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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
2
An elderly Texas woman from Henrietta narrates long kidney trouble ending after using Deans Kidney Pills. She credits renewed strength and the ability to work like a healthy woman at nearly eighty, praising Foster Milburn Co. and Buffalo, New York producers.
Former New York police chief comments at dinner on graft saying the grafter evades capture. He cites a church collection theft anecdote where a deacon admits buying a horse with pilfered funds, provoking shocked laughter and moral reflection.
Report from Harrisburg showing a new cantol registers visitors in a large guest book with birthplace and current residence. A vivid moment occurs when a girl asks an elderly lady where she was born, and the reply triggers a humorous exchange about the old family home.
The passage notes Dr Bejaminann-Hollweg as claim a distinction as the first German chancellor to wear a beard while referencing Bismarck who shaved on entering diplomacy. It mentions other leaders Caprivi Hohenlohe Burow and Bethmann Hollweg, describing Bethmann Hollweg as gaunt and rugged in tone.
A newly wed mistress and a maid rushed to prepare Sunday luncheon. The maid confesses the lettuce wasn’t washed while the coffee milk failed. The mistress calmly orders the coffee to be continued and the lettuce to be washed, showing composure amid a small domestic mishap.
An Illinois woman writes of her husband who suffered chronic stomach trouble and poor appetite. After trying Grape-Nuts for breakfast, he improved gradually and his daily work became nearly uninterrupted. The family now uses Grape-Nuts regularly and the husband has hardly missed a day from work in two years.
A nostalgic piece praising birds as welcome visitors to farms and homes. It extols their songs and pest control benefits, notes sparrows can aid crops, and urges planting trees and shrubs to encourage nesting. It warns cats threaten birds and urges humane protection to maintain a cheerful outdoor chorus.
The guinea fowl, wild by nature yet adaptable to home farming, thrives with open range and limited confinement. They cost little to raise, offer low egg yields but high meat value, with a gamey, tender flesh and small eggs prized in restaurants. Young birds roam freely after three weeks and help control farm pests.
A detailed fashion description from Paris presents two outfits. One uses black tucked tulle corsage with multicolored embroidery and a black lace yoke with white lace guimpe, paired with a black silk girdle. The second showcases violet cashmere with a corselet tunic, black liberty accents, gold soutache, and a knotting sash.
The article discusses practical economical wraps for women, highlighting black satin as versatile for all gowns and weathers, warm satin Huang in blue tones, broadcloth brown for year round wear, a red riding hood style for girls, and a velveteen wrap that pairs with fur scraps. It notes remnants like brocaded silk or crepe shawls can finish velveteen wraps.
The article warns that a misaligned front seam or sleeve causing armhole gathers misplaces the bodice and creates an unflattering silhouette. It urges checking sleeve position, top center gathers, and arm movement to avoid the noticeable misfit in fashion trends.
Instructions describe making rag rugs from old rags and stockings. Use a 13 cent wooden crochet hook, cut rags into 1.5 inch strips, roll into colorful balls, and crochet round or square designs. Start with 16 single crochet stitches in a ring, then double crochet around, adding stitches every ten rows, and finish with a bordered edge.
Neck pendants and earrings feature many styles with repousse silver dirk tops and jeweled accents. The vogue centers on 36 inch pendants and long slender jet or brilliant earrings now widely worn. New hat shapes turn up flat against the left side of the crown.
Black lace valet features sleeves in one piece with the waist. The front is crossed and adorned with jet embroidery. Tucker and short under sleeves are white lace.
A present fad favors hand made frames of wood in square and oval shapes finished with sandpaper and wood filler to bring out delicate picture tints. The natural wood effect offers better contrast than gold or ornate frames.
Colorado land drawing for land and water rights under the Two Buttes Carey act will occur October 21 at the new townsite of Two Buttes. Price is 34.60 per acre with 5.25 paid at entry. eleven years to complete payments. Adults may file on 40 120 or 160 acres with final proof after 30 days residence. Sandy loam soil, 4100 feet altitude, 150 to 180 day growing season. new townsite sale set for October 26 with rail access support from Lamar via Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe.
A dialogue reveals marital strain over finances as one partner recalls claiming wealth before marriage while the other challenges the honesty of that wealth, highlighting tension over money and trust in a shared life.
A testimonial from W F Steese of Pittsburgh describes severe scalp scaly condition and hair loss following illness. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the scalp cleared and hair thickened, with the writer nearly bald before the cure.
The cattail of the American swamps closely resembles the Egyptian bulrush. It is no longer used for papermaking, but its root yields an astringent medicine, and its dried stems are excellent for mats and chair-bottoms.
One hundred dollars reward offered for catarrh cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonial statement from Warnisa Kinnan & Marvin endorses F J Cheney for 15 years. Internal remedy claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Price 76 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills also advertised.
The passage argues against self centered happiness and vanity in relying on inner thoughts and moral self sufficiency. It insists nature calls for accepting external aid and supplies rather than boastful self reliance as a form of pride.
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence praises Allen's Foot-Ease as a rare good thing for sore or tired feet and urges others to ask druggists for the remedy today.
Conversation reveals the first milliner confirms designing the north pole hat while the second milliner notes the purchase will likely cause a dispute between the purchaser and her husband.
In a bold storefront display, Color and Money eye the scene as Geraldine notes how appearances pay. The ad copy plays on facial beauty as currency, suggesting value tied to looks and wealth.
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