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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1942
Page
10
The Wiggam column discusses walking technique for efficiency with advice from Dr. Hale and Hale Jr. It then weighs happiness in marriage versus job experience, citing Morris Viteles on tests and noting divorced men score like bachelors. It ends with a morale note on teaching the meaning of the flag salute beyond rote repetition.
A letter from l1-year-old Joyce Mckee ponders who originated football and when the game first began. The piece notes that football’s origins are unclear and mentions ancient Greece as an early reference to boys and men playing with a ball.
A lively digest traces football from ancient Greece and Rome through medieval England. It notes rough town battles, evolving laws to curb violence, and royal prohibitions, leading to later acceptance in schools and a hint of future rules allowing carrying the ball.
A dense crossword style list with clues for horizontal and vertical entries including places like Canada Spain Mindanao Indonesian and various terms from chemistry and anatomy. The puzzle blends language clues from geography zoology and daily life with entries such as heart fish and metal fasteners.
Ten to 20 years ago feature notes Cedar Rapids elder statesman John B Turner marks his 87th birthday. The Chandler Pump foundry ends an 18 month shutdown and resumes with full force. Mrs. Clarissa Hayward, 84, dies from injuries after being struck by a Kenwood Park street car at First Avenue and 19th Street SE.
A. C. Sinclair and J. Karl H. Rehnberg join E. Chase and other directors to form a new three year leadership slate for the Chamber of Commerce. The Professional Women's club opened its fall and winter season with a banquet at the Montrose hotel featuring travel talks.
The fragment quotes the Reverend V. Bohemian remarking that Cedar Rapids is a city of meaning and voices, offering a glimpse into local sentiment captured in a religious figure’s comment.
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