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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1936

Page

3

Decorative value of plants in home decoration

The article discusses growing plants for decorative use in the home. It notes plants should receive light for health and suggests moving plants to bright windows or sunny spots briefly to preserve vitality and appearance. It advises temporary arrangements and frequent repositioning to maintain charm.

Bell Syndicate WNN

Women shape plans for future homes in radical survey

Architectural Forum reports 11,207 families expect to pay 7 000 to 8 500 for a house with 1 000 to 2 000 down and amortization in 10 to 15 years. Women press for greater conveniences, more light, better lighting, and different room layouts.

New York Architectural Forum Forum Niagara Hudson Power Corporation

Words Ending in dous Fifth group of English words ends with dous

The claim lists five words said to end in dous: tremendous stupendous hazardous jeopardous and horrendous. It notes these words as a set of examples and may imply a spelling pattern for suffix dous.

Let Us Be Thankful By Let Us Be Thankful By

The piece reflects on true gratitude beyond money and material goods. It argues loyalty, love, and service to friends as the real blessings that money cannot buy, urging sincere appreciation and voluntary acts of kindness.

Gehringer Demonstrates Badminton Skill Alongside Tigers Ex

Charlie Gehringer, star second baseman of the Detroit Tigers, showed prowess in badminton during an exhibition with other exponents of the indoor game. He swung the racket with the same rhythm as his bat and proved adept at both sports.

Charlie Gehringer Detroit Tigers

Let Us Be Thankful For Gifts Beyond Price And Freedom

A reflective piece extols gratitude for love and trust from children, the beauty of nature, and the freedoms of life, liberty, and religious liberty. It emphasizes intrinsic value over price, the blessing of home and homeland, and the duty to defend liberty even by revolution if required.

William the Silent Prince of Orange God

Doors of Our Churches Open to All Believers

A Western Newspaper Union message urges universal church participation across denominations. It calls on readers to give thanks by recognizing all life, and by being helpful to others as a sign of gratitude for the nation blessed by God.

America Western Newspaper Union

Harmonizing wall colors with existing furnishings

In rooms with light tinted walls a lighter tone can harmonize with current furnishings. Cream or tan may be replaced by oyster white or light rose and a white wall repainted in cream. Gray harmonizes easily with interiors once keyed to another color.

Wardrobe Bosses Busy on 20th Century Fox Costume Era

The article notes four fashion periods used for a Lloyds of London production at 20th Century Fox dating 1771 to 1806, with an annex added to house day and night seamstress shifts totaling eighty workers per shift. It also highlights Deanna Durbin rising fame on CBS and Hollywood casting debates for Gone with the Wind.

Roger 20Th Century-Fox Lloyds of London Deanna Durbin Eddie Cantor CBS Miss Durbin Hollywood

Undersecretary of State Roles and Duties

The undersecretary of state serves as principal assistant to the secretary in formulating and executing foreign policy. He receives foreign representatives, acts for the secretary when needed, directs the Department of State work and the foreign service.

Secreta of Department of State Foreign Service

Notable maxims and phrases from multiple tongues

A compact compendium of Latin French and English sayings with translations and brief notes. It references phrases like Fortiter in re Lupus in fabula Tour de force Respice finem and Sans peur et sans reproche, alongside commentary on motives in the Byng case and various cultural prompts.

Admiral Byng

Empress Tea And The Imperial Secret Revealed

The late Chinese empress was famed for a tea blend mixed with dried honeysuckle and jasmine blossoms. Guests drank it at court as experts tried to match the brew after servants guarded the secret, which only leaked out after the empress’s death.

China

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