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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
3
A swinging door between the kitchen and dining room aids daily work and suits old or new homes. Small soap pieces in a bag can act for wash day. Dipping fish in boiling water helps scaling. Serve hot foods on hot dishes and cold foods on chilled ones. Heating molasses makes pouring easier. The kitchen needs ample light and air as the workroom of the home. Screw tops in scent bottles may stick. tap the neck with a knife to release the stopper.
The column notes Garbo’s new film project with Three Girls About Town and Janet Blair joining Joan Blondell’s sister role. It covers Greta Garbo Ruth Gordon and Roland Young superstitions on a Friday the thirteenth set, while David Niven serves as a major in England and reports Nazi bomb counts. It mentions Penny Singleton in Cowboy Joe and the release of New England’s Eight Million Yankees. It highlights Himmler's office depiction in Underground and Bob Hope in Louisiana Purchase plus Hap Hazard radio casting updates.
A humorous dialogue compares dancing to walking ten miles and then to climbing one hundred trees. A wife reveals a hidden secret to keeping her marriage plans, and a character vows reform for Sammy. JY admonishes a boy with a dire warning about punishment.
The exchange shows a fiancé declaring resolve to prove authority to his father, who objects to the match. The dialogue hints at family tension and a test of strength in a household power dynamic.
The passage features a playful exchange about Miss De Bridge’s education and ambition. One speaker jokes that the finishing school is really the School of Experience, while another contemplates wealth and its burdens. The dialogue ends with a reminder that judgment accompanies enthusiasm, and that good intentions can lead to poor outcomes in a choir.
Grantland Rice profiles Vernon Lefty Gomez of the Yankees, noting his sprightly spirit and return from a rough 1940 season to aim for a seventh World Series start. The piece highlights his humor, resilience, and belief he can keep pitching effectively into his 30s, with anecdotes of umpire chats and comparisons to Lefty Grove.
The ensemble includes a bon net and panties matching the dress. Pattern No 8970 comes in uneven sizes for 2 to 6 years and opens flat to iron. Size 3 dress and bolero require 214 yards 35 inch material, panties 34 yard and bonnet 46 yard. Send your order to:
A simple frock designed for girls aged two to six. It features shoulder button straps and a matching bolero with ruffied cap sleeves, enabling easy dressing and undressing by the child. Ideal for warm weather and self-sufficiency.
A reader reports that the average man’s cheek chin and upper lip generate a beard bristle yield of about 12 500 per growth cycle, highlighting the surprising scale of facial hair production in ordinary men.
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