miss Kersey
Nancy
Margaret
Fish Tail Quilt Design Pattern Request Notice
The article describes color schemes and fabric guidance for a Fish Tail Quilt Design. It specifies small patterns, color fast materials, yardage needs for an all over double bed quilt, and details for pattern requests including three cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Nancy Page. Back patterns require an additional three cents per pattern and copyright year 1933.
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Nancy Page
Tribute to Abbie S. Abbott by R T A Council
The Cedar Rapids Parent-Teacher council adopts a tribute to Abbie S. Abbott former principal of Washington high school who died April 30. The message honors her fairness justice humor and personal touch with students and notes her lifelong dedication to building character and a lasting temple in a child’s soul.
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Abbie S. Abbott
Washington High School
City
Parent-Teacher Council
Cedar Rapids
Parent- Teacher Council
Miss Abbott
Salvation Army Adjutant Details Global Work Drive
Des Moines official W G Friend, division al special efforts secretary for the Salvation Army, spoke at weekend meetings. He outlined its international reach in eighty three countries and colonies and described activities across classes and races. He noted a local fund drive starting within two weeks, as the Army is not in the Community Chest budget.
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W. G. Friend
Des Moines
Salvation Army
George Davidson Wins Kenwood Bird House Contest
George Davidson won first prize in the Kenwood Boy Scouts No 18 bird house contest directed by Rex Emry. Prizes included a Scout knife for first, a hunting knife for second to Robert Emry, and one dollar for Eugene Kehne. Judges were Fred Higley Sam O Brine and Ed Stefan. The seventeen other entrants built diverse house designs.
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George Davidson
Bird House
Kenwood
Boy Scouts No. 18
Rex Emry
Robert Emry
Eugene Kehne
Marvin Davidson
Dick Graves
Warren Buckner
le Wayne Felts
Dick Kehne
Keith Lyon
John Lyon
Kingston Brokaw
Robert Greene
William Machs
Harry Grove
John Shepard
Paul Hawke
David Ross
Merril Grove
Peter Thurman
Nile Waggoner
Fred Higley
Sam O'Brine
Ed Stefan
Kenwood Merchants
Man Posts Gutters Spouting Repair Ad
Classified advertisement notes a man seeking work to install new gutters or spouting or repair existing ones, referencing classifications 6 and 10 in the Want Ad section.
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City Hide & Fur Co
First St
Old City Scales Bldg
Will Rogers
Copsright
Florence la Ganke
Nowa
LA Sale Permanents
Newman
Marcel
Beauty Salon
Newmans Dial
R.T.A. Council
I Newmans
Newman's
Newman Day
Values
Armstrong
Wilson & Burr
Detroit Star Gas Ranges
Detroit Gas
Floor
Parmer Woods
Parmer Irons
Wilson
Scholls
Arch Oxfords
Big Ben Alarm Clocks
Rochester
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