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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1938

Page

3

Templeton Sayles in a Studio Ordeal at Holmesholm

Kelsey Hare, recovering from a breakdown, hides at Holmesholm with Martin Holmes. He buys Holmes’ manuscript after a Park Avenue debutante photo sparks a film contest, adopting Holmes’ pen name Templeton Sayles. Marion Van Stratten enters the contest, while Snydacker pushes Marion’s star power as the project moves to production.

Kelsey Hare Martin Holmes Moldavia Holmes Holmesholm Purity Pictures Leon Snydacker Kelsey Templeton Sayles Sayles Glunk Park Avenue van Strattens Marion Liggett Morse A. Leon Snydecker Peckett Pms Gloria Glamour Moby Dickstein Snydacker Darrling Moby Gloria Hare New York Holmes-Sayles

Emerald Doubts and Glamour on a Studio Set

On a film set Marne basks in imitation emeralds while Kelsey and Gloria clash over fame and integrity. Moby Dickstein plots a dramatic rescue scene as A Leon Snydacker pushes grandiose plans, and Sayles’s performance teeters between vanity and danger.

Moby Dickstein Marne Gloria Express New York Leon Snydacker Casanova Sayles Kelsey Old Bean Louis XVI Dazrling Hollywood Dazr Ling Purity ‘Pictures Moby Templeton Sayles Esa

Origins of North American dog breeds traced abroad

The article notes only seven of 109 AKC breeds originated in the Americas, naming the U S Foxhound Chesapeake Bay retriever and Boston terrier along with Canada's Labrador and Newfoundland. It highlights Mexico’s Chihuahua and Mexican hairless dogs and describes the hairless as a coatless terrier with liver spotted skin and the tiny Chihuahua able to fit in a pocket or slipper despite weighing about a pound.

North America Hemisphere George Butz Philadelphia Inquirer American Kennel Club Mexico Canada United States Milady

Hayes Proposes Fireproof Hall of Records in 1877

President Hayes first proposed a National Archives building in 1877. In a December 10 special message to Congress he cited recent fires that damaged or endangered public records and urged erecting a fireproof hall of records to secure valuable archives.

National Archives Hayes Congress

New Year Resolution for Homemakers in 1939

The article urges homemakers to review the past year and plan a healthier home diet. It emphasizes nutrition basics, including protein minerals vitamins and fiber, and suggests building meals around milk eggs fruits and vegetables while utilizing affordable options like evaporated milk. It promises weekly guidance on applying nutritional science to boost family well being.

C. Houston Goudiss

Time to Take Inventory on Household Nutrition

The passage notes many homemakers, especially mothers, feeling unable to fully keep pace with the fast moving science of nutrition. It highlights the season as a period when time and busy schedules influence efforts to improve dietary practices.

Diet guidance from Mrs K McN You should include rich vitamin sources daily

The note advises including at least two rich sources for every vitamin in daily menus. It emphasizes serving raw foods like salads, liberal use of fruits, and providing milk: a pint per adult and a quart per child, whether as a beverage or in cooked dishes.

How Sew by Ruth Wyeth Spears 6s Ear

Ruth Wyeth Spears provides cutting guidelines for a double bedspread from 39 to 40 inch taffeta. It uses about 9 1/2 yards, with center panel, ruffles, and welted seams. The note promotes related books and orders to Mrs Spears in Chicago.

Spears

Household tips and home safety from a 1910s page

A collection of practical advice covers dyeing fabrics in a washer, keeping basements free of fire hazards, cooling fur garments for drying, storing steel with lime to prevent rust, whitening burnt pans with salt, adding color to foods with carrots and peppers, and buying spices in small packages to preserve essential oils.

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Banner Serial Fiction Samuel Hopkins Adams Chapter Marie Featherston Mousie Templeton Sayles, Esq Bwana Leon van Stratten Stoo-pendous Maine A. Leon Darr-Ling C. Houston Goudiss BY Ruth Wyeth Spears Taya Cherub
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