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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
8
A Colorado mining tale shows how a young Denver lawyer Peter Anderson and his frugal wife amass and lose mining stock certificates in a boom town. The couple fills a trunk with stocks, then discovers the scheme yields a fortune before dawn of a political career.
A poem in a Baltimore Sun piece laments how men excuse wrongdoing by blaming women and sin. It contrasts a selfish, entitled Adam with a submissive public face, condemning any shift of fault and accusing a hypnotizing or manipulating woman in a moral critique.
An employer refuses a pay raise citing the clerk watches the clock too much. The clerk recalls the clock given by friends and explains his motive. The employer says the raise will begin from last Monday morning.
A collage of quips about tasks and character from period papers. The speaker tests a servant with shoeing deeds breaking sticks and making coats while a Cleveland Leader humor piece puns on a boss's rays and character.
A verse fragment describes a hen's fate with vivid, lurid imagery. It mentions a chicken being fired and dying, its wing fried and feathers dried by a dealer, then dyed. The piece pivots to a question of how such transformation occurs and ends with a striking image of a hat adorned with plumage, a mortal bird elevated to a paradise-like status.
A Louisville Herald exchange reveals a reporter’s quip about Captain Bobbs, noted as a man among the prettiest girls at a dance and the editor asking reporters what they mean by writing. The captain spent most of his time with the leading dancers.
A playful poem extols a windy day with a purple kite lifted by the windflower in the grass and the sky. It includes a playful exchange about a child and a jokey verse about Mary and a lamb with a comic butcher twist.
A collage of quips and stray lines from various papers includes farmer talk, a flare for misheard phrases, a boy and a fire, as well as notebook-style jokes about health, chores, and fashion. It resembles a Sunday magazine mashup with fragmented captions and playful misreads.
In Edwardian England John Ochiltree a Kent farmer falls for Mary Griggs who resists his advances. Mary's mother and former suitor scheme to force a marriage proposal. A sheep theft, John’s execution, and a dramatic rescue hinge on Mary declaring herself. The plan collapses when Mary finally claims him, altering fate and exposing the scheming behind the implied proposal.
The piece notes autumn typhoid remains common in many regions, hitting both rich and poor dwellings in New York. It argues sanitation fails to prevent it, clarifies typhoid as an intestinal disease spread by contaminated food or drink, and suggests seasonal bodily changes burden kidneys and bowels, making cases rise with cooler weather.
Katsura outlines government policy to bankers in Tokyo emphasizing resource development and cost restraint. The program aims to end wars, boost domestic prosperity, and strengthen friendly ties with other nations, earning broad approval.
Cigarette smoking is epidemic in Egypt with about 12 million natives. half smoke an average of ten cigarettes daily totaling 60 million per day. Dr. Lipa Bey of Cairo treats 25 patients, 22 showing nicotine poisoning effects.
Scientists test submerged microphones to detect shoals. The device is lowered into water and taps produce signals as fish schools pass, alerting fishermen to potential catches.
A quadrangular fly screen that acts like a door opens and closes at the top to block flies and insects from entering a house, created by a Kansas inventor. The device adapts to door frames and promises simpler housing protection.
A Louisiana man invents a machine to measure and record lumber dimensions. Planks pass through the device and activate a roller connected to a registering mechanism on the side.
Great Britain imports about 140 million dollars yearly in timber and wood products with the United States supplying around 22 million dollars of that total.
An official notes the Kenis forest in East Africa stretches 287 miles long and eight miles wide with timber worth 115 million dollars. The text also includes assorted reflections and miscellaneous snippets from a periodical page.
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