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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
9
News brief reports a case against alleged sugar hoarders, noting a seizure action as authorities move on the charges. It also mentions labor conditions showing slight improvement and Kolchak's Siberian forces in flight, with Romanian troops in Hungary resisting Allied commissions.
The Palmer administration orders immediate seizure of hoarded food stocks and publicizes hoarder names to free supplies. Chicago leads the push against cold storage and sugar hoarding, with Central Sugar Co. officials arrested. Rail and retail profiteering probe expands, aiming to ease consumer prices amid a sweeping food administration drive.
Reports from Britain, Belgium, and France describe rising living costs and proposed measures to curb profiteering. Strikes, labor unrest, and wage demands ripple through the United States and Europe as governments weigh price controls, while military campaigns in Russia and Ukraine unfold amid Allied diplomacy.
Cortland builds a new $36,000 church edifice. Wahoo paving advances. Meadow Grove gym annex under construction. Beatrice elevator ready. Chadron Normal School gymburst bid. Lincoln highway right of way approved. Measured harvests report oats 80 bu/acre Meadow Grove wheat 20–25 bu/acre. multiple civic, agricultural, and political notes across Nebraska.
In a Youth's Companion piece, Dr Pedbury and Hosea discuss why modern novel heroines fail the "button test." They contrast glamorous covers with two types of heroines, Gwen dolen Gertrude and Elsie Maree, arguing Dickens' older heroines like Hille Dot and Ruth are preferable. The reading talk turns to Nicholas Nickleby as a remedy.
Frederick A. Collins notes in Boys’ Life how American Clippers dominated the era with ships that were staunch and swift. The Sovereign of the Seas sailed 436 miles in one day, the Lightning crossed the Atlantic in 13 days 20 hours, and the James Blaine voyaged Boston to Liverpool in 12 days 6 hours. American lead waned as war shifted tonnage to the Great Lakes and coastwise trade while deep sea fleets shrank.
A golfer reflects on a tournament round where a great start turned to a catastrophe on the eighteenth hole. He discusses frustration at triple ditch shots and an eleven on the final hole, noting the amused reactions of spectators including a woman in a pink gown and hat.
A clipped quote from the Louisville journal quotes a surfer and notes a shift toward mandatory income tax statements for all, reflecting changing views on wealth.
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