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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1940

Page

3

Glamorous Skirts For Dressing Table Pattern 6459

The glamour of a dressing table can easily be yours. Clear directions for four dressing table skirts economical yardages directions for adapting any table are all in this practical pattern. Pattern 6459 contains instructions for making four dressing tables materials needed pattern of scallops and rounded edge. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in coin to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY. Please write your name address and pattern number plainly.

Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept W. 14Th St New York

Mental laws and the power of thought in well being

A reflective piece asserts that poverty ill health discord and unhappiness arise from ignorance of mental laws and from not applying thought exercises to daily life. It argues awareness of mental influences can transform personal outcomes and elevate ideals.

Constipation Relief With Pepsin and Senna Laxative

An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin as a dual remedy for constipation and stomach discomfort. It claims Pepsin dissolves undigested protein in the stomach while Senna stimulate bowels, appealing to families and children.

Dr. Caldwell

Contagious Laughter and Hope in Hard Times

Quote reflects Dickens on contagious laughter amid illness and sorrow. It contrasts misery with the uplifting power of humor and good spirits, suggesting laughter as a universal antidote during difficult periods.

Charles Dickens

Radio by Homework Sparks New York City Education Plan

The New York City Board of Education introduces homework by radio with teachers discussing topics over the air for 15 minutes at night and pupils reporting next day. The column mixes humorous dialogue about radio learning, wartime humor, stamps, and a fur auction noting a platina fox skin fetching $11,000.

New York City Milton United States Marine Band New York

Musical Americana aims to unite American music on NBC sponsor

Westinghouse funded an ambitious radio series from Pittsburgh airing Thursdays 8:00 to 8:30 p m on NBC blue with Kenneth Watt producing musical Americana. Deems Taylor narrates, Raymond Paige conducts a 102 member Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and notable graduates are featured each week. The program seeks American music across tastes and ages and to foster cultural ties with South America.

Westinghouse Pittsburgh NBC Blue Europe South America Kenneth Watt Deems Taylor Raymond Paige Pittsburgh Symphony Edward C. Johnston New York Johnston

Tonsillectomy Debate Stresses Careful Timing

Health column urges caution on removing normal tonsils and notes they may resist childhood diseases until after age 15. Dr George B Wood argues against surgery to prevent illness. surgery should occur only with frequent sore throats or persistent neck gland swelling and pus in throat openings.

George B Wood Philadelphia North America Wood

Barium Sulphate Cleans Out Stomach

A patient with indigestion undergoes an X ray after ingesting barium sulphate. Report shows normal stomach and intestines, suggesting the barium swept lining clear of irritants, relieving symptoms. A 1937 note details how barium surrounds a swallowed watch and helps it pass from stomach to intestine.

Henry G. Hadley Washington, D. C Charles B Union

There Were Two Irishmen in a South Street Saga

Seumas Gavan, the ward’s lone Irish intellect, clashes with his daughter Kathleen over her marriage to Adolphus Gonwert as a court case and a rushed liquor license collide with family pride and public scandal. Kathleen declares love, Seumas schemes, and the bar man’s question echoes through the room. Kathleen returns home to reveal the license victory.

Eumas Gavan South Street Kathleen Seumas Adolphus Gonwert Spalpeen Gavan Adolphus Gonwerz Adolphus Mr. Gavan Seumas Gavan

Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions

A set of trivia prompts asks which American statesman was a king's grandson, whether cantaloupe equals muskmelon, what creates oases, when the U.S. first experienced low mood, when the brain grows fastest, who wrote the unfinished symphony among Bach, Schubert, or Beethoven, and the human stomach capacity.

United States Bach Schubert

Fragmented historical trivia and statements

The text lists brief, disjointed statements including Answers J and Charles Bonaparte, a note about cantaloupe as muskmelon, springs forming oases from subterranean streams, a claim about the first US low mood from 1785 to 1789, a cryptic reference to Schubert in early life, and a normal range of four to five pints.

Charles Bonaparte Theodore Roosevelt United States Schubert

Camels Prove Slower Burns for More Pleasure Per Puff

Bill Corum cites laboratory tests showing Camels burn slower and cooler, delivering extra mildness, extra flavor, and extra pleasure per puff. The ad touts Camel’s slower burn as meaning more puffs per pack and overall smoking enjoyment.

Ommon Bill Corum

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