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Big metal boxes for returns were a new thing
One gunshot reported, but no one hurt
Iowa BIG students create virtual tours
Iowa’s largest five-and-dime store was in C.R. before closing after Christmas 1986.
Two women laid the foundation for an ‘amazing space’ in Cedar Rapids
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First edition published Jan. 10, 1883
From a hand-fed press to a 386-ton behemoth, the machines put words on paper for 140 years.
Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Lauder, a former coal miner, appeared Dec. 27, 1922
HISTORY HAPPENINGS: Born in 1907, she grew up in Cedar Rapids, where her father managed Quaker Oats.
Woman and Home was printed from 1888 to 1947 in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish.
Arctic explorers tell Gazette readers what they saw in Santa’s castle
The Gazette sponsored expedition to North Pole in 1929 to find and interview Santa Claus
Mallory Huntimer and her grandfather were the first people to land at The Eastern Iowa Airport after the runway was redone in 2010. Twelve years later, she landed on the runway again as a professional airline pilot.
