Subscriptions by Mail in Iowa Advertised Rates
Subscriptions offered with seven issues weekly in Iowa and surrounding states. Rates shown: one year five dollars and up to seven fifty for six months. Mail and carrier delivery options include Cedar Rapids and Marion with varying advance payments. Advertising reps listed for Chicago New York. The paper carries full AP and IN news wire.
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Iowa
Illnois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
U. S
Cedar
Chicago
Allen-Klapp-Frazier CO
N. Michican Ave
New York
Allen-Klapp-Frazier
Fifth Avenue
Associated Press
International News
United Press
Ce i Ae
Not Time to Raise Prices Says Manufacturer Leader
The quote credits a steadfast manufacturer for enduring hardship and persevering until progress begins. It underscores resilience and patience as essential during tough times.
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L. A. Young
Buy Now campaign urged to curb inflation and sustain wages
General Johnson leads a public push to buy now and avoid currency inflation. If demand does not rise, employers may break wage commitments or go out of business, while inflation would erode the value of money and hurt fixed earners. The drive aims to stabilize prices and protect consumer purchasing power.
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Johnson
NBA
NRA
Trial of New Bait Rewires Passenger Rates for Rail Lines
Railroads launch a six month practical experiment with lower passenger rates starting Dec 1. A three cent per mile base fare, with discounts for round trips and day coach travel, removes the 50 percent Pullman surcharge, aiming to recapture traffic lost to auto and bus.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Gazette
Research Bureau
Pwlman
Rail travel costs in the Depression era compared with autos
The article notes 1932 passenger receipts at 32 percent below 1929 and freight receipts 48 percent lower. It argues that Pullman travel declined slightly more than coach travel, and examines how a three cent per mile rail rate could beat auto costs when depreciation, repairs, gas, oil, and garage rentals are accounted for, while acknowledging expense is not the sole factor.
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Nue
May Be Vets Could Arm Special Police
Jobless men hired as special police faced crowd trouble at a Coe Field game and a downtown dance. The piece argues for better training and a public uniform to command respect, noting the need for order and safety while acknowledging costs.
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Coefield
Cedar Rapids
The Childless Then and Now Reflections in a Column
A reflective column contrasts childless couples with dog caretaking and explores old age loneliness. It argues adopting children as insurance against isolation, critiques societal mockery, and notes shifts in language and public discourse. The piece blends social commentary with humorous asides about manners and bills.
Travelogue of a Rainy Philadelphia to New York Day
A Washington, Philadelphia, and New York diary fragment from 1933 describes a drenching drive, lunch in Staten Island, a Stork tavern stop, a Rockefeller cathedral carillon, and a sequence of social visits. The author reflects on aging, journalism, and theater figures like Earl Carroll and Mrs Patrick Campbell while noting publishers, publishers, and friends during a museum-like day.
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York
Arnold Bennett
Philadelphia
Staten Island
Mike
Alice Hogg
The
Stork
Rockefeller Cathedral
Carillon
Japan
Earl Carroll
the Waldorf
Patrick Campbell
Shaw
Mrs. Pat
Prevent Tooth Slips with Fasteeth Powder
Avoid embarrassment of false teeth dropping while eating talking laughing or sneezing. Sprinkle Fasteeth on plates for a comfortable secure feel with no gummy taste. Available at May Drug Co or any drug store.
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May Drug Co
10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette Oct 9 1923
Notes from 1923 include Miss Gertrude Lynch leaving for Los Angeles for winter, pitcher Earl Whitehill arriving for the winter, and Col C B Robbins departing for the Legion convention in San Francisco.
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Gertrude Lynch
Los Angeles
Calif
Earl Whitehill
Detroit
Col
C. B. Robbins
San Francisco
National Legion
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the Gazette Company
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Pat
America
Hubert Kelley
Kansas City Star
Julian Street
Collier's
Phil
Leon Gordon
Beaux Arts
Lft
Carlsbad
Maybelle Orwell
Arcadia
Richard Harding Davis
Walter Chrysler, Jr
Irvin Cobbs
Laura
Vicky
the Hoggs
Elizabeth Blun
Kitty
Messmore Kendal
Buff Cobb
Steve
Selfridge
London
Boze Bulger
Chapin
Maytag Company
Newton, Iowa
Second Ave. SE
Gasoune
Alice Rachael Howe
Owen Thomas Barry
Howe
Joseph Fort Newton
Milwaukee
Cyril Slapnicka
A. W. Sheppard
San Antonio
Tex
Shamus O'Brien
Greene’s
Opera House
Toay
Charles Bell
Safe Insurance
Mack
Fire Agency
Turner
Plymouth
Lbert Zuch
Ohio U. Drive-It
Mr. Zuch
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler
Albert M. Zuch
A-Drive-It CO
Akron
Ohio
Elmer Everett
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ted
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