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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1936
Page
4
A fragmentary monologue surveys quirks of bachelorhood and human nature. It muses on sleep for circus workers, Adam’s supposed defect, laughter, music's universal language, and everyday wisdom like remembering a spouse birthday. Neutral, observational tone with scattered aphorisms.
Tit-Bits Magazine reports on vitamin K arriving as a poultry remedy labeled by alphabet letters. It notes K is found in pig liver fat hempseed and certain vegetables, with potential to prevent anemia in chickens alongside established vitamins A B and C and discusses functions and uncertainties of other letters.
A Collier's Weekly summary cites a five year mortality study showing clergy men die at 10.38 per thousand while firemen die at 6.71 per thousand. It also notes a Metropolitan Life Insurance study finding college athletes live longer, with baseball players highest mortality, crew, track, and football men lower, and letter winners faring best.
The Bishop Museum of Honolulu ranked among leading American scientific institutions after a thousand mile expedition into southeast Polynesia. Eleven scientists collected over 40 600 insect specimens 4 566 plants 125 000 land shells and rocks for study. During the year 24 572 people visited the museum a storehouse of priceless Polynesian relics.
An unclear excerpt mentions a famous island group forming an organization with about 400 members and producing a substantial quantity of flowers in a year, suggesting a large scale agricultural or horticultural effort.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered spoken phrases and unclear dialogue. No identifiable people, places, dates, or events emerge to support a coherent news item or summary.
Raymond Pitcairn editorial argues tax and debt burdens rise for each worker from 1928 to 1935. It notes taxes rose from one eighth to over one fifth of national income, with workers spending more days laboring to fund government. The piece urges cutting spending rather than raising taxes.
Omaha stockyard weekly report shows cattle receipts 3,000 head and hogs 600 head with mixed demand. Cattle prices mostly 25 cents higher. hogs 10 to 15 cents higher. fat lambs and feeders up about 25 cents. Fat lambs at 10.00 to 10.60, feeders 9.25 to 10.00, aged sheep strong.
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