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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1929

Page

2

Centurion Prepares for Convoy Clash Off the Coast

The American privateer Centurion under Captain Fellowes fights to join a Canada convoy. A British seventy four and frigates blur the scene as ships weave through misdirected signals, merchants and muskets amid a tense pursuit.

Fellowes Peninsula Hater Canada George Spencer Warren Royal Navy Centurion Lion Fellowes New York Lord Sandys Broderick Cape Tyne Navy Dartmoor Seventy-Four Seventy Southampton

Dolly's Christmas Encasesment in City Skating Night

Dolly leaves village dullness for a city apartment on Christmas Eve. She reconnects with Roger after a tense period, recalls home warmth, and accepts his proposal amid moonlit skating on the frozen pond. The couple plans to marry after a speedy ride home for doughnuts and coffee.

Dolly Jonah Dan Dugan Dan Roger Danny James Newel China Danny Dugan Western Newspaper Union

Ancient Egyptian incubators keep hatching tradition alive

The San Francisco Chronicle notes that incubating eggs is a 4500 year old craft in Egypt. Ancient methods used sun dried brick buildings with paired ovens and a fire beneath the upper oven to provide warmth for hatching baby chicks, a key trade product in Egypt.

Mediterranean Egypt Moses San Francisco Chronicle

Nickel Steel Rail Joints Welded To Improve Rail Life

Rail joints are fused by electric arc welding to remove dips and prolong rail life. The process melts the rail to a depth of one eighth inch and deposits 5 percent nickel steel, which is about fifty percent harder than the base rail, increasing traveler comfort.

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Ben Tom Grogan Bowditch Breed Hudson Joshua Castle William Governors Island Cuffee Mars Fellowe Chater Mars’r Fellowe Chate Mr. Spencer Nas Martha Banning Thomas
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