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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
4
A compact set of wry aphorisms on wealth, literacy, self improvement, humor, and public life. Observations touch on education, messaging, authorship, danger and ambition, with cheeky quips about diaries, jokes, and mass politics. The tone resembles a column of pithy musings.
Northwestern University geologists report fossils in Pikes Peak area indicating a flat marshy plain twelve million years ago before uplift created the 14 000 foot peak near Denver. The finding helps explain the mountain’s age and origin but leaves the uplift mechanism unresolved.
Friedrich Sertuerner, who discovered morphine, has lain in a dust filled coffin in a small Einbeck storeroom since 1841. The town is too poor to provide a tomb and appeals for funds have failed. A plain black tablet marks his career within the building where his work led to morphine’s discovery.
A column of pithy maxims on ambition, wealth, parenting, manners, and patriotism. It parries claims about success and morality with sharp, sometimes humorous lines about effort, luck, and social norms. The piece surveys daily life practical wisdom and public virtue in compact quips.
Final account of Axel C. Jones as administrator for the estate of John E. Jones filed in Polk County Court Nebraska. Hearing set for August 21, 1936 at 10 a.m. to determine heirs and distribution and grant discharge. County Judge W. W. Noton signs the notice.
The executor of the Anna Widga estate in Nebraska files a final account and report seeking final settlement, heirship decree, and discharge. A hearing is set for August 28 1936 at 9:00 AM before the court. contest deadlines apply. Published by W. W. Norton on August 6, 13, 20, 1936.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists crossbred a lemon and a lime naming it Perrine. The fruit is touted as hardier than the lime and high in juice, with potential for home growing in warmer parts of Louisiana Texas and Florida. The piece notes continued imports of five to six million pounds of limes annually for demand.
In Langebaan South Africa two boats with three men each chased two visiting whales off the beach. The whales repeatedly dived and surfaced, slipping away from the attempts to drive them ashore as crowds watched in excitement before dusk ended the pursuit.
A Singapore United Press correspondent recalls the 1934 derailment near Telok Anson in the Federated Malay States. An inscription near the site honors a wild elephant that charged the train to defend its herd, derailing the engine in September 1934.
The Shortt clock at the Science Museum in South Kensington keeps extraordinary time with a single pendulum driving a slave clock. Other clocks mentioned include an American alarm clock that starts coffee and toast, and a flowered clock at Interlaken buried beneath ground, both noted for keeping good time.
Workers restoring a whale for exhibition at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum faced a problem when the whale was found missing several teeth. False teeth were crafted to replace the missing ones and complete the display.
Shanghai reports that Chinese scientists discovered a method to measure high pressures in buildings by observing how pressure alters photographic film. The films showed unusual sensitivity to pressure, leading to the development of a testing technique.
A humorous exchange compares a hill and a pill through a father and son dialogue. The punchline reframes the difference as practical: a hill is hard to get up while a pill is hard to swallow, delivering a light, witty reflection on challenges.
A fragmentary exchange describes a warning from a policeman about a fort in the road and a response urging caution. The misspelled lines reference a peril ahead and a demanded explanation. No further readable details are available.
A German driver crossed the English Channel in an amphibian car from Calais to Dover in eight hours and twenty minutes. The vehicle used paddles on rear wheels, had a land speed of about twenty miles per hour and a water speed of five miles per hour, and landed in London after starting from Germany.
Dialogue from Windsor Star shows a mother denying Junior extra cookies citing sleep on a full stomach and the boy insisting he can sleep on his back.
The article notes that much of the Inca treasure allegedly cast into Lake Titicaca during Pizarro’s conquest remains submerged and occasionally retrieved in finds.
Atop One Tree Hill in Auckland a 100 foot obelisk will memorialize the Maori, the original inhabitants. The funds come from Sir John Logan Campbell’s will, reflecting his role as a pioneer settler who saw Auckland grow from a vacant spot to a busy seaport amid nearby earthworks by vanished Maori tribes.
The Zambesi river in Africa is measured at 1,700 miles, extending 100 miles beyond earlier estimates. This update strengthens understanding of the river’s length and may affect regional geography references.
A newly built plane in Leningrad weighs one and a half pounds and carries enough fuel for a two hour flight. It is described as capable of carrying a load of nine pounds.
A single rodent farm in Essex, England maintains about 50,000 rats and 350,000 mice, most of which are sold for research use. The operation supports ongoing scientific work with steady stock ready for experiments and studies.
Army regulations state the correct sentinel inquiry on guard is Halt Who is there. The phrase is used to challenge any approaching person before identifying them.
An old saying attributes fulfillment to the diner who claims the bigger piece of a chicken's wishbone. The superstition ties luck to the winner of the split bone, a tradition observed in shared meals.
Outside reading.
Light weakens all grades of paper. Fratricide tricide is described as the murder of beat peyhe Mnathne.
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