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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
2
A reader asks if a four and a half year old is too old for embroidery. The author suggests keeping suits smart for a year, offers an embroidery trimming idea, and describes a pencil outline with tiny chain stitches followed by larger ones. Books from Mrs. Spears provide step by step directions and an offer to order both books with a free latchwork leaflet.
Sir Cecil Fitch recounts a tale of sudden wealth as a cottage resident receives a piano. A neighbor mocks the spender predicting loss of status while the man wheels the piano away on a hand cart declaring he is off to take his first Wesson.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Creomulsion for persistent coughs and chest colds. It claims the remedy reaches the inflamed membranes, loosens germs, and relieves symptoms. If unsatisfied, the druggist offers a refund, ensuring customers get the genuine product.
The line states that all we send into others lives returns to us, reflecting on moral cause and effect as a timeless truth attributed to Edwin Markham.
Gloria Van Stratten maneuvers a costly settlement with lawyer Mr Germine over alleged damages to her reputation and that of A Leon Snydacker. She proposes a twenty five thousand dollar split among herself Marie and Templeton Sayles while negotiating private terms and a cash payoff next Monday.
In a rain soaked lakefront feud Gloria and Moby Dickstein clash with Marie and nemesis Snydacker over a staged identity. Moby plans to move to the Park House as flood waters threaten Becker Brook dam while Liggett Morse asserts he created Marion Van Strat ten.
The Ozark Mountain custom of belling the bride endures in rural Missouri and Arkansas towns. Couples face noisy charivari with guns, cowbells, and dish pans as neighbors tease and escort the newlyweds through local streets or to celebratory dances.
In 1652 a mint was established in Boston where Pine Tree shillings were coined marking early colonial currency development and local monetary effort.
Practical slenderizing dresses for busy housework and runabout wear. Includes step by step sew chart and two designs, a comfortable house dress and a tailored bolero dress. Patterns No 1615 and No 1674 with sizes, yardage, and order details from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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