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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
5
A London Tit Bits quip contrasts soft ships of courtship with hardships of matrimony. The dialogue frames a woman’s age as a private matter while a henpecked husband makes a self serving excuse about pride and conflict.
A fragmented OCR line shows a domestic call exchange where a caller asks if the wife is home and a maid replies asking who may I say called, hinting at a playful or coded domestic scene from a historical page.
The Sixty fourth congress, now ended, reshaped the nation toward preparedness with vast naval build up. It authorized 118 warships and a three-year building program, expanding the army to 216000 and planning for wartime expansion. key acts included the Adamson eight hour railroad law and child labor measures, plus immigration, rural credits, and vocational education acts.
A reflection traces how London slang from Vance’s boyhood altered over decades and contrasts with American dialects as seen in papers and stage at the time. It notes the idea of forming a committee to study humorous periodicals and their speech patterns.
Five stout men ride a New York elevator on a hot day, sweat pouring and handkerchiefs drying like Coney Island swimsuits. A humorous exchange ends with a quip that there is already a keg of beer aboard the elevator.
A vintage testimonial ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative to relieve constipation in children. It claims quick relief within hours, promotes an inside cleansing, and warns to beware of counterfeit syrups while noting a 50 cent bottle with clear directions.
The piece surveys the lives of four widows exiled from Mexico among the empress Carlotta who spent decades in Belgium and the widows of presidents Diaz Madero and Huerta, tracing the enduring shadows of a turbulent national history.
Mr S P Benton of Kerrville Texas describes years of kidney and rheumatic trouble ending after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He is 64 and now feels fine and stands straight again. The advertisement urges readers to use DODD'S with emphasis on the three D's for diseased kidneys.
Mrs Twobble cautions Henry about risque tales at the master plumbers banquet. He promises restraint but hints he may tell corkers after the event.
An advice note urges cutting costly meat dishes to save money and promoting Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as the cheapest nutritious option. It advertises a free Skinner Mfg. Co. cookbook from Oma, Nebraska, with 48 ways to prepare it and includes a quip about appearances and Cupid.
A distressed man in an opera house explains his hearing problem as he sits exhausted. He asks for the concert to proceed, noting that the music interferes with his ability to hear the performance.
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