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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1939

Page

6

Maiden Effort in a Lake Island Rescue Scene

In a storm dark night, Miss Marne Van Stratten helps rescue Glunk from a flooded brook as Kelsey and Martin confront love and deception. Gloria, Tempy, and Marie face tangled loyalties while a bridge collapse strands them, leading to a perilous rescue that ends with Glunk pulled to safety.

Miss van Stratten Mr. Germine Mr. Sayles Marty Martin Holmes Kelsey Martin Marie Gloria Tempy Snydacker Kelso Hopin Marne Marion Norman van Stratten Glunk Kelsey Hare

Staggering Data From South America Reveals Interesting Facts

A collection of striking claims about South America highlights population sizes Brazil’s area versus the United States Argentina’s expanse compared to eastern states Rio de Janeiro’s beauty steel corrosion in Lake Titicaca river discharge compared to the Mississippi Brazilian diamond value Chaco forest worth Iguazu falls and other wonders noting vast unexplored territory and wealth yet to be developed.

South America Brazil United States Argentina Mississippi Rio de Janeiro Lake Titicaca Plata Parana Chaco Amazon Buenos Aires Herval Babylon

Tin Can Island Niuafoa Stamps Tale Told

Niuafoa in Tonga is a detached island near the center of an ocean triangle with Tonga Samoa and Fiji. It is famous to stamp collectors as Tin Can Island because no harbor exists and mail arrives in tin cans offshore. The island hosts a volcano with a large central lake.

Niuafoa Tonga Samoa Fiji

Prayer Changes Things in Peter Deliverance Lesson

A March lesson on Acts 12:5-17 emphasizes persistent prayer for prisoners and deliverance. It argues prayer as vital power that enables God to act, yielding witness, fellowship, and service to Christ. The piece notes Peter’s release, the watchers’ faith, and the call to share good news with believers.

Satan Early Church Peter Herod Christ

If the automobile had developed like the political machine

A quotation from U. S. Representative Bruce Barton contrasts progress in cars with political machines, suggesting an overbuilt, over equipped vehicle would be ten tons, cost five thousand dollars, and include a steamroller and multiple gadgets.

U. S Bruce Barton

Oldest to Greatest George Washington Receives Portrait

Frederick the Great praised George Washington as the greatest general on earth and sent a portrait with the inscription from the oldest general in Europe to the greatest general on earth.

Frederick the Great George Washington Europe

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