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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1929
Page
7
A New York bishop argues against aging, noting many progress after fifty. He cites Michael Angelo and Goethe as examples of late-life achievement, urging readers to stay active, avoid the easy chair, and believe one can grow and work past fifty.
A brief essay on teasing as a mild form of bullying and social dynamic. It compares teasing by superiors and equals, notes the embarrassment of victims, and discusses the sense of mastery and wit involved in playful taunts and rivalries.
The text mockingly comments on male flirtation with foreigners and stresses caution and chaperoning. It warns about focusing on one woman as a specialty, avoiding being rattled, and notes the speaker's punchy, jokey tone about aging and social tricks.
A trio of scientists Steinbach Voronoff and Tushnoff conducts gland based longevity experiments aiming to rejuvenate and extend life to a century. Tushnoff, a Russian professor, argues longevity results from removing poisonous matter and blocking its return, not by slowing natural wear. The Russian work has shifted from doubt to greater seriousness as findings suggest a fixed extended lifespan is possible through detoxification.
A 1929 Western Newspaper Union piece notes chemical processes removing poisonous matter restoring life to deteriorated organs. It cites Tushnoff goat milk up 60 percent and poultry gains after injections, while warning human testing remains limited and longevity questions linger.
Plenty the pig grows large and proud at the fair and wins a prize. He recounts a trip by automobile and a village without mud, then speaks of crowds, rides, and games. Yet he confesses loneliness and joy at returning home.
Malloch offers a playful verse on national gifts. He credits God with the Irish wit and the tendency to scatter humor worldwide. The poem contrasts gifts with warlike aims, ending noting how Irish mirth has made the world glad.
Nellie Maxwell presents cooling drinks for warm weather using fruit juices and frozen desserts. Recipes include Demon and Pineapple Sherbet with lemon rind syrup and crushed pineapple, and Velvet Sherbet made from lemon juice sugar milk and salt.
Paul Work of the New York State College of Agriculture argues poor vegetables will not improve with time and should be plowed under or used as livestock feed rather than sold. Grading improves prices. poor specimens depress buyer perception and curb market value. Refrigerated storage grows but long storage declines with year round shipping.
The best site for fruit trees is a gently sloping hill with free air movement. Prefer eastern or southern exposure on the slope to guard against western and northwestern winds. A southern slope warms earlier in spring, risking frost but the warm sheltered side offers greater overall benefits.
Brood sows should receive abundant water and minimal grain for 24 hours after farrowing. Feed the first postfarrowing meal as a thin slop, increasing gradually over 10 to 15 days until the sow eats all she wants. During suckling, the ration should be slightly laxative to boost milk production for piglets.
Rape used as a cover crop adds vegetable matter to the soil when plowed under. Decomposition helps liberate plant nutrients from soil particles, boosting the next crop without adding fertilizer.
A rural advisory discusses cheap protein from alfalfa hay, sanitary conditions on farms, cooperative marketing to boost farmers’ bargaining power, late fall plowing versus early plowing for worm control, and turning oats into silage when cut before stems woody. It also advises thinning radishes, using transplanted plants, and rapid action against cutworms to protect crops.
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