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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
6
W D Termohlen of the Agricultural Extension Service at Iowa State College reports rising demand for better quality eggs from eastern dealers and Iowa grocers. Graded buying by dealers and graded selling by farmers have grown since 1927, expanding from 58 to 631 buyers and county coverage from 16 to 97 by 1931, with aim to boost prices and competitiveness.
National farm groups press congress to pass a composite farm relief bill enabling the farm board to use the equalization fee debenture and domestic allotment plans. Charles H Hearst Iowa Farm Bureau urges action alongside Goldsborough McNary Capper bills and lower mortgage rates. Hearst cites expiring patience and a need for higher prices to help farmers pay debts.
A Town Topics satire listing ideal spouses and husbands who embody flawless traits. It mocks vows, conduct, and property, pairing humorous “perfect” characters with everyday faults, highlighting social expectations and marital stereotypes.
The article argues alliances often yield decisive outcomes in history. It cites Yorktown with American and French forces, World War I with German unity countering divided leadership, Napoleon’s success from allied support, Frederick the Great, and Blucher aiding Wellington at Waterloo, plus Washington and Rochambeau’s coordinated efforts.
An ornithologist pursues insect specimens with a net across fields and forests while researchers use airplanes and sticky slides to trap bugs at varying altitudes. The work, conducted day and night, measures effects of weather and temperature on wind wafted wanderers, with ongoing government sponsored study.
In a Toronto Globe excerpt Joseph Pennell recalls Whistler as a student copying famous Louvre works. He notes Whistler praised a Mona Lisa copy and mused on what would become of the original masterwork, demonstrating Whistler’s whimsical view of art and originality.
For centuries rats spread plague in Europe via fleas on the black rat. Around 1700 brown rats from Asia entered through Russia and displaced the black rat. The brown rat then shifted to sewers, reducing human plague exposure.
A man speaks of calming his temper to fairly judge the person who wronged him. He vows to examine himself for any justification of harsh words once emotions are settled, reflecting on impartiality and self awareness.
Railroads followed water routes with north south river currents, linking with river commercial centers. As settlement pushed west, lines extended to meet progress and connect markets along major waterways like the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio.
Recipes cover macaroni and tomatoes layered bake dish with butter and onions, stuffed potatoes with parsley and onion, tomato cocktails with juice blends, chocolate meringue pie, spiced honey cake, apples with bacon, grapefruit beverage, steamed chocolate pudding, good nut cakes. Comments note 4-H trees planted, temper, a 19th century tricycle, politeness as currency, and Labrador seal hunting for fat and hides.
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