Prisoner Seeks Return Home After Release on Train
A traveler says he just got out of prison this morning and faces tough times with old friends while another rider relates returning from the state legislature and offers sympathy on the journey home.
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
7
Dimmed It Jokes Over Jones Marriage
Comic exchange hints at troubled marriage as wife’s social life contrasts with Jones’s expectations. Source text reveals tension between personal happiness and social interference.
Mabelle Gee Questions Meaning of Laconic
Mabelle Gee asks what laconic means after a remark from Mabel. The speaker replies by saying they slapped him hard to be on the safe side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Mabelle
Tulip Time Festival in Holland Michigan Returns
The Holland festival showcases wooden shoe parades, tulip plantings, klompen dances, and Dutch customs. It marks 100 years since Dutch settlers arrived in western Michigan with plans for a four day centennial celebration and essay contests offering trips to the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Willard C. Wickers
Michigan
Netherlands Museum
Netherlands
Wickers
Holland Centennial Commission
Mich
Lida Rogers
New
End Umpire Baiting Say Chiefs Of Baseball
Ford Frick and Will Harridge urge strong penalties to curb umpire baiting amid profane abuse by managers and players. The piece extols umpires’ honesty and skill, cites Billy Southworth and Eddie Dyer as nonconfrontational, notes the Cardinals’ past aggressiveness on the field, and praises pitchers like Walter Johnson for respecting calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
Wilbur Wood
Billingsgate
Billy Southworth
Cardinals
Braves
Eddie Dyer
Southworth
Dyer
Walter Johnson
Billy Evans
Johnson
Ted Willams
Ted
Cy Young
Mathewson
Alexander
Country Slaughter
Visit a Vet theme marks National Hospital Day observance
National Hospital Day on May 12 will honor veterans who bear scars from service. Hospitals in the United States and abroad will host programs tours displays and exhibits under the Visit a Vet theme. The event recalls Florence Nightingale’s 1921 founding and notes rising hospital admissions and ongoing funds shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hayes
American Hospital Association
United States
Canada
Veterans
Florence Nightingale
Hayes
Veterans’ Hospitals
Hines, I
Household Tips and Home Care Reminders
Pushing a child in a carriage should not replace a real nap. Turn saucepan handles away from children. Allow space between shirts when ironed. Store felt hats dry and well aired. Dampness causes mildew. Glass curtain rules: curtains should reach the sill or floor, accounting for shrinkage for a well dressed window.
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