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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
2
Carolyn Nells resists tight embraces while Bob expresses a longing for hope. The scene shows Perulla thanking Rosy for hospitality as guests linger in a guest house. Conversation hints at long separation and plans for an upcoming return visit with a playful, social tone.
In a Rosecroft mansion Bob Coles is found dead in a locked room after a night with friends. Suspicions arise as windows are locked from inside and no weapon is found. Detective Fleming Stone is summoned to investigate, while Perilla Malden urges keeping the room untouched for his arrival.
In New York, Tony Gaskell and Fleming Stone await an unwelcome guest, Madame Bradame Malden, who arrives with a lawyer Farman and a maid. Mrs Corey Malden is away, angering Malden who accuses Perilla’s supporters of slander. Stone hosts the trio at the Knickerbocker while tensions rise over the scandal.
The octopus is an animal, not a plant and not a fish. Fish correctly applies only to vertebrate forms like cod and trout. It belongs to the mollusca phylum and the cephalopoda class meaning head foot.
A $2,000,000 1936 shelterbelt program will plant 22,500,000 trees over 1,424 miles across six states, with Nebraska starting about April 1. Kansas begins Feb 20, South Dakota April 15, North Dakota April 25, Oklahoma and Texas now. Laborers will be paid 27 to 47 dollars monthly, about 1,500 workers at peak. Total cost est. at 75 million dollars. Species include Russian olive, American elm, Chinese elm, burr oak, cottonwood, hackberry, red cedar and ponderosa pine.
Lincoln officials announced about 10 950 000 will be invested in Nebraska highways in 1936. Of this total 7 750 000 funds go to construction while 3 200 000 funds cover maintenance. Available construction funds include 3 700 000 unobligated state work relief funds, 1 700 000 regular federal aid, 2 300 000 state funds and 50 000 old federal balances. In 1935 paving of U S highway 30 completed the Lincoln highway west of North Platte, the first coast to coast hard surfaced road. 1935 highway work cost about 7 714 000 according to Tilley.
Public Works Administration revoked 94691 in allotments to 10 Nebraska projects. Four projects had full allotments withdrawn: Brainard street loan grant 17273 drawn, Graviton waterworks 9091 bonds, Maxwell school 12327 bids, Broadwater sewer 10000 withdrawn. Reduced six cases shifted loans to grants: Loomis 21756 to 10756, Primrose 16363 to 7363, Clear Water 13636 to 6136, waterworks loan 10600 to 8500 with grant 8591 unchanged, Nenzel school 14545 to 6545.
State banking department reports show Lincoln and Nebraska banks held about 2.5 million more in deposits at year end 1935 than 1934. Total deposits reached 69,421,376 on December 31 1935, up from 66,927,334 in 1934. The number of banks declined to 300 from 309.
In a special election Grand Island voters defeated a proposed overpass bond by 836 to 478. The defeat was linked to precincts showing the overpass location as a major factor. The bond’s estimated value was 25000 dollars with state and federal funds planned for construction.
The Troy Times-Record recounts a humorous piece on a fictional driving lesson with absurd gadgets and slang. A narrator pokes fun at overcomplicated instructions and comically named parts as readers are invited to imagine the scene.
Miss HB Kennedy of Pasadena Massachusetts reports yearlong dandruff and itchy scalp relief after trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She says her hair is now fine and her dandruff vanished. The ad promotes Cuticura for skin and scalp complaints with prices 25 cents each and an offer to buy both.
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