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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
3
Simple baking preserves vitamins and adds flavor to vegetables. Recipes include Green Beans with Butter Herb Sauce and Cheosed Potatoes, plus Lima Bean Casserole and Potato Pancakes. Lynn Chambers suggests baking for nutrition and variety, using cream or cheese sauces to elevate leftovers.
Dirt farmers with limited nutrition theory have historically foreseen research on hog and poultry rations. About a year after the vitamin B12 discovery stirred feed circles, many farm editors noted practical insight ahead of scientific findings.
Farmers long fed milk and by products to hogs and poultry for growth. After vitamin B12 was isolated from liver, milk sources were found rich in this growth vitamin. Scientists report gains from adding streptomycin and aureomycin to rations, while editors note farmers anticipated these findings.
Connie Mack’s Athletics of 1910 1914 dominated with pennants and star players like Collins McInnis Barry Baker Plank Bender Coombs but drew poorly. He disbanded due to attendance and financial strain though today’s market would yield bigger profits. The 50th season promises the worst financial year for Mack as ownership shifts.
Connie Mack embodies the sport’s paradox. He won nine pennants but finished last sixteen times. The piece credits his skill in managing and talent assessment while noting his weakness was money. The 1950 season opened with high hopes but failed due to pitching collapse and poor material. Mack is praised as a sportsman but contrasted with wealthier owners.
The piece notes that while the Red Sox were regarded as near equal to the Dodgers, the real late contender in the pennant race has been the other Boston team. It contrasts the Braves, Cardinals, and Phillies as trailing the Dodgers, yet highlights Boston’s alternate club as the active contender.
A hotel murder is reported as a paper-hanger border hanging in a put up job and a New Jersey driver, rushing through a red light in New York, is warned by an officer who hands him a revolver for quicker action. A hostess questions a sleeper about the night while the guest replies he woke only to rest.
L. H. Simerl of the University of Illinois predicts unsettled markets in the months ahead for four reasons. The corn crop, heavily influenced by July and August rainfall and borers, will drive yields. Military operations affect market activity. Price control and rationing debates in Congress will shape prices. Prewar confidence in price levels was weak and remains uncertain amid current events.
The repeal of taxes on colored margarine effective July 1 is expected to raise margarine consumption. It is unclear whether butter consumption will decrease as a result. Between 1942 and 1948 the rise in margarine use came largely from more families adopting it rather than bigger servings per family.
U S Steel identifies agriculture related tools among its eight key manufacturing areas in the 1949 annual report. Products include bars shapes plates sheet and strip pike tubing grain bins wire gates and roofing and siding sheet for agricultural machinery and buildings.
Sewing Circle Patterns offer Pattern No. 8602 for a bib style apron and a school frock with button trim. The handy apron uses one yard of 39 inch fabric in size 36 and pocket scraps. Sizes range 34 to 48 with a sew rite perforated pattern and a 25 cent copy price for Fall and Winter Stylist.
Vinegar in water helps eggs stay firm and protects aluminum pots from discoloration. Rinse shells with cold water after boiling to ease peeling. Beat egg whites and yolks separately for light fluffy omelettes and combine just before cooking. Waxed cardboard milk cartons, dried and painted, serve as bread crumb receptacles.
Cattleman R G Monaghan of Mart Texas endorses Crazy Water Crystals as key to health. He cites 20 years of use and relief from constipation stomach bloating and backaches. Ad touts claims of broad digestive and energy benefits and guarantees satisfaction through Crazy Water Co Mineral Wells Texas.
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