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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1939
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR notes describe China expanding governance with a new provincial framework. Mentions twenty-Sikang and a governor over wild and crag regions, referencing central authority and wartime alignment with Japan. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
The article describes Sikang as a newly organized Chinese province with a population around a million, covering a rugged 34 percent Chinese populated area perched on Tibet's edge. It outlines geography from Minya Konka to the Yangtze, border changes after 1914 and 1928 treaties, and the mix of Tibetan and Chinese communities along routes into Southeast Asia.
Medical overview on paroxysmal auricular tachycardia noting its common auricle origin, potential brief or multi day attacks, and self-limiting course. Discusses diagnostic distinctions from epilepsy, pilot studies on pitressin testing, and a four-point regimen including starch and liquid reduction, fat intake boost, and phenobarbital under physician supervision.
A discussion on how emotions and timing affect digestion. Emphasizes that foods themselves aren’t inherently distressing, but stress, fatigue, and worry suppress digestion. Advises rest before meals and tranquil mealtimes, avoiding negative conversations during eating. Encourages personalized adaptation rather than broad food warnings.
Italy’s Carbonia Sardinia burns into a model mining town built to launch a coal industry. Premier Mussolini opens coal districts with a city designed for 12 000 inhabitants and 6500 workers, linked by narrow gauge rails to Sant’ Antioco, as Sardinia rises as a strategic mining region in the Mediterranean.
Tips to Gardeners list flowers for house bouquets and yard beautification. It recommends annuals such as snapdragon aster calandula calliopsis candytuft and zinnia and perennials like coreopsis delphinium pyrethrum shasta daisy and delphinium for early blooms, with late bloomers including zinnia marigold gaillardia snapdragon aster cosmos and dahlia.
A captain at target practice demonstrates rifle parts to a recruit. He explains the barrel stock sights and the trigger with a blunt lesson in becoming more soldier-like. The recruit replies he is a gunsmith and not a clerk.
The discussion argues against the idea that hot foods greatly increase body heat and notes energy value matters most for heat. It highlights fat as the most concentrated fuel and suggests calcium intake is crucial, with milk as core for bone health and alternatives like fruits, vegetables, and eggs aiding calcium.
No. 1691 shows a flutter-waisted flare-skirted dress with ribbon sash and braided trims in gingham percale or batiste suitable for school or dress up. No. 1686 presents a princess skirt dress with v-neck, jabot trim, and darts at shoulders to create a slimmer line, in flat crepe or silk print fabrics.
The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept announces Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book with designs for sizes 4 to 12 years and 36 to 52 bust, 4% yards 39 inch fabric for size 38, edging also required. Send 15 cents for the pattern book and order to The Sewing Circle Raora 1020 Chicago.
If constipation slows you and makes you feel heavy, try Kellogg's All-Bran for breakfast daily and drink plenty of water. It is a crunchy nutritious cereal not a medicine, designed to add bulk in the intestines and help maintain regularity. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek, sold by every grocer.
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