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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
7
Debates on limiting Lords membership and introducing elective or party-nominated peers intensify. Proposals aim to give each party a fair share and curb Lords obstruction while asserting Commons dominance in lawmaking.
Denver scholars discuss paleontological finds in the western plains that challenge the view that early man did not reach American antiquity. Harold J. Cook cites evidence of multiple Pleistocene mammals and bison in Texas and other regions suggesting possible migration into America.
The article explains how feeling depends on nerves and nerve action on temperature. It notes that cooling or numbing a body part makes nerve centers insensitive to skin impressions, explaining the use of freezing for minor operations.
Cook reports three arrow heads clearly tied to a buffalo find in a matrix, with no error risk. Nearby at Folsom, N M fossil remains of a large extinct bison were uncovered as the American Museum of Natural History joined the summer excavation.
J Calderon, a famed local rebel chief, is noted for returning money taken from public offices in raided towns. He calls the funds "borrowed" for the cause and repays them after raids in Acapulco.
Glasgow savings bank reports strong thrift across Scotland with one in three people holding a bankbook. Depositors total $120 million, up $4.9 million from last year, and about 40 000 homesafes are in use. Bank records show rising depositors, credit, and reserves despite varied figures.
A colossal tooth 11 feet 2 inches long and over 300 pounds arrives at Garrard Dental School Museum in Boston. From a mastodon jaw, scientists estimate the tusk is over 40,000 years old, found in the Porcupine River bank in Alaska near the Yukon.
A concise guide by Thomas Arkle Clark, dean of men at the University of Illinois, outlining practical methods for meeting college expenses. He discusses budgeting, savings, work options, and prudent borrowing to support higher education.
The piece discusses the financial challenge of sending a boy to college, noting rising tuition and living costs. It questions how education will be paid for as students decide on subjects and prepare for higher studies.
A discourse on self financing for college students advising work income, loans, and regular allowances from home. It stresses securing a dependable start, saving, budgeting through a checking account, and living within a definite monthly sum to avoid hardship. It cites examples of prudent parental restraint and encourages inquiry with the dean for guidance.
Eugene I Prussing, a Los Angeles lawyer, argues in American Magazine that George Washington was the first American millionaire. He portrays Washington as a shrewd businessman, farmer, engineer, and developer who built roads boats and rail ventures and kept exact financial records. Washington's early life shows frugality, land purchases, and ventures from Mount Vernon to Pennsylvania and Ohio. He directed land sales and investments totaling substantial wealth at his death.
J J Bachanus, proprietor of Tebor Resort on the St Joseph river six miles east of here, announces purchase of old interurban cars to convert into summer cottages. The cars have served twenty years on the Benton Harbor to Hall Claire Indian Lake and Jowugiae route.
Miss Rachel Jenss of the Department of Interior has traveled to Arizona to census the Papago and Pima tribes with reservations there. She has just completed a census of the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick fix for sour stomach from rich foods or excess smoking. It claims the product alkalinizes acid and sweetens the system, endorses physician approval, and cautions against other brands.
The speaker argues that the older generation has always rebuked the young but today the rebuke is louder. He says today’s young woman seeks notoriety as a “little petter” rather than a respected young lady, reflecting a shift in social norms discussed at the event.
A health advertisement touts California Fig Syrup having aided millions of children worldwide and in the West. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Dana Allgire of Topeka praising its gentle laxative effect and stomach support, urging readers to ask for the genuine product with the California label.
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