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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
1
A long, opinionated column laments changes in how the president delivers messages, praises radio for reaching the public, and critiques Liberty League funding and Nye probes. It analyzes the Townsend plan, farm programs, the AAA ruling, and pork sauerkraut sales tied to policy shifts.
Punishment targets crimes but finding the fitter proves difficult as a couple of golfers align with the Recording Angel. The line between truth and deception blurs in this quip laden reflection.
A 1934 study shows pedestrians accounted for nearly half of auto crash deaths, with 15,950 killed and 270,000 injured. Five of eight deaths occurred while crossing midblock or against signals. crosswalks and signals offer protection yet many pedestrians seek speed over safety. The report urges drivers to be tolerant, noting pedestrians’ faults are not criminal.
Dear friends, last spring and early summer I urged caponizing cockerels. Heaviest capons bring up to 4e more per pound than turkeys. One Indiana farmer sold 206 capons for 480.74 and another 158 for 355.33, about 1.40 a head profit. Eggs and sauerkraut prices fall due to high pork costs, but poultry demand balances as meat remains expensive.
The warning about following a father’s path notes risk of guidance toward wrong places. A cryptic line references a man who coined X-mas and an odd phrase about squeezing through on an X-dollar bill, hinting at misdirection and harmful choices.
The 1936 campaign urges motorists to sign a pledge emphasizing safe driving, courteous behavior, and strict adherence to road rules. It promotes inspecting routes, choosing safe times, signaling and observing turns, maintaining vehicles, and cooperating with safety patrols to reduce accidents.
A terse reflection notes that loafing is hard work for most, while gangsters and gunmen ignore life insurance solicitors, suggesting a world where crime thrives without concern for ordinary risks or public safety.
The article describes the opossum as an American animal that feigns death when pressed and seeks warm southern and tropical regions though it can reach New England. It details its habits, such as climbing trees, tail use, and physical traits like 50 teeth and wooly fur.
The article notes Miles Coverdale’s pivotal role in publishing the first printed English Bible. It contrasts his work with earlier translations by Wyelifn and Elizabethan scholars and highlights the Coverdale edition as opening the text to broader readers beyond scholars.
The text traces house plant origins to seventh century B C Greece with Adonis worship. It describes erecting a god figure on roofs surrounded by pots of seeds and grains, later adopted by Rome and other cultures in short lived garden fashion links to Babylon. It notes the term Adonis gardens evolving to mean transitory pleasures.
The U S Bureau of Fisheries took charge of the Alaska fur seal herd under the 1911 treaty as it neared extinction. The herd has risen about 8 percent yearly to over 1 400 000, from about 130 000 in 1910, helped by the ban on killing seals on the high seas.
Monoxide is a tasteless colorless odorless gas that poisons by binding to haemoglobin in the blood. It can affect individuals differently and slowly leads to death when inhaled.
A description claims the Great Pyramid could supply a wall across America about 38 000 miles long four feet wide and one foot high using 2 300 000 stone blocks each averaging two and a half tons. The pyramid covers twelve and a half acres.
A saint is described as one who holds religion absolutely and inflexibly, living a life guided by a single rule with no self-consciousness, yet affecting the imagination and shaping the character of their own and future generations.
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