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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
7
In a Nevada canyon town Meleen the dying mining magnate dictates a will leaving his vast fortune to a nephew he has never met. Lawyer Carboy probes family history, marriage, and possible prior heirs as the case unfolds.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt argues life’s main purpose is character growth and soul development. It stresses mastery through right thinking, renunciation of trifling habits, and realization of a divine birthright as beings born to stand erect and free with truth.
A maxim urges restraint and preparation in action. It warns that excess effort without plan leads to the need for repetition and backtracking. The saying emphasizes prudence in ambitions and execution.
Across Nebraska brief notes report Odd Fellows at Ord plan a $15000 building. Beatrice gains saloons for the first time in two years. Lexington Methodist church cornerstone laid. Fairbury to vote on water works bonds. Beet field movement begins May 10. Many families will leave Lincoln area. Farmers Elevator Palmyra incorporated. Valentine to build water system and electric plant. Golden wedding for W D and Mrs Jones of Plattsmouth. Mrs George W Clark of Humboldt hedges suicide in Los Angeles. Clarence Habig dies hunting in Alaska. Fremont liquor law violations likely lead to prosecutions. Juniata saloon license remonstrance filed. Metcalfe to address Tecumseh graduates. Measles epidemic near Harve. Plattsmouth argues over druggist permit. Benedict farmer dies in accident. St Mary resident Linn Linford injured by vehicle. George Poell resigns as Hall County clerk. Pearl Newman dies in Wheeler County. Leon Cook killed by feed grinder. Gage County appoints Mrs Alice Hensley deeds registrar. Begnar Aabel’s sentence reduced. Holdredge militia mobilizes for Fort Riley. Antino Montato arrested for Chicago murder. Dr A R Robertson dies of pneumonia.
King Edward VII dies at 11:45 p.m. after a brief illness. Prince of Wales becomes George V and immediately assumes the throne without ceremony. The royal bulletin notes pneumonia as the likely cause, with Queen Alexandra and other royals at his bedside. Dr Ott comments on the king’s age and habits affecting bronchial illness.
London reports indicate if Mr Roosevelt visits England it will be low key as Berlin telegrams claim the German emperor will go to England and Roosevelt’s trip to Berlin may be delayed. In Oklahoma a tornado near Coweta kills farmer J M Ashworth and a boy, injuring several others and flattening homes.
President Taft sent a cable to Buckingham Palace expressing profound sympathy to King Edward and his son on the death of King Edward I. The message conveyed the sympathy of the people and the U.S. government, noting shared kinship between the nations.
An advertisement by Dr. W B Calderwell promotes Dr Calderwell's Syrup Pepaim as a gentle effective laxative tonic. It cites Rev J D Lapsey of Avondale Station as a test user and includes a free trial bottle offer for readers with constipation indigestion and dyspepsia. It lists costs 50 cents or 1 and provides contact in Monticello DL.
One dialogue fragment shows Ella and Stella exchanging sharp lines about fortune and poverty. Mrs Rangles complains of being outspoken while Mr Rangles laments being outtalked in a witty exchange from the Smart Set.
An old advertisement offers NR tablets with a 10 day treatment for rheumatism constipation headaches stomach and kidney and blood diseases. It promises a guaranteed cure and asks readers to mail cutout to A H Lewis Medicine Co Louisa Missouri for free trial and delivery through doctors and druggists.
A humorous exchange pits a stranger editor against a prominent clergyman as the editor reveals his identity. The piece mocks church management and a rooster’s continual crowing tied to Rostand’s play Chantecler.
A Midlang railway official touring from Glenwood Springs boasted about Colorado’s irrigated land. He claimed it makes girls’ feet grow. A Denver Post reader quipped that some Colorado men may have been walking on their heads.
A man on a street tour misreads a car sign as the Twenty second Regiment armory passes Broadway and Sixty eighth street. The guide shouts Defendum dividing the word and sparks a remark that the building is a deaf and dumb asylum.
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