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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1935
Page
17
An elderly narrator recalls family debt and tax worries as a farmer faces mortgage burdens. The piece contrasts hard work on the land with a creditor’s power and a parson’s foreboding warnings. The speaker reflects on life, responsibility, and the appeal of voting rights versus contentment.
A vignette profiles Richard Le Gallienne nearing seventy living reclusively in Pars with poetic detours through his American years and Eva Le Gallienne’s rise. It notes German’s five popular American writers and a Central subway midnight shuttle image filled with lighthearted, roaming passengers.
The piece follows Richard Le Galli ene leaving for Paris and reflects on dignified names, noting figures such as Maurice Barrymore and Edward King Gaylord. It also sketches profiles from Hays to Victoria, with anecdotal glimpses of social and artistic circles from England to New York.
A 1935 piece recalls Club Gaucho proprietor Eva Tangusy Aygs and a caped doorman who rides a horse to open taxi doors with a sweeping Buenos Noches. The joke notes the confusion of uptown slummers about the doorman’s mode of arrival.
The Frontier days contest is scheduled for July 6 to 11. Franklin Junkerman was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Amusement Association formed to stage the event, with James E. Hamilton as first vice president, L H Stubbs as second vice president, Frank C. Byers as secretary, and Ed Kilhian as treasurer.
Prof Marton and Bock of Ellsworth College led Cedar Rapids high school Grays to a decisive 12 6 win over Tilford Academy Leant of Vinton this morning. Players Dr Joe Hayes Billy Fuller ton Jim Tyndall Frank Long C Ho French Wo Flanagan Ton Myers Lews Baerthel Peter Hach and Wes Pohorsky depart for Spirit Lake to fish a week or ten days at Templar pant.
In a brisk author's note the piece cites Hans Zinsser's Rats Lice and History arguing that disease vectors like lice and rats often altered outcomes more than generals or armies. It highlights how epidemics spread and influenced classic campaigns across history.
The article discusses how blame and credit shift in defeat and victory, notes a quest for adventure or work driving travel, and cites a study by the Emergency Relief commission showing most seek employment and settle when found. It also highlights how a wife's advice can influence a husband even when resisted, with references to Good Bye Mr Chips. It closes with a stat that forty three percent of Iowa's land is mortgaged.
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