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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1936

Page

5

Texas World Fair Opens June 6 in Dallas

The Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas launches June 6 and runs through November 26. The 200-acre grounds feature the $1.2 million Texas Hall of State, the Hall of Heroes, a giant lagoon, and a 4,600-seat exposition auditorium with nightly entertainments. Highlights include the Cavalcade of Texas, Midway rides, Ford exhibit, and pavilions by GE, Westinghouse, AT&T, and Du Pont, with extensive agricultural, industrial, and cultural displays.

Dallas Rangerettes Lone Star State Texas Hall of State Cwic San Jacinto Texas Uncle Sam Electricity and Communications General Electric Westinghouse American Telephone and Telegraph Company du Pont Black Forest London Chicago Ford Motor Company Bill Pack Lucy Ann Snell

Reducing Poultry Feed Costs With Soybean Meal

Poultry experts advise substituting pressure cured soybean meal for part of costly meat scraps and dried milk in rations for chicks and laying flocks. Use 1 lb mineral mix per 5 lbs soybean meal, limit dried milk to 2 to 5 percent, and offset vitamin loss with green grass or alfalfa.

R. B. Crey Poultry Department Ohio State University WNU

Early Care Basis for Future Flock Profits

The article outlines poultry chick management to boost future flock profits. Key points include avoiding overcrowding, providing ample water and feed facilities, maintaining ventilation to prevent overheating, using mash and scratch feed balanced intake by week six, culling slow developers, strict sanitation, and releasing chicks to the ground for sunshine and fresh air when possible.

Litter Choices for Baby Chicks in Small Farms

The article argues Clean Dry Litter Straw is not the best for chicks and alternatives like oat hulls peat moss and ground corncobs may be better. It notes cost drives farmers to use cheap on farm straw despite dampness and coarseness and advises using plenty and changing it often to achieve good results.

Poultry Tips for Geese, Hens, Bantams and Health

Geese and ducks lay eggs year round with proper feeding and a good lighting system in the poultry house. Hens should be housed in winter with straw for scratching. Bantams cost about half as much to keep as regular poultry and eat little more than a pigeon. Maintain health with clean, well ventilated houses and parasite control. change litter frequently to avoid filth.

Utility frock pattern offers simple chic for day wear

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1873-B creates a casual day dress in crepe silk pique linen or cotton with slim lines and a wide front inset for volume. Seamless armholes and one familly sleeves simplify construction, back darts set waist, collarless for easy ironing.sizes 32 to 44. pattern costs fifteen cents. send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.

Barbara Bell Sewing Circle Pattern Dept W. Adams St Chicago Bell Syndicate WNU

Tit-Bits Magazine Quote Reflects Wry Self-Assessment

A fragment from Tit-Bits Magazine presents a humorous exchange where a speaker laments being worse than before yet claims not to be as bad as previously. The line captures a comical take on self-perception and miscommunication.

Thomas Tit-Bits Magazine

Quite Clear Passenger What makes this train so late

A porter explains the delay by noting a train ahead and another behind, causing the queue to back up. The exchange captures a plainspoken moment of railway disruption and frustration.

Pick the Winner

A courtroom exchange questions bystander reactions as two men fight and one man asks why help was not offered to the plaintiff. The back and forth probes who was identified as the plaintiff and who began the conflict. The moment highlights perceptions of responsibility in a street altercation.

Chicago

Eminence Comes From Hard Work Across Professions

The passage argues that success equals persistent toil, noting eminent geologists and scientists as examples. It states labor defines achievement regardless of one’s position, and that dedication is the sole path to high status in any field.

Glasgow

Stir-n Truth Jack-Poor Bill

A playful exchange shows Jack noting Bill cannot stir, as he swallows a teaspoon and lies in bed. Harry asks if he is sick while Jack confirms the bed rest. Washington Post provides the quip style dialogue.

Jack Bill Harry Washington Post

Seagoing May Last Dance With You Reference

A fragment references a last dance line and a West Virginia Mountaineer, hinting at a musical or cultural note with maritime imagery and college team mention. The text is incomplete but suggests a dating or lyrical motif tied to U S 8 and regional identifiers.

U. S West Virginia

New Island Rises From Dardanelles Seabed Upheaval

A fresh island of seaweed covered rocks emerged recently following upheaval of the Dardanelles sea floor. The formation marks a new landmass in the strait region and is being observed by geologists for its stability and composition.

Dardanelles

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