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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1940

Page

8

Famous Artist Hubert J Ma Mathieu Behind Our Democracy Cartoons

Hubert J Mathieu known for Our Democracy cartoons also writes for the Saturday Evening Post Colliers Ladies Home Journal and Cosmopolitan. He owns 150 acres in Bucks County PA works from a New York studio and farm and lives with his wife and four children. His uncle Oscar Mathieu is a senior agronomist at the U S Department of Agriculture.

Hubert J. Ma Hubert J Mathieu Our Democracy Saturday Evening Post Colliers Ladies Home Journal McCalls Cosmopolitan Mr. Mathieu Brookings S. D Hubert B. Mathieu South Dakota State College South Dakota, State College Bucks County Chieu Mathieu New York Oscar Mathieu U. S. Department of Agriculture Washington

Lemon Versatility as Household Aid and Flavor Enhancer

An article extols lemons as a versatile home aid for cooking and health, noting lemon juice boosts flavor and freshness. It highlights serving lemon with tea, using lemon in salads and fruit dishes, and beauty and hair benefits, with practical tips like lemon slices with tea and lemon juice reviving lettuce.

Milady

Nursery School for Deer in Pisgah Forest North Carolina

A deer nursery operates in Pisgah National Forest near Asheville from June to October. newborn fawns are raised by hand with charts tracking weight temperature and health then released back to the wild. About 5 000 deer on the preserve are moved via 160 roadside traps to relocate adults.

North Carolina Pisgah National Forest Asheville Forest Service Pisgah

Harvard physicist tests value of Stradivari tone against modern violins

Dr Frederick A Saunders of Harvard spent eight years researching in his physics lab and tested a Philadelphia violin, a German-made instrument, and a Stradivari 200 years old before 170 listeners at the Franklin Institute Philadelphia. Only 47 among the audience identified the Stradivari, leading Saunders to conclude old and modern violins sound similar to listeners while sounding harder to produce for players at performance edge.

Stradivari Harvard University Frederick A. Saunders Antonio Stradivari Franklin Institute of Philadelphia Philadelphia Germany Saunders

Powerful Antiseptic Chlorine Reduces Utensil Germs

A bacteriologic survey finds that a small chlorine concentration of 100 parts per million on water can lessen bacteria on utensils in homes and restaurants. Although many microbes remain after cleaning, they do little harm. Medical experts note chlorine in these concentrations harms epidemics of food infection less than it helps.

More Careful Nomenclature Shifts Among Radio Hams

The radio amateur community has moved away from terms like OM and OW toward XYL for wives and YL for young ladies. The joke notes that older wives are now called ex you ng ladies, reflecting changing language norms on air.

Xyl

Mysteries Solved In Parkland X-Ray Department

Dallas residents benefit from the Parkland Hospital X-ray department where 14,300 people yearly seek help. Doctors locate bullets and blades, diagnose cancers, fractures, and indigestion cases, as in two men with green persimmon related stomach lumps. One patient’s bullet was recovered after he spat it up overnight.

Parkland Hospital Dallas Texas

Hot Dog Stand Owner Writes Up Business Creed

Bushy Barnes reads in the paper that the U S Chamber of Commerce promotes a creed for businesses. He drafts his own motto to live by at his hot dog stand emphasizing clean premises, prompt service, fair pricing, listening more than talking, and earning customer trust through steady, honest practice.

Bushy Barnes U. S. Chamber of Commerce Busted

Raw Food Craze and Cooking For Better Nutrition

The article argues against exclusive raw food diets noting that many foods digest better when cooked. It emphasizes vegetables gain appetizing taste and starch becomes more accessible after heating. It also warns against overreliance on either extreme and supports a balanced diet with concentrated foods and roughage.

Curious water sample cargo sails to America

A line of large crates filled with bottles of discolored water was shipped by an American collector who gathered samples from major world ports and inland waters over years. Though value is doubtful, the owner bragged of his unusual collection and it carried heavy insurance.

Aoner America

Ice buildup on airplanes trimmed by rubber edge bags

Airplanes passing through clouds gather ice often reaching heavy weights. Protective devices show best results with rubber bags along wing and fin leading edges that inflate and collapse to break ice sheets. Propellers stay ice free using antifreeze sprayed from the axle.

Proper Way to Display Flag Shown by Officials

Questions and authoritative answers on U S flag display cover when a flag is not a flag in color units how to position the flag in a procession raising above other flags half staff rules and at half mast Memorial Day method draping restrictions flag on vehicles and correct salutes for schoolchildren and civilians with one other flag placement guidance

United States U. S Supreme Court

Live Stock Prices at South Omaha November 19 1940

Cattle receipts at Omaha Monday reached 13 500 head with bids weak to 10 15 cents lower for steers and stock. Cornfed steers ranged from 7 50 to 14 25 with best at 13 50. Hog receipts also 13 500 head and prices held steady though range was narrow, with most hogs around 5 80 to 5 85 and sows largely at 5 65 to 5 70.

Union Stock Yards Omaha

A Suit of Clothes

The professor’s family frets over a costly, fraudulent suit club scheme. Pat warns of danger while a shady salesman targets the professor, who discovers the fraud with help from Mr. Samuel Salter, restoring trust and revealing the buyer’s cautious nature.

Pat Porter Samuel Salter Patricia Salter ah—Salter

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