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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
8
The article discusses the link between food intake, activity, and weight control, stressing minerals and vitamins for teeth and nerves. It presents meal planning ideas to provide bulk with fruits vegetables and whole grains, and offers menu examples to balance protein, carbohydrates, and fats for healthier meals.
The article argues that modern homemakers should plan meals around seven science based factors for health. It lists protein for tissue repair carbohydrates for energy fats for fuel minerals vitamins water and cellulose required for digestion.
A historical food plan outlines daily meals for children and adults. It requires milk and pint portions for adults, with a quart for children, plus protein like meat or cheese, vegetables, fruit, and fuel foods such as bread and cereals.
A plea urges homemakers to plan nutritionally correct meals rather than simply elaborate recipes and expensive fare. Simple foods like bread and milk along with stewed fruits can supply minerals vitamins and bulk that satisfy hidden hunger and promote abundant health and vitality.
The alkaline or base forming foods include vegetables most fruits nuts and milk. Bananas apples oranges dried beans and potatoes are listed as particularly body alkalinizers in a note attributed to Mrs T L D from a WNU wire service item.
The piece provides household hints on efficiency and cleanliness. It mentions candles burning slower, cooking times, soaking grains, and padding with newspapers for fiber mats. It stresses careful arrangement of paddings and spotless tubs.
New York profile surveys Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, noting Edenic flair in his persona while detailing his career from New York roots through Harvard ties to Maryland posting. It contrasts Welles with Hollywood figures and sketches his public image, age, background, and career shifts.
The article recalls a Jamaican encounter and quotes Frank J Taylor, president of the American Merchant Marine, proposing Congress spend 300 million dollars to widen the canal for commerce and national defense. It highlights Taylor’s rise from a Brooklyn boy to NY city official and his stance against government intrusion while expecting shipping cooperation with the U S maritime commission.
A farmer expert explains how to prepare dry soil, water thoroughly, and plant seeds when weather is unusually dry to promote germination. If seeds rot after planting, replant after inspecting moisture and rotting, with notes on treating flowers and vegetables for better sprouting.
A brief quotation attributed to Addison notes that a man's primary duty is to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, followed by evading world scrutiny. The line emphasizes inner conscience and external judgment as guiding pressures.
A nine year old Mary Ann completes a framed handwork sampler from a blue gingham piece. Her mother guides outlines with coins, using embroidery stitches while two flower groups are framed near an old mirror. References offer embroidery books and lessons for home decor.
A series of trivia prompts asks for facts on postage stamp denominations longest street metaphor and simile Romeo family names baseball anniversary lighthouse spring wireless call origin battleship guns and top US universities by enrollment.
A digest of various facts and records including the largest stamp value, distance on Los Angeles streets, landmark comparisons, Montague and Capulet reference, a lighthouse in New Jersey with 9,000,000 candlepower, Silver Springs Florida water flow, first wireless distress call at sea in 1859, R J Matthews rescue, 16 inch battleship guns and their range, and university enrollment figures for major U S institutions.
Safety notes show 7 250 pedestrians killed in 1937 traffic deaths in cities with 85 percent struck while crossing the road. About 2 900 injured fatally while crossing a street somewhere between intersections and 3 260 died at intersections.
U S Senator Josiah W Bailey vows a guaranteed path to a happy and prosperous America as he speaks on national enterprise and growth. The quote underscores a political pledge amid discussions of industry and national welfare.
Confucius virtues five moral codes humanity justice order prudence and rectitude need stout heart candor misapplied. If one wants to be a gentleman he can be the rules are plain. Laws cannot change human nature they only shape behavior. The world owes nothing to those who do not serve it. Ideals are fine but zealotry is a nuisance.
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