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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
2
The narrator and a remarkable woman discuss escape from a mutinous ship off the West Indies. He outlines factions aboard, including Ostada and Sanchez, and plans to win loyal sailors with careful deceit while awaiting a favorable moment for an uprising. Time is critical as mutiny threats unfold.
In a tense midnight scene Geoffry Carlyle and Mistress Dorothy plan to outwit Pedro Estada using deceit and danger. Dorothy agrees to play along while Carlyle prepares to confront the looming threat as a shadow creaks open the cabin door and a potential assault nears.
In a dim stateroom on the ship I strike a prowler with a chair knocking him unconscious. The man is not Estada but a smaller half breed Indian. Dorothy fears the murder attempt as we hide the body through a porthole and plan to keep a low profile until morning.
In 1835 a Bohemian girl dances a new step in a village near the Polish border. A Hungarian master introduced Polka in Europe, the feminine Polak. By 1844 the dance reaches America as James K. Polk runs for president. Manufacturers market Polka hats shoes gauze and fabrics as the trend spreads.
A humorous exchange shows Gerald giving a birthday gift to his grandmother on a commercial basis. She replies she will pay him a nickel, while the boy insists the present cost 15 cents.
The U S Department of Agriculture warns healthy appearing cattle may harbor tuberculosis and stresses tuberculin testing as the reliable diagnostic method. Eradication efforts involve federal state cooperation, stations in 35 cities, and compensation for slaughtered infected cattle to urge owners to participate.
Horses in the Northwest are wearing guards to prevent nose fly eggs on the lips. The nose fly lays eggs on the lip hairs near moisture, unlike other bot flies that attack forelegs or throats. Agriculture recommends two guard types and carbon bisulphide treatment in Oct and Nov, with vets and agents coordinating delivery via balling gun.
A fragment notes concerns about carbon bisulphide exposure and lung risk, urging extension workers to ensure medicine is administered by a veterinarian.
At the Washington conference of swine extension workers the U S Department of Agriculture discussed pig weaning. It urged allowing piglets to nurse for at least ten weeks when possible and favored letting pigs wean themselves with a well fed sow producing milk through ten weeks. The report says maternal milk is best for young pigs and growers should use it as much as possible.
Farm guidance on pig nursing and sow milk, horse collar risks, forage needs, shoeing and hoof care every six weeks, and humane handling of thirsty work horses. Also notes on cattle fever tick eradication efforts and timelines.
Advertises a tiny bottle of Freezone to lift off hard or soft corns and toe creases. Claims instant pain stop and easy removal with a few drops, sold cheaply at drug stores. Ends with a quip about remorse being memory that has fermented.
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