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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1936
Page
5
An essay argues meals are for men and suggests frugal yet substantial menus. It presents a four person menu for one dollar including Cream of Cabbage Soup with Toast Fingers Tuna and Apple Salad Potato Chips Radishes baking powder biscuits Chocolate Ice Cream and Coffee. It provides a tuna salad recipe and a chocolate ice cream method with step by step instructions.
C A Burwell remains at his home west of town with a severe lumbago attack after several weeks of illness. John Stephens and family moved to town Tuesday from a Hopkins Missouri farm and left some belongings due to bad roads hindering travel to their Leighton rented farm.
Free Methodist Church advertises Sunday School at 10 a.m. and two preaching services on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. A prayer meeting is held Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Pastor is W. D. Groesbeck.
Washington DC to Georgia features $2,689,000 cost for a five or six volume National Guide from WPA artists musicians and actors. The project aims to guide visitors to America’s spots and is part of a $20 million cultural program with high word-rate expectations.
B J Flick handles settlement of estates at the Iowa office over Citizens State Savings Bank with special attention to probate and estate matters.
The Roosevelt administration expanded direct full time federal payroll by more than 250,000, with an annual added payroll over 450 million dollars. Less than one percent passed civil service exams, and replacements numbered about 61,500 as appointments averaged 316,800 yearly. The piece traces merit regulations, political influence, and reform notes through 1935.
The article notes that Continental forces and British troops used diverse weapons, including smoothbore Charleville muskets and long rifles. It cites ranges: Charleville about 880 yards maximum, 100 yards accurate. long rifle up to 1320 yards max with accuracy to 150–200 yards, depending on shooter skill.
Araucanian textiles are valued for close weaving deep nap and distinctive designs. They blend colors with dyes some newer iline dyes replacing traditional vegetable colors. Ponchos feature stripes and rectilinear patterns often with a Greek cross or zigzag squares on blue or black grounds. Leather ties and leather fibers protect white wool before dyeing.
The mistletoe was the first state flower chosen by Oklahoma in 1898. Since then many states selected flowers by schoolchild votes, legislative votes, or general adoption. A national flower remains to be chosen with dogwood and other candidates proposed. The wild rose and other roses appear on state lists and in district names.
Washington D C figures show that using the 1982 gold dollar, a farmer in 1935 sold his products at prices 13 percent lower than in 1932. An index using 1913 as 100 places 1932 at 0 before devaluation, while 1935 sits at 78, a 12.8 percent drop from 1932.
A Chicago audience hears Wells Utley compare U S government spending to essential living costs. He notes the federal payroll in March 1988 covered 2 159 000 workers while December payrolls remained uncertain, highlighting a rising public cost burden.
William A. Boyd of Ithaca asserts that rising bank deposits contradicts claims of waning public confidence. He argues banks serving their communities since 1929 have not lost public trust and that most institutions that endured the downturn did not need to regain confidence.
The Trust Division of the American Bankers Association records 2 853 institutions with aggregate capital funds of 4 416 000 000 and total resources of 35 443 000 000. It lists 6 949 men and women employed in this field, with 1 356 state chartered trust companies and 1 497 national banks operating in this sector.
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