29 Dec 1932
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
1
The editor and Mrs. Bruce plan to depart Jan 3 for Des Moines to study state tax policies and the legislature. They aim to reduce property taxes, shift the burden, and increase the tax base, while monitoring tax committee proposals and mortgage implications.
Dear Friends this week reviews setup in poultry markets with unusual egg storage this December and a shift in national egg production from midwest to south and west. The letter stresses that profit hinges on farmer effort not mere wish and encourages good chicken-raising practices.
The speaker warns that many items are scarce or hard to obtain and urges fixes. They claim it is possible to drain all loanable money from the state, a real calamity if it becomes permanent, though they hope the current condition is only temporary.
A Toledo driver exchanged a smoked ham for gasoline at a local filling station. The gas attendant rang up the ham as payment, prompting a meat market owner to joke about selling the ham on credit. The tale reflects a whimsical view of cash and credit in daily life.
The excerpt notes that three-fourths of Denmark's area is farmland and mentions the oldest compound microscope built by a Dutchman in 1590. It adds that about twenty asteroids are added annually to the astronomers' catalogue and that over seventy percent of U S inhabitants have British ancestry.
W. L. Adams lived with severe stomach gas that caused his heart to miss beats after eating. Adlerika relieved his gas, allowing him to eat normally and feel well again as noted by C. M. Webb.
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau gathered December 19 1932 to urge federal and state action to restore farm purchasing power set minimum prices on staples via the Farm Board and Gold Standard reforms back a moratorium on foreclosures and tax sales while pushing tax reform and milder public wage scales. The group backs Henry A Wallace for agriculture secretary and calls Iowa farmers to unite for relief measures.
The wolverine or glutton is the largest weasel in this hemisphere and its extreme rarity makes it a specimen of interest for museum display.
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