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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1947
Page
3
A witty take on modern changes as the nation shifts toward practical tasks like raising beans and designing women's bathing costumes. The author notes two sides to every question and the difficulty of keeping secrets from women.
The Blind Teach the Blind Delicate Art of Radio Repair describes Radio Engineering Institute in Omaha Nebraska where blind and disabled veterans learn radio repair. Founder LaVon Peterson leads a program turning students into self supporting technicians with Braille tools and adapted testing devices. Enrollment spans 18 states with international interest and a 1945 start date.
Boxing fans look to Chicago for a major event led by Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano after their 1946 New York show. The piece ranks past middleweight greats including Dempsey Fitzsimmons Ketchel Greb Walker and praises Zale and Graziano as fitting successors to the era’s elite, highlighting their dramatic clash and Zale’s resilience.
Shevlin Oregon a central logging town of 600 people has moved its entire community for the fifth time in 26 years. More than 350 buildings were hauled 40 miles to the new site with streets utilities and stores ready. The move aims to avoid past voting disputes and keep ballots in the correct county.
Norton Virginia reports the Roaring Fork railroad has dissolved after sending a 5 dollar fee to the state corporation commission for a dissolution certificate. Once a coal and passenger line started in 1904 as a subsidiary of Blackwood Coal and Coke, it waned as larger railroads expanded into Virginia coal fields, leaving the Roaring Fork as a paper railroad.
Curtis Nebraska city youths attend Boys Ranch camp sponsored by the Nebraska College of Agriculture. The 400 acre farm program includes farm mechanics welding stock judging butchering motors aeronautics and a final rodeo with prize livestock judging.
Hopson, operator of a filling station at a crossroad near Vidor Texas, tired of drivers crashing into a nearby ditch. He erected a sign reading Private ditch keep out. Since then no car has fallen into the ditch.
Shinmer Wardrobe offers complete summer patterns for tiny girls with a dainty puff sleeve dress, a practical sunsuit, and a slip and panties set. Pattern No 8180 covers sizes 6 months to 3 years with yardage for 35 or 39 inch fabric. Pattern No 8135 includes sizes 11 to 18 with ric rac trim and quick gores. Send your order to the address listed.
Use boiling water for five seconds then air cool before storing in cartons in a cool moist place. Fold stamps and insert waxed paper dividers to prevent sticking. Create colorful bets, add stiffening between ribbon layers, and sew selvedges. Use rubber or felt cushion to dampen noisy motors. Sprinkle cornmeal on rugs to lift dirt and keep poisons out of reach.
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