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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1929

Page

5

Baptist church announces Sunday schedule and events

The Sunday morning services include Sunday School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11. A brief communion meditation precedes the 11 o'clock service with the communion to follow. The junior congregation meets in the church basement at the same hour. An evangelistic device event is planned for 7:30 at the Free Mission church, with an open meeting and social hour at 8 P.M. A silver offering will be received.

Free Mission Church Mission Ciree

Local finder notifies Progress office of discovery

A finder near the Alex Adelaun farm on Ehime day reports locating a licubator about a half mile east. The Progress office is notified of the discovery.

Alex Adelaun Ehime

Oscar Dahlin Runs Errand in Stromsbury on Wednesday

Oscar Dahlin was in Stromsbury on Wednesday afternoon handling routine business.

Oscar Dahlin Stromsbury

Albert J. Anderson Farm to be Sold at Public Auction

Polk County Nebraska auction notice announces 160 acre Albert J. Anderson Hubbard farm described as NE quarter of Section 15 Towne Township 14 North Range 8 West, 43 miles from Osceola on White Way Highway. 26 acres alfalfa, improvements include 6 room house, barn, out buildings. Sale at 2 PM Thursday March 7 with 165 percent cash, balance in 30 days and title warranty.

Alberij Anderson Hubbad Towneh'p Range 8 Polk County Nebraska Orceola Swede Home Anderson Section 10 Osceola Polk Stromburg

Unclear OCR Ad Leads to Fragmented Local Notice

Fragmentary text shows a damaged notice listing names and events. Mentions a sale on Vanilas and Ostland, a severe attack at a residence, and a Viking show next Friday and Saturday with pricing noted. Gardner and Swedenburg family referenced as dinner guests at a local home.

W Onwedenburg Arthur Swedenburg Wibur Dovemus Nea Benedice

Silly Observations Cooked Up in a Patchwork Column

A collage of quips on fashion, politics, art, journalism, and radio culture. It jests about silk stockings, congresswomen, bridge players, journalism bylines, nursery rhymes, bronze leaders, Einstein and women, poets of work, meter readers, radio addresses, juries, Hollywood vanity, and late night eclipse ads.

Child of a Bridge Fiend and a Card Sharp

A wry line suggests heredity may shape a child born to a mother who is a bridge fiend and a father who is a card sharp, implying the offspring may inherit a poker face or similar traits.

Razor Unearthed in Ur Ruins Sparks Excavation Push

Archaeologists uncover a razor aged ten thousand years in Ur ruins and intensify digging to locate the nearby hot towel amid renewed exploration efforts.

Habits of a New Yorker Sell City Site then Bridge Sale

A New Yorker once active in city matters sold large plots in City Hall Park three decades ago and recently transferred ownership of the Brooklyn Bridge to an out of town buyer.

Habits Strong City Hall Park Brooklyn Bridge

Mysterious Old Tale Reemerges in Forgotten Clip

A fragment recalls a teenager taken hostage long ago, then freed after decades. Another vignette concerns a man who asked a hotel clerk for a bath room to wash a soft collar, a detail that hints at quirky social habits from the era.

Otage

Carrots Available Year-Round Watermelons Seasonal Fact

A puzzling note explains that carrots are obtainable almost any time while watermelons and cantaloupes appear only in specified seasons.

Ilfe

Bridge fans number eight million in the nation

An authority on bridge estimates eight million players in the United States. He notes that nearly all are actively playing. A New York man allegedly dropped a check from a ten story window and reached the street before it landed, possibly still bouncing.

New York

Lemonade Chemistry Claims Drink From Xylotrihydroxyglutaric Acid

A fragmented paragraph notes the American Chemical Society discussing a possible lemonade derived from xylotrihydroxyglutaric acid. It mentions lawyers and doctors in a crime context and references postage stamp sheets and a $6000 annual monetary value.

American Chemical Society

No such things as common colds and rheumastism

The article notes that diseases once named common colds and rheumastism remain troublesome and disagreeable, reflecting on their continued impact despite change in terminology.

Earth weight error stirs talk of Atlas and economy

A remark notes a supposed error in Earth's accepted weight and questions Atlas on any difference. It adds advice on shaping an economic program to avoid a late game scramble in the fourth period.

Atlas

Radio talent hears its own voice proof no device

A commentator muses that no device has been invented to let radio talents hear their own voices through a receiving set, implying self-monitoring remains unattainable. The remark reflects a broader skepticism about real time feedback in broadcasting.

Master of ceremonies for future radio war battles

A London engineer predicts that future conflicts fought by radio will require a master of ceremonies to coordinate battles smoothly and maintain order during operations.

London

Retired traveler warns shipwreck survivors favor raft over crowd

An old Atlantic traveler toils through many crossings and counsels that in a shipwreck it is wiser for a lone survivor to wait while others disembark and then select a large raft for escape.

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