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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
3
Osceola and nearby residents engage in travel, real estate moves, and social visits this week. Chas. How buys Chas. How business and new owners active. several families travel to Indiana and Texas. Methodists attend Epworth Assembly in Lincoln. funerals mark week as J B Wolf passes after strokes.
Today’s pitch invites readers to subscribe while offering wedding stationery at the office. The lighthearted notice links subscription with planning joyous nuptials and a hopeful domestic tone.
Arborville reports hotter than usual weather with very dry soil hindering plowing and fishing. Farmers note corn may not reach 15 bushels if rains fail. wheat is stacked and part thrushed. Al Roadh threshes with a new Case separator. several residents visit relatives and guests pass through town.
Creditors must file claims by January 7 1911 and debts paid by July 6 1911. Henry H. Campbell County Judge will sit at 2 PM on August 6 1910 October 6 1910 and January 7 1911 to receive examine hear allow or adjust all claims filed.
Creditors of the estate of Lorena Hahn deceased must file claims by December 26 1910 and debts must be paid by June 26 1911. The Nebraska court will hear claims July 25 1910 September 26 1910 and December 26 1910 at ten A M in the County Court Room. Dated June 25 1910 Henry H Campbell.
The article recounts a lifelong romance of Charles Villiers, famed as the father of the house of commons, who never married. He refused a rich spinster's wedding after she insulted him, later rekindling a thirty year friendship with her. she left him much of her fortune, and Villiers grew rich in money but aged.
An Anglo Indian correspondent recounts stalking a black buck in India. While crawling across black cotton soil a flock of vultures closed in, seeming to stalk him in a famine district. He fired at a vulture at twenty yards but missed, noting the eerie near survival scene.
James Newton Baskett explains how birds use their tails as a brake in alighting and as a lifting surface during ascent. He notes tails influence mainly up and down movements rather than side to side and help balance birds against changing air currents.
A Turkish 1876 account claims William Gladstone was born in 1700 with a Bulgarian father. It accuses him of gold greed, describes him as medium height with cropped whiskers, a bare forehead, and an evil temper causing a “ball” to fall off, making him appear bald from afar.
In a playful exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald a maid questions if a marriage happened at first sight and a stout man laments lacking second sight noting he would still be a bachelor.
A verse from Arthur Chapman portrays McGee the gifted batsman who rises to fame while DeVere, once a standout, fades as the star earns a princely stipend. The tale ends with a moral that each boy can succeed in his own way, set against a springy street ball scene.
Humorous quip about a wife criticizing a dressmaker who would have botched Eve’s fashion in the Garden of Eden. A light banter exchange centers on domestic styling.
Mrs. Johnson left home leaving Mr Johnson desolate. She reached her destination and missed her gold lace pin. She asked her servant to report any finding on the dining room floor. The servant said she found thirty matches four corks and a pack of cards on sweeping the dining room door.
Bt Peter asks what brings you to Earth and the applicant explains YT ran a cold storage plant. The saint signals change of occupation and guides him to descend by marble wall elevator. In a separate exchange a wife questions trial marriage saying it’s horrid and the husband doubts the idea.
A satirical dialogue features Bob and Wifey arguing over who has the last word. Wifey counters that women do not insist on it, noting that men run out of arguments first while they still have many disputes to settle.
A terse note from the Spokane Spokesman-Review sketches a confident Meandering Mike brushing off a request for funds from a stringer. The blunt jab frames a cheeky interaction over money and favors.
Mrs Lapsting disputes belief of her claim as police arrest a prowler near their home. Officers recover a 44 caliber revolver on the scene, linking the man to the break in.
A quip-filled exchange recalls a fickle invention rumor and sharp wits from Buffalo Express and Cornell Widow. A street car gag claims women cannot exit wrong way, while air is called useless. A playful line pairs Imogen with Syracuse and Auburna for punny effect.
A fragment from Life shows pleading dialogue about a drowning danger. A character warns another about sinking fast and the need for someone to go, while the other vows not to drink again despite the peril. The lines hint at a drinker’s crisis and a doomed choice between survival and restraint.
A terse verse laments recurring spring images about zephyrs ruts and worn daffodils. The narrator rails against sameness in nature and rhymes while referencing Maneas City Journal as the attributed source.
A joke exchange contrasts a fall guy asking how to judge a man's character. The highbrow replies by describing character as the rays someone emits, then notes the employer never emits a raise, highlighting workplace irony.
A satirical compilation features verses and quips from various papers. It includes a cheeky description of a fried chicken scene and a reporter editor exchange about a dance caption. Additional pieces praise a windy day kite and a pun about Septimus’s child.
A Chicago News verse notes Mary with a lamb turned into a great big sheep then a crafty butcher appears and by next day the counter holds the sheep again as lamb in a playful moral vignette.
A fluent greeting yields a witty reply from an old farmer who jokes that if he does not see well, the young man should wear glasses. The exchange showcases rural humor and practical thrift in a brief scene from the Red Hen.
The boy tends the deck while others eat as flames feed the griddle. His mother’s arm is paralyzed from ladling buckwheat batter, and at eating cakes she bakes the boy remains a steadfast stand patter in this Benzle scene.
A Houston Post quotation notes a young man who claimed there is a fool in every family and questions whether this was meant to justify accepting him into theirs. The fragment reflects social humor and domestic satire in a newspaper voice.
A Cleveland Leader quotation notes that pleasure carries grief and scorn, and that every kiss conceals a deadly bacillus, signaling a cautious, dark view of romance and happiness.
Emma and Emmajean exchange wry remarks about Nat Charles in a humorous line from the University of Wisconsin Sphinx. The quip contrasts nimble feet with a heavy touch, reflecting campus humor.
At The Churches Sunday school 10 a. m. Preaching Services 11 a. m. Young folks Meeting 7 p. m. Preaching Services 8 p.m. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening. Frank Abrahamson, Pastor.
The M. E. Church holds Sabbath school at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. every Sunday. A Wednesday prayer meeting and Epworth League devotional services at 7:00 p.m. Pastor J. W. Waits leads the congregation.
Sabbath School each Sunday at 10 A M. Preaching at 11 A M and 7 30 P M. B Y P U prayer meeting Sunday evening at 6 45. Mid week prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8. Ladies Missionary meeting twice monthly on the second Thursday at 2 30.
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