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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
7
Household tips for refreshing fruit drinks and frozen desserts with lemonades iced coffees and teas. Includes recipes for cookies desserts punches and beverages plus tips on washable dress fabrics and space saving two in one laundry and ironing tools.
A wartime poem mocks Nazi hostility to cosmetics and women’s attire, contrasting brutal acts like bombing and looting with policing women’s fashion. It condemns the regime’s double standards on treaties and violence, portraying lacquered nails as a sign of decadence.
A satirical collage contrasts moral norms with wartime hysteria. It mocks reactions to gas masks and lipstick as signs of civilization, questions aid to Britain, and notes political shifts from Chamberlain to Roosevelt while highlighting a charged fear of global conflict.
ARATOGA N Y The master horseman Thomas Hitchcock 80s remains a leading figure in racing and polo. He explains training methods patience natural jumpers and early schooling with horses and polo ponies emphasizing turning agility over pure speed. He recalls beginnings in Oxford around 1879 and 61 years of ongoing work.
Kathleen Norris argues for equal rights for women and critiques unconscious vassalage in marriage. She cites examples of restrictiveness in domestic life, urges women to consider what would truly make them happy, and notes a couple's letter illustrating tyrannical control by a husband and its effects on family well being.
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