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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1936
Page
30
A Cedar Rapids chronicle recalls the 1876 contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Vivid local scenes show pre election rallies, torchlit processions, and fistfights as Iowa swung Hayes with 171326 votes to 112121 for Tilden.
The piece recalls the 1876 dispute over Tilden and Hayes, noting the electoral commission created by Congress to resolve the contest. It highlights Hayes's conciliatory postwar policies, the return of southern states to autonomous governance, and contemporary remarks by Emery A. Storrs about Garfield's funeral and Hayes’s demeanor.
The columnist discusses Miss Flood’s likely busy phase on Broadway under a protective producer figure, highlighting stage tradition and the “no place like the stage” Shaw ethos. The piece also notes two military school dramas, So Proudly We Hail and Bright Honor, praising their vigorous but polemical critique of such institutions.
Excavation is under way at 64 Sixteenth avenue SW for a new one story brick and cinder block building by William Vavra, local grocer. Estimated cost 4500 dollars, with completion expected within sixty days. Zobac Construction Company holds the contract.
S S Hanson an engineer for the Great Western railroad died at his home in Oelwein aged 84 on Friday. He is survived by his wife and four sons.
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