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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1932
Page
8
A home owner should hire a reliable contractor to inspect the radiator heating plant in summer. Inspect regulators, dampers, chains, and pulleys. replace warped boiler doors. check hinge pins and grates. repair deteriorated chimney mortar. remove soot and ash. ensure proper draft and fire control for economical operation.
Jeanette Beyer writes of moving to a country farmhouse with candlelight and simple comforts. She details sturdy floors and walls, a central kitchen, and the joy of country living amid open fields, woods, and proximity to pets while neighbors remain distant. The piece highlights the slow, leisure-filled pace of country cooking and daily routines.
Mrs J L Rhea outlines growing native wild flowers such as mertensia blue bells and queen s face, notes a rise in interest, shares 150 varieties, and discusses seed propagation and garden care. The article then shifts to practical pickle and preserve instructions with tested brine strengths, spice sachets, and recipes for dill, sweet, sour, green tomato catchup, chili sauce, chutney, and canned fruits.
A. C. Rutan, Coe College graduate and Cedar Rapids native, was announced as manager of the local Sears Roebuck store by C. G. Staubus. Rutan, son of S. P. and Mrs. Rutan, joined Sears three years ago and has since served as assistant manager in Iowa City and Des Moines and as district merchandise manager. He has led the store remodeling efforts in the past year.
Charles G. Branham of Des Moines oversees Paramount Birthday Month with strong pictures led by Horse Feathers and Love Me Tonight. Everett Cummings assists. films include School Days Rhapsody in Black Believe It Or Not and Down to Earth in sequence with The Blonde Venus forthcoming. Paramount touts top facilities vs. Davenport Orpheum.
The display of stores across Iowa gains meaning as the executive returns to Cedar Rapids marking the culmination of three years of steady advancement with the company.
Schools will open here Monday with superintendent W. G. Robertson and a staff including W. J. Rice William Hibbs Helen Orr Marie Overholt Katherine King Helen Stevens Genevieve Fedderson Irene Alsip Martha Smylie Mary Moore Helen Crosby Nellie Moore V J Rice Nellie Blanchard Helen Buchanan Arian Lowe and other teachers.
A bustling fall shopping scene urges readers to visit May's Cut Rate Drug Store Paris Hat Shop Bailey Boot Shop and Armstrong's for bargains in cosmetics hats shoes suits and fur ensembles. The notice highlights Dairy 8154 for milk needs and Montieur Studio at the Hotel Roosevelt for modern fall ambiance plus various services from dress cleaning to jewelry credit and eye exams.
A Cedar Rapids shopper column lists Armstrong Clothing Co and numerous local merchants at 122 to 327 Second Street SE and Third Avenue SE. The piece promotes products from clothing to jewelry and beauty services, plus Cedar Rapids Gas Co and Troy Laundry service offers.
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