Epidemic of Playhouse Fever Strikes Cedar Rapids Girls
Adeline Taylor reports an epidemic of wooden playhouses built by Cedar Rapids girls aged 8 to 13. Four girls, Jean Files Joanne Crawford Diane Marshall and Patsy Graves, are cited with their elaborately furnished miniature homes showing electric features Dutch doors and landscape plans. The piece warns parents to watch for symptoms when spring season returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Jean Files
Henry M Files
Blake Boulevard
Joanne Crawford
William C Crawford
Vernon Drive
Diane Marshall
Clare R Marshall
Pleasant Drive
Patsy Graves
N. Graves
Files
Jean’s Playhouse
Playhouse
Joanne
Diane
Stone City Art Co
Datame Os
Horesans
Eac of
Amperes
Narce
Pilar
Bie
Co.or
Time and Damsels in an October Vision
Fragmented verse sketches figures of time and autumn rituals. Dames of time march in endless file while harvest imagery and shifting light echo seasonal change. The prose interweaves memory, gardens, and symbolic gifts amid a drifting, dreamlike scene.
Apple Preserve Recipes From A Rural Autumn Harvest
Readers share numerous canned fruit and vegetable preserves including apple jellies marmalades con serves and jams. Recipes list ingredients such as pumpkins quinces pears grapes and peppers with steps for soaking stewing and sealing in jars reflecting a home canning boom.
Formal Opening Of Addition To Z B J Hall
A large gathering is planned for October 22 at 7 30 PM for the formal opening of the Z B J hall addition on Third street and Twelfth avenue SE Cedar Rapids. The program features talks by Joseph Kubieck F M Barta and J C Stepan, musical numbers by Cedar Rapids lodge, and a straw of school children Voral voices. Admission is free and the public is invited to inspect the new hall. The Cedar Rapids lodge and Anna Naprstek lodge will continue meetings in the C S P S hall. A delegation from the Western Bohemian Fraternal association including supreme officers and Cedar Rapids team will attend in Oxford Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Third Street
Twelfth Avenue
Joseph Kubieck
Board of Trustees
Camp Aten
F M Barta
Sonss
Cedar Rauids Lodge
J C Stepan
Sokolky
Vo Pice
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Oxford Junction
Dri
Marriage Report and Reflections on Culture in 1930s
West Liberty notes the marriage of Emila Smith to Austin M. Brisbois in Cedar Rapids on Oct 5 with a single ring ceremony. The bride, a 1929 West Liberty graduate and 1932 University of Iowa nursing alumna, will reside in Iowa City after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Emila Smith
H. J. Smith
Austin M. Brisbois
Town City
Cedar Rapids
George Korteling
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Allan Stamy
School of Nursing
University of Iowa
Children’s Hospital
Mr. Brisbois
J. N. Brisbois
Iowa City
Flowers and Gardens by Mrs J L Iowa gardener notes bulbs and tulips for rich year round beauty
An Iowa columnist describes bulbs and tulips as the best garden return. She details varieties such as Dido Zwanenburg Snowdon Miss Blanche and City of Haarlem and advises on soil, storage, and planting timing for a vivid year ahead. King Carol II of Roumania is mentioned in a closing note on royal wine revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Dido
Darwin Zwanenburg
Darwin
Faust
Zwanenburg
Snowdon
Miss Blanche
Clara Butt
Bishop
Jubilee
Philip de Commines
Biet
Fred Moore
Grenadier
John Ruskin
Gen. Dewet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dusan Brown
Sean
Jean Tiles
He Ouse
Jeanette Beyer
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dave
Carden
Cass Marchire
October
Voir
Vane Summers
Mire
Jennie Brooks
Thousand Island
Paul Teansend
Paul
Jonathan Appee
Rhode Island
Henry P O'Neil
Fred King
Clyde Gibbs
Colander
Helen H Schaefer
M G Jensen
Wheaton
R. M. Hatch
F. L. Wheaton
Frank Bell
Messinger & Sons
Fifth Street
Prompt Delivery Service
Troy Laundry Company Vaunderers—Drs Cleaners
South Side News
Z. C. B. J. Hall
Anna Naprstek Lodge
C. S. PS
Banco
Johns Manville
Limback Lumber CO
Josephine Letovsky
Mladocech Lodge
Prokop Velky
Earth
Man
DIAL
Dempsey’s Cleaners—Dyers
Second Avenue SE
Kneip & Bowen
First Avenue E
J. L. the
City of Haarlem
Taft
Isis
Carol II of
Roumania
Magic
Cedar Rapids Gas CO
Third ST. SE
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