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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
6
Miss Lucy Carew arrives from America to seek Tempest at Cravenford, walking 12 miles after a long journey. The famous writer is wary yet intrigued as she proposes a freelance study of his personality and a synopsis of his poems, hinting at a career opportunity.
The article explains that a square hole can be bored by rolling a cutter on a square guide. As the cylindrical shank travels along the guide, the cutter traces a straight path while rotating, producing an equal square hole with minor rounding at the corners due to transitions between square guide sides.
Omaha reports claim L T Cooper’s New Discovery cures tape worms, with priests and residents showing dramatic relief. He asserts ripe worms in hundreds of cases and that half of chronic stomach trouble stems from such parasites, selling a hundred thousand bottles in the city.
An advertisement claims sallowness stems from inactive liver function. NR tablets are said to reactivate the liver, clear the brain, aid digestion, and tone the system. The copy promotes a 25c box available at all druggists from The A. H. Lewis Medicine Co. in St. Louis, Missouri.
A humor filled dialogue contrasts a newspaper veteran seeking work with a witty householder, noting editors' grudge after a heroic but costly rescue. The piece adds a social quip about marriage shifting a woman's thoughts from husband to thinking for him.
Governor Shhatlenberger has decided not to call an extra session of the Nebraska legislature citing lack of warrant under the constitution. He notes the bank guarantee bill is enjoined by federal court and stresses awaiting Supreme Court guidance on banking law and deposits guarantees before any further action. He cites postal savings bank proposals and possible state deposit guarantees as desirable, with future extra sessions contingent on federal rulings.
The Douglas County Telephone company requests higher charges before the State Railway commission covering Valley Waterloo and Elkhorn. Proposed increases would raise business independent party line from 150 to 1.75 and residence farm line from 1 to 1.26 with a 25 cent surcharge if payments are six months in advance. Hearing slated for February 15.
Citizens of North Platte formally request the State Railway Commission to order Pacific Express to install free express package delivery in the city.
The Burlington road confessed liability in Lancaster district court for six thousand three hundred dollars in a case brought by Mrs. Elsie Stafford as administratrix for the death of her husband, a Burlington switchman, who died in an accident.
The Burlington complaint over inadequate service between Red Cloud and Hastings will be heard in Hastings February 9 with at least one commissioner taking testimony. Adjutant General Hartigan traveled to Blair to muster a newly organized National Guard company of sixty men led by Postmaster Cook.
Attorney General Thompson favors returning a boy paroled from the Kearney industrial school to complete the original sentence, rather than sending him to the penitentiary under the new change. The question, soon to be tried, concerns whether the boy may be returned to the industrial school to finish his term.
An old recipe claims rapid cold relief and cough cure using two ounces glycerine half ounce Concentratee Pine with half pint whiskey. Dose is teaspoon to tablespoon every four hours. shake bottle before use. Ingredients available from druggists, Concentrated Pine sold in half ounce vials in airtight cases.
Ned quips that the man is economical and likely to reuse the same plan, while Nelly asserts a genuine change in behavior. The exchange hints at skepticism about personal reform and repeated habits.
Uncle Ephraim mourns two razorback hogs gone from his pen. He explains the pigs likely squeezed through a crack in the rear-yard enclosure rather than fleeing by climbing over the top. The neighbor notes no signs of theft.
Percy Parkington declares he will conquer life and gain riches after Miss Muriel Muggins rebuffs him. He vows to rise in the busy world, insistently proclaiming his determination to be known and envied.
In a remark by Mr Forbes the beggar’s fate is traced from capable earnings to downward decline, ending as a hopeless wreck and a derelict. He notes a beggar who is industrious can earn more than the average worker but trends toward ruin.
A witty Punch quip contrasts two titled misdirections about Nice and Grasse, noting they are distinct places. It closes with a Carlyle quote praising honest work and a light remark on friendship as a troublesharing confidant.
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