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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1940

Page

7

Heat Remedy For Backache by Dr James Barton

Dr James W Barton advises heat as a soothing treatment for backaches from various causes including injury infection and poor posture. He shares personal experiences with back pain from car injury tonsil and tooth infections and notes heat relaxes nerves and muscles, reducing strain. He also recommends abdominal belts to support the spine and mentions weight changes and aging as contributing factors.

Tooth Disorders and Trifacial Neuralgia Overview

Medical note discusses distribution of the fifth nerve and its link to trifacial neuralgia. It warns that dental extractions can cause long term neuralgias and bone fragments may create painful lesions requiring removal. Includes Q&A on sebum and a five meals plan misinterpretation.

M. Melchior Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology Copenhagen Melchior

Hollywood Stars Quit Better Contracts For Greater Roles

The piece notes that actors like Allan Jones Margaret Lindsay Cary Grant and Jean Arthur left studios to pursue better parts and stronger careers. It highlights executives losing value when stars switch, cites Deanna Durbin and Joe Pasternak shaping stardom, and recalls Beirne Lay Jr s shift from aviation writing to flying memoirs and Paramount optioning I Wanted Wings.

Hollywood Allan Jones Metro Margaret Lindsay Warner Brothers Cary Grant Jean Arthur Paramount Dick Powell Joan Blondell Fred Astaire RKO Paulette Goddard Hal Roach Basil Rathbone Marie Wilson Warners Virginia Madeleine Carroll Walter Wanger Deanna Durbin Joe Pasternak Yale Beirie Lay Jr Bying Air Corps Randolph Field Kelly America

Three Crashes Highlight Wartime Air Action and Stars

Paul Mantz, famed stunt pilot, will likely fly in the air spectacle "I Wanted Wings" featuring three spectacular crashes. Peggy Diggins, Warner’s famed find, stars as the second female lead in "Footsteps in the Dark" with Errol Flynn. The British anticipation builds for Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator."

Paul Mantz Peggy Diggins Warner America Errol Flynn Charlie Chaplin

Attitudes Toward the Gospel Message Lesson Text

A study of Luke 8 4 15 and Luke 8 18 on hearing the Word of God. The parable of the sower explains four soil types and their spiritual outcomes. The wayside ground represents deaf hearts and distraction from worldly noise. The rocky ground shows emotional followers who fade under trials. The thorny ground warns of riches and cares choking growth. The good ground yields fruit through steadfast listening and obedience. Conclude by praying for soft soil and persistent seed sowing.

Jesus Palestine Christ

Apron pattern No 1993-B offers protective and decorative styles

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1993-B provides two apron options a full coverall that protects the dress top and skirt and a risqué tie around version. Materials include gingham linen percale and seersucker with sizes 32 through 44 and yardage details for size 34. Orders to Chicago.

Barbara Bell

Quiz Style Inquiry Set From Ask Me Another

A list of eight general knowledge questions from Ask Me Another including flag terminology, engine invention timing, a Sinensis reference, presidential term start, meaning of sans souci dress, verdigris definition, India paper origin, and Igorot identity.

India

Flag naming and origin quick quiz items

The United States Flag Association notes the official title is Flag of the United States. Diesel of Munich developed a diesel engine in 1898. Tea is the answer to item three. January 20 is the date for item four. Carelessly. Green rust on copper. The origin trace starts in China. A member of a wild Philippine tribe is cited.

United States Flag Association United States Rudolph Diesel Munich Germany China

True Freedom: Pursuing Good Without Impeding Others

A concise moral reflection on freedom by John Stuart Mill stressing that true liberty ensures individuals seek their own good as long as they do not deprive or block others from theirs. The quotation foregrounds noninterference as the core limit on personal liberty.

John Stuart Mills

Conscience Honor and Credit Motto

This is a quotation underscoring the unity of conscience honor and credit as essential for order. It argues that without concord among these elements, social harmony remains illusory and burdensome. The speaker urges alignment of personal integrity with financial and reputational responsibility.

Steele

Self Dominion, Greater and Lesser, Da Vinci Quote

A compact quotation emphasizes personal sovereignty as a boundless inner control. It asserts that true power lies in self mastery rather than external measures.

da Vinci

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