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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
3
The piece reflects on mortality and enduring questions of an afterlife. It references Hamlet’s soliloquy and Job asking if the dead live again, noting views from philosophers like Fiske Cicero and Egyptian burial practices to argue about eternal happiness and the afterlife.
Washington. Mapmakers have operated for 140 years under government supervision yet the task remains unfinished. Commander J H Hawley explains a basic control project to divide the U S into 100 mile squares of latitude and longitude with elevations at established points to guide topographical mapping. Offshore surveys reveal slow progress and corrections to old charts.
A joint resolution proposes granting the honorary title of poet laureate to California representative John Steven McGroarty. Monaghan of Montana introduced the measure in the House. McGroarty is noted for The Lady Eleanor, dedicated to Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
A four year mystery ends as a Koran manuscript from the Middle Ages is found in a Cairo antiquity dealer’s shop. The piece, part of a 25 volume collection, was valued for its Moorish calligraphy, gazelle parchment, gold binding, and silver embossed boards, and had been sold for £50.
After 14 years of work, J Willard Hershey of McPherson college reported synthetic air that sustains life more effectively than ordinary air. The finding, shared at the American Chemical Society meeting in Kansas City, could aid pneumonia treatment in medicine.
The piece argues personality survives death, discrediting science philosophy and experience as sources. It asserts the eternal self remains intact while the body is a temporary instrument, claiming love and moral force endure beyond mortal demise. The closing lines quote a poetic hope from the Waatern Newspaper Union.
A nostalgic sketch follows Patsy, Doremus, and Filmore three street urchins who loved theater. Patsy becomes Herbert Mink, a successful vaudeville figure with Madeline, touring venues, and a shipyard past. Doremus runs a steam laundry and Filmore faces a Texas stock fraud indictment. The tale closes with a moral that uplift came before the movies.
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