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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
8
In Washington D C Mrs Elizabeth Reuther at 1002 11th St NW endorses Peruna as a splendid medicine for catarrh and stomach trouble. She says months of use restored her health and she feels splendid. She also uses it to treat colds and says it quickly clears catarrhal tendencies.
A Fifth Avenue bus top scene ends with a khaki clad man saved by a sharp seated woman who orders him to sit. A boy returns home whistling a soldier song while a classmate’s father runs a candy factory.
An anxious woman phoned the city clerk’s office asking about the “price of marriage” and if it rose during the war. She was relieved to learn license fees stayed the same and that ministers and justices of the peace largely relied on the groom’s generosity for ceremonies.
An advertisement warns of kidney trouble and urges early action with Dodd's Kidney Pills. It claims the product relieves backache, eye spots, dizziness, and joint pain, offers a money back guarantee, and cautions against substitutes. The ad emphasizes the three Ds in the name and urges readers to act today at their drugstore.
In a public scene in Cincinnati a machinist trapped in a concrete mixer was freed after an hour by firemen. An ambulance arrived and a surgeon, amid police, performed an arm amputation to halt life threatening blood loss. the man remained conscious as the operation lasted only minutes.
A fragmented line reads as a cryptic note about knowledge and certainty, mentioning a judge figure and a bere-themed phrase. The text lacks clear events, names, places, or datetime data to form a solid news item.
Fifteen southern and eastern Nebraska counties have submitted new reappraisements effective January 1 1918. Old values totalled 227 211 95. new appraisements reach 615 636 65, a 388 424 70 rise, with annual land income up to 36 938 20 from 13 632 72. County commissioners praise progress and fair valuation of state lands. Part of pay for soldiers dependents outlined by War Department telegram to Governor Neville and exemption boards.
Northwestern Nebraska yields large potato crops with most tubers from upland non irrigated farms. Box Butte’s Lloyd C. Thomas sent a sample of 38 potatoes weighing 60 pounds. State library funds total about $9,500 raised to aid reading material for soldiers, with projections to reach $12,000 statewide.
Sixty gift bags will be prepared and sent from the Nebraska state capitol to American soldiers in France for distribution at Christmas. The food commission and state engineer's office handle ten to twelve bags each. other departments also contribute. Nebraska live stock values show horses at 75 dollars each on average, mules at 89, cattle at 40, with 892,811 horses statewide valued at 66,920,008 and 110,971 mules valued at 39,858,201.
Six German insurance firms licensed to operate in Nebraska until May may not continue unless they secure a federal license. Under the Trading with the Enemy Act they must file by November 8. The firms include Frankfort General, Prussian National of Stetten, Hamburg Wamburg Bremen, Aachen Munich, Mannheim of Mannheim, and Deutsche of Hamburg in fire coverage.
The University of Nebraska mourns Chancellor Emeritus Dr. E. B. Andrews who died at his Interlochen Florida home at 73. He led the university from 1900 to 1908 and remained active in public and international affairs, including the 1892 Brussels monetary conference and various scholarly societies. He is remembered for world travels after retirement and for lifelong education work.
Wallace Irwin notes how the quartermaster general seeks 58 hotels to loan 3840 chefs to teach army field kitchen methods. He recalls M. Panchard’s work at the McAlpin, the rolling kitchens, and the 1916 Manual for Army Cooks shaping meals for soldiers with efficient, nutritious menus.
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