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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1929

Page

3

Record Gain in Butter Profits

The biggest creamer ies in the country earn record profits by keeping butter that appeals to the public color. Ninety per cent use Dandelion Butter Color. It colors a gallon of cream with half a teaspoonful, does not color buttermilk, is vegetable and tasteless, and approved by food laws. Large bottles 85 cents. Wells and Richardson Co. offers a free sample bottle.

Not Born a Turkey, I’m Thankful This Thanksgiving

A humorous verse expresses gratitude for country and faith, praise for flowers and health, and a playful note that the speaker is glad not to have been born a turkey.

Turkey

Nature's Blessings and Thanksgiving Reflections

The Southern Cultivator and Farming urges daily thanksgiving for the blessings of nature and life. It notes abundance in fields streams flowers sun and gardens and praise for the coal minerals and other gifts placed here for human use. It laments human wanderings yet emphasizes gratitude for life and love.

Earth

Grandmother’s cap cited in ozle fun by Lydia Child

A Kansas Farmer piece highlights a playful line about grandmother and the river journey for a celebratory meal. It notes the grandmother’s cap and a splash of Thanksgiving mood with pudding and pumpkin pie as smiles and cheer rise.

Lydia M. Child The Kansas Farmer

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The quote reflects on gratitude and humility toward civilization and religious influences shaping American life, noting the debt to fellow humans and the privileged position of America within global history. It contrasts personal credit with collective development and highlights the influence of tribe, training, and culture on earning a living and thriving.

Sumatra America Ohio

Proving Thankfulness and Duty to Fellow Men Quote

Roosevelt urges gratitude for blessings and pressure to give back through deeds. The message links prosperity with intellectual and spiritual uplift and calls on individuals to fulfill duties to others as true homage.

Theodore Roosevelt

Giblet Gravy Survivor of Pilgrim's Festival

The article recalls the first Thanksgiving and notes giblet gravy as the enduring feature of later meals. It describes the original feast with deer and wild turkeys, scarce sugar, corn bread, trenchers as plates, limited cups, and shared tankards. Giblet gravy becomes a staple in New England kitchens since colonial times.

New England Jacob Thompson Interior James Buchanan

Peace and Plenty in a Thanksgiving Verse

A reflective poem describes winter plans and renewal as agriculture yields abundance. It notes patience and harmony of nature, with sorghum shocks and grain stores signaling a season of rest and gratitude. The piece closes honoring Thanksgiving and writers Kalfus Kurtz Gusling.

Kalfus Kurtz

Great Turkey Parade In Cuero Texas

The Cuero Texas parade draws 10 000 to 20 000 turkeys through main streets to brass band music. Turkeys proceed to packing plants for shipment to northern markets in dignified cadence after the parade.

Cuero Texas

Nation at peace and prosperous during joyful season

Citizens express gratitude for peace, prosperity, and charitable spirit. Despite disasters the nation remains hopeful, praising foundational institutions and national ideals that sustain happiness and unity in America.

United States America

Christmas gifts of brass art pieces praised for taste

A writer promotes brass and bronze gifts for discerning men, highlighting a Diana motif magazine and newspaper holder as a masterpiece. Other featured items include lamps, the sea gull motif, doorsteps, smoking sets, and candlesticks in brass or bronze as intriguing holiday furnishings.

Nonbreakable Toys Parade in Yuletide Cheer

A playful note describes nonbreakable toys in festive dress, headed to a lucky child for Christmas. The piece mentions ducks in bib and tucker and, if not ducks, stuffed giraffes and elephants as enticing playthings for youngsters.

Bib Tucker

Multi Drape Necklaces Highlight New Rope Style

Jewelry collections emphasize multi-drape necklaces with dainty festooned strands in white pastels or vivid hues. The leftmost piece features a twisted rope design, currently in vogue and popular for holiday gifting.

Quilted Bath Mats In Soft Pastel Applique Flourish

Colorful ready to applique quilted bath mats with cushion tops charm the dainty bathroom, featuring machine quilted padding in white and pale greens lavenders pinks or blues. Percale florals are basted on for a handmade look perfect as a Christmas gift.

Woman Tells How Nujol Helped Her Sleep and Life

Milwaukee woman Norma Russel Jones recalls severe sleeplessness at seventeen and credit to Nujol for clearing toxins, improving skin, and transforming life. Her friend Freda later became maid of honor at her wedding. The ad claims Nujol is a harmless bodily lubricant option for regularity and vitality.

Norma Russel Jones Cramer Street Milwaukee Wisconsin Mrs. Jones Freda Nujol Najol

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