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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1942
Page
7
A vintage newspaper notice promotes a Dr A E Wiggam booklet titled Now To Be An Emotional Grown-Up offering fifty questions to test feelings and confidence. It requests 10c price with 3c stamp and self addressed return envelope, notes unrelated reader questions and answers.
Albert E Wiggam examines the myth that the customer is always right. Screen star Paul Henreid questions the claim, noting it harms retail stores as surveys show high dress return rates and costly consequences for retailers.
The article recounts Robert Burns loves Jean Armour and Highland Mary, his marriage, economic struggles, and rise to fame after a new edition of his poems sold 3 000 copies. It notes his move to Dumfries, his port officer job, and his death at 37 with lasting poetry including Auld Lang Syne.
Secretary of War Hurley and Representative Johnson stopped at Cedar Rapids airport en route to Washington after a Huron, South Dakota hop. A 2 year old, Richard Bolsinger, was found sleeping on a sidewalk after disappearing with his tricycle. Grace Boston commented on English vs American women. A 400 foot freight wreck blocked Northwestern railroad near Fairfax. Woodrow Wilson passed through Union Station en route to Sioux City. a porter noted the car was quiet, with telegrams arriving.
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