Veterans Recall Cedar Rapids Street Car Era in Fifty Years Past
Cedar Rapids veterans recall the shift from steam and horse cars to electric street cars in the 1890s. Chet Stubbins, who began in 1892, drove a horse car and witnessed early rail and bridge changes. Martin Geiss, a former motorman, recalls handbrakes and a hogs incident when an early electric car clashed with a farmer’s truck.
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First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fifteenth Street
Marion
Chet Stubbins
Thirty-third Street
Mr. Stubbins
Chet. Stubbins
Cedar Rapids and Marion Railway Company
Pas
Sengers
Stubbins
Bever Park
Grande Avenue
Ellis Park
Thirteenth Street
Martin Geiss
Third Avenue SW
Future Names Crowd SciFi Sketches With Short Consonants
A 1937 piece reviews future-daring tales noting odd airline crash survivals and a shift to primitive short consonant heavy names like Bert Hedan Jex Bartol Arnas Orca Santa Fang Olaf Morga Zeefug Wall Lok and Jibso Doron Welles Moob Swarth in a magazine of the era.
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Dartians
Enusians
Space Neon Es Erally
Bert Hedan
Jex Bartol
Arnas
Orca Santa
Fang
Olaf Morga
Zeefug
Wall
Lok
Jibso
Doron Welles
Moob
Swarth
Coprright
Nig the wandering spaniel haunts a Long Island cemetery
A broken chained cocker spaniel called Nig haunts the Lutheran cemetery at Middle Village on Long Island in 1931. He moves silently among graves through all weathers, avoiding people though fed by attendants, with theories of a funeral owner guiding his long vigil. His caretakers built a shelter to save him from cold and rain.
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Middle Village
Long Island
New York
Louis Nestel
Nestel
Manei “St
Pedee
Middle Vil
Little Dog
Edgar Allen Poe
Ivo Girards
Radio Schedule Fragment Shows Evening Programs and Orchestras
A fragmented listing of radio time slots across NBC CBS and ABC, noting hosts, orchestras and performances. Highlights include John Surney, Col. Jeck Major, Joe Du Mond, Count Basie and Marvin Frederick, with programs on WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM and other stations.
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Ie Bays
Prett Kelly
WABC
Mari
cBa
ABC
NBC
Gps
Weaf Mag
WEEM
Terth Franconi
Weap Chain
Joe du Mond
Betty
CBS
Love and Fearm
WJZ
Charles Sears
Larry Lareen
Janist
Wealth Lyon
Soprano
National Ate Farm
Spennett
Merton
Codolban
Jeck Major
Grees Brothers
WIZ
CBB
Wabc Chain
Ares
MBC
Bob Byron
Cabc Chain Feet
MNBC
WEAF
Mare Irons
Gold Coast
Cma
Eise Thompson
Ronnie Rewart
Lanny
Wizain
Sere Kerr Somes
Dan Winslow
the Navy
Chain
John Surney Fasso
Sher Palton
Tener
Franklyn MacCormachs
Kelsey
Morece Ogra
Cme
Burns Ana Balen
Tony Maurica Noble
Orch
Kaward Beecker Beri
Ry Eine Orch
Ohret
Beaks
Pat Martine Orch
Robert Montgomery
Aaenar
Che
Fibber McGee and Holt
Wegner Orch
WEA
Ab Roth
Joan Edwards
WJZ Chain
Tint Pitainy
Joan Barrymore
NSC
Warneings Orch
Wabc Ox
Yin Bells
Chiesa Agorane
Roniet
Ward Kmox
WEAP
Roser Sayer Gren
Ena
Waa
Eatelban
Weap Dial Rational Art Pall the Fame
INBC
Count Basie Orch
the Burke, Tenor
Weaf Ite
Rio
WIZ Chain
Lyons “Orch
Comey
Wabg Chain
Anay Kirk
Marvin Prederick
Eddie Hose
Horace Wenderson
Charlie Encel Orch
WBBM
Alies F
Helene Sco Nee Heins
Ofa Re Choir
CIA
Warc
Dere Im
Pred Mufsmithy Ener
Dreamer Ef Lenesse
Ular Melogien Incluee
Bes
CBC
Wabc - Ae
Davies, Ehain
Eter
Jean’ Ae
Govrane iBe
Methadise Arent Guards
WABCO
Aelenth
Eohumpia Workshop
Cae
Bradley
Marshall
Sigurd Seen
EAP Pwm
Werer
Wee Bick
S Orehs
Loretta Lee
Mneree Acteenster
Wvening
Don Ameche
Ragar Berson
Charlie
Doresthy Lamourin
Ore Sa
Pinky Tomiin
Ehel Carlay
Names Melton
Delan
Wiz Morgan Orch
Cha
Eddie Warnes
Radio Schedule Highlights From WABC Columbia Network
A dense listing of weekday and Sunday radio programs on the WABC Columbia network. It covers concerts, operatic broadcasts, guest artists like Jessica Dragonette and John Charles Thomas, and various musical features from 9:30 a.m. to late evening, including Sibelius, Benny Goodman, and a “Star Is Born” Radio Theater adaptation.
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M“08
Bowes
Capitol Family
Wabc-Columbia
Jean Sibelius
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Benny Goodman
WABC
Columbia Network
Columbia Workshop
London
Jessica Dragonette
John Charles Thomas
Metropolitan Opera Company
Ford Symphony Orchestra
Franklyn MacCormack
CBS
Horace Heidt
Janet Gaynor
Robert Montgomery
Radio Theater
Lillian Knowles
Wabc Columbia
Mammy
Yowsah
al Jolson
Ben Bernie
Nicolai Berezowski
Camille Saint-Saens
Conrad Thibault
Cole Porter
Gram
Frank Parker
Andre Kostelanetz
Dorothy Gordon
Sing Together
Childrens Corner
Outer Planets
Victor Bay
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Tacoma
Wash
Major Bowes
Alice Faye
Hal Kemp
Columbia
Sonja Henie
Tyrone Power
Jacques Jolas
America
Allen Baxter
Boake Carter
the Airlines
New York Concourse boom reshapes Bronx to Coney Island area
A narrator recalls Grand Concourse’s transformation from decaying shacks to a modern boulevard lined with apartment towers and parks. The piece notes the Poe cottage park, rising traffic, and new urban density spreading from the Bronx toward New Rochelle, with stores and cinemas thriving. It mentions Coney Island’s season, lost children, and Columbia University observers along Riverside Drive. It also comments on Gelett Burgess, a model named Evelyn, Sky Sleepers, and East Side bridal dress shops.
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Grand Concourse
Hunter Island
Inn
Woodmanston
New Rochelle
Concourse
Edgar Allen Poe
New York
Poe Park
Bronx
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Darrell Huff
Sly Keaker
Air Lines
Albert Payson
Teerhune
Aunt Susan's
HBC
Church of the Air
Emeta
iCopricatt
Coney Island
Coney
Riverside Drive
Mr. Chips
Gelett Burgess
Burgess
Evelyn
Rara Avis
Sky Sleepers
Rand Street
Broadway
Arthur
Dr. J.C. Landenberger Optometrist
Third Street SE
Aine. Dubois Fs
Edison Pharmacy
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