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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
7
Winthrop Rockefeller, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., appears in a baby costume during the Saints and Sinners festivities. The scene showcases aristocratic flair at the event with notable attendees and playful pageantry.
Hollywood gossip notes Howard Hill to star in a Pete Smith short with fifteen archery apples. Errol Flynn pushes for freedom on a yacht trip while Jeffrey Lynn gains a Warner Brothers contract sparked by Bette Davis. Jimmy Cagney buys tractors for Martha’s Vineyard, Helen Hayes eyes film returns, and a wave of re edits hints TV’s infancy amid career pivots and court battles.
Ruth Wyeth Siete shows Pine as a decorative color for embroidered mats and table scarves. Instructions cover paler pink linen runner, stitching around hems, catch stitch details, and interlacing pink foundation threads with rose. Mrs Spears offers Book 2 on embroidery and fabric repair for 25 cents POSTPAID.
A vicar congratulates Mrs Brown on christening her well behaved child while Vera provokes a nurse with comic quips. Mrs Brown explains her husband and she have trained the child with a watering can. The scene ends with a punchy quip about a red cross nurse and a witty proverb.
A playful exchanges unfold as a mother and neighbor joke about children climbing an apple tree and green apples sparking lighthearted controversy between neighbors.
A woman who attended a baseball game recently fell in love with the umpire, sparking conversations about an unlikely romance at the stadium.
A brief exchange shows a motorist stopped for speeding declaring what he knows about driving would fill a book, to which a constable responds that what the motorist does not know will fill his.
Readers are invited to request a free copy of C. Houston Goudiss bulletin “Helpful Hints on Planning a Laxative Diet” from 6 East 39th Street New York City. It offers concrete diet tips and hygiene habits with a list of laxative foods and a full week’s sample menus.
A husband clings to his seat in the back of his wife’s sewing area warning her to slow down and avoid sewing mistakes. He compares guidance at the machine to his driving in the car, while she questions his concern and explains her decades of experience.
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