31 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
1
A Polk Tribune piece discusses the elusive Polk spirit guiding town growth. It urges residents to unite for sidewalks, sanitary measures, and moral public spirit to attract families and strengthen community institutions.
Kansas State Agricultural College psychology class staged a holdup to test eyewitness reliability. Three students role played suspects while notes tracked appearance and actions. Accounts varied widely on Jones Smith and White, highlighting unreliability of memory under stress. Manhattan Kansas Star Kansas City Star report.
Farmers urged to visit Lenney's store for the Grand Majestic Rune range display by Omaha Cold Storage and Creamery Station. Victor Anderson & Co offer a souvenir ware set worth 8 dollars with every Majestic Range purchased, during the demonstration week at the first door south of Lenney's.
The article discusses globular lightning, noting Professor Elffu and Professor Thomson doubting its reality until observing a ball near him. Eyewitness accounts describe balls about one foot to a tuft in diameter that rarely explode, sometimes entering buildings or passing through doors or windows.
A broker found a torn New York Tribune clipping from November 20 1800 pasted to a ticker board. It listed stock quotes for Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Burlington and Quincy Consolidated Vtals Missouri Pacific Union Pacific and Southern Pacific with varying percentages.
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