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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
3
An old ad promotes Hoods Sarsaparilla as purifying blood improving complexion restoring appetite and energy. It notes two forms Haquid and Sarsatabs chocolate tablets and offers 100 doses for a price amount not specified.
Charles S. Bailey of Yankton South Dakota suffered from kidney trouble with back pain and excess urine. Doan's Pills gradually relieved his agony and he claims full recovery. He recommends them and notes no trouble since. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Former Governor Pennypacker joked about the divorce evil at a Philadelphia dinner. He quipped that some women harass their husbands and cited a Bucks County farmer who would apply for divorce only if his wife allowed it.
The writer notes that about 20 percent of salmon spawn before reascending rivers from the sea and that those spawning later are coarse and white-fleshed when cut. These fish are called bull trout, but they are simply salmon that have spawned, not a separate species.
An old advertisement invites readers to mail cutouts to the A H Lewis Medicine Co in St Louis Missouri for a free 210 day course of Natures Remedy NB tablets claiming relief for rheumatism constipation sick headache liver kidney and blood diseases. The copy promises better health and conduct and cites R L Stevenson as endorsement.
Ad copy mentions Marine Eye Salve with trial size tubes from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago and urges consulting a druggist. A quoted line from Nev William Dickie warns against overbearing influence. Another note promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach, fever and bowels with sugar coating as a candy like ease.
Secretary W R Mellor of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture invites boys under eighteen to enter the corn growing contest with a prize pool of 160 dollars. Entries must be recorded by May 20 1909 and weighed under county observer supervision. The top eleven prizes range from 50 to 5 dollars. Past yields reached 60 to 113 bushels per acre and contestants report cultivation methods and soil quality. In a separate note a court upholds a woman’s right to be county treasurer, with Miss Gertrude Jordan having won the Cherry County post after a protracted ouster effort.
A number of Nebraskans are listed on the program for the third annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association to be held in Town City on May 25 26 and 27. Albert Watkins will read a Nebraska paper. Dr Guernsey Jones of the University of Nebraska will discuss sources use in secondary teaching. Secretary C Paine will report on Nebraska state historical society work. John L Webster will deliver an address The Duty of the State in Relation to History.
A Lincoln health report shows 1906 as a record year for twins with eleven pairs recorded. Across the past five years forty seven twin pairs were born in Lincoln, including three male pairs, one female pair, and two mixed pairs.
Secretary Whitten of the Lincoln Commercial club notes Nebraska's stock movement for 1909 would stretch 670 miles if all shipped stock were combined in one train. He points out most estimates count stock on farms and not those moved to market, to reflect the state's resources.
The railway commission grants the Burlington railroad extra time to file new Holdredge depot plans by May 1.
The meat bill for the quarter starting April 1 amounts to 17259 dollars as per the requisition on which contracts were let. Bids reveal a wide divergence of opinion among packing houses about meat worth.
Frederick Ossenkop of Cass county must serve a ten years sentence after the supreme court affirmed a lower court’s judgment. Ossenkop killed Charles Byrnes on September 16 in Enagle, during a fight that ended with Byrnes dying after blows and repeated kicks to the head. The defense claimed Byrnes died from the fall, not the blows.
Washington officials hail an Interstate Commerce Commission decision that asserts jurisdiction over Pullman sleeping car charges and orders upper berths to be priced about 75 percent of lower berths. In cases between Chicago and St Paul and St Paul to the Pacific coast, lowers cost two dollars for a 12 hour journey while uppers run about one dollar fifty.
The Supreme Court reassigns for argument the Tobacco and Standard Oil cases following Justice Brewer’s death. With Justice Moody absent, seven justices remain to decide. The corporation tax case decision is expected soon, while a motion to advance the cases is unlikely before next term. Only three weeks remain in this term for hearings.
Dr. Sidney D. Wilgus of New York has been appointed superintendent of the Elgin state hospital and will assume charge of the institution May 1.
Haverhill residents report Justice William H. Moody of the Supreme Court will resume his seat in October. An improvement in his condition is noted after a hospital visit by Moses H. Dow at Corey hospital Brookline. Moody’s knee injury has slowed his recovery but he is expected to be back within a month.
George W. Wickersham, U S attorney general, urged Chicago Republicans to support President Taft and the Republican program. He denounced insurgents in Congress as traitors and warned doubters to choose sides, blaming Democratic opposition for unpassed bills.
In Watseka Illinois on Monday Dr William R Miller and Mrs Lucy Sayler were found guilty of manslaughter in the death of John Byron Sayler of Crescent City last summer. Grunden was acquitted. Miller faces 12 years and Mrs Miller three. The verdict followed a 40 hour jury standoff with emotional scenes in court.
In the Walsh will filed for probate the New York estate totals 10 to 15 million dollars. The widow and daughter receive the bulk, while the so called 100 million baby gets no special bequest. One hundred thousand dollars is left to charity with no named beneficiary.
Emperor Francis Joseph received Richard C. Kerens of St Louis on Tuesday to accept credentials as the American ambassador to Austria Hungary succeeding Charles S Francels.
The pilot boat Hirondelle was wrecked Tuesday off Cape Frehel in the English Channel. After striking, the vessel capsized and sank with ten persons drowned.
In Washington Senator La Follette attacks the railroad bill and Attorney General Wickersham while defending Roosevelt era suits. Representative Mann outlines the measure's aims, praising Elkins and Hepburn laws’ intent for quicker justice, fair treatment for shippers, and stockholder protection. Insurgent talk swirls around Speaker Cannon, with plans for a vacancy resolution paused pending presidential agenda.
In Port Maurizio Roosevelt accepted Pinchot invitation to speak at a summer conservation congress. The meeting produced Roosevelt's apparent possession of Pinchot's full case against Secretary Ballinger's conservation policy.
L T Cooper promotes New Discovery medicine as a six week tonic for stomach degeneration caused by sedentary life. He cites Mrs M E Delano of Brookline Massachusetts who reports dramatic recovery from chronic stomach and nerve issues after using the treatment. Cooper’s medicine is carried by druggists with Dayton Ohio as contact points.
The article promotes upgrading country homes with modern decor and color schemes. It offers free wall stencils and color guidance from a decorative architect, usable by readers to do the work themselves or hire others, contrasting city designers with affordable country options. It ends with advertisements and a proverb.
The rivers and harbors bill carrying all appropriations for Illinois improvements and the deep waterway passed the house and was approved by the senate commerce committee. It will be reported to the senate Monday morning.
A two-story drafting building of the New York Shipbuilding company in Camden was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The blaze consumed engine and sanitary plans for the battleships Utah and Arkansas on drawing boards, causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
Four thousand workers idle as the Waltham Watch Company closes for the fifth time in five months in Waltham Massachusetts. The layoff affects about three thousand hands.
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