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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1936
Page
11
Charleston authorities still seek the killer of 64 year old Mrs John Ravenel shot near her home after an alleged cat screech. Investigators consider accidental shooting robbery and deliberate murder as possibilities with no motive or fingerprints found. Next story teased: The Rosebud murder.
National Retail Credit Association research shows August credit sales up 10.7 percent and collections up 7 percent from August 1935 across 47 cities and 13 953 retailers. Increases tied to more jobs and building, higher farm prices, and government spending with Mount Clemens Michigan leading in collections at 28 percent and Neenah Wisconsin topping credit sales at 40 percent.
The column argues that liberty survives only with balanced systems and humane reform. It warns against totalitarianism, defends the profit motive as a motivator when properly placed, and contrasts commercial and creative living. It stresses gradual, wise change and personal responsibility instead of surrender.
London AP reports that Mrs Jessie Margaret Whitlock faces a $2,500 annual life annuity unless she remains single, effectively costing her a fortune if she remarries. Verpelet AP notes Karoly Bal og Moga, an aged gypsy, hanged himself after blaming a broken fiddle. Rio AP describes police using whistles to prevent public petting, with night officers ordered to watch couples and issue sharp whistles for restraint.
In Dundee Archibald Fairley 19 receives a crate labeled Live birds Urgent From His Majesty the King as a reward for saving a homing pigeon. The gift, sent by King Edward VIII, includes two birds of the same strain as Fairley’s rescued bird.
In Mexico City the city’s shoeshine boys have organized, raising prices to 15 and 10 centavos for shine services. Tips remain at the customer’s discretion. The change ends 10 and 5 centavo charges previously common.
London AP reports Robert C Curtis, longtime secretary and typist for Edgar Wallace, died. For nineteen years he typed hundreds of thrillers and thousands of shorts, edited manuscripts, and transcribed Wallace dictation. He once typed a weekend novel for the prolific author.
Court leet is a local customary English court with limited criminal jurisdiction and traditional municipal duties. It operated within historic villages and towns, handling petty offenses and local governance matters under customary law.
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