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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1929
Page
3
An advertisement extols Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy soothing babies with minor pains. It claims quick relief from colic constipation and diarrhea for children of all ages and notes twenty five million bottles sold last year.
A civic note from Pittsburgh says water consumption spikes to three times the daily average on Saturdays. The item, quoted from the Kansas City Star, highlights the old-fashioned town’s weekend water use pattern.
The article notes only two chores remain beyond electrical aid making beds and dressing children. It reflects household tech progress and a Woman's Home Companion perspective on domestic labor.
A German physicist reports an invisible electric death ray using ultra-short waves under three metres in length. The device, small enough for a cigar box, kills germs insects and small animals within its field without harming human tissue. Flies mice and rats die within seconds to minutes under the beam.
Advice promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a trusted laundry additive to keep linens bright. Public notice styled claim highlights reliable results and availability at grocers.
A New Yorker unable to recall dreams for psychoanalysis uses a dictaphone by his bed to capture subconscious wanderings each morning and transcribes them for the analyst before destroying the wax cylinders.
Special limited offer markets a 40 acre oil lease on state land in SB New Mexico for $50. It notes 20 major oil companies have spent millions locally and that January gushers boosted nearby lease prices. Ford & Co of Roswell promotes the deal and urges purchase today.
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