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Because of copyright laws - only materials dated before 1923 will be accepted.
All articles must be submitted with the newspaper name and date of publication.
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A girl named Calista Hemphill,
of Center Point, Linn county, aged 16 years, was fatally burned last
Thursday by the explosion of a kerosene oil can while attempting to
build a fire. She died on the following evening in great agony.
Contributed by: Becke Dawson |
A birth occurred in the county jail at Cedar Rapids a few days ago. Mother and child are both doing well. Lena Stanton, who was sent up for horse stealing, was the mother.
Contributed by: Becke Dawson
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1919 Fire at the Douglass Starch Works in Cedar Rapids reported in the New York Times.
Contributed by: Lori Frank-Alstott
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1919 Fire at the Douglass Starch Works in Cedar Rapids reported in the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette and Linn County History.
Contributed by: Lori Frank-Alstott
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Article from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about J. E. Whetstine. (Click on article to see larger)
Feb. 24, 1942
submitted by Cindy
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Article, likely, from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about Frank (Francis Eli) Farnum.
probably about 1932
submitted by Lesley Jon Ramos
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