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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
7
A dramatic review discusses Tax Blank for 1941 a revival of past satire noting a lowered exemption for married status and a new 10 percent defense tax. It highlights tense scenes with characters facing higher levies, while also poking at political figures and wartime rhetoric in a period tone.
An article from Archives of Medicine Surgery argues asthma is a group of symptoms with multiple causes. It cites three key factors: respiratory, nervous instability, and liver function, and outlines treatments including epinephrine, sedatives, diet methods, and breathing exercises.
Virginia Vale reports six year old Arlyn Lee already ranks as a profitable child actress in the movie industry. She appears prominently in the film Virginia with dialogue shared with Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray, though she cannot read. her mother reads lines for her during filming.
Enthusiasts crochet and dye rag rugs from old wool, braiding strips tightly to form a central flower medallion. The guide explains sewing circles for roses and leaves, using carpet thread, and suggests making a second medallion for a tote bag.
The list poses nine trivia prompts covering topics from letters and flags to botany and sports. It asks about common English letter frequency, the meaning of a Jolly Roger, berry classification for several fruits, counting zeros in a billion, no hitter games in MLB, worm classification, the US railroad with no curves, peacock anatomy, and proper flag disposal.
The items cover spelling from Funk and Wagnalls New Standard, a pirate flag symbol, a claim that nine counts equal 1,000,000,000, a note on glow worms being beetles with mating signals, a North Carolina record about a curve-less 78.86 mile track segment, a describing plumes of a bird, and a custom decree mandating burning or private destruction of a desecrated item.
Text notes that With the Family is in Book 3 which contains 32 pages of pictures and directions. It instructs readers to send order to a specified address.
Ottawa approves Hudson Bay Company collecting eiderdown on Baffin Island bird sanctuaries. Eskimos will gather the down during the slack period between hunting seasons, learning to pluck it without disturbing the ducks’ habitat.
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