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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
6
A Chicago speech analysis argues the address aims at emotion, not reason, and clarifies who the president may mean by economic royalists. It questions naming individuals while noting the call for concentrated control risks undermining Congress and democracy.
The national party chairman predicts Roosevelt carries Kansas and other 1932 states. Observers doubt a landslide, noting Kansas leans Republican while Landon holds a comfortable edge. In 1932 Roosevelt won Kansas with 55 percent. Kansas history suggests a tougher 1936 contest.
A 1936 essay compares stagnant water to unchanging personalities. It argues that growth through travel and education purifies habits, while stopping growth leaves characters fixed in ignorance. It weaves in social quips and cultural commentary on modern life and progress.
The record notes that state results often reflect national leanings and that local pride seldom decides a candidate's fate. It cites 1916 New Jersey Hughes for Wilson, 1932 Roosevelt in Dutchess County, and Hoover losses in Santa Clara County after earlier wins, illustrating inconsistent local support.
Near Columbus Nebraska a barn blaze that endangered eighty five tons of fodder prompted firefighters to call a local hardware merchant Scholz. Using flashlights and car headlights he dug a well that provided water to extinguish the fire by dawn.
The column muses on Hollywood stars and Broadway figures from Ilka Chase to Katharine Cornell and George Burns. It touches on Eight consonants and one vowel word Twelfths and notes on New York’s Day Old Bakeries at 10th and 11th avenues where mothers and children depart for Hudson river outings.
The column contrasts American and British dress, noting Albion’s finer tailoring among upper classes while Americans dress unevenly but Tulsa and Louisville top lists of well dressed cities. Hollywood leads male style as Floyd Gibbons decorates his car with flags on Spain trip.
Albert Edward Wiggam presents science based answers on moral questions from a societal perspective. The piece cites John J B Morgan on handling faults, orchids appealing to men and women differently, and Walter Buck’s 1923 1933 study showing rising liberal attitudes toward debt among Ohio State students.
Dr Henry C Link presents a booklet detailing rules for a good memory tested by science. Learn to remember names dates lessons and books with clear explanations. Send money to apply for costs with stamped self addressed envelope to Dr Alice E Wiggam care this newspaper. I ask for MEMORY.
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