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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
3
A fragment discussing a new novel and the United States funding a Brussels bureau against the African slave trade. It notes a reader’s reluctance to read and ads for Allen’s Lung Balsam, with price points and a closing musing on impossibility.
Minneapolis readers urged to publish a letter praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles. The testimonial, from Mrs Join G McLdan, claims full recovery after three months, and invites others to write for confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Sloan's Liniment is recommended for sore throat and chest pain with rapid relief.
The Continuous Transit Company proposes a continuous moving platform subway from Fourteenth to Forty second Streets under Broadway New York with seats and speeds up to 12 miles an hour. Henry B Seaman chief engineer says the belt system could handle 73500 passengers an hour and avoid rush hour limits. Cornelius Van derbilt and Stuyvesant Fish are linked to the project which aims to reduce congestion versus existing subways and streetcars.
The Moraine Hotel in Highland Park houses Clarence Wooley's brindle bull dog at 22 dollars weekly for meals and 18 dollars for a maid. The pampered pup enjoys private grooming, a brass bed, Navajo blanket, and perfumed baths while a bellboy escorts it nightly, a contrast to ordinary voters.
Billy the goat, ownerless and disruptive, was captured by Pittsburg police after a wild chase through School and Robinson streets. Officers Guering and Clancy pursued the animal, used force to detain it, and secured the goat in a patrol box amid renewed protests. No owner claimed the stubborn animal, and residents nearby endure the ongoing nuisance.
A Wall Street observer recalls his shift from a 15 cent daily lunch at a self service spot to today’s fuller meals. He notes the old thrifty appetite has vanished, admitting the familiar penny lunch tastes no longer satisfy him.
G R Haswell of Pickaway County Ohio designed a knock down portable poultry house praised for shelter in all seasons. Two sizes 7 by 8 feet and 9 by 12 feet cost about 25 dollars in timber plus paint and nails. Assembly takes about 15 minutes with numbered pieces and bolt construction for easy disassembly and storage.
Agricultural advice notes beans are a profitable crop when soil is loam and well managed. Use a four year rotation with clover and corn, plant mid May to early July, drill 28 inches apart, and emphasize moisture conservation and careful cultivation. Fertilizing requires manure applied a year ahead for best yields.
The article describes how zoos in London and Berlin use artificial light to stimulate appetite. Birds at London Zoo are fed earlier to breakfast by electric lighting, while quails are fattened in illuminated underground cells. Berlin bears are kept in bright dens with ample food to fatten before hibernation.
A packing case can become a smoke house with a 30 inch deep ground fire pot and a trench leading to a lower opening. The case sits slightly buried and earth banked around it, with an iron covered fire net and a hanging beam for meat. Meat is brined two weeks then soaked 24 hours before smoking.
Professor M. Castre of the Sorbonne introduces a milk sterilization method using slow pouring into a tunnel exposed to ultraviolet light from a mercury lamp. The process reportedly leaves milk tasting and chemically unchanged.
The passage extols Quaker Oats as a superior source of strength and vitality. It claims scientific tests and family experiments prove its unmatched nutrition, noting muscle and brain benefit with easy digestion, low cost, and purity. It mentions regular and large family package sizes.
Dialogue fragment shows Sambo accusing Dinah of withholding truth while asserting honesty. The exchange hints at tension and a test of credibility between the two characters.
A nurse credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid health improvement after backache kidney pain and bloating. Mrs. Minnie Turner of Beebarklo Okla says five boxes sufficed and urges others to use Dean's Kidney Pills sold 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Also notes TB prevention progress with one new TB treatment or prevention institution established daily and fifteen new hospital beds yearly.
A parliament dispute yields a witty exchange about congressional speeches. A statesman notes that in congress a speaker is fortunate if anyone hears the remarks, implying low audience engagement.
Advertisements promote Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for wearing tight shoes and new boots, priced five cents with free trial by mail from LeRoy New York. Also promotes Br Pierce's Pleasant Pellets laxative and questions the value of school attendance versus home work.
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