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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
4
The text advertises alfalfa meal and oil meal from F.J. Hahn at the water works, a full line of plumbing goods and pumps, Fords, the White Favorite cream separator, and Star Brand Shoes. It lists auctioneers J.M. Bay and J.S. Curren, with Polk Bank contact points and Dr. L. P. Ensign in Axborville Nebraska. The message invites purchases and business services.
The Polk Progress notes its status as second class matter for mailing at Polk Nebraska with the standard act of Congress citation dated March 3 1879 and related postal filing.
Advertisers pay per line for locals and per inch for display ads. Resolutions obituaries poetry wedding presents half rate. Card of thanks and church notices reduced. Notices of entertainments with money consideration decline per insertion. Copy must be decided by Tuesday noon for in store publication. Ads run until canceled.
A reflective editorial urges readers to replace chronic grumbling with gratitude. It extols the beauty of the world, celebrates this age as hopeful, and argues gratitude should shape daily speech and conduct to spread happiness.
A Hawke style quotation praising collective effort. The speaker emphasizes the father working with his children, the unity of people worldwide, and daily prayers for the Father’s will on earth as in heaven. All for each and each for all.
The article extols Nebraska corn yields nearly 200 million bushels with current prices valuing the crop highly, noting the state’s rich soil and other products. It ponders farmers owning automobiles as a sign of prosperity and contrasts with Colorado’s mining output as a benchmark.
Several scholars have entered school the past week. Parents urged to dress children warmly during the cold spell. The High School has purchased a fine chapel organ. A basket supper and entertainment will be held at the High School building on Saturday November 27. Every girl bring a basket and every boy bring your pocketbook.
The county fair shifts from showcasing beasts and produce to celebrating science driven farming. The article notes steam and electricity replacing day labor, better sanitation reducing bovine tuberculosis risk, mechanized butter production, and horses freed from thrashing. The telephone links rural residents to the wider world and doctors reach homes by motor car.
The author argues that useful work outside crime should be paid, but some roles should not be commercialized. Citing William Sunday, who allegedly amassed about 115000 in six years, the piece questions whether a preacher’s service warrants vast wealth. It recalls the Master’s teaching to seek no money, and notes local pastors’ need for modest living and occasional vacations. The piece calls for examination of value versus wealth in religious work.
Sixty years ago a world of distant continents faced famine and death while oceans separated regions. Now progress from families and industries, including gutta percha and copper, tied nations through wires beneath the seas, lifting hardship as children worked with their father to transform the world.
The tale claims El Roghi was imprisoned in a narrow cage to provoke European protests, but new reports allege the prisoner was an impostor, with the real claimant in collusion with the sultan and paying for immunity. The piece also notes rising prices for beef eggs and butter, while oysters offer cheap abundance.
Demand to move ore before season end causes quick response by carriers. A coal shortage at Lake Superior docks slows shipments and forces steppers to rush to the lake. Tonnage is stretched to keep pace with urgent demand, swamping the docks and hindering movement.
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