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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
3
A new cross-stitch pattern offers motifs for towels and small pictures or pillow-tops. Pattern 6242 includes six motifs, color schemes, materials, and stitch illustrations. transfer pattern measures about 5 by 7 inches. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept in New York for the pattern.
Gardeners learn to water deeply instead of sprinkling. Sprinkling moistens only surface soil, leaving shallow roots exposed to hoeing damage and drought. Experts advise laying the hose on the ground and letting water soak 20 minutes to 30 minutes, keeping the subsoil moist.
For over six decades Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a general tonic for nervous tension irritability and female discomfort. The ad claims it helps build physical resistance calm nerves and reduce symptoms of functional disturbances. Over one million women reportedly endorse the product.
Walter Tennyson Swingle, a 68 year old plant wizard, travels to Brazil with U.S. support to train in citrus, tung oil, rubber, and quinine cultivation. Brazil seeks expertise to boost exports, reduce dependency on aggressor nations, and improve its trade balance with the export import bank. Swingle’s career spans global agricultural exploration since 1902, bringing cotton varieties and citrus advances while publishing on plant pathology and propagation.
A reader from rural South Dakota asks how to curtain two adjacent 6 by 3 foot windows 1 foot apart and 8 feet high. A valance and floor length side drapes can frame them into a pleasing unit. Also promotes sewing books and embroidery patterns from Mrs Spears in Chicago.
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