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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1942
Page
9
Albert E Wiggam discusses Joe Louis and race education gaps between white and Negro soldiers, noting progress since 1918 and the value of schooling. The column answers reader questions on reading speed differences by gender and a morality piece urging character through struggle and conscience.
In this note Uncle Ray describes how Romans engineered aqueducts to lead water from hills to Rome. Eleven major aqueducts served the city with sources often miles away and underground runs before surface channels.
The article notes the Aqua Marcia still feeds Rome with water, tracing six miles of masonry arches across valleys. It mentions other ancient conduits like Aqua Paola later renamed Trajan, and describes how Roman aqueducts resemble bridges with runways atop arches. A famous example in Nimes, France features a bridge-like section with a 180 foot runway above a river. Tomorrow: Modern Aqueduct.
Public notices announce the appointment of Administrator Benjamin F Farber for Mario R Farber of Linn County and Executor for Etta A Loykn of Linn County. Both solicit immediate debt payments and filed claims with Linn County District Court with attorneys listed. The notices date August 24 1942 and August 17 1942 respectively.
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