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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
3
The article explains finger bowls with doilies and matching plates across meals from breakfast to supper. It covers ware variety from glass to porcelain with metal overlays, lace doilies, and doily fabrics. It also introduces snack trays and their use at theater meals and social gatherings.
Lovely lace filet peacock design provides a decorative couch set and scarf ends. Includes directions charts stitches and material requirements with an illustration. Send 15 cents in stamps to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York NY.
World nitrogen consumption for 1934 85 rose to 1,792,000 metric tons, a peak in recent years, with manufactured nitrogen at 2,030,861 tons. Tunisian phosphate exports reached 175,000 tons in October, while 1935 ten-month rock exports fell 20 percent. Germany reports pest gas, rustproof carbon ammonia, and Stuttgart shifts to sewage-gas trucks. US coal-tar dyes trade rose in 1935 with imports at 4.3 million pounds and exports at 17.6 million pounds.
Practical household hints on sifting grains to preserve nutrients and cleaning odor from moldings. Advice includes placing zinc or cardboard under molding and boiling water with vinegar to remove fish smell, plus flour or cornstarch to reduce fat sputter when frying ham or bacon and eggs. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
A meditation on home places and inner life. A German peasant family finds daily joy by imagining themselves heirs to a prince, living in a kingdom of high ideals and spiritual realities. Victor Hugo notes happiness can shed bright colors around a garret.
A Western Newspaper Union meditation on the soul using a house as a metaphor. It contrasts downstairs rooms as selfish and mirrored with upstairs rooms offering broader views, literature, and noble dreams, asking readers where they truly live by their character and heart.
A description of the Cristenes, an Ethiopian tribe about eighty miles southwest of Addis Ababa, whose language links to Amharic and who chiefly belong to the Coptic church. They fast and keep holy days, yet are said to be pagans at heart, openly worshiping Satan and sacrificing to him in sickness.
A fragmented excerpt quotes William Temple on obedience and self-improvement. It critiques public duty and warns against relying on others while urging personal reform over societal change. The text reflects a late 19th or early 20th century tone about virtue, commerce, and caution.
A short reflection on courage to begin anew. No life is wholly bad and every person has moments when a worthier life presents itself. The core call is to act, for as long as life remains it is never too late to start toward happiness.
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