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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1951
Page
2
Readers learn that proper fish cooking minimizes smell and preserves full flavor. Recipes include Creole Salmon and Spanish Style Fish with step by step prep and baking guidance, plus Lynn Chambers menu ideas and variations like spinach pancakes and mustard hollandaise sauce.
The column contrasts aging veterans with modern players across baseball and football noting changes from the dead ball era to home runs and the forward pass. It highlights stars like Cobb Ruth Musial and Williams, considers platoon systems, and cites Bernard Gimbel on yearly record improvements.
The article traces the grouse as a long time resident of North America, noting its historical range, diet, and habitat shifts from old forests to second-growth timber. It ties grouse abundance to European colonization and hints at its culinary and cultural roles. It then shifts to a meditation on fishing as mental relief in modern America, linking relaxation to health and stress in the atomic age.
Federal fish and wildlife agencies urge duck hunters to return franked postcards detailing days afield and numbers of ducks geese and coots bagged by state. Officials say high quality data aids waterfowl management and hunting improves when hunters record trip details in small notebooks, including weather and wind direction.
A simple sleeveless junior dress with a brief one button jacket option. Pattern 3204 offers sizes 11 12 13 14 16 18 with a 39 inch dress body and fabric recommendations.
A brief ad offers 25 cents plus 5 cents per column for first class mailing of each desired pattern pattern number name size and address required. The notice secures mailing costs and requester provides pattern details for processing.
The article offers simple home hacks to prevent drafty curtains from blowing in winter threats. It suggests folding and pinning curtains with pinch-type clothespins, hiding pins during the day, and airing a soiled powder puff by washing then air drying pinned at a sunny window to avoid clumping.
Lincoln Nebraska ad lists Wanda Hayes Welch electrologist at 207 Sharp Sag offering Chaour's method for permanent safe removal of hair on face legs arms eyebrows with free consultation. Phone 2%-2832.
Ad copy touts Soretone Limiment to relieve muscle strain from fatigue with warming ingredients. Claims improve blood flow and provide fast gentle relief or money back. Also markets Soretone for Athlete's Foot claiming fungus kill on contact with economy size priced at 100 cents.
Lincoln Cook's grandmother Dorothy Cederdahl entered her 1950 Nebraska State Fair entries in cooking contests and earned four first prizes. She praises Fleischmann's New Improved Active Dry Yeast for faster action and easy use, promoting yeast-raised treats as favorites.
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