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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

28 Oct 1978

Page 7

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1978

Page

7

Attic Treasure auction chronicles Borghart heritage

An attic packed with four generations of Borghart family antiques sold at Hawkeye Downs in a two day auction. Relics traced to Frederick Borghart who left Berlin in 1847 and settled on Cedar River land, later expanding holdings to 540 acres. Items included a $1800 Victorian walnut secretary and a $475 walnut wardrobe as collectors traveled from Illinois Wisconsin and Missouri.

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Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs Borghart Constance Hardenbrook Tower Terrace Helen Boyd Thornton Iowa Katie Borghart C St. Road Mrs. Hardenbrook Frederick Borghart Berlin Germany United States Fuhr Frederick Louisa Niles Louisa Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Harlan Glandorf Bever Ave. SE Grandma Grandpa Glandorf William Ellison Solon Ellison
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Time shifts and clocks back in autumn narrative

A playful essay on time and daylight saving, noting the annual clock change on Sunday October 29 at 2 am. It contrasts modern time pressures with prehistoric life, highlighting confusion and humor around adjusting for standard time. It weaves wit about jet lag and missed alarms.

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Time Zones and the Grunt of Clock Change

Steve Clark reflects on time, the idea of time itself, and how America set four main time zones in 1883. He recalls railroads driving standardized time and notes the lure of turning clocks back for an extra hour of sleep as Sunday 2 a.m. offers a chance to correct errors.

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History of St Louis on tape at Lambert Field

A two minute taped history of St Louis in French German and Japanese is available on phones at Lambert Field The multilingual display was installed as international flights to the city doubled The display sits near the customs center in the international wing and includes English narration in addition to the foreign languages ON THIS DATE in 1636 Harvard University was formed in Massachusetts.

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ST. Louis UPI Lambert Field Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater St. Louis
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