Snobbery and nostalgia drive faux antique products
The piece argues new products imitate old styles to cash in on nostalgia and snobbery. It cites a $80 modern radio in a heavy antique cabinet, a $175 imitation wheelbarrow, a $60 ballpoint pen, and a candle lighter pistol device from Wall Street Journal ads. The author contrasts readers of the Journal with common folks, highlighting class perception and urges firms to justify high prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
Fed
Iowa City newspaper stand seeks court to stay sidewalk ban
Chicago Tribune vendor Patrick Toomey filed in Johnson County District Court to block Iowa City from removing his sidewalk subscription stand. He argues First Amendment and local ordinance protect distributing newspapers on sidewalks. City officials say a table on the sidewalk counts as a commercial office and is not allowed.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Chicago Tribune
Patrick Toomey
U.S
Iowa
Dale Helling
Helling
Toomey
Toomey News Agency
Johnson County District Court
Iowa Book & Supply Co
S. Clinton St
University of Iowa
Iowa Book & Supply
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Gannett Co
USA Today
Des Moines Register
Red’s World Hair Care
Timmins
Coke trial judge rejects C R as resort alibi
Two Florida men, John Hutchinson and Steven Bol, were convicted in federal court of cocaine related charges after testifying they flew to Cedar Rapids to relax at a health spa, not to distribute drugs. They used aliases and claimed travel to convalesce at Warren McCray's Women’s Fitness Center. McCray pleaded guilty to conspiracy and awaits sentencing.
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Roland Krekeler
Azette
Florida
Cedar Rapids
John Hutchinson
Fort Meyers
Steven Bol
Fort Lauderdale
Warren McCray
Hutchinson
McCray
Glenbrook Dr. SE
Bol
Chicago
Fire Almost Fatal: Cedar Rapids Apartment Blaze Accident
Cedar Rapids fire investigators ruled Tuesday’s apartment house blaze an accident. The two story building at 1560 Fifth Ave SE saw mother Tammie Carney and her children Shawn, 3, and Malissa, 1, escape from the second floor after she tossed them to a neighbor and was rescued by bystanders. The fire began in Carney’s apartment, possibly from a lamp cord near stuffed animals, with earlier notes calling the origin suspicious. The blaze damaged Carney’s unit and attic while the rest of the building owned by Greg Gritton sustained smoke, heat, and water damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry Spielbauer
Fifth Ave
Tammie Carney
Cord
Carney
Shawn
Malissa
Spielbauer
Ternoon
Greg Gritton
Blake Blvd
Hills Brothers to Sponsor Downtown Coffee Parade in Cedar Rapids
Hills Brothers Coffee Inc will sponsor a seven block long downtown Cedar Rapids parade on November 20 to publicize its brand. The event features a high school band agricultural queens gymnasts clowns and actors distributing coupons with a 15 foot inflatable coffee can. About 40 to 50 participants are expected plus paid actors and a $200 donation to the high school for the band. Free coffee and doughnuts will follow the parade.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Hills Brothers Coffee Inc
Charlotte Knabel
Knabel
Iowa
Springfield
Ill
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Des Moines
Hills Brothers
Iowa students push back on university tuition hike plan
Iowa student leaders from the three state universities oppose a proposed tuition rise to fund faculty salaries and preserve educational quality. Regent officials say in state tuition could rise 7.5 to 10 percent next year with out of state increases up to 12 percent. Current undergraduate in state tuition runs about 1,564 dollars at the U of I ISU and UNI, with out of state bills near 4,900 dollars for U of I and ISU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa
Michael Reck
University of Iowa Collegiate Associations Council
R. Wayne Richey
State Board of Regents
Richey
Beck
Ames
U of I
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
ISU
UNI
Masked Gunman Robs Pester Derby Gas Station
A masked man held up the Pester Derby gas station at 1796 16th Ave SW on a Wednesday afternoon. He demanded money after displaying a sawed-off shotgun and fled with an undetermined amount of cash. Police describe the suspect as a 25-year-old white male, 5'9", 135 pounds, with brown hair, wearing a bandana, blue jeans, a blue jean jacket, and a baseball cap.
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Pester Derby
16Th Ave
Randy Striegel
the Gazette
Striegel
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