Traffic remains high as Cedar Rapids auto count climbs
Palmer announces three day traffic survey by Cedar Rapids Automobile Club and Boy Scouts shows 9,300 cars pass between 7 p m and 7 p m on a Saturday. Over three Saturdays July 23 August 13 and August 27 nearly all outside Linn county enter Cedar Rapids, with counts from out of state and outstate totaling about one thousand each day.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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Polkcoun
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Farmer Brown to Address Kiwanis in Cedar Rapids
Arizona farmer known as Farmer Brown will speak to the Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Wednesday noon on the agricultural marketing act and farm organization. He has 16 years in rural groups and has led cooperative efforts in Arizona including the Arizona Industrial Congress division and several commodity associations.
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Co-Operative
Arizona Industrial Congress
Roosevelt Hay Growers’ Association
Pima Cotton Marketing Association
Mesa Lettuce Growers’ Association
Onion Growers’ Association
Tucson Dairy Association
Team scores by state list incomplete draft
The OCR fragment shows a comma separated tally for multiple states with inconsistent spacing and typos. It appears to be a partial scoreboard or summary of team results with numbers that may represent games won or points by state.
Miniature Coaches Shown In Killian Store Window
Local Cedar Rapids boys Frederick Anderson 17 and M H Luber 13 enter national Fisher Body Craftsman Guild contest. Anderson won 100 dollars and a medal in district Iowa senior prize. Luber took third in junior division earning 80 dollars. Both built Napoleon era coaches, 1000 hours for Anderson, five months for Martin Luther, with opening windows and brass trimmed wheels.
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Napoleon
Cedar Rapids Boys
Fisher Body Craftsman Guild
Killian
District of Iowa
Frederick Anderson
Fred Anderson
Pruitland Heights
In Luber
M. H. Luber
Fourth Avenue
Pierces of
Iowa
Anderson
Josephine
Martin Luther
Two Sigmund Stories Highlighted by O'Brien List
Jay G. Poevid notes two Sigmund tales in O'Brien’s distinguished stories list from May 1 1931 to April 20 1932. The pieces “Two Heads Better than One” and “Mystic” appeared in the May 1931 issue. O'Brien ranks authors by percentage and number of distinctive short stories, with the Midland magazine moving its headquarters to Chicago and ranking ninth by percentage and first by total counts.
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Jay G. Poevid
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. O’brien
Iowa City
John Thiagysos
Eng
Iowa University
Chicago
Owner Of Ferry In Disaster Held In Bonds Of 25000
Alexander Forsythe co owner of the Observation steamship, blown apart in the East River Friday, was arraigned at his hospital bedside and held as a material witness in $25 000 bail. Prosecutors sought the high amount in the case.
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NEW York
Alexander Forsythe
Observation
East River
Fishing Fee Bid Sparks Controversy in Tronton
Dr. FE. J. Rose, chief of staff at United Peart ao hospital, faces questions over a $25 fishing fee tied to a local health initiative in Tronton, Ohio. The dispute centers on whether the charge is justified for participants and how proceeds support hospital programs.
Iowa track coach to address Legion meeting in Fort Dodge
Iowa track coach will address the American Legion session in Fort Dodge. Principal business is nominating officers for the ensuing Legion year and a report on the Iowa department convention. There will be music by the Dixie Dandies and the post drum and bugle corps with a possible special entertainment feature.
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Araana
Maurice Cahill
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Dixie Dandies
Post Drum and Bugle Corps
Signals On Corners To Replace Center Post In First Ave
Commissioner Dan Kruidenier of Public Safety announced plans to replace the center post at the First Avenue and 13th Street intersection. He said four corners will have signals similar to those at downtown intersections and that work will begin after discussions and approvals.
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First Ave
13Th St
Aetern Se Ee
First Avenue
Be 'Pe
Dan Kruiden
Eads Eee
Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle Corps Medal Ceremony
Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle Corps members received silver medals earned at the Chicago music festival. A Thursday evening ceremony noted seven letters of congratulation and commendation from St Mary’s School Des Plaines Illinois and from Chicago musical director Andrew V Scott. Ice cream cake was served as Leo Shikoski was welcomed as bugle sergeant.
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Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle Corps
Chicago
John Presiee
Ee Corps
St. Mary's School of Des Plaines, Ill
Andrew V. Scott
Apew Corps
Leo Shikoski
Rad
Unemployed Relief Picnic Set For Ellis Park Today
The Unemployed Relief Association hosts an all day event at Ellis Park opening at 10 a.m. A noonday picnic dinner follows with an afternoon of sports and contests. Transportation assistance available by calling the association at 25562 126 Third Avenue SW before 9 a.m. City trucks will aid in transport.
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Unemployed Relief Association
Ellis Park
Third Avenue
Woman from Huntingdon claims four 150 year old clocks
Miss Daisy Hickman of Huntingdon Tenn claims ownership of four wooden clocks about 150 years old that still keep good time.
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Daisy Hickman
Huntingdon, Tenn
Rotary luncheon speaker at Hotel Roosevelt
Ossie Salem the University of Iowa football coach will speak at the Rotary club luncheon on Monday at the Hotel Roosevelt. Robert Ross of 911 Ninth avenue SE left Saturday morning for the American Legion national convention in Portland Oregon. The Y M C A Junior board will meet Tuesday evening at 6 for a dinner session.
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Robert Ross
Ninth Avenue SE
American Legion
Portland
Ore
Ossie Salem
University of Iowa
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Important Meet of the Star of the West Monday
The Star of the West holds a meeting Monday at 7 45 p m to elect delegates to the district convention and discuss other business.
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Star of the West
Triton Club Sets First Meeting and Dinner at YMCA
The Triton club will hold its first meeting of the season Monday at 6 15 p m with a dinner at the YMCA Harold Millhiser preside and the season s activity will be discussed.
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Triton Club
Harold Millhiser
Grant Hi Y cabinet to meet at Y M C A Wednesday
The Grant Hi Y cabinet and its club advisors will gather at the Y M C A on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The meeting will discuss plans for opening the club season and hear reports from the Camp Foster Hi Y conference
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Grant Hi-Y
Summer Still Holds Forth in Cedar Rapids Saturday
A fragment from Cedar Rapids describes a warm Saturday with lingering summer conditions. The readable text hints at outdoor scenes and continued pleasant weather downtown.
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Cedar Rapids
Joint meeting of relief fund and public welfare chamber
Executive committees of the Un employment Relief fund and the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will hold a joint meeting Monday at noon. The gathering is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and supervises the Community Chest.
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Unemployment Relief Fund
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Baptism Service Moved to Ellis Park Beach
Calvary Baptist baptism originally planned for Prairie Creek on Sixth Street SW now set for today at 6 pm at Ellis Park Beach. Evening preaching by Rev. E. F. Austin will follow.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Prairie Creek
Sixth Street
Ellis Park Beach
E. F. Austin Will Ow
Man Breaks Window at Downtown Business Building
David Nederhiser of the Grand hotel smashed a window in a downtown business building with his fist. City Physician Thomas F. Suchomel treated a cut on Nederhiser s hand.
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David Nederhiser
Grand Hotel
Thomas F. Suchomel
West Highlands Club Holds Fall Picnic at Ellis Park
The West Highlands Community club will host a fall picnic at Ellis park duck pond on Sunday September 18. The event starts with a picnic dinner at 1 30 p m and includes an address music and a sports program in the afternoon. All residents are invited.
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West Highlands
Mrs. Kegley Honors 93-Year-Old Father at Dinner
Mrs. Sara J. Kegley hosts a dinner for her visiting father Walter James of Wyoming who turned 93 on July 15. Guests include their son Floyd of Anamosa and twelve others. The event marks Walter James's stay with his daughter this weekend.
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Sara J. Kegley
Walter James
Wyoming
James
Floyd
Anamosa
New Wage Scale Accepted by Indiana Miners
Indiana coal field miners approved a 25 percent wage cut to a new basic rate of 4.57 per day. District No. 11 UMWA president Abe Wates and others argued the agreement was necessary to ensure more days of work and competitiveness with Illinois mechanized mines amid winter hardships.
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Indiana
Abe Wates
United Mine Workers of America
Gates
Posal
Edaink
Illinois
Wales
Swarm of insects mistaken for smoke around high school tower
Residents observed a smoky plume around the high school tower caused by insects during this season. Officials inspected the area and confirmed the odor and appearance were due to insects, not fire.
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Tower OF High School
Deaths Mrs Myra Purcell 61
Mrs Myra Purcell 61 wife of Robert Purcell 622 Wilson avenue SW died at home at 2 10 p m Saturday after a long illness She had lived in Cedar Rapids twelve years Survived by her husband seven children George Charles Comp Shellsburg Elmer Comp Lafayette Walter Comp Cedar Rapids Elsie Schultz Center Point Funeral in Beatty chapel 2 p m Friday Burial Dunkard cemetery
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Myra Purcell
Robert Purcell
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
George
Charles Comp
Shellsburg
Elmer Comp
Lafayette
Walter Comp
Ae Elsie Schultz
Center Point
Cedar
Beatty Chapel
Dunkard
Births Reported for Cedar Rapids Area Families
Word is received of two births: a son Vance Burton born Sept 9 to Mr and Mrs Vance B McKinnon formerly of Lincoln Nebraska now Cedar Rapids residents. a son David George born Sept 2 to Mr and Mrs Clarence Welsh at St Luke's hospital. Mrs Welsh before marriage was Janette Thompson.
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Vance Burton
Vance B. McKinnon
Lincoln
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Welsh
Twenty-sixth Street
David George
St. Luke’s Hospital
Welsh
Jannette Thompson
Linn County Government Debts and Fee Revenue
Linn County and its government faces concerns over debt and taxpayer impact as a county company reports $8,279 in fees collected. The figures point to fiscal activity affecting residents and public finances.
Marital Separation Ruled Insufficient To Preserve Civil Jobs
The civil service commission ruled that separation for business reasons only cannot justify two government employees remaining on the payroll. In a case involving a husband and wife where both worked for the government, the commission held that real cause beyond mere separation is required to approve the reinstatement of the husband.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Winners Announced In Klines Baby Contest
The Judges of the department store Pickerill on Fourth Avenue SW announced winners after a contest with more than 500 babies entered.
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Kline’s
E’s Department
Pickerill
Fourth Avenue SW
Health Education Classes At Y W C A For Fall Scheduled
Miss Lucille Ladd announces fall winter and spring health education classes at the Y W C A for girls and women. Fall term runs Oct 3 to Dec 10 with registration starting Sept 19. Courses include gymnastics, tap dancing, archery, recreational games, and leadership, with schedules for medical exams and practice periods.
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Lucille Ladd
Deere
Health Education Department
Know Chief Is It Too Large
Readable text presents a dialogue about size and shrinkage with a German illustrated publication tone. The quote centers on a claim that something will shrink despite expectations. No clear event, person, or organization identified in the readable excerpt.
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Stuttgarter Illustrierte
Stuttgart
Walker’s Italian voyage sparks NYC political speculation
Former New York mayor James J. Walker sailed to Italy aboard the Conte Grande amid questions about his health and political future. Observers note the trip could end his plan for a re election campaign, as Roosevelt support shifts and Tammany faces national stakes.
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New York
James J. Walker
Italy
Steam Company
Lin
Walker
Tamhall F. Curry
Roosevelt
Tammany
William Roeder
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