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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
4
A quirky method used by farmers involves luring rats with a barrel baited to float in water. The rats enter, feed, and when the barrel is sealed and sunk, the trapped pests drown. The tactic spreads as rats return with kin, following the evidence of this simple, deadly raft-style trap.
An old shopper’s guide notes housewives expect mattresses to last 10 years or more and pillows 25 years or longer. It urges care in buying bedding sight unseen, checking labels for material, seeking a miniature inside view of construction, and inspecting ticking for durability.
Peter Maas, 24, a 7 foot tall Iowa farm youth weighing 215 pounds, wears size 16 work shoes and size 15 dress shoes. He struggles to find heavier, durable footwear for farm labor as gout-specific shoes wear out in a month. Maas lives on a 160 acre farm with his bachelor brother and father.
Cornell investigators tested self administered pain relief by mixing alcohol with aspirin. After determining pain threshold, subjects consumed alcohol and later added aspirin. The combination raised the pain threshold about 45 percent for two hours, and with aspirin extended to four hours. Researchers suggest whisky alcohol plus aspirin may aid in intractable cancer pain.
Ersatz is critiqued as a sneer word yet many substitutions proved superior. From early steel to iron, and from steam to gasoline engines, substitutes often outperformed originals. Plastics and concentrated vitamins illustrate how modern substitutes can be better for specific purposes than traditional materials.
Mrs Delanie Kesinger aged 75 died at a Santa Cruz hospital on November 8 1941. Born August 14 1866 in Ohio she moved with parents to Gravity Iowa and joined Advent Christian Church. She taught school, married Edward Kesinger in August 1917 and lived in Illinois before moving to California ten years ago. Survived by husband three brothers and one sister, funeral at White's Mortuary with a message The Promise of a New World and burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
All are welcome to Sunday School and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. A Young Peoples Meeting takes place at 7:00 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Bible reading and prayer service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Rev. W. W. Whyte and Mrs Gertrude Whyte are pastors.
Church of Christ led by Minister Ben W Sinderson holds church school at 10:00 a.m. Communion and worship service follow, detailing the order of morning activities.
Pastor C. W. Proctor leads Family Day with Church School at 10:00 a m. Mrs Heninger and Ralph Weller supervise. Morning Worship features a sermon and music. Youth Fellowship at 6:00 p m with Mrs Nielsen in charge. Evening Worship at 7:00 p m weather permitting pastor preaches at Oak Hill at 10 a m. All welcome.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Morgan hosted Thanksgiving Day festivities for their daughter Mrs Paul Morris and her family. In the afternoon they drove to Clarinda to visit Mrs Morgan's mother, Mrs A. S. Bradley.
Mr and Mrs Walter Alger spent Thanksgiving with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Miley Cunningham near Bedford. The men picked corn while the women shared a pot luck dinner with relatives.
Mr and Mrs M. C. Stogdill of Gravity and Mr and Mrs Blaine Sogdill of Des Moines spent Thanksgiving Day at the George Dennis home near Lenox.
Mr and Mrs Dan i Ryan and daughters Betty Joe Joan and Patay of near Lenox spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs Ryan s mother Mrs Lou Stowell.
Local gatherings mark a busy period with Centre GL Terk attendees and a Thanksgiving event honoring John West family at Castle Rock. Reports list residents and visitors from Corning Lincoln Nebr and Des Moines, plus church and club meetings at Cle West and Clyne Spring with plans for Christmas activities and fundraising.
Mr and Mrs Vane Ly and children and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lucas of Bedford with Misses Mary Margaret, Corey Belle Jones of Negpiarpseburg spent Thanksgiving at the Clyde Damewood home.
Local elections push for prohibition style control as citizens vote dry. In Oklahoma and South Carolina margins favored dry measures, with groups like WCTU urging outright prohibition. Data shows 12,400 local elections since repeal, 7,700 dry wins, amid warnings of alcohol evils and child safety concerns.
Dorothy Goubb and Marth Anon Clark were weekend visitors here, with travel details noting their Omaha stopover and return plans.
Mr and Mrs Bert Wood of Idre ho Fela Idaho arrived here Monday and visited at the home of her aunt Ma BE. M Brook and family.
Mr and Mrs Roy Coan with Mr J S Francis drove to Red Oak Saturday morning to visit their sister Mrs Ralph Franklin. The Coans then returned to Des Moines while Mrs Francis stayed behind.
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