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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1910
Page
7
Mrs. Joseph Lacelle of Ottawa Ontario reports suffering backache and headache for over nine months. She says Peruna relieved her misery, calling it far better than other medicines and noting a few battles restored her to a better condition.
Three Germans Johanna Bernardino Kelley Doering Heinrich Johann Doerin and Weinrich Keller file county court petitions seeking heirship to Henry Keller estate valued about 10000 dollars. Claimed deceased name was Johann Werner Kempker who took Keller name to avoid army service. Louis Keller pursues district court appeal as presumed brother. State intervenes. if heirs not found, property may revert to state. Keller was a recluse who lived on a Roseland area farm. He died intestate.
Late Wednesday a chairvar for a newly married couple near Bertrand Neb ended in tragedy when Henry Swanson was shot in the abdomen by a guest from a group of about forty. Swanson, a young farmer about thirty, died within fifteen minutes. His father and sister resided in Courtland Kansas.
Beatrice residents file eight saloon license applications after a council raises annual fees to 1800 and enacts anti-treating rules. With a six-saloons limit, two applicants cannot obtain licenses, but which two remains uncertain amid local speculation.
Schuyler Nebraska officials plan a steel and cement bridge across the Platte River south of town this year. Assistant state engineer D D Price presented plans while special counsel Judge Post handled the legal work. The site has been idle for five years.
Beatrice Nebraska C H Lavers who has served eighteen months as secretary of the local Y M C A has tendered his resignation to take effect August 1 and it has been accepted He and his wife previously lived in China and Lavers plans to settle in the northwest No successor has been named yet
The Nebraska State Pharmaceutical association will hold its annual convention June 15 to 17 at the Rome hotel in Omaha. A reception is planned for Wednesday evening at the Commercial club rooms, followed by two business sessions in the hotel. In Nebraska City Guy Barnhart narrowly escaped serious injury this week when a machine belt pulled him into a shaft. he suffered bruises and torn flesh but no broken bones.
Green Street Congregational men draft per capita and income taxes targeting bachelors and widows in a controversial plan. Lawyer C W Monroe pledges more tax bills, while opponents push for changes. Clara Kent counters with a written defense urging marriage standards and freedom.
In Paterson New Jersey Harry O'Brien a 65 year old merchant lost 100 dollars after a stranger known as Jim conned him with a strawberry scam. The pair used a decoy scheme to secure O'Brien's money and fled toward a truck said to carry perishable fruit. Police were alerted after the delay at a drugstore and a staged pickup turned suspicious.
A Pacific coast manager states wireless telet raphy remains a weak area for Japan while the United States leads in wireless methods. He cites literal translations causing miscommunication aboard ships and in news gathering, with several anecdotal gaffes illustrating the gap between Japanese and American wireless practice.
Dr Edward Tyson Reichert of the University of Pennsylvania reports 2500 photomicrographs from animal and human blood. He argues this supports Darwinian evolution and suggests his crystal method could distinguish human from animal blood and even indicate race in forensic blood analyses.
A Boston technical school student repeatedly seeking leave is told by a skeptical instructor that he must be allowed to go but wishes the relative were nearer. The anecdote reflects casual campus leniency and the humor of the exchange from Lipincott's.
Solomon and Moses read a notice offering five shillings for rescuing a man from drowning and staged a fall to share the reward. Sol found the water deeper than expected and cried for help while Moses hesitated, citing a later line offering ten shillings for a dead body and urging restraint.
An advertisement for Nature's Remedy tablets claims cures for constipation rheumatism and digestive issues and offers a free 10 day trial from A H Lewis of St Louis. A short humorous anecdote follows about William five replying to his father after a reprimand saying the wire's busy when asked if he loves his mother.
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