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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1947
Page
7
A short guide stresses patient humor in dog training. Begin after three months, do three brief sessions daily until each trick is mastered. Booklet No 78 offers 20 illustrated lessons plus sections on diet grooming house manners and illness. Send 25 cents for How to Raise and Train Your Pet to Weekly Newspaper Service New York.
National Home Demonstration Week highlights the home demonstration program run by the agricultural extension service. Rural women across 50 000 communities improve homes and neighborhoods through health, budgeting, canning and freezing, clothing, and community projects while inviting others to join.
A Washington University team of three doctors concludes that slight nearsightedness may stem from lack of effort. Their experiments show some improvement mainly in patients with mild myopia, attributed to better visual effort during testing rather than true correction.
Joe Jenkins shot a deer from his service station chair, killing it with one shot while seated. Bystanders thought he was resting and carried the animal to him as the deer dropped in a nearby field.
Sewing Circle announces transfer designs for seven Peter Rabbit figures Pattern No 5102 with a color chart and floss amounts 20 cents needed per pattern Send name address and pattern number to Sewing Circle Needlework 530 South Wells St Chicago IL Large demand delays orders and a tale recalls Jack London during the Russo Jap war when an official asked him to remove his false teeth and the crowd cheered without a speech.
The face value of U S coins today exceeds bullion cost by three to eight times. For minting sums, $1.20 of metal creates $10 in pennies, $2.37 yields $50 in nickels, $33.86 for $100 in dimes, $84.63 for $250 in quarters, and $169.28 for $500 in half dollars.
A reader promotes lemon juice with water as a gentle daily remedy for constipation. The pitch notes vitamin C benefits, fatigue resistance, cold defense, appetite boost, and digestion aid, urging use of California Sunkist lemons each morning.
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