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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
10
An old advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup as a preventative remedy for colds and coughs, claiming decades of success and urging purchase in 25 and 7 cent bottles. A quoted exchange about trust and devotion follows, noting a lover’s devotion is often only lip service.
A Cincinnati chemist announces freezone a new compound available in small bottles at low cost. Apply a drop to a corn or callus and pain disappears as the corn loosens and lifts out with the finger. It shrivels the corn not burns or inflames and requires no humbug. If unavailable ask your druggist to order it.
A sharp exchange mocks rapid advancement through danger as a young man asks for a quick path up the social ladder and a wary reply suggests a hazardous stunt involving a gasoline tank.
An herbal remedy claim promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It suggests immediate relief with a trial bottle and offers a sample for ten cents by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
A historical snippet presents a provocative exchange about stoicism among Indians versus white men, noting a belief that Indians have always liked to die. The remark frames cultural attitudes toward death in a stark, controversial context.
FOR SKIN TROUBLES The Soap to cleanse and purify the Ointment to soothe and heal. They usually afford immediate relief in itching burning eczemas pimples dandruff and most baby skin troubles. They also tend to prevent little skin troubles becoming great if used daily Free sample each by mail with Book Address postcard Cuthurn Dept. L Boston Sold everywhere.
The Nebraska State Board of Control reports 90 to 100 healthy babies are ready for adoption as the new Lincoln home for dependent children opens its doors. Fifteen babies returned from board-out care, and adoption will be centralized at the Lincoln facility.
Washington reports the secretary of agriculture urges expanding corn planting this year. Corn, the nation’s leading cereal, can grow over a wider area than any other crop and provides nutrition for people and livestock. The plan calls for increased acreage especially east of the 100th meridian where conditions and familiarity with corn exist. A list of top corn counties across states highlights where expansion is most feasible.
Stockmen urge maximizing use of rough pastures for fattening cattle as federal regulation looms. Officials consider tighter controls to ensure efficient grain and forage use.
Two American girls debate birthplace after a lecturer extols Norway. One girl says she was born in Norway with pride, the other counters she prefers being born in America to stay there.
Mrs. Torkins quips to Charley about his military start in the guardhouse and compares his path to Napoleon. Charley jokes he will reverse Napoleon’s career by beginning at the Ellen end and working the other way.
The South Omaha Live Stock exchange approves a 1917 resolution urging stockmen and farmers to maximize use of rough feed pastures and grain to fatten stock and to stop marketing immature cattle hogs or sheep. Officials are directed to publicize the measure amid broader talks on potential meat price regulation by the government.
A two year old girl Blanche Trader daughter of William Trader of nine miles northwest of Ashland died when her body was drawn feet first into a corn shelter driven by a steam engine. The accident occurred before power could be shut off. This marked the third violent death in the Ashland vicinity in less than a week following a bonfire death of an elderly woman and a Burlington brakeman killed in Memphis yards.
Work has begun on Keave ney’s new $200000 hotel. The seven story structure is being erected by the Bankers Realty Co of Omaha in conjunction with the North American Hotel Co and local capitalists.
A liberal donor sent a $500 check to the church treasurer with instructions to apply it to the rectory debt. In Columbus the Boy Scouts are scouring the city, reporting alleys streets and lots needing attention through a central organization.
Beatrice resident William Young of Cortland sells his half section in Gage county to Henry Hochheir for 34200 dollars at 135 dollars per acre. The farm is described as one of the best in the county. The article also notes the dedication of a new Friends church at Springbank costing about 6500 dollars, with Springbank cited as the oldest religious organization in the area.
A mother agrees to a small boy’s request for no party but twenty invitations go out. Guests arrive as the boy says he invited every kid he met to maximize presents. A light joke about a car ad follows with a joke on “the last word in automobiles.”
Boy Scouts of Omaha will farm a ten acre city donated tract this summer. All produce will go to public relief or to feed Nebraska’s soldier boys.
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