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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
3
A rancher hero and a city girl fall in love in a frontier love story set against ranch country and urban life. A humorous accident with a first car triggers their meeting as they pursue separate paths back to each other.
An eighteen year old rancher rallies from a wild life to aid a girl and her injured father after their car crashes into trees. He retrieves a jack, lifts the vehicle, and stabilizes the man’s leg as rescuers arrive.
A United States Department of Agriculture prepared piece explains that inoculation is not always needed for alfalfa and details when soil from old alfalfa or clover fields should be used. It covers conditions for successful inoculation, soil preparation, and methods including drill application and glue coating.
The article notes 651 hogs weighing about 157000 pounds were unloaded dead at South St Paul in May with 350 dying in transit last week. It stresses cleaner cars, lighter loads, and frequent spraying in transit to reduce losses, citing a major buyer who trims losses by hiring clean cars and requesting spray instructions from rail officials.
Advertised cold remedy claims instant relief from nasal congestion headaches fever and sneezing when taken every two hours up to three doses. It says the first dose clears passages relieves discomfort and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
After an eye test the doctor prescribed dark glasses for clear sight but a crowd on the bus made me stumble into a young man’s lap. I slid to a rear seat as college students laughed, glad to hide behind the black lenses.
An old warning-style advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children, urging mothers to look for the California name on the package and to follow bottle directions, stating a fruity taste and harmless effects. It ends with a suggested phrase and a signature line.
A plentiful supply of clean water is essential for laying hens. Water is easier to obtain than feed and should be kept lean in the dish. A stock-feed-rack design for poultry watering forces hens to hop to a raised platform to drink, preventing edge contamination by reaching between slats.
Andrew Boss of the Minnesota experiment station at University farm St. Paul explains full plowing benefits. It improves decomposition of residue, exposes soil to fall rains, controls weeds, reduces spring workload, and eases field crowding for both people and horses.
Iowa State College authorities advise washing harness with warm water and soap, then hanging to dry while still moist. Rub with animal or vegetable oil, preferably neatsfoot oil, to renew leather softness and flexibility. avoid mineral oils as they can damage harness.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes Eloise engages in welfare work while in prison, remarking on her visits to the so-called banker's colony. The piece contrasts refined society with hardened criminals and hints at a return to high society after isolation ends.
A promotional ad asserts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root provides pure kidney liver and bladder relief. It claims vegetable herbs, non stimulant formula, teapsoonful doses, and a sworn purity statement with each bottle. Sample requests are offered via ten cent mail inquiry.
The excerpt presents a wary narrator and a turn toward marriage as the final chord, contrasting prior gloom with an unconventional resolution. Characters named Mrs. Jlainnu and Woman engage in a dialogue about reading sad stories, hinting at an ironic, bittersweet finale.
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