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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
7
A Halloween party guide with invites shapes pumpkin and cauldron. It lists menu items such as hot ham and cheese sandwiches cider doughnuts and witches cake with seven minute frosting. A Silver Moon cake recipe is highlighted as a lighter alternative.
Panamanian Mamie Kelly reviews Rags Ragland as a sailor in a lavish Broadway musical set in Panama City. Hollywood notes honor Richard Dix as Wyatt Earp and Frances Neal eyed as It girl in Lady Scarface. Also mentions Dumbo voice casting and assorted cake recipes and film industry tidbits.
Lynn suggests a relaxed Halloween with decor like cornstalks and goblins of sheets. Use burlap centerpieces, pumpkins with candles, and fortunes in apples. Include games such as pin the tail, bobbing for apples, bean shooters target practice, and square dances to suit a lively basement or barn setting.
Quilt pattern listing for Butterflies and Flowers motifs includes complete cutting guides applique placements yardages color suggestions and quilting design. The 79265 pattern priced at 15 cents yields a roughly 90 by 110 inch quilt.
A short reflection on women and the social art of coquetry. It notes coquetry as a defining trait for some, while others restrain it due to fear or reason.
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday from memory and will be replaced by the next idol tomorrow, reflecting changing public admiration across time.
Quote from Theodore Roosevelt on muck rakers noting their value to society only when restraint guides their digging. Emphasizes prudent limits in exposure of public dirt.
A fragmented note cites usage ideas for petroleum jelly by Hannah White with a philosophical aside about those who say nothing wasting time, reflecting a dated home care voice.
Fragmentary quotation attributed to Euripides about finding a hopeful path amid hardship. The line suggests that even in dire circumstances a favorable turn is possible. No person, place, or event specifics are provided.
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