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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1939

Page

2

Three Shuttered Houses Chapter XII0-Continued 14

In a rain soaked confrontation, a car crashes near the Taine house. Rab Taine is fatally wounded when Asa Taine collides with a tree, while Asa dies after a dramatic, gun-wielding moment and Tope confirms Rab's survival turning fatal.

Rainy night revelations in the Taine estate

Inspector Heale, Tope, Clint, and June tend to Rab as Doctor Cabler treats a concussion while Asa lies dead in a car with a broken neck. Tope explains a murder plot and accident turning into a fatal chain of events. Rab shows signs of revival as Heale contemplates who struck first.

Asa Tope Inspector Tope Clint Inspector Cabler Rab Heale Derrie

Silent intervention after a deathly accident scene

Rand reports Heale is coming as Rab lies unconscious and Asa is dead. Mrs Taine panics asking about Asa while June tries to calm her and assign care to Rab. Tope and Clint kneel beside the injured man and plan to move Rab into the house.

Rand Heale Tope Rab Asa Jane Evie June Clint

Inspector's call brings news to Miss Moss in rain

Miss Moss summons a taxi to Providence road then travels to a house behind a garage in the small hours. She delivers grim news to Miss Thayer that Young Mr Taine is hurt and Lissa is shaken. Thayer shields Lissa and insists on going, with Miss Moss joining them as they depart.

Miss Moss Providence Road Thayer Lissa

Night of the Big Wind in 1839 Ireland and America

The article recalls the night of January 6 1839 when a great wind battered Limerick and Dublin, killing twenty and drowning a hundred. It notes Irish emigration memory, pension claims misdated by old age acts, and slow 19th century news from the Cambridge and Great Western ships reaching New York alongside Victoria and Albert news.

Ireland New York Limerick Dublin England Irish “Digest Augustine Birrell Dickens the Sun Cambridge Liverpool Great Western Victoria Albert

I Kings Jeroboam Lesson On Opportunity And Treachery

A religious lesson discusses I Kings chapters 11 focusing on Jeroboam as a cautionary figure. It emphasizes courage paired with character, warns against treachery, and urges educators to guide youth toward loyalty, diligence, and obedience to God’s statutes.

Jeroboam Solomon God House of God Ahijah Israel David Egypt Alexander Whyte

Legal name rules for a child with a remarried mother

The child bears the father’s legal surname despite the mother’s remarriage. A nickname or informal use of the stepfather’s name has no legal effect. Legal change requires formal adoption by the stepfather or a name change petition at age 21.

To Be Saved From Harm To Be Saved For Good

A contemplation on saving as protection from harm and as a gift guiding a man toward meaning and benefit for himself and all whom he influences.

Patterns Thatre Cool Smart and Charming

Patterns Thatre Cool Smart and Charming offers children and summer outfits from 1766 and 1773 designs. It details a 1773 dress for women and a tot collection including bonnet pinafore and play suit, with fabric and trim requirements and sizing. Orders go to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois with price 15 cents each.

Sewing Circle Pattern Dept W. Wacker Dr Chicago Ill Bell Syndicate WNU

Pearl of Contentment

A succinct reflection on contentment as a rare treasure, equating true happiness with choosing fulfillment over endless desires. The passage links wisdom to steady wealth of spirit rather than material gain.

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Ica Asa Taine Ben Ames Williams Mrs. Taine Fce Doctor Cabler Harold L. Lund Guis Wesen International Council of Religious Education California Mam Ree Calli Falier Aturgeus Maeeemten Bec Daisy Fly Killer Black & Leaf Doan
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