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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
5
An advertising claim urges use of Anuric to treat backache due to kidney disorder and uric acid buildup. It cites Dr. Pierce’s tests at the Buffalo Invalids Hotel and includes a testimonial from Mrs. W. C. Zesch of Omaha praising relief after two bottles.
A vagrant, Daniel Fitzhugh, wrecks a car and is spared by a grateful auto occupant who advises soap. He reforms after meeting Esther Strom, dominates a radical meeting, confronts Sy mington Otis with a fake dynamite package to extort 10000 dollars, then is arrested and aided by Esther in jail. Kathleen Otis is revealed as the girl who helped him.
The prisoner is judged insane and committed to the Dunning asylum. Officers escort him out, then he plans a bold escape aided by Esther who brings food but acts with constraint. He studies the ward, awaits nightfall, and hopes to slip away, dreaming of a future free from captivity.
In a heated confrontation Esther accuses Fitzhugh of infidelity while he contends his feelings mean nothing. After a tense reconciliation, Fitzhugh hides a heavy file and rope, then crawls from a window into a stormy night heading toward Chicago across the prairie.
Esther Strom shelters Fitzhugh in a grim basement room after his asylum escape. He arrives exhausted and hungry, but his gratitude toward her grows. she hides his identity by calling him her brother, while he contemplates safety and a rooftop view. He sleeps ten hours, then speaks of life and names his wish to reveal himself someday.
A brief reflection contrasts a wiser man squinting through faults in a woman with a maid’s path toward understanding. The lines suggest restraint and perception shaping how partners read one another.
A 5 kilowatt to 20 kilowatt Tesla coil test shows a rabbit on the transformer plate holding 500 000 volts for 20 seconds with sparks from nose ears and back. Proponents claim dry bath results that remove dust and dirt and tone nerves and arteries making the old feel younger and the young more vigorous.
French physicist Charlies Rabot, noted for Arctic research, has been honored by the Christiania Geographical Society. In 1892 he joined the French Manehe expedition to Spitzbergen and Man and West Spitzbergen surveys established key glaciological conclusions and mapping of black ice regions between Saltenfjord and Ranefjord.
Armenians and Syrians in Aleppo suffer widespread eye disease with high blindness rates. Doctors say tra choma affects infants and children, a result of years under Turkish oppression. This condition is extreme in Aleppo, comparable only to Egypt and India.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt notes Spain under the king moves to rehabilitate Moroccan Jews after three centuries of ostracism. The plan invites Jews to return and resume their role in Spanish society, backed by major statesmen across parties.
Newspaper ad claims thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder issues and that Dr Kilmer Swamp Root can restore health. Readers are urged to send cents for a sample bottle by parcel post from Binghamton NY. medium and large bottles sold at drug stores.
A local report notes Churchfeing has cured insomnia in many men, praised for its lasting sleep relief and community reception.
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