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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
2
Pattern 6475 offers two piece Dutch dolls with a head band and clothes. Directions and materials are included. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 249 W 4th St New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin promising relief from constipation and stomach discomfort. It urges readers to buy the laxative at druggists, noting Pepsin helps digest undigested protein and senna moves the bowels.
In a tense palace scene Rundhia plots to kill the Maharajah with poison while Lynn contemplates marriage, and Captain Norwood confronts him demanding the truth. Norwood then confronts the Maharajah with a dangerous tonic and a sharp accusation as the scheme nears exposure.
Scientists warn that algae in reservoirs can taint tap water with odors and flavors described as moldy, grassy, or like dead fish. Public water systems use filtration and chemical analysis to identify offenders such as Synura Avella Anabaena and Asterionella and remove them to keep water safe and palatable.
A Collier's roundup notes striking salary gaps with a yacht captain earning more than the Queen Mary master, a Harlem dance hall manager outranking Pennsylvania's governor, and a regional union president earning more than FDR. It also claims most antiques are fakes, Europeans outnumber Americans in Detroit plant labor, First National Bank holds more stock than deposits, and funeral volleys once aimed to scare away spirits.
A reader quiz lists eight questions with concise answers. It covers flag symbolism animal size ratios water flow at Niagara Falls tide frequency and terminology distinctions including permanent versus perpetual and the heuristic method.
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