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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
3
Kathleen Norris analyzes a wife’s persistent gloom and its impact on family life. The piece urges wives to project optimism, noting husbands seek reassurance and good news after long days. It includes a cautionary tale of a father staying hopeful during a baby’s hospital scare.
A columnist profiles Bobby Jones and Bob Feller as parallel youth prodigies who started early specialized training in golf and baseball respectively. It contrasts Jones focus with Feller’s fitting muscle development, notes Rowe’s contrasting multi sport path, and praise Feller’s unspoiled character and future potential.
A guide to planning a spring wedding reception menu with simple, appealing dishes. Readily prepared hors d oeuvres, a grapefruit lobster salad, two wedding cakes and a bride’s pie recipe, plus canapes and refreshments.
A collection of baking instructions and dessert ideas including orange rolls, spiced cake, pistachio ice cream, a twelve quarter lemon meringue pie style dessert and a Pike's Peak style dessert. Contains directions for creaming butter with sugar, adding eggs, sifting dry ingredients, folding in fruit and nuts, baking times, and chilling and serving tips.
Foreseeing homemakers are urged to add to their collections with new and unusual recipes sure to please. Next week Eleanor Howe will share tested recipes for meats vegetables and desserts plus a rhubarb conserve.
The article advertises new practical cutouts to trace on wallboard or wood. A 14 inch Scottie on pattern Z9087 and a 25 inch overall boy on Z9089 sell for 15 cents each. Also included are Please Use Walk and Keep Off Grass signs. Ordering details follow.
A pithy aphorism highlights the paradox of human nature. The saying notes that people often overlook their own hidden power while dwelling on faults, inviting contemplation of inner potential and restraint.
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