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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
3
A Rag Leaflet offers rag rug designs free with two books, or 6 cents by mail for the leaflet. Instructions note using %-inch wooden knitting needles and cutting rags %-inch wide.
Learn to knit strips 10 inches wide with color changes every 10 inches then sew them wrong side together. Use a crochet hook for the edge, and decorate every room with new draperies slipcovers and bedspreads. Mrs Spears Sewing Book set offers step by step guides with illustrations. order details listed for Chicago.
The President earns 75000 dollars annually plus 25000 for travel. The President's wife receives 25000 for housekeeping and can obtain more if needed. The government covers salaries for head butler, housekeeper, valet, and wife's secretary. Social aides serve the President's wife from the army and navy.
James J Braddock learns his 76 year old father Joseph Braddock applied to North Bergen relief officials for aid. The former heavyweight champion says his father should not have, noting he will provide support though the elder Braddock never asked. Braddock earned about a half million dollars in boxing.
Detroit police arrested a bearded ragged man who told the judge his name is plain John Doe. He was found sleeping peacefully on a sidewalk and expressed happiness with the attention he received.
The piece profiles Mrs Ella Boole an 80 year old prohibition advocate and longtime W C T U leader highlighting her Brooklyn base Wooster Ohio roots and public line against saloons. It also surveys Dr Donald A Laird Colgate University urging new ideas on evolution sleep and workplace behavior and notes his retirement to research at age 41 with a look at his novel findings.
A fragmentary historical note cites Henry Ward Beecher on crossing no one’s path without aid. It urges readiness to help others at sea or on land, sharing supplies when needed and meeting the world with care.
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