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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1920

Page

2

King of Wheat Murders A Tragic Rise To Power

Daniel Fitzhugh, a Chicago financier, abandons gentler life for a theatrical push in the wheat pit. He recalls Esther’s memory as he courts danger, staging dramatic moves while chasing money. Hunt guides him through peril as the deal grows to a potential ruin or reign.

Hunt Adams Street Grand Central Station Fitzhugh Washington Esther Chicago Nikolay Hunt Gas Dan Daniel Chicago Board of Trade Board of Trade Fitzrandolph Maryland Kathleen Newport Switzerland Fiis Artie Sparkle Artie Witzhugh Henry Hunt

Have You 'One A Stone of Perfect Transparency

A discussion on evaluating a stone's value based on transparency brightness color and brilliance. It emphasizes that true preciousness rests in clarity and the stone's visual luster rather than size or weight.

Testing Varieties of Market Peanuts and Cattle TB

The report summarizes tuberculosis test results across 14 cattle breeds, finding no breed inherently safer than another. Purebred Herefords show 0.77 percent reactors, while grade herds reach 6.11 percent. Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorns show mixed patterns. The study emphasizes management by owners as the key factor in herd health. It also notes that most peanut varieties are limited and that breeding aims include high quality table oils and other products.

United States Department of Agriculture United States Federal Bureau of Animal Industry

Low Grade Wheat For Feed Use In Livestock Diets

Farmers are urged to weigh feeding value of very low grade wheat. At current feed prices wheat should fetch about 1.80 dollars per bushel for feed, factoring in dockage. Wheat has more protein than corn, supporting milk production and growth, making it useful for cows as part of the grain ration and also suitable for pigs.

Ventilation in Barns Emphasized for Stock Health

The article stresses ventilation as essential in barns equal to houses. It argues no barn should be built without fresh air supply and a vent at the top of enclosed barns to prevent buildup of foul air. It notes cooler, clean air will replace it if warmer air can escape.

Prevent Weeds by Early Plowing in Fall

Early fall plowing prevents weeds by burying seeds before they mature and causes many to germinate and die in fall. It opens soil for fall rains, aiding moisture absorption and decays green manure for soil readiness next year.

Alfalfa Seeding Tips with Sweet Clover Prior Use

It is easier to start alfalfa where sweet clover has been grown before since sweet clover supplies bacteria to the soil. However alfalfa seed inoculation eliminates the need to grow sweet clover first. Even with prior sweet clover, inoculation remains important.

Tankage for Growing Pigs

Illinois station bulletin explains tankage in hog rations. For young pigs use one part tankage to nine parts corn bran or middlings. For adult hogs use one part tankage to eleven parts corn bran or middlings. The mix balances the ration to build up or fatten the hogs.

Illinois Station Bulletin

Vegetable matter for soil and crop residue methods

Vegetable matter for soil discusses supplying organic material through crop residues. It notes grass crops as highly valuable and stable manure as beneficial. Winter cover crops like clover vetch and rye are widely grown and turned into soil in early spring.

Misery of Backache Prompts Healing Testimonial

Muskegon Michigan woman Mrs G Schoonfield credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving years of backache weakness. She says it restored strength and allows her to work again and urges others to try the remedy.

Muskegon Mich Lydia E. Pinkham

Woman Health Advice Promotes Pinkham Remedy

A health warning urges women to guard health and avoid sex related ailments, endorsing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a successful restorative. Readers are invited to write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass for confidential advice answered by a woman.

Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia Einkham

Jury Address Sparks Dispute as Woman Challenges Man

In a Sunday Herald report a courtroom moment shows a lawyer urging jurors to respect women. A disturbance erupts as a stern woman, revealed as the defendant's mother in law, denounces being called a meddlesome old cat.

Rehoboth Sunday Herald

Cuticura Ad Promotes Pimply Face Treatments

An advertisement touts Cuticura products for clear skin including Ointment Soap and Talcum. It urges smearing with Ointment and washing with Soap, claiming pimples and blackheads vanish in minutes and advising ongoing use for continued clarity.

Electrical hair cutting uses heated platinum wire

In France an electric substitute for barber scissors uses a comb with a platinum wire along its teeth. The wire heats as the comb passes through hair, instantly severing strands and sealing ends like singeing.

France

Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement

An antiseptic powder for shoes and foot baths promises instant relief from corns bunions and tired feet. The ad claims 1 500 000 pounds used by the Army and Navy during the war and notes it is sold everywhere.

Allen Adv

Blitherbys to Spend Summer with Relatives in Country

In dialogue quoted by the Birmingham Age-Herald, the Blitherbys plan a summer with relatives in the country rather than at the largest hotel at America’s fashionable resort, challenging expectations about their travel.

America Birmingham Age-Herald

Too Many People Spend Time on Misery

An observation notes how some individuals focus on unhappiness, suggesting mindset choices influence daily life and outlook. The fragment hints at a broader discussion on happiness and personal responsibility.

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