24 Aug 1939
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
1
The article urges patronizing local businesses to sustain community enterprises such as creameries and bakeries, noting how outside purchases threaten local jobs. It also discusses the college decision, recognizing that most families face expense barriers and outside help is often necessary for higher education.
The text argues college education no longer guarantees high income. It stresses that most graduates will have better economic status with education, but few achieve high earnings. It warns poor high school records predict poor college outcomes and advises such students should not attempt college.
Sibley Gazette-Tribune notes postmasters moved to civil service and the Hatch bill curbs federal officials from political activity. It questions the loss of glamour in public service and the idea of a politics free of campaigns. The piece scoffs at limiting political engagement for government workers.
Cedar County Nebraska reports on hay fever symptoms and pollen causes spanning April to October. It notes windborne pollen from 150 plant varieties triggers allergies and mentions injections as a partial remedy, highlighting ragweed as a major offender and September 15 as peak. The piece also shares a Wisconsin Tribune joke about country newspaper money.
A reflective verse on unity and shared labor urges brothers to dwell together and toil with a common purpose in a common soil. The poem emphasizes solidarity and cooperative effort.
Verse item from Pittsburg Plate Glass Co features a speaker boasting thrift while noting his prosperity is merely a repaint of the same life. It uses a catchy refrain to undercut envy and emphasize staying with the original spouse and habits despite outward gains.
In Strawberry Point the state fish hatchery trout eagerly surge to the bank at meal time when an attendant brings a bucket of chopped lungs and livers. The piece ends with a quip about Delmar Dabbit claiming the trout cleverness and the sardine canniness.
Near Lanyon Lloyd Carlson, 39, was crushed when a mounted hammer mill drive chain snapped. The link-pin pierced his heart and caused fatal collapse.
Rev W H Lease invites all to hear the Rust college Jubilee Singers from Holly Springs Mississippi perform spirituals and plantation melodies at 8 pm. A free will offering will be taken and Sunday school board meetings are announced for Friday night with all teachers urged to attend.
Des Moines township Consolidated School District invites bids to buy about 40 tons of coal for Rolfe school building, deliverable as room allows. Iowa grown coal receives preference. board may reject all bids. Secry 231 Donald Carlton available for details.
Iowa state health officials urge ahead of the new term that parents teach children to cover both nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing and to stay in bed at the first sign of a cold. They warn colds cause major illness risk and list potential complications including sinus infections ear infections bronchitis and pneumonia.
A marker at Froelich Iowa marks the site where John Froelich built the first gasoline tractor capable of moving backward and forward. Froelich later helped organize the Waterloo Traction Company, predecessor to the John Deere Tractor Company.
Dr. Carl F. Jordan of the state health department notes 21 malaria cases in June and July, 23 for the year so far, with reporting continuing until frost. He cites anopheline mosquitoes breeding in standing water along rivers and low-lying areas and urges drainage of ditches within city limits to curb transmission. Chills and fever every other day are typical, detectable by blood smears.
Minneapolis officials report rising inquiries for industrial sites along the Minneapolis and St. Louis route surpassing levels since the department’s 1885 inception. Since organizing the division 225 sites have been located, with 25 new industries or enlargements in seven months. Major wins include four Iowa milk warehouses and three Midwest brewery warehouses. An eighteen man crew yielded 4626 bushels of oats in Calhoun County.
In Postville, wheat farmers report good timothy yields with bushel estimates rising on Ty tract. Local growers note strong harvest potential as season progresses and markets monitor demand for forage crops.
The readable parts describe a possible fatal event involving a tractor and individuals named Athinasiou and Meade with damaged wording. Details are incomplete and cannot confirm a clear sequence or outcome.
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