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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
4
The first training school for nurses in Haiti has been established and opened under the direction and control of the United States Public Health Service. The note mentions miscellaneous sayings and products but highlights this health service training effort in Haiti.
A collection of caustic quips about money and frugality from the Baltimore American. A parson comforts a bereaved widower while the man laments shared life with his wife and questions her happiness after death.
The patent churn man asks about a brass band for Petunia this summer. The tavern landlord says a leader from Willersville is teaching but frequent disputes among players threaten the plan. the professor’s stay is uncertain and the band may or may not form.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age Herald quotes a exchange where one person claims seeing another with a large policeman and defends not helping, citing respect for law and a retort about offering to post bond.
A mother and daughter watch a Shriners parade when two men behind them joke that the mayor gave these fellows the key to the city. The child asks where the keys are kept and what doors they unlock, noting she has never seen any doors or gates. The scene appears in the Indianapolis News.
Farmers in Aldine Harris County Texas petition the commissioners asking for funds to finish tick eradication after federal quarantine. They report dipping cattle boosted milk from 15 to 40 gallons for 38 ticky cows, now 23 cows producing, and urge cleanup to prevent reinfestation. The Aldine Warmers Cooperative led by D. A. Anderson and secretary W. A. Stoush signed alongside 14 farmers.
Millions of grasshoppers infested Morris county fields last August as alfalfa was attacked. United States Department of Agriculture prepared a lime and Paris Green dusting to suppress the pest, with George Sisk of Morristown reporting a second crop of clover adjacent to newly seeded alfalfa fields.
The field insect outbreak slowed after county agent H S Lippincott advised a lime and Paris green dust barrier. After applying the bait mixture of white arsenic, sawdust, salt, and molasses, grasshopper activity diminished and newly seeded alfalfa stands were protected.
The United States Department of Montana farm bureaus reported sunflowers as a silage crop with dry land yields of 10.25 tons per acre and up to 29 tons per acre with irrigation. Demonstrations show sunflowers nearly triple corn yields under similar conditions, great for high valleys lacking abundant corn. Farm bureaus distribute seed developed by the state experiment station to ensure equitable statewide access.
Pests like mites and lice sap fowl vitality and cut egg production. Thorough house cleaning, regular disinfectant applications to roosts and nests, and frequent dusting of the birds are advised to control these pests.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges county agents to push membership to one million in the northern and western states for next year. As of April 1 the group reports 409 841 members and 8575 community committees, up 30 percent since December 1918 despite influenza issues. The notice cites 3 262 955 farms in the region from the 1910 census and calls for dignified, businesslike solicitation. Some states may run statewide campaigns.
Garden enemies begin work as seeds are planted and continue through the season. Regular short attention yields the best results. Later, clear away crop remains and destroy diseased or insect‑infested plants to prevent spread.
A wife jokes about choosing the more expensive hat to avoid the unlucky number 13. The husband asks which hat she picked and she replies she chose the $18 hat due to superstition.
A promotional appeal claims Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root cures kidney liver and bladder issues by neutralizing uric acid. It urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle by Parcels Post and notes bottles are sold in drug stores. The advertisement cites testimonials and a druggist endorsement.
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are genuine by the Bayer Cross marking and intact packaging with directions for reducing head, tooth, ear pain and neuralgia. It notes small tin boxes of 12 cost only a few cents at drug stores and mentions larger packages.
Article extols Allen's Foot Base antiseptic powder for workers who stand and move in boots. It claims the product reduces shoe friction, freshens feet, prevents tired or blistered feet, and improves efficiency. Endorsed as a women’s product, with broad dealer availability and a concluding moral line.
Dialog reveals a character pressed to reveal an old account to Ard and asked if revealing it would be seen as rubbing it in. The exchange hints at power dynamics and social expectations as a man proposes and a woman disposes then imposes.
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