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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1936
Page
15
The Monticello youth admitted planning to steal a bag after waiting in a schoolyard with a supposed companion. He claimed he sought money to fund a wedding present and new suit, saying he acted alone after initially misdirecting officers.
The Cedar Rapids parade features the Three Little Pigs on a float amid a half mile route with more than fifty units. Miss Mary Christmas chosen from entrants will ride on a float, with eleven ladies in waiting for the parade queen. Santa arrives with reindeer and live animals as holiday lights inaugurate the season.
L. L. Henry won the $200 first prize in the Gazette sponsored amateur ad writing contest. C. K. Homan took $100 for second place and M. J. Hess $50 for third. Bedell received an extra $200 after being disqualified as a Gazette correspondent. Injuries reported to Paul Thomas and Fannie Andrews. Town figures travel plans and business trips. J. C. Davis farm sale to Interstate Fair association head at $25,000 was reported.
Mrs S T Hinman returned from Borup Minn where she spent the summer with her daughter. An oil painting of the late Dean Thomas F Gunn was presented to the Linn County Historical Society by the Total Abstinence Society of the Catholic parishes at a program in the public library auditorium with talks by Dr E R Burkhalter.
Luther A. Brewer and R. J. Courtney figure in a notable legal matter. The two named individuals appear in a report detailing court action and possible settlement steps affecting their interests. Further specifics are unclear from the fragment.
George Choosky 23 of 1107 Seventh Street SE left his model T on the tracks at Eleventh avenue and Fifth street SE just before 2 40 a m. A northwestern passenger train No 22 eastbound rammed the car tearing a control box from the railroad. The driver woke at 4 30 a m to learn his car was wrecked and the box damaged.
A car sustaining heavy damage after crashing midair was traced to its owner Choosky via the identification card, reportedly the sole intact item amid the wreckage.
Mayor Thomas E. Martin announced two lynx kittens will be placed at the Iowa City park as gifts from Mr and Mrs Andrew Hanson formerly of West Branch. The Hanson couple captured the kittens near their Cimarron New Mexico home.
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