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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1910

Page

4

Exponent of the Square Deal in April Human Life

The piece profiles LaVerne A. Barber praising a man doing vital work for capitalists and labor alike. It recounts a linguistic twist around Turner’s epigram, a scene near East Aurora with Miss Simonton and Theodore Roosevelt, and notes an epigram appearing in a Broadway hotel mirror thirty days later.

LaVerne A. Barber Human Life Turner East Aurora Simonton Theodore Rouosevelt Miss Simonton J. F Turner Main Stree Cazinovia Broadway

Rural Carrier Examination Scheduled for Polk Nebraska

A competitive examination under the service commission rules will be held on Saturday June 25 1910 for Rural letter carrier at Polk Nebraska. Certification is expected for rural route No 2 and other vacancies. rein statement transfer or promotion may fill vacancies. Apply on prescribed form from the Polk postmaster. submit promptly.

The Service Commission Polk Nebraska Washington U.s.civil Service Commission Rural Carrier Division Washington, D. C

Woman Seeks Husband Lost in Line Ad Mistake

A woman entered a newspaper office to place an ad for her missing husband. Told rates were two dollars an inch she left saying the price would break her up since her husband was over six feet long.

U P Time Schedule and Office Hours

U P Time Table lists No 28 passenger at 6 56 A M and No 27 at 6 42 P M daily except Sunday. No 76 freight east at 12 01 A M daily except Saturday and No 75 freight west at 10 55 A M. All trains carry passengers. Office hours from 6 45 A M to 2 00 P M 3 30 P M 7 15-

County Board of Equalization Set to Meet June 14 1910

Notice to Taxpayers the County Board of Equalization will meet June 14 1910 and remain in session three days to equalize the assessment of personal property for 1910. All persons with complaints should appear before the bond at this time. F M Leibeer County Clerk.

County Board of Equalization

Still More Signs of Spring and a Vermont Sugar Dream

The Spokane Spokesman-Review piece sketches springtime images with a playful voice. A father roots around the plant a ton with a rake Susie skips rope Kittie and Arthur on the front porch and a parlor rag drying on a clothes line. It evokes home life, aromas from a backyard bonfire and a cart sprinkling water while yearning for a bungalow in the pines and pure Vermont maple sugar from Kansas City.

Plantaton Susie Kittie Arthur Pines Kansas City Spokane

Getting Ready and Spring in the Mountains Verse

A collage of verse and dialogue about spring prep, Easter hats, and rural charm. A fan anticipates baseball and a cook faces dismissal while household tasks and humorous country scenes unfold.

Sweet Grass Tribune

A Suggestion on Hats and Wealth in Society

A fragment from a period column critiques fashion, wealth obligations, and social pretensions. A satirical exchange mocks the Merry Widow revival and the stage show of high style as a judge comments on dressing a housemaid. The piece also notes the double standard in marriage ideals and gender roles.

There Was a Man with a Mind Unsound

A composed satire notes a man who claims he is not a sailor’s goat while wearing a single suit year round and pants buttons on his overcoat in lighthearted verse from two newspapers.

Lane Provision Sparks Frugal Quip Exchange

In a playful exchange, a thrifty individual counsels saving one fourth of earnings while noting the need to earn something beyond folly. An ordinary bystander adds a jab about not making a fool of oneself, as reported by the St. Lotig Star.

Grief's Irreprensible Cry in Chicago Tribune Note

A terse Chicago Tribune line recalls a rejected suitor who laments love and money, noting the pain of unreciprocated affection and his struggling finances. The fragment hints at social pressures around class and romance in an urban column.

Chicago Tribune

Missing No Chance and Patience in Yonkers Tale

A Yonkers Statesman item recalls an attempted kiss by Mr Huggins last night. Patrice cries for help as the moment unfolds, asking what went wrong and whether he would escape without consent.

Mr. Huggins Patrice Yonkers Statesman

Early Extravagance in Wasteful Spending

A Boston Herald note criticizes current excess and frivolous spending. It contrasts the cost of a radish with its value, calling out wasteful habits as a pity.

Boston Herald

Ethyl Jack Quips About Breathing Advice

In a Harvard lampoon exchange, Ethyl Jack tells a friend he was his breath of life and Edith questions what he did. Ethyl answers he advised him to hold his breath, a playful retort in the dialogue.

Ethyl Jack Edith Starvard Lampoon

The Man Who Groans It Is The Table Not The Boarder

A Boston Transcript line notes that times have shifted and the burden falls on the host as supply strains and costs press households and tables at home.

Boston Transcript

Teachers Examinations Scheduled in Stromsburg and Osceola

The next regular teachers examination and Professional State Certificate exams will be held in Stromsburg on Friday June 17 and in Osceola on Saturday June 18 1910. No changes to the program. Lillie M Cole County Superintendent.

Stromsburg Osceola Lillie M. Cole

Free High School Tuition Applications Deadline Notice

All students eligible for free high school tuition for grades 9 through 12 must file by June 13, 1910. Applications after that date will not be accepted. Also invites young women new to Omaha to visit the YWCA at St Marys Ave and Seventeenth St for lodging or assistance. Traveler's Aid at Union Station for engines for binders and store display by Rystrom Implement Co.

Tillie M. Cole Omaha Young Women’s Christian Association St. Mary’s Ave Seventeenth Street Union Station

Guardianship of Lorena Hahn Deceased Hearing Notice

In Polk County Nebraska guardians of Lorena Hahn estate have filed a final account and report and a petition for final settlement discharge. The hearing is set for June 25 1910 at 10 o'clock AM before the county court. interested parties may appear and contest. Dated June 1 1910. Henry H Campbell County Judge.

Polk County Nebraska Lorena Hahn Henry H. Campbell

Notice of Probate Estate in Lorena Hahn Case

Notice to all interested by order of the Nebraska court that a petition seeks Joseph F. Hahn as administrator of Lorena Hahn estate. Hearing set for June 25, 1910 at 11:00 A.M.. dated June 1, 1910.

Jones Mary Mrs Jones John Paul Distetch

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Cyclone Mills Farmers Old Line and Mutual Insurance U.P F. M. Leibeer Lindy Buffalo News Henry James Pittsburg Puck Chicago News Uinent Washington Star Buffalo Express Rystrom Implement Co Kystrom Imp. Co Maxwell Automobiles Joseph F. Hahn Columbus F. J. Tewell Union Pacific Yellowstone National Park BE. L. Lomax Omaha, Neb U.S Nota Zeta Poms Delian J. L. Mead Cycle Company Chicago Ill
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