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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1939

Page

3

Hosiery Five Pairs Ladies Silk Hosiery Offer

Moders Hosiery Company offers five pairs of ladies silk hosiery in perfect condition for $1.00 postpaid. Orders filed the day received with a one dollar bill attached. Address to Ben Moders Hosiery, 560 W Lemington, North Carolina.

Moders Hosiery Company Ben Lemngton North Carolina

Brass and Copper Fireplaces Through History

Brass candlesticks fire irons and the copper warming pan shaped to cradle hot coals highlight old fireplaces. Warming pans date to Elizabethan times with engraved arms and mottos. later examples bear patriotic phrases. Copper and brass pans, made by country craftsmen, appear in early colonial America with wood turned handles and iron versions.

Alice R. Rollins Los Angeles Times America Dutén

Carrying Coals to Newcastle Explained

The phrase means doing something unnecessary or redundant since Newcastle upon Tyne is a coal exporting city. It originated in the Seventeenth century or earlier and echoes similar proverbs in French, Greek, Indian, and Roman cultures about bringing goods to already supplied places.

Newcastle England Newcastle-upon-Tyne Greece Athens Hindustan

It Is Within You The Power To Achieve Greatness

A motivational reflection emphasizes inner power and self reliance. The speaker urges personal effort, industry, and broad life experience as the path to true strength, rather than external applause or help.

Benson

Sights of London and a note on debate

A list of London landmarks mentions Westminster Abbey Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus among others. The passage contrasts two opposing theories clashing with neither side winning, citing a vegetarian versus meat-eater debate as an example.

London Westminster Abbey Houses of Parliament Buckingham Palace St. James’ Palace Hyde Park Regent’s Park Trafalgar, Square Piccadilly Circus Fleet Street The Strand St. Paul’s Cathedral London Tower New York Herald-Tribune

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