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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
12
Dr. Mary MacFadyen offers tips to prevent chapped skin in cold weather. Use mild soaps and warm water, pat dry, apply cold cream, and avoid washing before going out. If cracked, cleanse with olive oil and skip soap. Avoid hot baths and excessive hot baths that worsen itching.
UTH is a busy person but she can always take on one more job. Everyone depends upon her when she promises to fulfill a task she never fails. Lazy people wonder how Ruth does so much and are worn out just thinking of her many duties. She loves working with others.
Pattern 2874 presents seven Mexican motif transfers for kitchen towels. Each motif averages 4 by 7 inches with stitch details and color schemes. The Cedar Rapids Gazette crafts department lists materials, and requests 10 cents to mail pattern number plus the buyer’s name and address.
A reader argues that housework at home can outmatch career work in value and fulfillment. She notes many women envy working peers but champions organizing home tasks to gain more leisure and purpose.
Anna W. M. Wolf argues parents must prepare children for wartime reality without fostering cynicism. She urges honest discussion of fears, noting some youths are sensitive, but that home life and hopeful, better ways of living can counteract despair.
A reader argues the value of homemaking over outside work for women with or without children. She notes babies shape desires and urges, while marriage offers material stability and a home boss role. She imagines returning to work only to support the home, not for housekeeping.
A widowed father, isolated from his children’s norms, may misread their lives as Mama often mediates between youth and Dad. The piece argues mothers bridge generational gaps, guiding behavior and easing parental conflicts as children grow into independence.
A cheerful note encourages pursuing affection rather than lingering in rivalry. The text urges confidence, social activity, and engagement with friends to win affection, ending with a trivia line about the 1939 silk stockings production at 640,486,000 pairs.
Aunt Het voices frustration about not knowing what ingredients are in the medicine she receives. She insists on her right to understand what goes into her own stomach.
The incident involved a United States Maritime Commission ship where the crew extinguished a fire on Wednesday night. The blaze caused only slight damage and was contained by the crew without further incident.
New York dispatch reports a fire erupted in rope coils in the forward hold of the freighter Nockum. No injuries are mentioned and the fire’s origin or extent is not detailed in the brief.
Senator Wheeler of Montana displayed six toy soldiers a cannon and search lights made in Great Britain from lead copper and brass. He argued such materials should aid defense production at home instead of being used for selling toys in the United States and questioned why American ships sail in war zones when Britain ships toys.
About 150 people attended a Monday evening stag party in Turner hall honoring Dr. C. E Thomas who has practiced in Keystone for 25 years. The event celebrated his quarter century in medicine and service to the community.
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