Polk Family Members Attend Walther League Talent Quest
Polk misses Berniece Wilshusen Alyne Deuker and Louise Baack while they entered a competition at Seward last Sunday. Local guests include Nordstrom Berggren and related families visiting Storm Lake Stromsburg and Stromsburg area.
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Berniece Wilshusen
Emalyne Deuker
Louise Baack
Carl F. Juergensen
Seward
Miss Wilshusen
Miss Baack
Storm Lake
LeRoy Berggren
Esther Berggren
Stromsburg
Paul Strand
Ed Scow
Margaret Pickrel
Shelby
Gwendolyn Stevens
E. B. Pengelly
Karl Detloff
Will Miller
Rhine Klute
Hampton
Berggren
Sunny
Reader's Digest Endorsed by Lawrence Tibbetts
A famous singer cites Reader's Digest as a source for understanding national events gifting a stirring tune akin to the Star Spangled Banner. The magazine offers 136 pages of condensed readings from over 500 periodicals and each issue presents 35 valued articles. A free sample copy is available via a paper-arranged offer to Dept. X Pleasantville NY.
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Lawrence Tibbett
Reader’s Digest
Dept. X
Pleasantville
N. Y
Greek Letters on Brick From Sicily Reveals Ancient School Pranks
A 1,700 year old brick in Rome bears Greek inscriptions scratched by schoolboys at the time of the Roman empire. The top line repeats Sigma. below Kappa. reads words for turtle and mill. An elder boy added a tongue twister about planks and a ship, showing literacy spread in southern Italy long before broader Europe.
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Rome
Sicily
Boston Herald
Myla
Italy
Surface Water Does Not Boil in Uniform Motion
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry notes that boiling water in a kettle or evaporator shows discontinuous motion with geysers and waves. Large bubbles explode, droplets spray into vapor space, and drops are carried away by vapor as concentration rises and foam forms at the surface.
Blossoms and Roots as Medicine Through History
The article traces historic belief in plants as cures from ancient times to the 19th century. It notes body-part based remedies, Shaker prominence in botanical drugs, and myths about ginseng while detailing uses from heart shaped leaves to larkspur and liverwort. It also describes fragrant herbs, laxatives, oils for liquids, and cautions about poisonous leaves and roots.
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Pathfinder Magazine
America
New England
Shakers
United States
Canada
China
Why John Bull Stood for England in 18th Century Satire
The character John Bull originated in John Arbuthnot's 1712 satire The History of John Bull. Initially misattributed to Swift, Arbuthnot's authorship is now accepted. The portrayal, a bluff portly country gentleman, helped fuse the name John Bull with the English nation alongside figures like Lewis Baboon the Frenchman and Nicholas Frog the Dutchman.
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John Bull
England
John Arbuthnot
Duke of Marlborough
Swift
Arbuthnot
John
Lewis Baboon
Nicholas Frog
Hot Springs Spa History Ties To U S Government
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas was set aside over a century ago as a national spa and recreation site. Indigenous peoples spoke of marvelous cures and believed the Great Spirit resided there while tribes at times fought for control of the waters before a peace allowed all tribes to use the springs.
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Hot Springs National Park
Europe
United States
Ark
Wearing the Monocle The English use of monocles traced to Continental custom
Pearson's London Weekly notes that the traditional image of the monocle is misleading. Most monocles are actual single eyeglasses, and their use is not merely ornamental. The belief that one eye glass reduces strain on the other eye is challenged by the piece.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Largest Heaviest Coco de Mer Found on Two Seychelles Islands
The coco-de-mer, the world’s largest fruit, grows only on Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. Discovered by Fifteenth Century Portuguese explorers, white men first saw them in 1789. nuts weigh up to 50 pounds and ripen in seven years. Valued highly in India and England for medicinal beliefs and rarity.
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Coco-De-Mer
Praslin Island
Curieuse Island
Seychelles
Indian Ocean
London
Tit-Bits
England
First Counterfeiting in Colonial Trade
The New England and New York colonists used shell bead money made from periwinkle and clam shells. White beads were worth more than black beads, with one black bead equal to two white ones. The currency gained circular use before Europeans counterfeited it to assert dominance.
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New England
New York
Coining Money Declaring War Powers of Congress
The United States Constitution vests in Congress the power to coin money regulate its value and foreign coin fix weights and measures declare war grant letters of marque and reprisal and make rules concerning captures of land and water.
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Congress
Scent Boxes: Fashionable Eighteenth Century Trinkets
Small silver scent boxes and vin aigrettes rose in late eighteenth century fashion. Women carried them in pockets or chatelaines and sniffed delicately. men’s versions were larger with skulls fish or fruit designs, worn on watch chains or in pockets. Silver predominated though some gold or ivory pieces exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice R. Rollins
Los Angeles Times
Holland
Universal Brotherhood theme highlighted in 1939 county session
The Christian Science influenced piece urges universal brotherhood through shared goods and God centered unity. Osceola Nebraska officials discuss finances, salaries, and approvals in Polk County Board proceedings from April 18 1939 including claims, road funds, and a liquor license for Nick Eller.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Fred Henggeler
Joel Hanson
County Board of Commissioners
Sey
Eisner Swanson
Stromsburg
Nick Eller
Arthur S. Nelson
Owen McClung
6Th Principal Meridian
Polk
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Report
Receipts at Omaha Monday mark 9,500 cattle and 6,500 hogs and 6,700 sheep. Cattle trading slow with steers and yearlings about 10 to 15 cents lower. cows steady and stockers firm. Hogs steady to a dime lower. sow prices around 5.75. Fat lambs quoted 10.00 to 10.25, feeder lambs steady. aged sheep near 5.50.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
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Professional Directory
H. S. Eklund
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Harley Eklund
R. P
Geo. T. Alliband
M. D
Court House Square
Nebr
A. A. Wurtz
First National Bank
Hesler Cleaning Works
Emil Carlson
Lincoln Nebaska State Journal
THE
State Journal
New Zealand
Peru
Central America
Universal Brotherhood
Jesus
Paul
Mary Baker Eddy
Ceas and the True Brotherhood of Man
Christian Science Monitor
County General Fund
James Cook
Lincoln Tel & Tel Co
L. M. Merrick, Co
Judge Court
Helen McCormick
Harriet Johnson
Gertie Kumpf
L. M. Merrick
Roy E. Erickson
T. A. Reece
Gunnard Peterson
Lincoln
John I. Anderson
Galary
Ophia Kresha
Ruth Stewart
Madeline Carman
Crouse-Tex
Nadine Croisant
Asa Smith
City of
Armers
R. M. McDonald
City of Stromsburg
Food Center
Anderson Mercantile Co
Drs. James & Myers Medi
Village of Shelby
Osceola Lumber Co
Shelby Hospital Hospital
Farmers Union Oil Co
Strand Bay Lumber Co
Special
Capital Bridge Co
Lillian Timm
Or Court
Boo Eile
Olive M. McBeth
Wwe
Moore & Hunsaker
Farmers Union State Exchange
Clarkson Memorial Hospital
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
P. J. Garten Food
Strand Lumber Co
Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power Forslund
C. W. Moon Food
Omaha Clinic
Hotchkiss & Wells Tools
Com
Owen McClungincoln Road Equipment Co
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
A. S. Nelson
City of Osceola Water
J. E. Steeple Food
John Scholz
Sinclair Refining Co
Roy Morgan Automotive Repairs
Ernest M. Carlson
Roy W. Fiell
Com.Dist
A. C. Twarling Lincoln Road Equipment Co
A. W. Company Inc
Richard A. Johnson
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil
Clifton E. Johnson
Will Wright
South Omaha
Thrush
Ash
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