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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1909

Page

7

Dorothy and the Land of Oz adventure summary

A cyclone lifts Dorothy’s house to the magical Land of Oz. She meets the Scarecrow the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion and joins them on a quest to seek the Wizard of Oz to return Dorothy home. They confront the Wicked Witch of the East and face beasts wolves and magical challenges along the way.

Dorothy Kansas Jom Henry Wicked Witch of East Emerald City Wizard of Oz Jeas Scarecrow Tin Woodman Land of Oz Great and Terrible

Dorothy Melts Witch Ends Captivity in Oz Castle

Dorothy and Toto face the Wicked Witch of the West in her Oz castle. Winged Monkeys free the Lion and erase the captives, while Dorothy’s silver shoes and water magic bring the Witch to a melted end. The jailbreak ends with Dorothy free to return.

Dorothy

Shovel Cooked Meat Triggers Mother’s Alarm

A mother frets over reports that Ned and Stephen ate lunch with Italian laborers on car tracks. The boys deny eating meat cooked in a shovel, claiming only gravy was prepared in a shovel and that the shovel was wiped clean with a hat beforehand.

Ned Stephen

Recipe That Breaks a Cold in a Day and Cures Any Cough

A sensational home remedy article promises a cold cure in a day using a mix of pine compound glycerine and whiskey with frequent doses. The text then shifts to a gossip anecdote about Mrs. Bluffer cashing a $50 check at a resort and ends with a Berlin Bourse joke about a wager based on rumors of a man named Meyer failing.

Mrs. Bluffer Cynosure Berlin Meyer Pierce Golden Medical Discovery

Deafness Not Curable by Local Applications

An ancient ad copy discusses deafness caused by Eustachian tube inflammation. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money back claim and includes other medical and humorous notes from the period, referencing remedies for colds and sore throats and a jibe about crude oil in milk.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo

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