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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
6
The Bayer name identifies genuine Aspirin prescribed for eighteen years and trusted by millions. The label warns to say Bayer when buying and to look for the Bayer Cross on package and tablets. Small tin boxes hold twelve tablets and cost only a few cents. larger packs also sold.
A brief note from the Dallas News recalls a woman raising eight or nine children while lamenting no longer existing old-fashioned Southern hospitality. The item reflects on social changes and family life in a historical context.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as dissolving severe colds and grippe within three doses taken every two hours. It claims open nostrils relief from nasal congestion headaches feverishness sneezing and sore stiffness with no quinine and a pleasant taste.
A traveling salesman arrives in a small town and, after dawn, learns the town’s factories are not yet born. The hotel keeper reveals the town feigns industry by blowing whistles to sound busy, hinting at future flour mills and development.
A Paris Brussels air route launches with live insisters as the first merchandize. A reflective quip notes a woman who cannot see herself as others do when facing a mirror.
A fragment reports a barbershop scene where a slow witted man receives immediate attention. The readable portion hints at social dynamics and humor in the barber’s chair.
Advertisement claims Diamond Dyes can transform faded clothing into rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It promises a color change for dresses blouses skirts coats and more with a direction book included and a color card for matching materials.
Advertises Cascarets as a safe harmless candy cathartic for biliousness constipation and colds in youngsters. Claims it cleanses the liver and bowels without griping calomel or dangerous drugs and won’t cause cramps or sickness.
Senator James A Watson of Indiana recalls his first court fight in Rushville where a client charged with bootlegging received the maximum $500 fine and one year in prison. The next day at the county jail Watson visits the convict who quips about paying for an able lawyer, prompting a sharp exchange about value and luck in legal aid.
A humorous exchange about performing before an audience contrasts with reflections on marriage. The quip suggests it is better to stay out than marry, noting that a man’s love may wane while his sighs grow, framed as a light dialogue about public speaking and relationships.
Summary of Lincoln convention debates on the Jackson Bynum bill gubernatorial powers and cabinet structure. Proposals on land seizure, farm tenantry, taxation of private colleges, official language policy, voter eligibility for military and naval service, township organization, school district boundaries, and state normal school governance. Also discussions on public markets and school lands regulation, with Major General Leonard Wood invited to speak.
A Western Canada farmer details how winter on the farm, not the sunny South, yields profits through breeding stock and prize cattle. He notes a rural club in Saskatchewan that shares ideas, brings in experts, and spurred importing a prize stallion to build one of America's top stock centers.
New dialogue frames a shoe repair shop offer where customers question disposal while the clerk explains resoling as a service. The exchange highlights practical reuse and extended wear for footwear in everyday commerce.
A short aphorism urging regular financial checks to ensure money buys things but also to remember two things money cannot buy. The piece emphasizes balance between wealth and nonmaterial values.
The weight of descending cars in a South African mine powers a generator by pulling a cable wound around a drum, converting heavy descent into electrical energy.
A home or pharmacist preparation combines Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair gradually. Applied twice weekly, it promises softer, glossy hair without scalp cooling or greasiness and will not rub off.
An old bachelor notes the upside of tying the knot is not having to marry. He jokes about freedom from formal vows and social pressure, reflecting humorous view on marriage expectations.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it cures catarrh by acting on the mucous surfaces and selling through druggists for over forty years. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and offers testimonials free with purchase.
Nine women have been elected members of the Danish congress.
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