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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
3
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims relief in five minutes and that the stomach will feel sweet with no gas belching or eructations, encouraging readers to buy a fifty cent case.
A city child and her governess encounter a porcupine in the woods. The animal bristles and quills rise as two potentially hostile strangers approach, prompting the girl to remark on the fright and the creature's hair standing on end.
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble may not know the cause of their symptoms. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, urging readers to buy a fifty cent or one dollar bottle or order a sample by sending ten cents, and to mention the paper.
A stern magistrate questions a fourteen year old boy caught pocket-picking. The boy blames his father’s prison term for forcing him into crime to help keep the family afloat.
A Cincinnati man promotes freezone a drops on corns and calluses to shrink and loosen them without pain. The ad claims instant drying no skin irritation and easy lifting of hard or soft corns between toes with no aftercare.
A stranger tempts with a single game of chance and small stakes while Uncle Hiram Waybacker accepts to play. The scene centers on a casual wager over a checkerboard challenge.
The Nebraska Senate approved a substitute bill by eighteen to fourteen with Albert absent. A concurrent 19 to 11 vote backed an $80,000 hog barn for the state fair, though some members argued the amount was excessive. Oberlies defended hogs while noting ethical comparisons, and other actions included school flag display mandates and a call to arms as the national guard readiness was announced.
By unanimous votes in both houses the state legislature endorses President Wilson in the crisis and praises Senator Hitchcock's leadership for advancing the administration program in the Senate. The resolution was introduced by Sen I L Albert of Platte County in the Senate and by Henry C Richmond of Omaha Jacob Sass of Chalco Fred Hoffmeister of Imperial W J Taylor of Merna and Soren Fries of Dannebrog in the House. Partisan ties were set aside.
A new basement finding at the state house suggests further ground sinking under a cement floor near the foundation. Officials will know more after tearing up the floor. The House also approved H. R. 151 advancing to third reading, authorizing 100000 dollars to build a state penitentiary printing plant to cover all state department printing needs and school texts.
The Nebraska lower house passed a bill creating a state department of publicity by a 60 to 27 vote. The measure allows a director of publicity to oversee compiling and publicizing the state's resources and opportunities with access to state statistics, serving without pay. University of Nebraska offers ME labs to the federal government per Chancellor Aver. Additional judges to Lancaster and Tenth district districts approved. Pershing tentatively agrees to deliver commencement speech June 13. Spirk of Saline proposes separate ballots for constitutional amendments and conventions to boost interest in amendments.
By a 58 to 38 vote the house in committee ordered a third reading of a bill to appropriate 67 100ths of one mill for a new east wing of the state capitol. A commission to adopt the completed plan will be headed by the governor. After engrossment the bill goes to final passage. additional support is expected.
Cash wheat sold for 2.31 a bushel the highest price ever recorded west of the Atlantic seaboard. A carload of No 2 spring wheat from Farmers Co operative Grain Wagner was consigned to Brewsher Grain Omaha. Five more carloads of the same variety sold from 2.24 to 2.28 while winter wheat climbed to 2.25 with 2.20 as the low.
The treasury department announced a five billion dollar bond issue to fund primary U S needs and to provide a loan of about two billion dollars to allies. Officials say the plan supports military and naval expenditures and reflects a strong national financial condition as noted by the comptroller of the currency.
Secretary Houston will travel to St. Louis to confer with cereal growing state experts on food production and distribution for the war era. He plans a similar eastern conference and the Agriculture Department with the CN D prepared nationwide plans to boost and conserve food for wartime needs.
The Woman's Relief Corps, Nebraska department led by Nettie Jewell, pledges loyal cooperation to Governor Neville in the current crisis. The statement expresses readiness to defend the honor of the flag and nation and to support any action deemed necessary to uphold the president during wartime.
Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, says rail transport facilities will be at the government's disposal through the quarter master general. The plan lets railroads handle all government business without major disruption to national commerce.
El Paso reports say de facto Mexican troops from Nuevo Leon Coahuila and Chihuahua are advancing toward the U S border. Washington has official word of the movements and is watching closely. In Chihuahua General Murguia's forces move northwest under Carranza claim of offensive against Villa.
Western Canada offers 160 acre homesteads with easy entry for farm laborers, counting work years toward residence. Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba promise low taxes, good wages, and affordable land from 10 to 30 dollars per acre with three year residence toward title, plus strong markets and ample infrastructure.
Dr L H Smith advises that excess uric acid ages people and causes gray hair and wrinkles. He prescribes drinking plenty of water between meals and taking Anuric before meals to expel uric acid and relieve backache rheumatism gout and other pains.
A brief quip recounts a man asking why women talk more than men. The woman replies that it is because they have men to talk about. The exchange highlights social gender humor without further context.
An advertisement urges using Knowlton's Danderine to combat dandruff and restore hair. It claims thinning, brittle hair signals scalp trouble and promises luster, fullness, and new hair growth after several weeks. A 25 cent bottle is marketed as the solution.
A light dialogue quotes a wife asking what her husband thought of the twenty dollar hat she bought. He responds with the remark he ruged over it.
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