Madison school's memory lives in Cedar Rapids history
City bought the old Madison school for ten thousand dollars, preserving a treasured West Side landmark. Former students recall Miss Cora Ramsdell and longtime teachers, the scarlet fever era, and school pride that shaped Cedar Rapids across generations.
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Madison School
Cedar Rapids
West Side
Madison
Cora Ramsdell
Fourth Avenue SE
Miss Ramsdell
Frank Shaffer
Jennie F. Lathrop
Ernest F. Robinson
Wirt N. Ellis
Josephine McNamara
Mary Etta Cline
Frank W. C. Baker
Robert I. Larimer
Belle C. Robins
Cora E. Schenenberger
John M. Field
Albert A. Machemer
Frank A. Miller
Florence and Yula Foote
Carl A. Pfund
Edna L.olmey
Bertha E. Nyere
Nannie Jones
Lloyd L. Krebs
Lillian M. Pospishil
Jerome F. Connor
Sadie F. Graham
Susan Whitfield
Jennie Belle Krebs
Susie B. Averill
Mr. Hedges
Emma Z. Tidd
Charles Gillespie
Susan B. Averill
Charles Claussen
Maude Krebs
Thomas B. Powell
Superior Court
Frank K. Hahn
Albert Clark
W. C. Benesh
Ben Benish
Ted Drew
van Buren School
Grant
Third Street
Second Avenue
Edna Kraut
Emma Mason
Josie Kucera
Mabel Rugh
Evie Ingram
Dolly Jacoby
Rachel Hall
Clara Sutliff
Myrtle Hovey
Minnie Averill
Pansy Stevens
Cora Coburn
Margaret Burr
Jessie Dickinson
Edna Cameron
Alice Munger
Willie Fiesler
Walter Krebs
William Meskimmens
Johnny Harmon
Julius Markert
Kirk Putnam
Fred Meskimmens
Ralph Chiverton
Andrew Messner
Claude Harmon
George Bushnell
Mind poisonous friends threaten lifelong bonds
A reader warns about mind poisoners who destroy friendships through jealousy and deceit. The author notes how a trusted friendship can be eroded, urging restraint, discretion, and learning to keep some thoughts private. A late 1936 copyright marks the piece as timeless advice on friendship dynamics.
Life Insurance Offer Sparks No Medical Exam Plan
A St. Louis company introduces a new no medical exam life policy with $1,250,000 issued under a twenty payment plan. The $1.00 monthly rate for five years rises to $2.00 for fifteen years, then becomes fully paid. No money due and no agent calls.
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American Life and Accident Insurance Co
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Tait Cummins
Ramsdell
Jennie Fair
Libbie Collier
Ada E. Jackson
Emma Livermore
Bertha Thompson
Margaret Nyere
Minnie Durham
Ida Livermore
Channie Porter
John Redmond
Emma Forsythe
Alice Harwood
Kate Livermore
Toof
Miss Collier
Collier
Dave Johnson
Lelia Johnson
First Avenue
Johnson
Toronto
Canada
Cleveland
Hedges
Iowa
Lula Miller
Roy Dale
Earl Allen
Wallace Robinson
Mamie Gorton
Jennie Krebs
Blanche Benish
Willie Wooddard
Susie Averill
Willie Moore
Minnie McDaniel
Annie Thomas
Harry Hedges
Lillie Pospishil
Robert Irving
Nellie Inman
Abbie Hall
Mattie Carmack
Lola Miller
Grace Hay
Frank Baker
Charlie Stoddard
Ashley Rathburn
Luela Remington
Hattie Buck
Milo Tomasek
Gay Sinter
Lloyd Krebs
Bert Haight
Elver Fiske
Etta Cline
Florence Foote
Lena Dudley
Emma Nyere
Ben Coenen
Floyd Scheneberger
Frank Sykora
Earl Taylor
Clarence Chi
Adolph Chelod
Frank Herkner
Mike Heins
George Graham
Nellie Larkin
Zoe Brainerd
Myrtle Eddy
Maggie Birch
Mary Goodfellow
Fannie Bangs
Seventh Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Cameron
A Avenue
Burr
Fifth Avenue
Duncan
Order of Eastern Star of
Benesh
City Hall
Clare Nichols
Recreation
Verne Marshall
The
Gazette
Thomas Paine
Theatford
Norfolk
England
Thompson
Mpson Photo
Calvary Baptist Church
R. V. Clearwaters
B. Brinkley
Iowa City
Crandic
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
Snider
Ches
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M. J. B. del Monte
Florida Oranges
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Fancy CO
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