This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1941
Page
2
A crowded station scene forces an extra parlor car on a Baltimore and Ohio line. Passengers, including City Attorney Don Hines, scramble for a discarded magazine, while one man keeps it for himself. Hines boasts of knowing the railroad timetable.
The passage lists multiple AAU W group meetings led by various hosts in SE and NE addresses, with times and topics including short story examples, Washington readings, Reveille in Washington, and Florence Harriman reviews. Also notes a philanthropic sewing session, a silver tea with musical performances, and a dessert luncheon for P.E.O. chapter IH.
A string of visitors gathered in the town for a football weekend hosting dinners, receptions, and cocktails. Notables included the Culvers, the Lees, Mr. and Mrs. Sede, and many Minnesota and Iowa guests staying at homes across SE and NE neighborhoods with gatherings at the Cedar Rapids Country club and the Elks club.
Miss Dorothy Buchanan and Charles J Whipple announce their engagement and upcoming marriage in the next weeks. Miss Buchanan, a University of Iowa graduate and social service executive, will wed Mr Whipple of Iowa City, owner of Thompson Transfer and Storage. The couple plans to reside in Iowa City.
The Mercy hospital auxiliary presents its yearly benefit bridge event to fund work space for working girls at Mercy hospital. The party takes place Monday December 1 at 2 p.m. in the Immaculate Conception school auditorium with Mrs. Leo Carney as general chair. The announcement lists numerous committee members across tickets refreshments chairs and tables reception and publicity. Chapter II P E O will meet Monday at 1 p.m. for a dessert luncheon at Mrs Charles E Roberts home with Mrs Robert L Stonebraker assisting.
Mrs Kenneth Lindsay arrives home Friday after a ten day trip with stops in New York and Providence. Her husband Kenneth Lindsay remains in Washington DC this week as they visit family and friends in the Northeast. Chapter IF PEO meets at 3312 C Avenue NE Monday at 2 PM with Mrs K J Campbell hosting and Mrs Kenneth Ottsen leading a program on Prominent Women in Literature.
Dr Charles T Hickok will discuss Congressional Affairs at the League Of Women Voters November general meeting held Tuesday at 12 30 p m in the Commonwealth tea room Lunch is served before the program and reservations are with Mrs Charles Bode 2 8517 Also on Monday a dessert luncheon hosts Mrs A L Bye at 1571 Second Ave SE with Mesdames Pugh Meredith Carrie Thomas and Dennison assisting A book review Smokey House by Elizabeth Goudge will be given by Mrs E E Schenefelt Dean Mary Bell and Prof Ethel Ryan attended a Coe Grinnell game in Grinnell Saturday as guests of Miss Clara Andersen Lunch guests and a tea in Voorhees Hall today from 4 to 6 p m feature the Thanksgiving motif with Mrs C Harve Geiger pouring
The Junior League sponsors a non profit Marionette production of Snow White adapted from the Rose version. Proceeds fund area schools with profits returned for school use. Adult supervision provided and a special executive board meeting set for Tuesday at the Montrose hotel with a general session at 2 p.m.
Ashley chapter D A R junior membership committee hosts a benefited card party to raise funds for the Imogen B. Emery scholarship fund. The event is Monday at 1 30 p m in the Glow room of the Gas company with dessert served. Reservations with Mrs Worden at 29909.
The Cedar Rapids College club hosts guest night at the Crystal room of the Montrose hotel Thursday evening with Prof H J Thornton of Iowa City delivering a talk on Some His for Optimism. Thornton, history professor at the University of Iowa, also writes on the chautauqua movement and United States in the Twentieth Century.
A sweep of upcoming lectures concerts and meetings across Iowa towns. Notable items include Major George Fielding Eliot on The War and Us in Iowa City, world premiere of Mississippi at University of Iowa, Rosalyn Tureck recital at Cornell College, and Linn County Council of Christian Education convention in Cedar Rapids.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.