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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
3
A London Answers piece recounts Joe Taylor of Montana facing illness and imprisonment tied to thievery before a black comic chain of misfortunes. The homecoming tale ends with a sudden twist as the retainer reveals the dog has been stuffed, offering grim relief.
An American doctor writes a curious warning about kissing as a disease carrier. He muses that millions of germs could spread via lips and calculates enormous germ counts, his tone mixing alarm with comic arithmetic.
A newspaper column advert invites boys and girls to read a Grape Nuts ad in another section to learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program and win valuable free prizes.
A compilation of quirky, dated joke snippets and cartoonish banter from early 20th century humor columns. Lively exchanges include a brash bookmaker boast and domestic quips about maids towels and mispronounced phrases.
Customer claims the sandwich lacks ham despite several bites. Waiter suggests trying another bite. The exchange ends with the line Dog-gone it arcanum bulletin.
A display at Rockefeller Center New York shows a method to grow fresh vegetables without soil using mineral solution nourished containers. Ultraviolet lamps replace sunlight, enabling plants to grow two to three times faster than normal.
Ferry-Morse Seed Institute notes over 50,000 tests yearly to ensure seeds will crow and 9,000 tests for quality. They describe eight decades of work at Rochester Michigan and Salinas California stations, developing foundation stock used on farms. Seeds sold after germination and quality checks with home garden catalog offered.
A terse complaint about doing tasks yields a slimmer workload as frustration fades and effort scales down. The note hints at prioritizing minimalism and efficiency in daily duties.
A dialogue from an ordinary scene shows a daughter and father in a home setting. The father interrupts with a quip about ducks learning to swim as the professor teaches budgeting.
Pattern 787 offers six embroidery motifs of glassware and china to decorate tea towels. Includes transfer pattern, stitch details, and material list. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York for pattern.
Visitors to Glasgow can use the new informator at Glasgow Central to view trains to any destination. The device resembles London underground ticket machines with a window at eye level and numbered destination keys. A card lists stations and routes, sliding into view to show trains to and from the chosen station.
The Los Angeles Tribune reports Goodwill bags from the United States feed a global trade, with the so called Old Clothes King of Europe selling discarded garments to Africa and Asia. J Frazier Vance details a yearly seven million dollar volume of unsold items moving overseas.
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