Business Houses Close Friday Afternoon for Stromsburg Game
Local businesses close Friday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30 for a Stromsburg game in an old time tradition. By Order Business Men.
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Stromsburg
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
6
Youve Met Him The Man Who Uses Pleasing Manners
The vignette contrasts a well mannered man in public with a noisy growl at home. In a store scene he answers a call with a raised tone and later snaps at a caller asking to bring meat for dinner, illustrating a temper at home.
Gentlemen's Gripes and Domestic Chores Spur Rhetoric
A columnist laments a man who rewards himself with trivial pleasures and complains about his wife’s work. He mocks male complacency, suggesting the man try house duties to gain perspective. Additional notes mention rental listings and a family visit to Bronson Iowa with brief travel details.
Corn Picking Time Season Opens at Eckles Variety Store
The notice urges readers to prepare for corn picking by buying gloves and mittens at Eckles Variety Store, signaling seasonal supply and local shopping.
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Eckles’ Variety Store
For Sale Classified Ads Include Land and Monitor
For Sale Quick One Monitor-16 Hard Coal Burner, just like new. W. H. Pollock. For Sale 160 acres of land, 42 miles north of Polk. Inquire of A. H. Samuels.
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Quick
New
W. H. Pollock
Polk
A. H. Samuels
Duroc stock hogs and Kodak deal advertised
Duroc stock hogs by H. R. Harris listed. Kodak Users are offered finishing services halved costs with film development 5c per roll and prints any size 8c each. Address CAMERA JACK Box 5084 University Place Nebraska.
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University Place
Nebr
Thoroughbred Duroc Jersey Sire pigs for sale
Thoroughbred Duroc Jersey male pigs not papered offered at 4000 dollars per head. Seller H. R. Harris.
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H. R. Harris
Progress office ad and product notices
A collage of local notices including a dentist Dr W L Hull selling daily papers at the Progress office and a promotion for Progress subscriptions. Also offers Fueline gasoline improvement and a prize for best ears of corn by November 29 with Bank of Polk involved.
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Progress Office
Bank of Polk
Hogs and cattle prices fall at South Omaha market
Live stock prices at South Omaha show hogs 25 to 40 cents lower on weak demand and fat lambs dropping another 50 cents. Cattle quotes reflect broad declines from one to five dollars across grades with receipts around 17 000 head and sheep and lambs totaling about 19 000. Top hogs held at 25 50 cents, bulk at 14 25 to 14 50. fat lambs and feeders inch down amid soft market.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Selier
Tuberculosis: A War We Must Win Now
The disease kills producers age 16 to 45 and costs the US billions yearly. It claims over a million active cases nationwide and endangers every home. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable, yet spreads through ignorance and neglect, fueled by Red Cross Christmas seals.
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United States
National Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
Home Economy Emphasized As Nation’s Main Business
The piece notes that most spending goes to home upkeep, a view attributed to Colonel Roosevelt. Thrift Magazine laments lack of business-systematized organization of home keeping. It contrasts German flag use on birthdays with local festival flags and ends urging attendance at Friday’s Central City versus Polk football game.
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Fellows
Roosevelt
Thrift Magazine
Central City
Polk
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Julian
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Kodak
W. L. Hull
A. G. Lindburg
Germany
New York Evening Post
Polk County Farm
Opers
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Mebr
Polk County
Nebraska
Fairview Church
Mark Carraher
M. A. Larson
Joseph W. Meachem
Silver Creek
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