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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
2
Distinctive filet crochet set with motif, suitable for scarf-ends, pattern 6091 includes charts directions and a 3 by 65 inch alphabet illustration. To obtain send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY along with name and address.
A compilation of practical tips for daily cooking and housekeeping. Topics include flavoring ham with apricots or pineapple, cooking cocoa in water first, using blue in kitchen decor, treating wood worm holes with paraffin, boiling greens with uncovered kettles, cinnamon in custards, and washing white silk without soap.
Lesson outlines Joshua 1 and 24 on loyal leadership and faith. It stresses the call for Joshua to lead after Moses, the promises power and courage needed, and Joshua’s counsel to Israel to serve the Lord with example instruction and warning. It links biographies to God's work through surrendered lives.
In 1910 an aged man’s headless body was found along the Bow River. a bullet hole in the forehead and another bullet in the chest revealed a murder. Suspects Peach and Robertson tied to a gold hoard scheme, Fisk sentenced to hang and Robertson to life imprisonment after fast, decisive trials.
Crosby Gaige the bachelor collects 200000 patent models including a corpse preserver and a steamboat. The collection was assembled from Sir Henry Wellcome’s estate and now rests in packing cases. Gaige, Broadway producer, is known for his vast oddities and culinary and wine interests. Margaret Sullavan’s big break comes from laryngitis and a Shubert contract for Five years.
A reader is urged to spend under 15 minutes oiling squeaky doors windows and a sweeper and vacuum cleaner around the home. The note suggests performing this quick tune up in the morning and questions why it was delayed.
The article profiles 12 leading American farm champions showcased in Firestone’s 26 part Voice of the Farm program. Everett Mitchell hosts the interviews, detailing each champion’s path to top status in their field from Aberdeen-Angus breeding to corn and cotton growing, hog production, and plowing.
A concise reflection framing merit by purity of life and heart rather than lineage or birth. It cites Horace as the source of the maxim, urging judging character through sincerity and moral quality over social status.
A collection of brief, pithy lines on everyday wisdom and folly. Observations range from a tailor asking cash in advance to a doctor’s sleep warnings, teaching that minor worries can grow, and noting paradoxes about honesty and dirt.
The Buckingham Memorial fountain in Chicago honors Clarence Buckingham, former Art Institute trustee. It cost 1 million dollars and sits in a 600 by 600 foot garden with multiple pools. Full operation yields 5500 gallons per minute and a column reaching 75 feet, lit by five colors at night.
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