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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
3
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to choose California Fig Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It emphasizes recognizing the package by the word California, promises mild laxative effects, and notes fruity taste with full dosing directions on each bottle.
A woman in an elevator expresses sadness and jokes about her limited lunch options. She says she avoids turnips and sauerkraut and notes she is not fond of boiled cabbage but admits it tastes kind of good. Her remark ends with a sigh and a humorous note to a friend.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Cascarets for constipation bilious heads aches and stomach sourness. It claims Cascarets are gentle, effective, and non gag-inducing, working while you sleep and removing liver and bowel poisons at a low cost.
A hotel clerk jokes that the speaker has not many kicks to count but hints there are many more unseen kicks. The exchange tones a light humorous confrontation.
A centuries old remedy advertised as a gentle laxative for indigestion and nervous dyspepsia. It claims to regulate digestion, clean the stomach, stimulate bile, and aid blood filtration. Marketed to households worldwide through druggists and dealers with instruction to take one bottle and avoid substitutes.
The speaker shares a concept where the husband and wife in the plot face no serious marital difficulties. The exchange highlights a departure from typical domestic drama, focusing on alternative tensions or themes instead of conflict within the marriage.
The article traces the U S Army disability reconstruction program in hospitals, with women workers guiding convalescents through crafts, education, and vocational planning. It highlights the aide’s role, patient independence, and the broad national effort to ease transition from war to civilian life.
A nineteenth or eighteenth century science note discusses an early 1700s mathematician who studied beehive cell bottoms formed by three rhomboid plates. Koenig later calculated slightly different rhomb angles, two minutes off in each dimension, prompting comparison to bees and a John Ray appeal for natural history.
Constitutional Convention notes show Proposal 26 establishing English as official language passed after narrow margins. Several amendments failed or approved, with debates over school lands earnings and senate size, districting, and officer pay. education, tax, and debt provisions also considered.
Relief comes instantly with the first dose and three doses clear a cold. It opens congested noses, relieves headache and sneezing, and ends feverishness. A few cents buys Pape's Cold Compound at any drug store and requires no quinine.
A short dialogue notes Prof Jiggs riding with a driver. The professor remains silent, thought-focused, as the other suggests he is counting jolts and energy wasted from each bump during the trip.
A speaker contrasts a bear as a pessimist with a bull as an optimist. The speaker reframes bear as optimistic pessimist, noting the belief that things will smash and that money could be made if so.
Early 20th century medicine advertisement offering 100 reward for impossible catarrh cure. Claims medicine acts through blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at 7 cents. Testimonials free. J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
A terse exchange highlights contentment as more valuable than riches. The speaker notes blessings come from kind words to the heart, likening contentment to dew sustaining a flower.
Mrs C C Hines of 825 Mound St testifies that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription aided her expectancy and through middle life. The article extols the vegetable tonic as a temperance remedy for backache dizziness and nervous distress and notes it is sold in drug stores with ingredients listed on the wrapper.
Mrs A Gehriger of 1402 Wood Ave Kansas City Kans says Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription revived her weak nervous condition and energy. She credits the remedy with building health, aiding recovery, and helping others who benefited from its use.
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