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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
2
Women control 80 percent of food purchases and 75 percent of clothing for 34 million U S households. The article urges housewives to align family diets with farm production, understand farm problems, and support war production through informed buying and participation in price and supply safeguards.
Wartime metal scarcity makes gutters and downspouts prone to rust and leaks. Neglect can cause holes and collapse, threatening water drainage and home safety. Thorough rust removal followed by painting or varnishing protects metal and avoids near tragedy. All gutters and down spouts should be painted.
Farmers urged to pluck live geese for feathers to supply flying suits and cold protection for soldiers. Feathers currently in strong demand and fetching good prices as wartime needs rise.
Farmers urged to gather and sell old scrap iron and steel to aid the wartime effort. United States farms hold about 1 250 000 tons of scrap that could build many ships if collected. Despite labor shortages, rural scrap centers report adequate collection that could be doubled with full participation.
Farmers face new grade and staple premiums and discounts this season. Proper handling of apples during harvest and packing and storage methods will ease strain on war burdened facilities.
The note lists the lesson for November 15 with subjects and scripture texts chosen by the International Council of Religious Education and used with permission. It identifies the educational program as a structured study material and acknowledges copyright permission.
A practical sermon warns against deceit divorce and desire as home enemies. Jacob and Esau illustrate deceit and favoritism, while Jesus upholds marriage and condemns unfaithfulness. It urges turning from greed to shared abundance and placing "ours" over "mine" in family life.
A 171 letter Greek word meaning hash in English is cited as the longest word in any language and supposedly appears in line 1169 of Aristophanes’ comedy The Ecclesiazu sae.
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