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Nine notable events from Cedar Rapids Gazette history
Mrs. Josie Kilberger and Mrs. Florence J. Vail were injured in downtown incidents. Cedar Rapids residents faced a city railway strike tied to a seven cent fare plan. Local students received office and class leadership roles at Coe College as Miss Eleanor Montgomery traveled Europe and the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Kilberger
Florence J. Vail
Second Street
First Avenue
Louis Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Rudolph Hurka
Eleanor Montgomery
Europe
Holy Land
Cedar Rapids and
Marion City Railway
Jenny Broom
Twelfth Avenue
Third Street
Herbert M. Thompson
Polk School
Chicago
Russell F. Shafer
Indianapolis
Shafer
Indiana Dental College