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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
6
Reader queries cover home repair and cooking. A reader asks how to fill floor cracks before painting use a paste of water dry glue and torn newspaper. Other letters explain meringue browning causes sugar amount and baking temps with Iowa State home economists guidance.
A report notes children vary in height and build, suggesting new sizing standards using two body measurements. The study by the USDA Bureau of Home Economics outlines waist and hip plus height as better indicators, with some manufacturers already selling trousers by waist and leg length rather than age.
Consumers should value handling over age or shell color as a 24 hour old warm egg can be less fresh than a colder older egg. Experts caution that shell color provides no reliable clue to quality or value.
A court action was initiated as Mrs. Lear Davis sues Os for unspecified damages or relief. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
A survey of forty town farmers finds nine subscribe to a weekly newspaper. The result suggests limited local penetration of weekly press among agrarian residents.
Marie Johnson and Leighton Neikirk wed in Burlingame California telegram reveals. Johnson, a Havelock High School graduate, studied at Cedar Rapids business college and worked at First National Bank before moving to California. The couple will reside in Burlingame where the groom has business interests.
Havelock Methodist Church reports Pastor John Drake Wolcott will be away for three Sundays on vacation. The first two Sundays will be spent at the Bible conference at Spirit Lake and the pastor can be reached for services via Methodist Camp. The notice urges attendance at the Bible conference next Sunday or the following.
A long list of brief items covers residents visiting hospitals, relatives, and friends across Fort Dodge Pocahontas Emmetsburg Laurens and surrounding towns. Names include Meier Lathrop Williams Jacobson Miller Gist Buck Chase Grover Masons and Hendricks with activities from hospital calls to movies and church events. An array of smallups and local happenings mark the week.
Twin boys born to Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Stockwell of Laurens marked the hospital at Sioux Rapids as having their fifth set of twins in the last six months. The town notes the ongoing twin birth surge at Sickles hospital.
A Des Moines bus driver was injured when a crate of chickens toppled from a passing truck and shattered a bus window at Knoxville. The accident occurred on the highway but no details on injuries beyond the driver’s cut were provided.
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