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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
7
Pattern 8633 offers a front-button frock with a princess skirt and bodice union and a long housecoat. Sizes 6 to 14 years. yardage listed for frock and housecoat lengths. suitable in challs flannel and various fabrics. order details to follow.
A reader reports a tax bureau greeting card prompting further scrutiny by taxpayers. Elmer Twitchell frets the card hints at more than courtesy and seeks legal advice while his wife questions the worry. He even mails a card in reply and awaits upcoming consultations with a tax attorney and accountant.
Health column notes one in twenty adults suffer ulcers and explains that healing requires a soft diet, avoidance of rough foods, emotional stress management, and removal of infection sources like teeth or tonsils. It urges patient education on recurrence risk and careful eating, with emphasis on rest and relaxation to prevent ulcer flare ups.
An article cites Dr. Richard Kovacs advising heat measures for rheumatic and neuralgic pain. It explains twofold heating benefits, local warmth easing nerve endings and reducing muscle spasm, plus massage and passive and active exercises to maintain tissue health and prevent deformity.
A reader asks why stomach pain occurs right after eating. Answer: eating hurriedly or fatigue may cause it. weight loss warrants physician visit. The second Q asks about leukemia cure. A: No known cure exists. blood transfusions offer only temporary help for elevated white blood cells.
Stuffed toys of oil cloth or water proof bath curtain material are something mothers have been dreaming about. The Easter bunny shown here is 11 inches long and white with pink thread stitching and pink eyes.
An amateur musician in Atlantic City completes a remarkable organ built from discarded bottles, vacuum cleaner motors, tubing, and other junk. Air from motors sounds notes through bottle caps water tuning. bells and lids add extra effects, creating a functional yet unconventional instrument.
A reader in Bedford Hills New York is asked to enclose 10 cents for a single book or 40 cents for books 1 2 3 4 plus a set of quilt block patterns and mail to a designated address.
Questions cover Edward Payson Weston’s best daily walk record, existence of original paper etchings, the Beef Haters group, John Smithsonian and American nationality, albino horse breeding on U S ranches, and the Finns origin.
The notes cover a 1867 walk by Weston from Portland to Chicago at age 28. printmaking via direct metal etching. Beef Eaters as yeomen of the guard since 1485. a question about an Englishman never visiting the U S. a claim about scaled white animals. and Finn descent from Mongol roots with later mixing.
A quotation on weakness distinguishes two types bending under pressure and breaking under strain. It contrasts resilience with fragility, implying choice between yielding and endurance. The line reflects a broader theme of inner strength and persistence.
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