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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
3
East Frisia boasts the world’s smallest railway with five miles length and two and a half feet in breadth. The tiny line runs with a staff of four and a weekly wage bill of $23. It uses two engines, three carriages, four trucks and two vans, with an engine and tender weighing seven tons. Tickets average seven cents.
Ice goblets originated in Holland and are now used in the United States at several large eastern city soda fountains. The novelty is favored in hot weather and provides a chilled drinking vessel.
Dorothy from Kansas travels to the Land of Oz after her house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East. She frees the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion and they seek the Wizard of Oz to help them, to restore Dorothy home and grant their desires.
In the tale a Stork retrieves the Scarecrow from the water while Dorothy, the Lion, and the Tin Woodman press on toward the Emerald City. They pass a field of bright flowers and deadly poppies as Dorothy, overcome by the scent, falls asleep. the companions lift Toto and form a chair to carry her, leaving the sleeping Lion to his fate.
In a Oz tale excerpt, the Tin Woodman kills a wildcat that chased a field mice queen. The grateful queen and her mice vow to serve him, Toto plays with the group, and the Woodman notes his lack of a heart yet kindness to the tiny creature. The scene ends with Toto chasing mice and the Woodman keeping peace.
A sketch cites Havelock Ellis on Spanish hospitality and charity with a Aragonese anecdote of a starving laborer returning money and goods to a wagoner. It notes British naval supremacy dating to Alfred the Great with Dutch and French acknowledgments in 1673 and 1704. It adds a burn treatment tip using common household substances for quick relief and scar prevention.
The column explores the origin of the word Bible from biblia via byblos and papyrus. It also offers housekeeping advice praising Defiance Starch for better fabric stiffness with less paste. A quip on happiness notes avoiding energy stagnation and warns against overloading tasks.
A fragmented 19th century advert mentions Perry Davis Painkiller touted for cooling and healing aches including rheumatism and frost bites. It also references Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets claimed to regulate stomach liver and bowels as sugar coated granules for easy use.
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