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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
3
Dr Sams W Barton outlines that reducing fats starches and liquids by at least 20 percent while keeping regular meat and egg intake supports weight loss. Dr L K Campbell reports 27 patients losing one to six pounds weekly over 4 to 52 weeks without kidney or blood pressure issues.
Virginia Vale details star visits and film buzz from a vacation stop in New York. Joe DiMaggio receives a Coast league award, while William Powell and Jean Harlow gossip fill pages. Bob Burns and The Revelers are profiled with radio and screen links, plus a tease of September Showboat and San Francisco the Earthquake scenes.
Professor F C Button of New Jersey State College explains that cooling milk to below 50 degrees Fahrenheit is essential to prevent bacterial growth. He notes souring times: at 32 degrees it takes a month to sour, while at 60 degrees it sours in 53 hours, stressing sanitary cooling and clean cows.
E F Ferrin of the Minnesota University farm warns overfeeding the brood sow causes suckling pigs to scour and slow growth. Start with warm water after farrowing, then gradually reintroduce feed from wheat bran to full rations over two weeks, avoid corn, reduce sow feed if scouring, and add epsom salts, mineral oil, dry bedding and clean water.
North Carolina State College reports effective lice control in dairy herds using a 4 percent creolin spray or brush, equal parts cottonseed oil and kerosene, and equal parts ground sabadilla seed and sulphur in powder. Market dip solutions exist with container directions. Avoid oils in extreme temperatures. clip hair before powder. reapply in 15 days.
The Rural New Yorker urges attacking weed problems by using clean seed and stopping weed spread. It stresses keeping land fertile and employing all weed control methods year round, starting in fall with cleanup and seed selection, then clipping spraying and cultivation in the growing season.
A humorous anecdote attributed to Charles Darwin explains Oregon clover decline due to field mice destroying bumblebee nests. Darwin purportedly suggested more cats to protect bees, ensuring pollination resumed. The tale ties predator presence to pollinator survival in agricultural fields.
In a sweep of European reaction King Features notes England backs out of Ethiopian ambitions after warnings Mussolini could not conquer quickly. Paris scenes show a nation singing l Internationale and French officials urging tourist spending, while foreigners face high prices and hostility in some quarters.
Bright polka dot tunic frock with blue on white pattern designed for town country and travel. Features include a patent belt, wide shoulder vogue, puffed sleeves, optional revers or high buttoned neckline, and multiple fabric options. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1827-B offered in sizes 12 to 20. 15 cents for pattern plus 15 cents for Fall Pattern Book. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
A collection of aphorisms on success fame behavior and prudence. It covers hustlers and doors to success, giving versus receiving, fame by name, romantic feats, eccentric conduct, charity at home, certainty of luck, fault finding, average people, emergency prep, and concealed sadness.
A feature on a busy firm that produces ready to use speeches on any subject and dashes off briefs for lawyers sermons for ministers pep talks for business leaders and even books for college professors. Prices start at $1.25 Collier's Weekly.
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