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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
7
From Alabama to California equipment enters the second Fordson Industrial and Agricultural Exposition held with the Iowa State Fair August 2 31. Fordsons will operate in motion to show discs plows cultivators and other implements while Ford trucks carry diverse farm commercial and dump bodies.
Laurens hosts Friday gatherings and Saturday travels as residents visit Pocahontas Rolfe Laurens and Pomeroy. A missing man Oscar Younggreen was found ill near home Sunday. A new drinking fountain was installed east of Hakes store and local clubs met with hearty attendance.
The piece argues the Build five million homes slogan failed as materials prices rose and labor wages surged. Farmers face steep barter demands to hire tradesmen, from eggs and corn to butter and hogs, exposing prohibitive costs and calls for unity to revive prosperity.
Advice on handling bosses and roles at work. Do not challenge the boss publicly. If you are hired as a consultant you may share opinions, but as an assistant you should follow orders exactly. Prove reliability to earn promotion and avoid challenging the boss’s control.
The piece explains broad long fingernails indicate an uncertain inconsistent temperament with possible susceptibility to influence by the opposite sex. Properly proportioned nails suggest affable trustfulness while very long nails signal deceitful aims in youth. small crooked nails imply ambition courage and high spirit but self will and impatience may appear.
A collage of quirky exchanges and street talk features a wife’s whereabouts joke about laundry, a painter debating oils versus watercolors for a fish picture, a teeth comparison to stars, a playful nickname inquiry, a highbrow diva remark, a swimmer singer’s memory, and a joke answer about a permanent wave for hair in a father’s horsehair pocketbook.
A sequence of humorous vignettes features Bobby and Ruth debating after four, Gladys and Tom canoeing, a new davenport, June brides and a magic ring, a rain under a willow, a cat stealing a pie, a playful jab at drivers, Gertrude confessing confusion about men, and remarks on temptation and married life.
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