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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
2
A weekly analysis outlines Roosevelt's peace appeal amid rising European tensions. Tangier port, Iberian coast, and Portuguese fascists loom as potential flashpoints. Britain France and Russia push a mutual aid pact while the U S weighs cash and carry and sanctions to stay neutral yet prepared for war.
The article notes GM's 1934 Chicago and New York World’s Fairs with bold forecasts from Alfred P. Sloan Jr. and executives. It also recounts Houston Goudiss’s 1939–60 dietary advice debunking meat cheese and fruit myths, promoting balanced meals and scientific evidence over misinformation.
The set asks about Breckenridge Long Paul Teleky Oliviera de Salazar Franz von Papen and related WWII topics. It queries 1937 1938 labor strikes world fair 1942 strategic raw materials U S lighted cities future transatlantic filer war department staff U S exports to Britain January February 1939 imports from Britain Italian German threats to a European nation and Tangier ownership.
Crystallized honey can be liquefied by warm water under 140 degrees to preserve color and flavor. Serge suits revive with vinegar and water before pressing. Weekly plant care with a dash of ammonia keeps soil sweet and leaves glossy. Sun and cold water remove light linen scorch marks. Salt speeds up hot starch glow. Dry pick preps duck feathers, then boil cloth to remove down. Lemon rub cleans aluminum kettles. lacquer not thinned with turpentine or linseed oil. Avoid shiny study surfaces for easier reading.
The recipe for Grape-Nuts Flakes rolls uses milk salt sugar egg yolks yeast and flour with shortening and butter. The process includes scalding milk mixing in ingredients raising in warm water folding shaping and baking at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes yielding about 36 rolls.
Quaint towel motifs sold as pairs function as small pictures or pillow toppers. Most are 10 per inch cross stitch with simple stitching for variety. Pattern 6242 offers six motifs with color schemes materials and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 West 14th St New York NY.
An advertising notice promotes Kellogg's All Bran as a preventive remedy for constipation. It urges daily intake with milk or baked into muffins, plus ample water, and credits Battle Creek Kellogg's as the producer sold by grocers.
A concise quotation notes that while labor initiates great works, it is labor alone that completes them, attributed to Joubert. The line reflects on the essential role of sustained effort in turning ideas into finished achievements.
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