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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
4
Vivid, brief slice of everyday life shows spring fever in action. Children Susie and Arthur play on the porch while a rake, clothesline, and a sprinkling cart evoke domestic rhythms. A bite of novelty, Pure Vermont maple sugar, hints at travel and taste.
A playful verse from Sweet Grass Tribune describes a spring baseball game mood. Players in uniforms resume with letters on their suits while fans endure sunlit heat and rowdy cheering. Wives, cooks, and milliners amid Easter fashion watch the scene as men hurry off to the woods.
Jones tells Mary he will discharge the cook as soon as he gets home. Mrs. Jones asks him to stop at a drug store for arica nil ment and court plaster. She mentions lint and splints at Paul ty 'tch.
A Buffalo News fragment portrays Spring through the Gap with rural cadence and imagery. The verse evokes renewal and community mood despite rough dialects and lively rural scenes. The Pittsburgh Post includes a classroom tease about Henry Jamies’s sentence structure and a semicolon.
A fragmented collection of humorous snippets and quips from various papers. The items touch on fashion and manners with mock dialogue about wealth and social life, marriages and roles, and a brief joke about a man who dressed simply and wore buttons on his coat.
A Thrifty voice cites saving one fourth of earnings as prudent. An ordinary man retorts that savings depend on earning something beyond self mockery, echoing a St. Louis Star line. The quip contrasts thrift with imprudence in a concise social aside.
A Chicago Tribune piece frames a male suitor lamenting unrequited love as a social vignette. The narrative highlights class tension and emotional strain, portraying a bright, pretty girl who rejects the speaker because he lacks wealth. The tone echoes classic romance versus money themes common to the era.
Yonkers Statesman reports a personal exchange where the speaker recalls an attempted kiss by Mr Huggins and calls for help amid questions about fear of not resisting the advance.
A humorous contrast notes frivolous spending versus simple items like strawberries and radishes. It references a Boston Herald quote and a Harvard Lampoon joke about Ethyl and a character named Jim, illustrating satirical wordplay on waste and breath.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript notes shifting times and changing behavior at home. It contrasts the groans of an earlier era with a modern household where the table supplicant groans, reflecting social shifts.
A fragmentary clipping notes humorous lines about Eve, Ad, biscuits, and attire from multiple papers. It highlights playful verse quips on marriage, jealousy, and fashion with references to Kansas City Journal, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Detroit News.
A vignette shows a boy tricking a chemist with castor oil mixed into lemonade and a comic misheard bite. The scene shifts to reports of painters at work and a sickened smell of turpentine. A fragment hints at social chatter about a woman waiting for a proposal and a brief Catholic Standard and Times exchange.
A Cornell Widow poem fragment tells of a Nettle girl with a single thle curl on her forehead who attends a dance where the curl falls, and she judges the language she heard as horrid.
An editorial note laments truth rising slowly and excuses the delay as justified by the poet who claims ownership of timeless years. The piece reflects on truth’s struggle to catch a fugitive pace, echoing a Chicago Tribune sentiment.
A satirical note describes a daily influx of poems from a female writer praised as a bard in a Lippincott’s cartoon. The speaker vows to mischief against the prolific poetess while noting the monotonous stream of verses.
A whimsical New York supplementary note describes a character named Jo nat swallowed by a whale and relieved the beast will not fletcherize, as he calmly awaits an ejection notice.
In a terse vignette, a woman faces a life of quiet hardship despite financial stability. Her sole support is her daughter, described as a "slambang suffragette." The piece juxtaposes domestic demand with public reform in a period-tinged voice, hinting at gendered expectations and distant praise.
Pastor Goodman argues sleepers are not to blame for their state and urges brethren to avoid quick judgment. He emphasizes personal responsibility before God and reflects on moral fault in wakefulness.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt reflects on life as a balance of giving and taking. It notes how ten may be inclined to take rather than give, illustrating the enduring tension in everyday exchanges. The poem-like reflection captures a local newspaper voice on moral reciprocity.
In Yonkers Statesman style chatter Mrs Dearborn asks if one ever wins a prize in a lottery while Mrs Wabasti replies with a wry yes as foggy dialogue unfolds.
A quirky Detroit Free Press snippet notes Waeno'er sewing a button, suggesting her cooking may not be Al’s while the button remains fixed and lasting in place.
Omaha reporters announce discoveries from a Wyoming fossil hunt by a famed expedition. A book with bones photographs and a life like dinosaur replica accompanies the release, with University of Wyoming curator W H Reed praising Wyoming fossils. A first edition of 100 000 copies will be mailed postpaid to inquiries addressed to J L Lomax G P A Union Pacific.
A humorous verse extols advertising in small details that boost various trades. The poem links simple goods and services to success, praising well crafted ads as a path to prosperity on Easy Street.
All students aware of entitlement to free high school tuition for grades nine through twelve. Applications must be filed by June 18, 1910 or will be rejected. Signed Tillie M. Colg County Superintendent.
Sealed bids for a steam heating plant to be installed in the Polk school building must follow the plans and specifications on file with the Polk school board. Bids are due by May 31, 1910, and the board may reject all bids. A. W. Shafer, Secretary.
Stranded or touring young women are welcome at the Young Women's Christian Association building at St. Marys Avenue and Seventeenth Street for boarding and assistance. Look for Traveler's Aid at Union Station for help locating services.
Farmers Old Line and Mutual Insurance highlight Cyclone Mills in a promotional entry. The piece emphasizes the mill as a key supplier and notes its role in local agriculture and community commerce.
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