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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
3
Bayer aspirin branding and usage notes appear alongside fragmented jokes and a short anecdote about a family trip to Florida. The text mentions Bayer Cross, genuine aspirin packaging, and directions for pain relief while interleaving unrelated quips and a child’s remark about Miami.
An advertisement-style plea urges readers to treat gout and kidney issues with Anuric from Dr. Pierce. It claims uric acid buildup causes backache headaches and rheumatic pain and promises energy and health by flushing acids with hot water and reduced meat alcohol and tea.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a simple cure for hard and soft corns and calluses. A drop on the corn allegedly relieves pain and allows easy lifting with fingers. The copy claims the product is inexpensive and a Cincinnati invention.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a man, once engaged to a woman, who missing luck and love when another person entered the scene. The speaker reflects on missed chances and shifting affections in a terse, stylistic musing.
Practical guidelines for macadam road construction emphasize grading to 1 to 20 and 1 to 200, subdrains and cross drains, firm subgrade with matched curvature, layered stone with binder and rolling, side-to-center crown, and finishing with 3/4 inch stone. Culverts under roads ensure drainage. dust control and durable surface are recommended.
The road problem of the country grows in importance with travel changes. City residents travel farther for business and pleasure, while farmers seek better roads to reach city markets. Improved roads cut hauling costs and save time, expanding market options for milk, garden produce, and staples.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims scientific vegetable formulation with a sworn purity statement on each bottle and offers two sizes with a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Tellmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
A reflective note compares mood to fruit, suggesting that paradoxical traits like sour and sweet cannot coexist in the same thing. It uses a playful metaphor to comment on emotional balance.
A speaker asserts that acknowledging fault empowers restraint, arguing that awareness of being in the wrong allows anger to be managed and reduces impulsive reactions.
Concrete roads reduce pull, increase load bearing and shorten travel time. Modern road construction highlights permanence, making the price an investment rather than a loss.
Farmers could haul produce when prices peak if roads stay in good condition and weather allows travel year round. Improved highways would give farmers more time to market crops and avoid rushing for seasons of good roads.
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