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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
3
Puff piece advertises Cascarets as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. It urges nightly use and claims a 10 cent box delivers health happiness and a clear head for months with benefits for children as well.
A classroom riddle dialogue asks how many birds remain after three are shot. The twist: gunfire would scare the remaining birds away, so none stay. The exchange highlights the misdirection between counting shot birds and birds that fly away.
An old advertisement urges kidney care, claiming Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer & Co as a remedy. It cites symptoms like back ache and urinary discomfort and offers a 10 cent sample via mail from Binghamton New York.
Skeets teases Skinny about not being in the messenger gang. Skinny reveals he works for a dog fancier teaching ladies to whistle when they buy a dog.
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims a teaspoonful clears constipation within hours, advises checking the tongue for signs, warns against counterfeit syrups, and directs readers to buy a 50 cent bottle with printed directions.
A witty exchange frames a domestic dispute as a higher minded quarrel. The dialogue hints at social tension and neighborly competition with a dash of humor.
A famous actress shares a home remedy to darken gray hair using a mix of Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water. The formula, available in Barbo Compound boxes, claims to darken streaked hair gradually without coloring the scalp or leaving a sticky residue.
A lean witticism notes that charity endures behind the scenes while large donations from the wealthy may vanish from public view. The saying frames philanthropy as private duty rather than public spectacle.
Western Newspaper Union reports after Governor Neville's talks with prohibition committees that a drastic but not bone-dry liquor bill will be framed and a special commission to enforce the new law will be created. The draft clarifies limits on personal import quantities and the commission's authority.
Eugene O Mayfield of Omaha appointed by Governor Neville as a Republican member to succeed Judge Howard Kennedy for a six year term starting July 1. Kennedy resigned March 1 to pursue law in Omaha. Mayfield, Sunday editor of the World-Herald, has forty years in the newspaper business and led the Western Newspaper Union in several cities.
Representative Stuhr introduces a bill to move the state capital from Lincoln to Grand Island or a nearby central site within 100 miles. The plan requires the board of control to fix a center-area site, eliminating Lincoln. It is the first such attempt since 1911. Land Commissioner Shumway questions ownership of fair grounds after an $18 000 payment to the Nebraska Exposition Co. in 1901. The committee discussion touched on an $100 000 hog barns appropriation as well.
Law changes proposed in session would let conventions nominate all state officers below governor. Railway commission hopefuls also to be chosen by convention. Delegates to the state gathering selected at county primaries where county officers are nominated, giving people a chance to speak through chosen delegates.
General Hall says the state must budget over 125000 to run the national guard for two years, an increase of 60000 from prior levels due to changes and a shift to a higher peace footing. Two years ago the guard received 68000 after House pressure to cut from wartime demands. Senate action and a conference committee ultimately approved the rise.
Members of the State Nurses Association protest House Roll No. 230 introduced by Representative Dr Reneker of Richardson. The bill would reduce registry qualifications from high school plus three years training to six months hospital training and two and a half years practical experience before a state board examination.
Game Warden Koster pushes to place the catfish in Nebraska’s game class alongside trout and bass, granting it protection while noting its strong eating quality. The proposal was introduced in the senate by Adams of Dawes and in the house by Anderson of Boyd.
University A introduces a new course titled Psychology and Efficiency to aid students entering law ministry medicine journalism and social service. It covers the psychology of buying and selling and methods to estimate individual workmen’s efficiency.
Representative Ollis proposes a bill to exempt farmers cooperative associations from the blue sky law. Under current rules they must pay the railway commission a 15 dollar fee and issue stock with a 100 dollar par value. The associations seek to issue shares in 10, 25, and 50 dollar denominations.
Leaders of drugless healing groups urge the legislature to create a new standing committee to assess their claims. They say laymen should judge the matter, believing this panel would spark a broader campaign for medical freedom.
January receipts in the Secretary of State Pool reach 5220.91 versus 3015.11 last year, a net increase of 2205.80. Filing articles of incorporation accounts for 4020 of the total signaling a brisk year ahead. Automobile department issued 88393 numbers in 1917 with 12550 new and 16850 renewals on 1916 cars. Motorcycle department issued 1472 numbers. Senate moves to amend compensation law shifting enforcement from Labor Commissioner George Norman to a governor appointed compensation commissioner, allowing appeals to district court within five days.
Couchman returns from Denver fat stock show with cross-bred Hampshire barrows winning class and overall grand championship. Hogs sold at auction for 16.73 per hundredweight, a record high, with one 350-pound barrow bringing 27 cents a pound.
About 115 Nebraska schools have signaled entry for the seventh annual high school basketball tournament under the University of Nebraska auspices to be held March 7 to 10. Reed expects 125 teams. fifty-two of the 115 had not played in 1916, while roughly thirty from last year, including Lincoln High, are still to respond.
Despite prior costly drilling in a 12 000 acre district near Nehawka no oil was found yet a new field is planned. Most owners have signed leases and drilling will start as soon as the whole tract is leased.
Lincoln is to host a state wide spelling bee as part of the Nebraska state fair attractions this fall. The competition will include both class and sweepstakes divisions in a joint contest.
A Fremont syndicate of investors has purchased controlling interest in three banks in York and Butler counties. The maneuver shifts local banking influence and consolidates leadership across the midstate financial sector.
City commissioners vote to hold a special election on March 6 to authorize a $40 000 payment proposition for issue of intersection bonds. The measure seeks funding for public works in the Beatrice area.
A group of young men has organized a band in Arlington twenty four. The business community is not being asked to support the enterprise and has promised to help as needed.
The Union Pacific unveils the largest budget in years, with over 23 million dollars allocated to improvements and maintenance. President E. H. Calvin notes 2.7 million extra for Nebraska, and 9.3 million distributed across six states including Iowa, Wyoming, Utah, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado.
Extension workers with the University of Nebraska and the U S Department of Agriculture ran a 1916 home garden program in 25 towns. It created 1 252 back yards 345 vacant lots into gardens 387 demonstrations trained 9 371 people and held 150 garden club picnics totaling 5 212 attendees. Gross receipts reached 13 536 53 with $11 745 40 from kiddies gardens and 1 781 a value of canned products.
Omaha will host a historical pageant tracing Sunday school growth from Hebrew origins to modern times. The event, part of the fiftieth Nebraska Sunday School Association convention in June, will involve 500 participants with 300 in the pageant and 200 in the chorus, and follows previous presentations in Chicago and Topeka.
Burlington railroad will invest about 5 million dollars to upgrade its system. Vice President H Byram announced the program during a tour with officials. Nebraska’s share includes a 1 million dollar elevator at Gibson near Omaha, hillside cuttings between Omaha and South Omaha, seven miles of double track between Greenwood and Ashland, and expansion of the Lincoln terminal yards.
The inaugural Farmers Institute in this state met at the old Union schoolhouse near Brock in Nemaha county starting February 7, 1882, for four days. In 1883 the gatherings moved to the Baptist church at Brock, with Mrs Neva Butterfield preparing a paper to provide a minute history of these early meetings.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Cantrell in Grand Island died at twelve weeks after weeks of incubator care. Medical signs suggested an infantile grip. The loss ends a hopeful incubator effort that spanned weeks.
Nebraska Telephone Co reports completion of a survey on extending a toll line from Alliance to Broken Bow to connect with points east. The Tecumseh area notes a 200 acre farm sale for 40 000 dollars two miles west of Tecumseh in Marshall county with Joy Cahill involved.
A Massachusetts man claims his parrot has a vocabulary of seventy five words prompting laughter and surprise at a local event. A passerby quips about the swearing range as a jab at language limits.
A toilet regimen using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment claims to clear eczema rashes and itching in children and adults after a hot bath. Readers are invited to mail for a free sample and booklet, to Cuticura Dept. L Boston, with address postcards. Sold widely.
A compact device designed for retail dealers perforates music rolls for player pianos. It can produce 1 to 16 records at once from sheet music and can copy standard rolls, enabling small dealers to fill orders quickly without large stocks. It also avoids mail-in delays for special orders.
A fragmented clipping notes praise for a “crack shot” with firearms and an opposing remark about a person who can hurl coal through a furnace door without making a mess. The excerpt appears in the Buffalo Ex press.
An aggressive man quickly earns a reputation as a knocker, described as a terse, forceful figure in local narratives. The term highlights his confrontational behavior and public notoriety within the community.
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