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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
4
A Nebraska case notes blue and worried people suffer from kidney-related symptoms such as backache headaches dizziness and bladder troubles. The ad claims Dean's Kidney Pills provide relief and are thanked by thousands.
A witty exchange questions Binks becoming an efficiency expert and mocks the idea that he can teach others to do what he cannot do himself. The remark implies irony about overpromising expertise.
Green's August Flower touted as a worldwide panacea for constipation indigestion and liver trouble. The ad claims it eases nervous dyspepsia headaches and heart palpitations with a few doses and promotes itself as a gentle laxative available through druggists in civilized countries.
The article notes Americans in Asia Minor, part of Turkey, are well known and influential after a century of presence. It highlights English teaching, American missions, schools, and hospitals as sources of gratitude and Western rescue hopes for Armenians and other subject peoples under oppression.
A dialogue between Gladys and Violet features an old bachelor escorting Gladys to dinner. Violet notes the man was bald and “delightful” to Gladys, while Gladys questions how such a bald-headed companion could be considered charming, joking that he “attract ed all the flies.”
Washington reports highlight a sweeping set of wartime levies aimed at individuals and services. The plan taxes mail, movies, rail tickets, telegraphs, and admissions with rates and exemptions, enforcing monthly returns and payments to fund the war effort.
The notice details taxes on various items including letters, postal cards, theater tickets, club dues over 12 dollars a year, cigars tobacco and cigarettes, express transport, railroad fares, berths and parlor seats, oil transportation by pipelines, telegraph and telephone messages, and life and fire insurance policies.
Judge Shockney recounts a friend who survived a shipwreck and drifted to a tropical isle. While hidden, he overheard a group by a fire arguing over cards, one saying I played the jack and another declaring You're a Har. Shockney's friend then cried out Thank God for civilization, You are Christians.
Longstanding advertisement praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It urges readers to buy from druggists or request a sample by mailing ten cents to Kilmer Co with paper mention. It claims physician use and year of testing.
A Washington inventor uses compressed air to force burning fluids into stump holes to destroy stumps more effectively than dynamite. The process promises faster clearing of stump remains and potential safety benefits.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it treats catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case it cannot cure. It notes testimonials and lists I. J. Chaney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and ends with a light joke about an elevator boy and complexion.
A terrace neighborhood reports multiple burglaries in the past week with one resident proposing to stay up nights to watch for thieves. Nearby households have been affected, prompting security discussions among residents. A child derives humor from pockets in new trousers, while a British patent describes a ship design where the hull sinks and decks part from the hull in a wreck.
A chorus of quips about gossip obsessed women and impatience at a shop. A Milwaukee man promotes corn from seed 1800 years old. An ad urges Red Cross Ball Blue for wash day and Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion. A note about barbers prosecuted for Sunday work.
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