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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
5
Spokane blends rugged frontier life with urban quick growth. Indians near tepees, fifty lakes within a hundred miles, and early development from 1858 to 1890, accelerated by an 170000 horsepower river power system fueling mines and trams.
A reflective fragment features a speaker recalling a revived patriotic impulse from April to spend a future vacation helping a farmer. The exchange questions what happened to that ideal and contemplates taking action in the coming summer.
The senate approved the food control and food survey bills, giving the president power over food and fuel to curb profiteering. August crop data show a record corn yield of 3.191 billion bushels. oats also set records while wheat forecasts dip. Provost General Crowder announced National Army mobilization starting September. Germany reshuffles ministries. Root backs Russia amid Kornilov's defense. Russia’s Kerensky coalition pledges reforms as Allied strategy foresees a long war. Canada approves conscription.
A man pushes into a Brooklyn Bridge subway car in New York, colliding with another man who declares he will fight. The aggressor laughs as the car’s passengers join in, while the other man shrugs off the clash citing he was drafted.
An ad promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap to treat dandruff itching and hair thinning. Instructions urge applying ointment, washing with soap, and using daily for toilet care. Free samples and an address are offered for mail requests.
A 1916 letter from Julian J Gill of Starkville Mass praises Kilmer's Swamp Root, claiming satisfied customers and urging readers to mail ten cents for a sample bottle and booklet on kidneys and bladder. The ad notes availability at drug stores.
A New York magistrate court judge and a defendant traded wry lines about marriage and happiness. The man quipped that his wife does ike him, while the inquiry turned to heredity and a baby’s paternity, with the rubber man joke closing the exchange.
The advertisement defends Fletcher's Castoria against claims of inflated remedial properties. It asserts genuine Castoria's virtues, notes physician recommendations, and warns of imitations found in some stores. The piece emphasizes honest advertising and fidelity to the original product.
Prosecution leaders and deputies conducted a Sunday raid on a Muncie club known as a tiger house and arrested about 50 men on various charges. One wife feared for her husband who had left for meat and beer before the raid, joking about the long wait at dinner.
A true optimist notes the steady rain feels like relief to the mind. He jokes that the weather is so consistently rainy that he never forgets his umbrella anymore.
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