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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1939
Page
6
The Hill Billy party at El Kahir temple runs Monday from 9 to 12 with all Shriners and ladies invited in costumes of rag Kentucky finery. A hillbilly band plays square dancing and modern numbers. refreshments will be served.
Mrs. R. R. Mayberry departed Wednesday from the city to visit relatives in Chicago.
Cleveland P T A selects President Mrs Hubert Kaplan and officers including vice presidents, secretary, treasurer. meeting features poem It's Up to Us, bake sale, and classroom demonstrations. Lincoln P T A chooses Mrs G W Reger as president with officers. May party planned and garden art on display at Tyler and Polk groups.
Daily menus plan meals for a family of five two adults and three children for about 12 dollars weekly. Each day’s recipes aim to balance calories protein minerals and vitamins to maintain heat energy and bodily functions.
A 1939 era menu lists grapefruit juice oats top milk toast coffee milk lunch and dinner items including sardines in tomato sauce crackers canned apricots cheese cake milk tea fried round steak creamed cauliflower and rhubarb with graham crackers and coffee. The day’s cost is about 1.85 dollars and 12 500 calories. the excerpt notes modern science has not beat a cake for festive dessert and homemakers take honest pride in recipes for cake.
The text invites readers to request a Special Cakes leaflet by sending a self addressed 3 cent stamped envelope and directs requests for Meta Given booklets to The Cedar Rapids Gazette. It also promotes the Community Nutrition Service offering help with marketing budgeting diets and low cost recipes via phone 5515.
Henry the dog from station No. 3 at 1424 B Avenue NE was taken to a veterinarian after a poisoning incident. This marks the eighth poisoning case reported to veterinarians in five weeks, with several fatalities when treatment was delayed.
Dr. A Stewart of Clinton spoke at the Church of God on Hell to warn rather than frighten. He described God separating the wicked from the just and noted mercy through Jesus. The service continues through the week with additional songs and prayers.
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