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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
7
The piece explains spring fatigue linked to diet and iron deficiency. It notes modern nutrition emphasizes mineral and vitamin rich foods, the role of iron and copper in blood formation, and how winter diets often lack these nutrients. It warns mild infections increase iron loss and that spring borders iron deficiency in many households.
The excerpt underscores consuming large servings of leafy greens such as dandelion, spinach, kale, chard, watercress, lettuce, and cabbage. It recommends one cooked green vegetable daily and a substantial green salad another day, topped with fruits like orange, grapefruit, banana, pineapple, apple, and celery to boost minerals, vitamins, and maintain alkaline ash after digestion.
The article urges including liver eggs whole grain cereals dried fruits lean meats and green leafy vegetables to improve iron intake. It notes vegetables are often crowded out by starchy fatty foods and that limited fruits and vegetables can slow blood formation.
The article urges liberal intake of green vegetables fruits and whole grains to add bulk and regulate digestion. It recommends ample fluids and milk for all ages plus fruit juices rich in vitamins A B C. Daily outdoor exercise and fresh air are highlighted as essential to improve appetite sleep and vitality with sunshine and proper food as natural tonics.
A Hollywood column surveys lookalikes from Hedy Lamarr to Joan Bennett and Barbara La Marr, notes on cowboy films and Indian focus at Paramount, and quirks of radio stars Merle Oberon and Lanny Ross. It reports wind record plans of Charlie Forsyth and a sale of showbiz anecdotes, with a plug for Stagecoach.
The Spring Pattern Book offers No 1717 dress with shirted bodice and three fashion variants in one and No 1685 kimono sleeve frock with bolero and apron-skirt. Sizes range 14 to 48 with fabric yardage listed. patterns priced 15 cents each and order details provided.
The set covers Seward’s Folly Alaska, sunrise in the Pacific near the western horizon, lucre meaning money, the Department of State created July 27 1789, generation as a life period, Texas congressman Lindley Beckworth aged 25, 64.2 billion dollars annual income in 1938, oysters with mother of pearl inner shell yield pearls, Russia’s Brest-Litovsk peace March 1918, and a legal debt cap at 45 billion dollars.
The first item concerns the purchase of Alaska. The second item notes that parts of the Isthmus of Panama curve so that the western end of a canal there would touch the Atlantic.
Vitamin B is called the nerve vitamin for its role in preventing nervous disorders. It boosts appetite and aids digestion. Fruits and vegetables are rich sources, along with yeast milk and whole grain cereals.
A magistrate questions a prisoner in a humorous exchange about the arrest. When asked what he was doing, the man replies he was waiting. The magistrate probes who owed the money and what he did for a living, but the man repeats he was waiting.
The National Safety Council reports that from ages three to 21 accidents kill more people than any disease. For ages three to 40, accidents kill more males than any disease, though heart disease outpaces accidents in all male ages. Among females, six diseases outrank accidents as fatal causes.
The text discusses how power to do as one pleases damages character, wonders if a sheep-herder could become a philosopher, and notes love is not governed by reason. It contrasts those who pursue desires with joy spreaders who cause chaos if routine is disrupted.
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