The piece was written by two Cedar Rapidians for a contest during World War I.
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The piece was written by two Cedar Rapidians for a contest during World War I.
Across the nation, newspapers were shifting to morning delivery to stay competitive.
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
The unincorporated town of Podunk Center dates to 1934.
Fred Petrick was curious about magic from an early age.
Musial visited Cedar Rapids in 1965 to see the Cedar Rapids farm club, the Cedar Rapids Cardinals, in action.
It took eight months and a million dollars to transform the industrial site into a prime dining experience.
When the game got underway, no one among the 2,670 fans in attendance could have imagined what was going to happen before halftime.
Modeled after the famed Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming, Cedar Rapids aimed to rival the original.
The city’s first greenhouse was built in the 70-acre Bever Park in 1900.
The carnation was originally chosen as the flower of the day, but in 1919, the high cost of carnations led to a movement to use white and red ribbon rosettes to commemorate the day.
The invitation to Cedar Rapids may have been influenced by the Kennedys’ close friendship with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy, who was priest at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at the time.
The ad trumpets the 10th anniversary of Garnet’s Sandwich Shop, which was located at 715 Second Ave. SE, in what is now Midtown Station.
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