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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
3
The piece promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective laxative for children and digestive complaints. It claims the remedy is gentle, pleasant tasting, and safer than harsh purgatives, with dosing at bedtime and samples available by mail from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello, Tl.
An old advertisement notes Paxtine Antiseptic as a remedy for tired inflamed eyes and granulated eyelids. It promotes the product sold by The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston for 25 cents per box, with postpaid mailing options.
A quirky fragment surveys common man ideas and jokes about aviation fever and self estimation. It mentions a humorous line about a boy with aviation fever and a playful quip on constipation solved by Garfield Tea.
Upper Sandusky Ohio report tells of a wife who suffered years of fatigue back pain bladder trouble and nervous strain. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills she regained health. The letter urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
On a Wyoming Idaho camping trip in 1911 the author and companions observed beaver habits. They described dam building, cache storage, den construction, size limits for wood cutting, and a beaver social life. The piece notes a Wyoming beaver season and calls for stricter enforcement of conservation laws.
Shanghai moves to raze the ancient city wall as part of a broad redevelopment plan. Workmen remove sections facing the old yamen while gates at Hangchow are taken down. Canton asks officials to survey population and housing along the wall and prepare a demolition scheme within a month.
A collage of jokes and quips from various sources including Puck and Catholic Standard with snippets about Nero, originality, poets, and a barber tale. One-liners on conceit, wealth, and political power mix with light satire and stage humor.
Fragmentary lines reflect Diogenes seeking an honest man and finding scarcity. The text suggests a philosophical pursuit amid hopeful but limited evidence of virtue.
The editor relays a rumor that Old Goldrox is dead and a reporter confirms being at the house. The wife states her husband will neither confirm nor deny the rumor, leaving the matter unresolved.
A playful verse fragment humorously ponders Mrs Lot and a joke about turning into rubber before becoming salt. The lines twist biblical names with a punny image in a light, old-fashioned manner.
A short verse laments life with an unhappy husband Tormented by a carping wife and inability to please her.
A heated exchange reveals lingering resentment as one speaker admits past envy and diminished status compared to the other. The dialogue centers on longstanding tension and a shift in recognition, hinting at unresolved conflicts between former rivals.
A brief note extols the value of cheerful action and acknowledges that unseen deeds may escape notice yet deserve recognition, especially among tech people who achieve success despite blame-oriented views.
An elevator boy points to a sign reading No Smokin in the Car. A man with a cigar questions the wording and a quip from a bystander notes the sign. The exchange highlights misreadings of a simple instruction.
A terse dialogue shows a cheerful boarder replying that death does not end all for a week or so, while a solemn boarder questions mortality in a witty exchange about a loan and a turkey.
George compliments a girl about a curl over her right ear and she replies she would move it to the other side. The exchange suggests affectionate banter in a light social moment.
A light verse evokes a clear, sunny day with the world’s brightness and carefree mood. The speaker notes cheerful weather banishing worries and trouble as a pleasant, nostalgic scene unfolds.
Beulah questions Bella on her music skills and romance rumors. Bella denies musical talent but a remark about handling a bow suggests gossip about past engagements.
A townsman known for his wit gave each tramp one of his wife’s pies as a friendly jest. The anecdote portrays his clever generosity and playful folklore in local life.
Paul Stephens recounts boom towns in Nevada Colorado and British Columbia. Goldfield Nevada once 30000 now 3000. Rawhide once 20000 now 300. Barkerville BC once 30000 now about 100 with declines in real estate values and population. He notes how mining towns rise on fever and fade when gold fades.
A mis-set alarm clock trapped the Barrett family in Springfield Ohio asphyxiation. Harry Barrett woke at midnight and, choking, reached the stove to close the valve aided by his daughter turning the key on the gas line.
The note explains that early hopes for substituting alum in um for steel and iron did not materialize, yet demand for the new alloy grew sharply. US output rose from under 100,000 pounds in 1883 to 350,000 in 1893, 7.5 million in 1903, and now exceeds 60 million pounds.
A humorous exchange features a fisherman and Mr Growcher debating summer fishing tales. The quip ends by noting wisdom teeth should be cut at birth to save trouble.
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