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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1935
Page
6
A weather summary notes Cedar Rapids endured a hot late July into August, with fourteen days at or above 90 and a peak of 99 in mid July. The month closed cooler, while rainfall reached 1.96 inches, totaling 22.54 inches for the year, and temperatures fluctuated between the 40s and mid 90s across weeks.
Augustine Petrez of 1212 Fifteenth Street SE reported a thief entered his home late Saturday and stole $15 from his pay envelope. Petrez, a Illinois Central railroad employee, said he left the envelope with his wife, went fishing, and returned to find the money missing. Mrs. Petrez slept nearby and heard nothing.
A poem by Edgar A Guest ends with a reflective note on sport and sadness and is followed by Iowa City tax news. Johnson county treasurer W. E. Smith announces refunds totaling 49 610 dollars to be issued this week. Five thousand eight hundred seventy dollars will be issued by check to those who paid full property tax last spring. The remainder refunds go to those who paid half.
Editor's note introduces a school-year series on Jewish history with a weather-themed piece. It discusses weather's omnipresence, its effects on crops and daily life, and how pioneers noted daily conditions. It examines where to live considering climate, praising the upper Mississippi Valley and Iowa as balanced, nontoxic extremes with rare droughts and timely rain.
A historical overview shows explorers from Marquette Joliet to Lewis and Clark noting Iowa weather as a key feature alongside scenery. It traces seasonal character from harsh winters to bright falls, cites 1839 long-term records, and provides figures: average year 48 F, summer 72 F, winter 22 F, last spring frost May 3, first fall frost Oct 5, annual rainfall about 32 inches.
Dr William Brady explains anemia as a blood deficiency with red cell and hemoglobin loss. He lists secondary anemia as most cases and four primary forms including chlorosis once common but now rare, detailing the classic green sickness and its features in teenage girls.
A collage of notes cites Otis Caldwell on lucky numbers and their religious roots, claims on seven from astronomy, and debunks superstition. It then shifts to medical queries about chlorosis and anemia, with patient symptoms, followed by Q and A on anal fissure and hemorrhoids. Teeth health among Tristan natives is also discussed, noting decay absence without toothbrush use and diet impact.
Three outboard motors valued at 300 dollars were stolen Sunday night from the garage of Vernon Reichling at 1014 Ninth Street SW. The thieves forced the rear door and robbed Reichling of three motors including two Evinrude models and a Robin engine. Break ins were also reported Monday at Drapela grocery and Vernon Heights Pharmacy on Mount Vernon Avenue SE. Cellar windows provided entry at both sites and cash was taken from registers. No loss estimate was given.
A historical discussion probes whether science can dictate morality and how social hierarchies shape leadership. It notes most presidents and cabinet members stem from top professional families, with Hoover the sole exception since 1877, inviting questions on heredity versus environment and their impact on justice and ambition. It also ponders marital happiness for men holding distrustful views of women, labeling such men as neurotic or overprotected and examining psychological roots.
A booklet by Albert Edward Wizsam offers ten illuminating tests to apply to personal problems. Readers are invited to request a titled return envelope by mail, with self addressed stamps, and to ask for a copy via the newspaper.
The text argues a domineering mother keeps her son with unfaithful wives, claiming such men rarely become reliable husbands. It discusses feeble mindedness in populations, citing Osborn and Lorimer, noting mental deficiency is twice as common in dependent families but occurs across classes, with extreme idiocy found in all social classes.
Josephine discovers a pickle recipe while exploring a card file of family favorites. The instructions detail slicing cucumbers and onions, a salt brine overnight, then a hot seal preserving a crisp, fresh flavor without boiling. The feature cites The Cedar Rapids Gazette and dates to 1935.
DES MOINES AP State conservation officials say new federal regulations allow hunting ducks only between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. This change aims to curb early rising. Hunters without a properly signed duck hunting stamp should stay in bed all day, they added.
City plan commission meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in city hall council room. Board of education meeting postponed to next Monday at 7 30 p m. Z C B J picnic moved to 2 p m today at Z C B J hall due to rain. Companions of the Forest No 1367 meet 8 p m Wednesday in Odd Fellows hall 10734 Second Avenue SE. Legion parade plan Cedar Rapids unit participation for state convention at Waterloo led by Hanford post. march at 1 30 p m Tuesday. Jack Yeager returns from St Paul following the death of Isadore Fineberg president of Jack's Store and prominent in Jewish community affairs.
Firefighters answered a 9:20 p.m. Sunday alarm for an out-of-state car on First Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets. A cigarette stub dropped between the trunk and body started the blaze. Car owner identifies as J. M. Johnson. A false alarm followed at 1:40 a.m. from a box at 6th Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW. Vinton bank dividend slated for Farmers National depositors totals about 7 percent, with checks ready for distribution Wednesday after the bank closed in June 1932.
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