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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
3
Irvin & Cobb reflect on Texas history, King Ranch, and lawmen in a sprawling essay blending nostalgia and social commentary. The piece notes tributes to Charles Curtis after his death and touches on wartime attitudes, racial tensions, and weather as a sign of seasons changing.
Nebraska state officials disclose an unofficial plan to fund direct relief for 17 months at about $2.35 per case per month while counties must raise roughly $7.9 million annually. Cuming and Douglas counties illustrate sharp disparities with per case state funds of 1,400.62 and 19.40 respectively, forcing county fundraising to meet relief needs.
Nebraska WPA administrator F. D. Felton announced 23 950 persons were at work on federal works programs in the state for the week ending February 8. The central applications bureau reported 19 377 employable family heads still out of work. Felton noted 21 627 are on WPA pay rolls with the remainder on rolls of participating federal agencies.
W H Brokaw announced nearly 14 million dollars will be paid to about 34,000 wheat signers and 90,000 corn-hog signers in Nebraska after Washington wired approval to honor contracts before the AAA ruling. About 11 million goes to corn-hog signers and 3 million to wheat signers with final certificates and county control aid.
The text catalogs a driver named John who hogs the road and horn blasts to hurry along a highway. It shifts to Geoffrey, a monotone singer with nasal speech who becomes a famed radio crooner after college. The piece ends with a moral about friendship and a legal clause exercise.
A collection of odd statements and dubious trivia about cultures, holidays, food, safety, and common objects. It includes a claim about an African tribe avoiding dental issues by not listening to radio, plus caution about matches and gasoline-cleaned salt at a fireworks display.
A set of examples highlights errors in spelling spacing and hyphenation and odd punctuation while a poem warns children against misbehaving with a playful rhyming tone. The collection contrasts correct usage with awkward fragments and intraline breaks.
Pattern notes describe a house dress with contrasted V neck panels, bright buttons, and a gathered blouse to skirt with self fabric belt. It features a full length front panel skirt with distinctive side-piece pockets, in sizes 14 through 44 with specific bust measurements and yard requirements. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1787-B available for fifteen cents.
In Hauteville House Guernsey Victor Hugo spent exile as M Marquand recalls playing yellow dwarf with Hugo. The 72-year-old Guernsey resident says he often beat Hugo, sometimes winning six francs per evening. He notes he was twelve when he first played the game.
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