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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
3
A vintage health alert urges immediate action for nervousness and back pain signaling kidney trouble. It touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a world trusted remedy from Holland, claiming quick relief or money back, with product availability in drugstores.
European attempts to replace window glass due to unavailability include cellulose films on lattices, paper sheets with albumen and casein, sheet gelatin, and phenol formaldehyde resins. Silica oxide and greensand marls with various oxides offer broader uses, some flexible substitutes emerging. The rest is a miscellany of jokes and quips about paying promises, rain, dogs, and family life.
Paris reports council of four shaping postwar terms for Austria and Hungary while the German delegation travels to St Germain to await verdict on indemnities and borders. Analysts note potential 5 billion crown indemnity and frontier delimitation as the empire’s debts are reallocated among successor states. The German government faces acceptance rejection or plebiscite on terms. United States may become Armenia’s mandate once Turkey peace is concluded.
Acting Secretary of War Crowell announced the sale of twelve army camps including eight national guard sites and four small camps for more than 548000. Government to retain base hospitals and warehouses. forty four bids from thirty five bidders. A single large wrecking firm offered about 540000 but was rejected to allow nearby cities access to utilities.
The British government recognized Finland and its de facto government as independent. The announcement by the secretary for foreign affairs in the house of commons drew cheers from the chamber.
Julius Barnes United States wheat director returned from Chicago announcing negotiations completed to bring 4,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat into the United States for distribution to mills in the near term.
Washington reports daily air mail trips between Cleveland and Chicago will start May 15 with no service on Sundays. The Post Office plans to extend the route to New York once enough machines are obtained.
Numerous United States senators and representatives including the house committee on military affairs are taking early steamers for home to attend the extra session of Congress convening May 19.
A powerful tornado swept southwest Texas through the lower Rio Grande valley killing fifteen people and destroying farm houses and crops.
President Wilson will not attend the May 19 special session opening and will cable his message from Paris. The message will be read immediately after Congress convenes.
In St Louis the International fur exchange offered 100000 mink pelts the largest lot on offer. Morning session prices ranged from 2 dollars for poor grades to 19.75 dollars for choice pelts.
A Rochester North Carolina man recalls 30 years of chronic stomach and bowel trouble easing after using Peruna tonic. The letter credits ongoing use with his recovery and invites others to try the remedy, featuring Dr. Hartman’s World Famous Peruna. The Peruna Company offers a free health book and Almanac upon request.
A father recently mustered out appears in khaki. His eighteen month old son fails to recognize him and cries papa all gone. The scene underscores the child’s clear rejection of the uniform and the father’s light remark about pacifism.
An Ohio report notes Marquis wheat from Western Canada expands spring seeding in several counties. importers plan to buy land in Canada to grow grain, oats, barley and rye. Strong yields and gluten content boost demand, with future adoption by other states and rising Canadian land prices ahead.
A terse exchange unfolds as one speaker refuses a large charitable contribution, stating insufficient wealth, while the other dismisses the excuse as weak. The dialogue hints at a clash over funding and social expectations within a broader cause.
A woman firmly rejects an impassioned advance from Mr. Smith saying she cannot marry him. He asks if his hopes are broken and longs to be known as her husband. She yields after emotional plea in a scene likened to iron being both broken and welded.
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