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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1934
Page
8
A fragmented price list shows multiple items with figures for six months three months and one month. The document includes entries such as 60 2.25 71.50 4230 9.50 8.50 3.00 12.10 and a line mentioning IDS AND MARION with an 8.50 value.
A Iowa State Grange vote at Manchester pushes for a single house. The piece weighs historical debate, noting Nebraska’s push, the role of Norris, and whether haste justifies scrapping checks and balances. It argues bicameralism provides needed oversight despite calls for speed.
Friday night authorities sought Stanley Lamb a convicted criminal deemed insane who walked from Independence state hospital carrying a gun and threatening two local peace officers. They fear he may have committed eastern Iowa crimes and note his prior Fort Madison robbery sentence and escapes. Lamb's transfers from Fort Madison to Anamosa to Independence remain unexplained.
The article accuses authorities of failing to notify police about Lamb’s escape from Independence until he was suspected of stealing a car at Columbus Junction. It urges recapture and probes how convicts are moved between prisons and why officials avoid timely alerts to law enforcement.
The Dean boys and Schoolboy Rowe confound expectations by suggesting the jug era or tradition may be connected to a surprising origin beyond Arkansas, altering common notions of where this pitching culture started.
A column laments failing to observe National Doughnut Month and other occasions while stressing fire prevention and Constitution Day. The author jokes about memory issues for anniversaries and birthdays and proposes a nationwide Remember Special Occasions year.
A letter from a father to his daughter Louise urges doubt and verification after praising skepticism. It cites World War I deception about dead German bodies, media bias, and warnings against trusting strangers. The text mocks political figures, discusses prohibition, gender roles, and social strains, ending with a request to correct a quoted line about industrial disputes.
A nostalgic reminiscence of a Manhattan brownstone boarding house once on West Fifty-seventh Street. The piece recalls boarders’ lives, a dim stairway, and the era’s social atmosphere, with mentions of Irvin Cobb, Orison Swett Marden dreams, and Julia Sanderson at the Knickerbocker.
A reminiscence of a New York boarding house scene on West 57th Street and Reisenweber’s vivid with crowd life. The narrator recalls Julia Sanderson, a foreign actress, and dinners with price details while noting writers Tarkington and Wilson and a shift toward cinema and writing dreams.
Charles R. Garrett of Cedar Rapids, senior in mechanical and electrical engineering at Iowa State College, has been elected to Tau Beta Pi the honorary electrical engineering fraternity. Mrs. W. E. Andre will chair the annual Christmas seat drive in December. Henry Ely and family return from Europe. Carl Stookey of Cedar Rapids wed Vera Lucille Held at Boone. Mrs. T. Jonas moves back to Cleveland. Mrs. J. A. Limback and Rosemary head to California for winter. A. B. Russell and Ethel Engelbert wed at Conroy home. Mayor C. D. Huston elected president of the Town League of Municipalities. Cedar Rapids men injured in Rock Island train collision near Sinclair packing house. T. M. Sinclair Co. awarded gold medal at St. Louis exposition.
A fragment discusses gender roles with a quote on women’s limits in work and references a Beecher family biography titled Saints Sinners and Beecheres, noting Lyman Beecher Stowe and Harriet Beecher Stowe as key figures.
A detailed crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers. Entries reference authors, objects, actions, and places including Greek letters musical terms and common words across a broad set of definitions.
An advertisement-like piece by Albert Edward Wisram and others promotes a booklet on achieving widespread employment through money and credit control. It cites works by Filene Bauer and Gold, claiming a plan can sustain private initiative while financing public works. An old Roman aqueduct over the Gard river is noted as a modern bridge.
The article surveys ongoing labor push for a 30 hour week led by Rep. Connery, notes Fanny Neyman’s appointment to the FCC, and discusses Democratic prospects in Michigan Indiana and Pennsylvania. It mentions Berle on NYSE advisory, Haight challenging Merriam in California, Perkins’ travel, Huey Long rumors, and various federal figures and aviation and tax topics with multiple named persons and places across the era.
A man obsessed with earning a raise in pay finds distraction in a beautiful woman who sways his focus and flaws his work. The brink of marriage restores his accuracy, as he resumes precise ledgers with renewed purpose.
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