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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1950
Page
9
A fragmented excerpt contrasts the idea of perfection with American standards of beauty. It hints at Venus as an ideal model and critiques contemporary notions of form and rhythm in a brisk, opinionated tone.
Advice from Charm Powers on ideal measurements using the rule of ten. It explains frame influence on proportions, shows how bust waist and hips relate, and provides a simple table to estimate standard proportions for a short to medium frame woman.
Naomi Doebel notes an action packed February with moments from Groundhog Day February 2 to Longfellow birthday February 27 plus Susan B Anthony and Washington’s birthday. The column offers a down to earth Groundhog Day dinner menu featuring pot roast with vegetables and a parsnip recipe with brown sugar butter syrup and baked beans with sautéed onion and green pepper hints.
A reader weighs in with a measurement chart for women 5'4" to over 56" tall, detailing bust 34-37 inches, waist 24-27 inches, hips 34-38 inches. It urges exercise to adjust inches and offers a free copy of Your Ideal Weight, promising a handy calculator and future tips on beauty standards.
Readable text shows two recipes: glazed carrots with chives and a prune batter for frying. Carrots use carrots butter brown sugar and chives with boiling water. Prunes fry in a flour batter with egg white and oil at 375 degrees until browned.
Designing Women by Elizabeth Hillyer notes a patterned rug can inspire room color. A new rug design by Felix Staedeli enlarges a beige peach and sage chintz pattern on a soft gray ground to match existing decor.
On January 23 1950 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of June Hensky late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment and those with claims will file them authenticated in the office of the Clerk of Linn County Iowa District Court. Dale O Stentz Attorney.
The record summarizes Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors actions on January 17 1950 including hearings on assessments for Pecitation Road Districts and a veteran’s allowance, bond setting for Linkletter as Senate Assessor, and the adoption of a resolution regarding post to depart under 1946 Iowa Code. Various reports and claims from county officials are noted with all members voting Aye.
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