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10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette Chronicle
Weather drops below zero this winter with 5 below at 8 am after yesterday’s snow. Mr and Mrs W J Schultz of Cedar Rapids injured when their car overturned on an icy edge near West Union. Schultz three broken ribs, Schultz cut on arm. Morris Sanford spoke at the National Oxford Fellowship convention in Mount Vernon today. Leonard Carothers, former local aviator, left Tampa on a endurance flight with Tom Livermore to chase a new record. The Marriage Question attracted audiences at the opera house today. Anna Pavlovsky of Cedar Rapids placed third in the Midwest horticultural show canned fruit contest in Des Moines. If fuel issues persist, Cedar Rapids and other Iowa cities face a Christmas in the dark, per the city fuel commission led by Glenn Averill after meeting county fuel advisor W G Haskell. Mrs Alice Run departed yesterday for Spokane Washington. Board members B J Clark vice president, Miss Mary Kennedy secretary, Arthur Stebbins treasurer, Luther Fuhrmeister librarian. Dr F G Ladd returned from a two week visit to Colorado. Radium remains extremely expensive as 14 000 tons of ore yield one ounce worth 700 000 dollars.