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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1950
Page
3
A holiday menu offers a pork crown roast with wild rice and chestnut stuffing, cherry cider, and a full spread including glazed sweet potatoes, broccoli, star dessert molds, and a refrigerated fruit cake. Recipes detail preparation, quantities, and oven times for a merry Christmas feast.
The veteran coach in Palo Alto defends the single and double wing formations as superior to the T formation, explaining their advantages for the running game and the forward pass. He recalls players from Princeton, UCL A and Carlisle, and notes how modern broadcasts show the passer sometimes losing yardage with the T. He discusses origins of the spiral pass and his varied coaching career at Georgia, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Temple.
Three Future Farmers of America members were named regional star farmers for 1950. Budd Ott of Bangor Pennsylvania heads the North Atlantic region with a 300 acre dairy farm and 70Holstein cattle. Rolland Turnow of Curtice Ohio operates two 812 acre farms near Toledo with sugar beets tomatoes and cukes. Paul Crawford of Moore Utah farms a large ranch with his father producing Hereford cattle range beef and some dairy cows.
Officials at the annual agricultural outlook conference say government actions on price supports will shape next year’s poultry and hog production and incomes. Higher hog output could depress meat prices, affecting poultry revenues though net income may rise more slowly than gross income due to costs.
Don L Steadman of Cres crest Utah reports his mare, bred to a palomino stallion, produced twins including a horse foal and a donkey foal. Steadman believes the stallion fathered the horse and the jackass fathered the mule, while Cornell's Dr John MacLeod calls the birth a fantastic possibility under certain conditions.
Danish postal clerk Einer Holboell conceived selling stickers on Christmas mail to fund tuberculosis work. The plan spread from Copenhagen to King Christian and Queen Louise, with four million seals sold in 1904. Miss Emily Bissell expanded the effort in the United States, raising $3000 to support a tuberculosis hospital and turning the campaign into a nationwide effort.
The first Christmas card was designed in 1842 by William Maw Egley a 16 year old London engraver apprentice He printed 100 copies for friends but faced ridicule and it failed commercially The card was forgotten until a 1941 find in the British Museum and Christmas cards later revived by a publisher in 1862
Highway authorities urge farmers to equip farm equipment with bright headlights and taillights. Safety engineers recommend lights visible from at least 500 feet to help prevent accidents on highways at dusk or after dark this fall and winter.
A feature on Capitelli serving style during Italian Christmas meals. Miniature dunce cap shaped noodle dough pieces conceal a filling of white chicken meat and chopped pork with egg and spices. Served with Montroe de Cremona a fruit mustard sauce described as a mustard which is not.
Readers note varied folklore on Christmas weather. A sun through the apple tree predicting a good crop, a warm Christmas signaling a cold Faster, and a green Christmas meaning a fat graveyard. The column preserves traditional superstitions without endorsing them.
An advertisement suggests gifts for smokers this Christmas. It recommends gifting Camels cigarettes and Prince Albert smoking tobacco, with red and green holiday packages and built in gift cards. The copy promotes convenience and seasonal savings through local dealers.
Mrs. Emil Anderson of Detroit reports relief from long standing aches nerves and fatigue after using HADACOL. She credits vitamins B2 B2 Niacin and Iron in HADACOL for better appetite sleep energy and ability to work. The ad urges readers to try HADACOL with a money back guarantee and mail order option.
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