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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
6
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapep sin as a rapid harmless remedy for dyspepsia indigestion gas heartburn and sour stomach. It claims dramatic relief within minutes and promotes a fifty cent case as yielding a hundred dollars’ value for troubled stomachs.
The New York health department reports a rapid rise in typhoid carriers from a handful in 1915 to 35 by 1916 and plans for complete national and state registration. About a quarter of carriers work as food handlers, forcing some to switch jobs, including a prosperous confectioner who must start over in a lower wage trade.
A Cleveland advertisement claims a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and gentle Cuticura Ointment eases eczemas and irritations within ten minutes. Promotes use for all toilet purposes with a free sample by mail from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
The Spanish American War sparked a second front fought by medical officers against yellow fever and typhoid. American efforts, boosted by Panama Canal work, reduced illness and saved lives, surpassing wartime losses.
A prosperous-looking citizen recalls returning to his payhood home to prove to locals that the once dirty-faced Johnson boy has risen in life. He mutters fond recollections of childhood as he asserts his success to the people there.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels promising a nightly effect with no griping or sickness. It contrasts Cascarets with harsher laxatives and claims the product costs 10 cents a box and improves headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation.
A new warning device called an AD danger signal alerts workers to overhead hazards. The system uses a visual cue to indicate when overhead danger is present, improving safety during work at height.
Washington reports from Western Newspaper Union summarize war related actions from the United States and Europe. Key items include food supply assurances, price investigations, universal military training proposals, Navy recruitment goals, and calls for national unity amid mounting international tension.
The third reading of H. R. 248 by Representative Fults moves to prohibit cigaret smoking in public places. The list covers passenger coaches street cars public autos churches court houses school houses hotels restaurants butcher shops store rooms barber shops theaters movies post offices bank buildings stairs depots and similar locations.
A revised ordinance raises the legal age for violators to eighteen, imposes fines from 1 to 25 dollars or up to ten days in jail, and prohibits smoking in box cars livery stables blacksmith shops garages and basements.
A legislative committee explores establishing a prison industry manufacturing wagon boxes and poultry crates to fund self support. Warden Fenton backs the plan as the panel recommends a 35000 dollar appropriation to buy equipment and provide working capital for a state broom making operation at the prison, now in transition as the private contractor moves equipment and materials to Lincoln.
The Mills bill to fund blind relief up to 300 dollars per person per year was questioned by Mr. Leidich who warned it could bankrupt Otoe county where many sightless residents need aid due to the state school for the blind. The bill was sent back to the miscellaneous subjects committee.
Railway Commissioner W. G. Taylor told Congress that 30 to 35 percent of Nebraska wheat remains on farms or in elevators due to a boxcar shortage. He urged federal power to regulate shipping to relieve the national car shortage, citing a shipper with 60,000 bushels stuck and a $12,000 loss as wheat prices fell.
A proposal before the state house would create a school book commission with a secretary earning 3000 dollars a year. It would print or publish textbooks for Nebraska public schools on a royalty basis, with a 134 500 dollar appropriation. Some lawmakers favor moving the funding into rural school support. The plan would allow purchasing copyrights and using print houses to supply boards at cost.
L S Frisbie superintendent of University Place schools filed a claim with the state legislature for 21075 dollars covering tuition for 25 pupils from the state home for dependent children during 1915 and 1916. Tuition was charged at 75 cents per week. The home is supervised by the state board of control.
The Nebraska federation of retailers back bill to ban trading stamps and premiums with a $5,000 merchant license, defeated 48 to 30 in the house committee after a prolonged battle led by Hostetler of Buffalo who has represented the retailers in three legislative sessions.
Woman from Louisville credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from female troubles headaches and nervousness that threatened surgery. She regained strength and cares for an eight pound baby girl, noting the operation was avoided.
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