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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
5
An explanation of Cuticura Soap as a preventive skin care product. It highlights its emollient and prophylactic properties its purity and fragrance and its benefits for hands hair and scalp. The message notes a higher initial cost but longer wear and economy and invites a free sample and booklet from Cuticura in Boston.
A fragment mentions The Club at Midnight with a claim that a man is “a model husband” based on his own statement. The text diverts into health tips praising Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and Garfield Tea for relief. It also notes ornamental penmanship as a flourishing industry.
The piece explains the German student as a free, non residential learner who enters university with a leaving certificate, studies across faculties, and lives cheaply outside campus. It highlights corps duels, mensur, strict honor codes, and the emperor's call to train with the rapier while moderating beer drinking. It notes large student numbers, gender mix, and cultural emphasis on liberty and public-school continuity.
A humorous note from Hickeyville recalls Ren Purdy taking Amy Pringle for a ride on a handcar. Chased by a bull attracted by Amy’s red shirtwaist, they escaped along a siding after Ren used a switch and bricked the animal by the main track. Also mentions a Washington child’s high cost of living fines.
A White House guard ordered Carmi Thompson away after he gave Ohio Republican A. L. Vorys a ride into the White House grounds. Thompson joked about warming his hands in the kitchen before quietly departing Taft’s front yard.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Bazar features a jab at a hat mishap with a witty insistence on the act of sitting upon. The dialogue highlights genteel misunderstanding and playful banter characteristic of 19th century fashion humor.
The Stage notes a queried marriage announcement involving Stella and Bella as a judge remarks on whether the union is finalized or denounced. The exchange hints at social rumor and legal formality surrounding such announcements.
A tale recounts a man famed for extreme laziness in Kansas. His neighbors plan to bury him alive, but a passerby offers corn. The lazy man asks if it is shelled, and when told it is not, he is said to plead and vanish from view.
A Sunday School prompt prompts a joke as Tommy reports his father ran and fell on his neck causing pain. The teacher questions the line and the boy answers with a playful misreading. The exchange toys with a biblical scene and a harmless pun.
If you are sensitive about shoe size you can wear a smaller fit by shaking Allen's Foot Ease into the shoe. The antiseptic powder is pitched as ideal for dancing parties and breaking in new shoes with a sample free offer. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Maude confesses her engagement to Jack. Ethel reacts with resigned pragmatism noting Jack’s charm and inevitability, implying the match was destined.
A collage of jokes and ad blurbs reads like a barbed social snapshot. Sidelights include a jab at a cross-eyed cook, a quip about teething syrup, a claim Garfield Tea cures dyspepsia, and a playful poke at politics framed as a light catalog of era commerce and manners.
Mrs J G Johnson of Scottville Michigan voices strong praise for Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash noting relief from backache bearing down pains and irregular periods. She underscores daily use and recommends the remedy to young girls and others seeking health from a trusted product.
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