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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
7
A local rugby match sparked parental pride and fierce partisanship when a father asked his scrum-half son to wire the score from a distant game. The telegram delivered a curt line about injury, but omitted the match winner, leaving the father shouting for the decisive outcome.
A quip about love and a broker surfaces in a local exchange, as one man recalls a past romance with a girl who married a broker. The sharp reply underlines social snobbery and small town gossip.
In a Stray Stories excerpt a visiting vicar is asked by an old lady to pray for a mystery illness she calls a floating kidney. The vicar agrees yet hesitates to reveal details, while the lady presses for prayers and to name the ailment, remarking that prayers for loose livers are common.
A dinner neighbor asks an eminent doctor for tiredness tips. He replies with a witty remedy advising her to take a taxi. The quip plays on overwork and practical humor.
The lecturer explains Nature seeks compensation, using eye and ear examples. Pat adds a quip on leg length, noting that one leg shorter makes the other appear longer. The exchange blends natural philosophy with humor.
A quirky report notes a banquet menu featuring jellyfish as dessert. The playful pairing echoes a marine theme with unexpected sweet offerings and a humorous twist on seafood dishes.
A terse exchange centers on a bride and groom who plan elopement. The bride messages that the father’s telegram is missing and urges avoidance of home unless forgiven. The groom reverses, questioning what the father says.
Conversation on declaring love contrasts a floral gesture with a letter as a more binding expression of feeling. The dialogue debates whether flowers can replace a written confession in romance.
A brief note links Good Friday to the character James who helped Robinson Crusoe. It notes the era and mentions a housework role aboard the Crusoe narrative. The entry frames the figure as a companion or helper within the Daniel Defoe tale context.
A guest jokes that the hostel’s charm feels like music but the proprietor smiles as the guest clarifies the inn soothes the senses. The guest adds the place reminds him of a vise inn, prompting a light exchange about comfort and perception.
A terse reflection follows as a weary speaker questions birth while addressing a nurse. The brief text conveys a mood of resignation and futility without detailing events or setting.
A small boy on a doorstep cries because his new trousers are dusty. An kind old lady consoles him and notes the clothes are clean now. He explains his mother would not let him take them off while she beat the dust out.
A slangy courtroom exchange shows Meandering Mike admitting a worsening fit while a companion jokes the judge would keep him in. The other quips that the judge wanted refinement, noting prior fines for joiterin and a recent attempt at refinement.
A young man with vague card knowledge is urged into a bridge four. He throws away a king on a trick won by the opponent's ace. His partner cries out that a king does not beat an ace, while the beginner admits confusion.
A young sportsman sits at a table reads a menu and asks for a fillet steak with a good glass of ale. The waiter confirms the cut and the man replies with a playful line about the steak being “right up to the top.”
A poem laments wives who change with money from caring to cruel when husbands lack cash and dress, then shed clothes with wealth, exposing shifting loyalties and fear of poverty.
Cactus Joe warns the town as tensions over gold and silver flare. He asserts rubber checks have begun to flood Crim son Gulch during a quarrel over currency basis, revealing a strain on local finances.
Dialogue excerpt shows a character cured of insomnia after a voyage. One speaker notes relief and recalls past suffering, highlighting themes of voyage induced rest and personal healing.
The former secretary of the navy holds a conference to determine the proper response in a maritime emergency. He is described as running true to form, leading a brainstorm on how to steer the ship of state at sea.
A witty quip about courtship and trials circulates as a joke, asking why people say you court a girl when visiting her. The punchline suggests you “sort of have her or trial” as a playful play on legal terms.
The maid reports Tommy swallowed a bug soon after you left but was treated with insect powder immediately so there is no need to worry about further trouble.
A Felt Like It barbershop scene shows a customer asking for water to check if his neck leaks while getting a shave. The barber responds with a quick jab about clearing his throat.
A health column discusses a Canadian study by Mortimer Wright Collip and Thomson showing a constitutional basis for azaena and related deafness. The research notes an inherited tendency and reports nasal estrogen treatment aiding both conditions, while cautioning it does not prove deafness stems from common grand substance deficiency.
A physician warns against eating during bilious attacks and outlines causes and remedies. Bilious symptoms include mood change, giddiness, headache, nausea, and appetite loss linked to poisons from chronic infections. Treatment favors 24 to 48 hours without solid food, fluids, calomel and salts, and lighter meals during stress to prevent future attacks.
Judgment M28 LE BLAKE, weary and discouraged after three weeks in the city, meets her neighbor Mrs. Stead at lunch. The two bond while Myrtle learns of a potential job opportunity with Mr. Wilms in a ladies wear shop, as Stead also works as the soda fountain cashier.
Reader asks for methods to cover plain lamp shades using curtain material. Instructions describe cutting a cardboard foundation to fit top and bottom rings, attaching fabric, and drawing lines to shape the shade with a string aid. An offer promotes sewing books by Mrs. Spears with bundled leaflets.
Practical household hints cover golf bag padding, pinking mayonnaise with tomato, removing finger marks on varnished surfaces, stippling aging linoleum, a long handle duster for back pain, ripening pears and delaying ripening, opening stuck jar covers, blueing for brighter washables, and preparing zinc jar covers for canning.
A reflective note on power, class, and public opinion. The piece ponders meek inheriting earth, dominating personalities, and the challenges of living in poverty versus riches, urging thoughtful politics and enlightened public opinion.
A concise reflection contrasts exposing error with granting truth. The aphorism notes the difficulty of guiding someone from error to understanding, highlighting the distinction between correcting beliefs and providing genuine possession of truth.
A compact reflection notes that every effect mirrors its cause in tone and pattern, citing Hooker to illustrate how outcomes trace back to origins, shaping interpretation and understanding. The passage emphasizes causal linkages across ideas and events.
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