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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1938
Page
3
A reader seeks advice to harmonize a new living room with an Oriental rug, blue green Sheraton sofa, Phyfe coffee table and beige drapes. Suggestions include pairing a deep blue and antique green chair, keeping turquoise accents, and using a rosy beige summer cover with turquoise binding, plus copper accents for warmth.
Peter Rabbit narrates luck versus effort, noting Busy Bee’s storehouse proves real luck exists. He follows Busy Bee, loses sight, searches Green Forest, and discovers a tree hollow buzzing with Busy Bee relatives, revealing Busy Bee's hidden storehouse and Peter's luck.
Bos Jackson, famed as the New Deal trust buster and assistant attorney general, files suits against business groups claiming strikes against the government. A rising public figure, he is seen as a likely Democratic standard bearer in New York’s next gubernatorial contest. Born in Jamestown, N Y, to a Spring Creek, Pa family he rose from a small corporation lawyer to a major anti trust figure in the twenties. He admires Roosevelt leaders and practices law in Albany and Jamestown before moving to a farm near Washington where he enjoys riding, gardening and literature with his 18 year old daughter.
The piece outlines three spring pattern trends for dresses with details like saddle shoulders puffed sleeves and slim waistlines. It notes rayon or silk patterns and provides pattern numbers and yardage for sizes 12 to 52, with order details to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois.
A recipe for cherry pie uses a No 2 can of pitted red sour cherries. It details lining an 8 inch pan, mixing sugar cornstarch and salt, pouring juice over cherries, adding butter, covering with crust, and baking at 475 then 429 degrees for about 57 minutes. MARJORIE H BLACK is listed.
An old advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it helps women tone the system and relieve discomforts from menstrual disorders. The copy touts popularity, generations of use, and urges readers to buy the product from drugstores.
A concise quotation from Confucius contrasts the superior and small man, stating that the superior man seeks within himself while the small man looks to others.
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