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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
6
Lois Mulqueeney the rodeo hostess in Livermore California backs up her invitation to the annual bronc and steer riding roping and other cowboy events with two shooting irons. Her appearance combines stage presence with a model like look as crowds anticipate the weekend showdown.
Floyd Roberts of Van Nuys California won the 500 mile Indianapolis race by about five miles over Wilbur Shaw. He drove a stream lined all aluminum Miller built car at an average of 117.2 miles per hour breaking Shaw's 113.58 record. Roberts completed the distance without relief and made only a single 30 second stop.
The lesson centers on Jesus in Gethsemane facing betrayal and death. It contrasts His solitary agony with the disciples failing to stay awake, and underscores submission to God's will as the path through suffering.
A winter siege on the Salteaux reserve ends in a food raid on government warehouses as starving families seize flour bacon and staples. An officer misreads the crisis and the confrontation cools after a tense stand off. The chiseler in charge rides east and disappears.
The article notes that Aborigines left few relics marking the centuries in Australia with no temples ruins cities monuments tablets or pottery fragments. It claims they achieved little toward the advancement of their race.
A house fire breaks out when Art and his brother attempt to extinguish an oil stove. Art saves his father and mother from the flames by carrying them to safety while suffering severe burns to hands and legs. The family home becomes a makeshift hospital for months as they recover.
Archeologist reports indications that Panama's mysterious White Indians descend from white men who came to America before Columbus. Some scientists believed they were albinos, but observed births of brown skinned children contradict that view.
The famed Italian writer Petrarch is celebrated in France not only as the originator of the sonnet but as the country’s first tourist. He undertook a pleasure trip to Provence from Italy about six centuries ago, a noted milestone in Franco Italian cultural links.
A Jamaica landmark sits on Blue Mountain peak at 7 388 feet with Whitfield Hall perched 4000 feet above sea level. Built two centuries ago by a man named Heaven, the hotel remains a storied ascent site.
In Johannesburg South Africa the hammerkop a bird regarded by native tribes as lucky has become an ill omen for goldfish ponds. The bird feeds on frogs haunting creeks and has denuded ponds of fish. A resident's frog pond near goldfish pools saw both frogs and fish disappear.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan spans 107600 square miles with two fifths devoted to state and national forests. At least two thirds of the peninsula is covered by hardwood and other timber resources, indicating substantial woodland area.
The Shaker style of furniture embraces classic simplicity. The sect rejects ornament and uses light stains with varnish to protect wood.
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