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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
7
Style notes describe a front-buttoned frock with a princess skirt and gathered bodice for ages 6 to 14. The pattern offers a short sleeve version and a long housecoat option with a bolero feel, suitable for challs or flannel in winter and chintz gingham or percale in spring. Materials requirements listed for size 8 and variations with nap and trimming.
A reader recounts a tax department card reading Seasonal Greetings from the State Income Tax Bureau. Mr Twitchell worries it hints at inquiries or issues and consults his accountant and lawyer. He even mails a greeting back overnight, and ponders the meaning while awaiting formal guidance.
Health column notes that about one in twenty adults has a stomach or small intestine ulcer. After healing on a soft diet, patients should avoid rough foods and emotional stress, with gradual reintroduction and avoidance of irritants like alcohol, coffee, raw vegetables, nuts, and very hot or cold drinks.
The article discusses using heat and related physical measures to ease rheumatic pain such as neuritis and arthritis. It notes heating, electric cabinet baths, massage, passive and active exercises, and hot applications as methods to quiet nerves, relax muscles, improve nutrition, and prevent deformities.
Ruth Wyeth Spears explains how to sew tuffed toys from oil cloth or water proof bath curtain material. The Easter bunny pattern is 11 inches long with pink bead eyes. Follow the pattern diagram and cut pieces, interline ears, sew edges, leave an opening to stuff, and finish.
An amateur musician completes a remarkable organ made from discarded bottles vacuum-cleaner motors inner tubing and junkyard scraps in Atlantic City. Air blown through bottle caps creates notes while bells pans lids and whistles add effects delivering surprising music from a nontraditional instrument.
A reader quiz featuring six questions about records and history. It asks about Edward Payson Weston’s best day’s walk, originality of paper etching, the Beef Eaters, John Smithsonian’s nationality, albino horse breeding in the United States, and Finn origins.
The items state: 82 miles in 1867 walked from Portland to Chicago by Weston at age 28. An etching is made directly on a metal plate. Beef Eaters is the Yeoman Guard name since 1485. The subject is English and never visited the United States. Yes, some animals are uniquely colored white. Finns descend mainly from Mongols with varying mixtures.
Quote reflects two forms of weakness: one that shatters and one that yields. The line underscores resilience and the choice between yielding under pressure or adapting to endure.
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