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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1910
Page
3
Mrs. Maud Dunning of Shelby visits sisters Mrs. J. E. Hill and Kahler. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are advertised as safe for women and children, aiding digestion and regulating bowels, sold by all dealers.
Sports lovers will find a shooting event at Hordville on Tuesday November 22 with 25 head of turkeys and 25 head of worse. The event offers a chance to try luck and possibly win prizes.
The next Regular Teachers Exam will be held at the County Park House on Friday November 18 and Saturday November 19 1910. Lillie M Cole County Superintendent.
The following letters remain unclaimed for the post office at Polk Nebraska for the week ending Oct 18 1910. Names include Sam Bll L T Brooking T C Fencer J McCall Frank Quinnett C L Salsbury.
The church holds Sabbath School each Sunday at 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM with a 7:30 PM service. B Y P U prayer meeting is Sunday evening at 6:45 PM and midweek prayer on Wednesday at 8:00 PM. Ladies Missionary meeting occurs the second Thursday of each month at 2:30 PM. Rev. I W Benjamin, Pastor.
The M and M Church announces Sunday schedule with Sabbath school at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. A Wednesday prayer meeting is held weekly evening. Epworth League Devotional services start at 7:00 p.m. Pastor J W Waits.
The Swedish Mission Church lists Sunday school at 10 a m preaching services at 11 a m and 8 p m with a young folks meeting at 8 p m and a Thursday evening prayer meeting led by Pastor Frank Abrahamson.
Free Methodist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer meeting at Wednesday evening 7 30 p m Rev C G H Sawyer is the pastor.
The notice promotes the Round Oak Heating Stove as the best on earth and markets telegraph and wireless service careers. It asserts a 10 hour law effect and a telegrapher shortage, offering beginners 70 to 90 dollars monthly. It directs readers to institutes in Memphis Tennessee Columbia South Carolina St Paul Minnesota Enid Oklahoma Portland Oregon for full details.
The piece argues that want ads become a personal discovery of real value for first time readers and advertisers. It notes that classified ads, once noticed as numerous, gain meaning when a reader experiences their usefulness in completing tasks and connecting with needs.
On Lake Como in northern Italy the fortress Musso rises 500 feet above the water. Gian Giacomo Medici, later known as the Medici, seeks Musso, arranges murder, and ends in control with a bribe and treachery. Villaterelo, aided by a spy, plans to seize Musso for Spain. a night assault fails, and Medici retakes and defends the castle before finally surrendering for money and the title Marquis of Mangnano.
A New York Tribune discussion explains the escape velocity needed to leave Earth permanently, about seven miles per second. It notes natural occurrences of such speeds, discusses atmospheric loss and lunar cooling, and cautions that even if reached, atmospheric friction would burn a small body.
A Polish wedding blends festivity and finance as guests break a sturdy silver plate during the wedding dance to earn the bride a dowry. Payments often reach 50 cents to unlock dancing rights, with totals sometimes 75 to 100 dollars, aiding early housekeeping for the couple. A separate quip about a trained parrot at a party rounds out the brief.
Coal hauling ad invites readers to contact Z. F. Myers. Wedding stationery offered. Polk Sanatorium claims custom suits. Nebraska Mutual Insurance prompts payment of Assessment No 11 via Progress Office. R O Allen collector. Cosmopolitan Magazine announces Robert W. Chambers serial in November issue illustrated by Gibson.
A Philadelphia physician complains that originality is absent in human thinking. He argues that even the insane merely imitate and repeat fixed delusions and perverse patterns, with each class showing its own uniform aberrations.
A Washington Herald snippet notes a domestic dispute about a cook. The speaker claims they have tried diplomacy and today handed the woman her passports, signaling a possible severance in their relationship.
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