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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
3
A promotional blurb touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia for quick relief from gas and sour stomach. It claims acidity is checked and digestive organs are tranquilized, suitable for children, with doctors noting its neutralizing effect. Emphasizes using the genuine Phillips product to avoid ineffective imitations.
A practical note advises washing children's handkerchiefs with good soap and rinsing in water blue with Red Cross Ball Blue. It adds a general lesson that learning from mistakes compares with learning from successes.
An enduring Castoria advertisement claims five million households rely on the vegetable baby remedy for infants and children. It emphasizes safe use for colic constipation diarrhea and nightly ease for fretful babies, noting doctors recommend it and druggists stock it.
Washington braces for Hoover’s inauguration with an expected crowd of 100000 visitors. The city readies $27000 for policing and traffic control as ceremonies unfold over three days with a four mile parade and an air parade, ball, and receptions for visiting governors. President elect Hoover plans to depart to Northampton after the address with Coolidge. Dawes to swear in Curtis as vice president.
Eleven thousand mechanical workers across the Union Pacific system receive hourly raises of two to five cents after a week of talks with 100 union reps. W M Jeffers, vice president, announces the changes which lift annual payroll by about one million dollars and override the 1926 agreement for the four-unit road including Los Angeles and Salt Lake, Oregon-Washington, and the Oregon Short Line.
Members of the Lafollette faction fail to push for immediate legislative inquiry into past campaign contributions as the Wisconsin senate defeats the proposal in a public session in Madison.
A cottage fire in Lansing, southeast of Chicago, killed Mrs. Catherine Ooms and five of her six children. She died from injuries endured in the blaze, which destroyed the small dwelling.
A report from Suva, Fiji states thirty deaths on Futuna and forty on Wallis due to influenza. The toll reflects a regional outbreak affecting multiple communities in the area. Further details on dates and responses were not provided.
Des Moines Iowa Paul V McNutt national commander of the American Legion told a joint Iowa legislature session that the legion must pressure this year to establish the basis for universal service in time of war.
The House nears completion of its term while the Senate faces a tight schedule to finish work. Reapportionment bills encounter Southern Democratic opposition. Other measures include appropriation bills and census funding for 1938, with a clash over prohibition enforcement funds and naval spending likely to proceed to conference.
Denny Ford quits experimental farming as over 200 farmers from Michigan Illinois and nearby states bid for implements sold by suction. Growth of Ford plant districts near Dearborn River Rouge prompts sale and division of the 3000 acre tract. Ford retains 200 acres to raise feed for 100 head of his cattle.
Veteran stage and screen actor Frank Keenan died at his Hollywood home after a brief illness with pneumonia. The noted character actor, long known for Shakespearean roles, was seventy years old.
Both houses of Congress held joint memorial services for 11 members of the Seventieth Congress who had died, the first such service ever conducted by both chambers.
The Cuban sugar grinding season will end around March 28 with an output of 4,500,000 tons, according to an announcement by the Agricultural department.
At the American Institute of Electrical Engineers meeting Robert Marriott described a system using an electric cable on the sea bottom. Two coils hung over the ship sides pick up impulses and send sounds to the helmsman via headphones. Equal sound in both ears indicates correct course. fading in one ear shows drift toward the fainter side. Fog does not affect operation.
A Western mother from Oklahoma City endorses California Fig Syrup for her three year old son Neal. She claims it quickly relieves constipation and improves health, noting repeated use for colds and upset spells. The ad urges buyers to request the product by its full name and carton label.
A brisk morning proverb notes the early bird and the early cat both seek rewards. The saying contrasts preparedness with opportunity, implying advantage through punctual action.
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