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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1932
Page
13
Mrs. Severson claimed first place for a yarn crafted item while Mrs. Anderson took third with pillow cases in the exhibition.
A garbled collection of cooking instructions and kitchen tips. It mentions cinnamon clove spice bags, boiling sugar for jars, peaches, nutmeg, ham, eggs, pickles, peppers and making sandwiches with lettuce. Also includes stray advice about shoe polish, turpentine, rag rugs and arranging color contrasts in menus.
The Whittier Flower Exhibit judged by Mrs. J. L. Rhea of Cedar Rapids honored top entries from local growers. Progressive Sunday school class won best permanent improvement for a cement walkway at the Community building grounds, while Garden club earned second prize for a rose trellis. Premium winners include Mrs. Eric Anderson and others in categories such as corn flowers pinks petunias dahlias roses cosmos gladiolus zinnias and more.
The article lists numerous participants and awards in a local flower show including Mee Dewees Mrs ars P Bally and Catherine Williams Mrs Henry Carbee with best perennials and artistic bouquets. It notes many bouquets of cut flowers winning first second and third prizes and mentions Beulah Arm strong G vd H grasses Bert Stewart and Mrs Willows Martin among exhibitors.
City issued a mix of permits in August totaling 48309 dollars covering 123 building projects. The tally included sixty four electrical permits, six plumbing permits, and six miscellaneous permits processed by the department.
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