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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
10
An advertising feature touts Dr. Hartman’s Peruna as a universal remedy for coughs colds and catarrh. It includes farmer testimonials describing relief after five bottles and urges readers to buy Peruna in liquid or tablet form and request the free health book and Almanac.
Passengers arriving in New Orleans on a Sunday evening reported tracks swarming with crawfish from Micheaud to Chef Menteur. Hundreds walked with baskets of crawling writhing critters as fishermen noted the crustaceans crawled toward calmer waters to escape outer squalls.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble especially in women. It urges immediate use with bottle sizes and offers a sample for ten cents, noting to mention the newspaper. The page also includes short jokes and wartime price mentions for cotton and linen.
An advertisement claims nitro phosphate nourishes nerves and body cells to reduce thinness, increase weight, and restore health. It warns the product raises weight and should not be used by those who do not wish to gain flesh.
The feature follows Fleet Street journalist F. G. Cordwell who has endured a sequence of thirteen coincidences. From his 13th entry to France, 13 tents and 13 hospital days to a 13 renumbered room, the piece catalogs thirteen linked happenings and invites readers to count them.
The piece recalls Kipling’s 1890s first edition of Departmental Duties a lean brown paper booklet bound with red tape offered in envelopes from Aden to Colombo. It started with twenty six poems and later expanded to a gilt bound volume. A judge facing contempt in court contemplates resignation as a lawyer humorously asks when it takes effect.
In a Wayover tavern tale and a trench tale, surface fealty fails to hide collective loyalty. A guest warns of frictions among citizens while a tavernkeeper hints at a hidden unity when danger appears. The second vignette recalls Germans posting No Admittance yet soldiers breached barriers, reflecting ironies of perception and intrusion.
A report compares sewing outcomes, noting a modern machine with a single motor averages 1000 stitches per minute, while older foot driven models reach 800 or at most 400 stitches per minute.
A compact note on Mark Twain joking about cauliflower as cabbage with an education and a quip about Mrs. Smith Jones. It juxtaposes social chatter with a line on personal discipline and victory over self.
A discussion on national highway needs argues that 2.5 million rural miles exist with only a fraction improved. Roy D. Chapin notes wartime shifts toward highways and motor trucks, predicting trucks will become main carriers, feeding railroads and transforming trade. The road’s efficiency touches every citizen.
Secretary William O. Redfield notes that cartage costs reveal larger than expected road expenses. He argues poor roads cause isolation and economic loss, with 2,000,000,000 ton miles hauled on highways in 1917, highlighting inefficiency and inadequacy of roads today.
The test of a wagon road is the work done without injury, measuring time and labor required to haul. Any improvement to the surface grade or distance lowers effort and brings the farm nearer to town.
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