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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
6
About forty five farmers still await orders for men at the U S Employment Bureau in Lincoln as urgent calls persist. Thirty men were placed through the Farm Bureau in three days and demonstrations and agent assistance are planned for the week. County Agent takes a fifteen day vacation starting July 21.
A humorous piece asserts a woman can do anything better than a man, listing traits such as calm handling many tasks, sticking pins in a dress, chatting sweetly while men quarrel, remembering outfits, and comforting a husband with a kiss. It closes noting no man matches a woman’s versatility.
Announcement states a special examination at the County Court House on July 18 focusing on five essentials of County and life subjects. No Reading Circle exams will be offered that day. Regular examinations resume July 25 and 26, 1919, making July 18 the final chance to qualify under the old law.
Poem exhorting communal effort and personal responsibility to build a better town. It argues progress comes from neighbors working together rather than fleeing to leave their communities behind. Ends with a blunter ad urging thrift and visiting cards at Progress office.
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