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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
7
A newlywed husband vanishes on a 25 mile car trip promising to return by seven. Dinner passes midnight with no sign. Telegrams to six friends yield six confirmations that John spent the night elsewhere. A farmer arrives with the husband and a broken car, followed by more telegram replies. The tale honors loyal companionship.
A young husband criticizes his pudding as rank. His wife Dolly insists the cookbook promises ambrosia and defends the dish with playful banter. The exchange highlights domestic humor over culinary effort.
Old ad copy extols Cole's Carboli salve for quick healing with no scars, priced at 25 cents, with free samples by J. W. Cole & Co. at Black River Falls Wisconsin. Other lines promote tobacco, humor, and social observations from a vintage paper snippet.
Mrs Ethune of Sikeston Missouri recounts seven years of illness with monthly bed rest cramps backache and weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health enabling her to work garden entertain guests and walk freely again. The testimonial notes the remedy aided displacement inflammation ulceration and related symptoms after other treatments failed.
The Iowa Travelers Association met in Davenport in May and denounced the parcels post bill. They warn it would harm country merchants, boost mail order houses, and drive rural stores out of business, urging organized opposition and nationwide action.
Labor Commissioner Gaye reported from Cherry to Sheridan counties that about half the land open for homesteading since the last report has been taken up. He notes settlers prosper with water, grass, and cattle, urging others to claim homes. The State Treasurer reported 680 007 18 on hand with 5 981 97 cash on hand and 674 025 21 cash on deposit. The State Railway Commission will hear July complaints, including requests for a Burlington passenger station at Minden and Newark, and sidetrack at Gandy. Secretary of State collected 18 885 20 in fees in June across several categories.
The first test of the Albert law in Lancaster county will occur soon. Mrs Maude Wiley who sparked police activity in Lincoln and was fined a week ago for running a disorderly house will be the target. Her wealthy father and her own claim of wealth are noted.
The board of purchase and supplies began awarding three month contracts for state institutions. The Donald company won sugar contracts for all institutions except the penitentiary. Hastings asylum will receive 1018.75 dollars worth of sugar for the period. Coal bids were postponed for one week as discussions continued on how to handle banks with nationalized status and their share of the depositors guaranty fund.
A collection of brief comic lines and mishearings from classic publications. Jokes cover misread scripture, a writer praised for popular serials, a cereal inventor, Shakespearean quips, and a remark on artificial flavoring linked to love.
In a light exchange Amaranth asks for advice to smooth Willie Smithers upcoming request for her hand. Mr Blinks suggests telling him to take ether before arriving to spare him pain.
In James Fullerton Muirhead’s The Land of Contrasts an American girl recalls an Englishman praising her English purity and she replies she had special advantages because a mission near her tribe. The text then notes Carlyle on reform as a stern, solitary struggle.
A garbled quotation and scattered lines reflect a mix of literary aside and consumer patter. The text references Mrs. Oliphant, notions of hair, digestion aids, and music investments, with stray phrases about novelty products and finances.
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