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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
12
Mrs George R Fishwild of a 265 acre owner operated farm near Wyoming discusses wartime farming challenges, farm policy views, postwar outlook, family roles and community service. She and her husband raise Hereford cattle Poland China hogs and chickens and she notes 4-H leadership and Red Cross work.
A USO dance is set for Sunday from 2 to 5 pm at the Roosevelt hotel with Banty Harville’s orchestra to entertain. All servicemen in the city are invited to attend the event. The notice also records a formal appointment of an administratrix in Linn County Iowa for Hannah May Rhinehart with probate details and claim filing guidance.
Mary Beard advises the home nurse to make meals appealing to stimulate a convalescent child’s appetite. Do not force eating. instead present food artistically to spark interest, using playful orange juice art and fruit designs to entice the child to eat for recovery.
Pattern 869 offers a transfer embroidery design for panel and collar and a single dress pattern in sizes 2 4 or 6. State size. Includes needlework motifs for linens and garments. 15 cents for patterns sent to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept 549 West Randolph Street Chicago Ill. Include pattern number name and address.
A July style kitchen column advises serving hot soup for summer meals and warns against constant chilled dishes. It praises canned soups like beef noodle and cream of mushroom, with enhancements such as sherry in tomato and avocado with chicken soup. It provides a detailed two hour vegetable soup recipe with oats and specific measurements.
Pattern 4829 offers a sweet Junior Miss dress in gingham with optional ric rac trim. Sizes 11 through 18 required, with size 13 needing 2% yards of 35 inch cotton. Send 25 cents to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept in Chicago for this pattern.
Instructions describe covering and cooking slowly for about an hour until vegetables are tender.
A spy scare began in East Anglia when an American lieutenant found 500000 German marks blowing about an airfield. Investigators traced the notes to a farmer who had moved to a new home after buying them for $20 in 1922.
Dr. A E Wiggam discusses John Masefield on happiness. He argues joyful hours yield more wisdom than sorrow and notes scientific and artistic advances arise from contentment or exalted aspiration. He cites Seashore on rhythm and Thornton on spectacles shaping perceived intellect.
Dr C L Bates of Fullerton California marked his 87th birthday on June 4 his former student Dr Ben H Peterson of Coe College reports Bates retired as head of Coe chemistry in 1924 after 35 years on the faculty He also served Cedar Rapids as city waterworks chemist and city chemist before relocating to California He says the last decade has been the best of his life and continues active in church and community life at 609 E Wilshire Avenue Fullerton California
Edgar A. Guest counsels political candidates to favor pleasing delivery over plain speech. He notes radios and film favor glamor, not wisdom, and warns that voters may penalize those who lack public polish. The piece contrasts Lincoln’s merit with modern image concerns and ends with a caution to aspiring candidates.
U S Liberator Station England AP Jimmy Stewart a former movie star has been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel Brig Gen James Hodges commanding general of a heavy bombardment division announced Friday Stewart now serves as a group operations officer and has flown 14 combat missions He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster He was promoted to major last January.
Notice reports the appointment of an administratrix for John H Rinehart of Linn County Iowa and directs all debts to be presented for settlement with claims to be filed in the Linn County court with attorney Dwight Krumboltz named.
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