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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
7
The phrase Pell-Mell stems from the English Pall Mall game. Players used mallets to drive a ball, rushes resembling chaos gave rise to the term, which now marks hurried, heedless action. The old game faded, but the expression persists in modern speech.
A 1929 Douglas Malloch poem contrasts aging trees and people with weariness from labor. It imagines a night when youth appreciates sustenance, shelter, and fire, hoping old trees and hearts find renewal before they fade.
A report estimates there are about 0,000 tribes of Gypsies in the United States, highlighting the lack of precise census data and the diverse, dispersed communities across the country.
J A Barrett argues that many daily automobile accidents stem not only from speed but from failing to consider others rights and viewpoints. Understanding the other person’s heart and mind improves dialogue, reduces conflict, and aids successful actions.
A witty remark notes that the allowance girls pinch from their fathers often equals the cost of a diamond brooch. The quip plays on money saved for gifts and the social value of jewelry as a status symbol.
Practical guidance for enjoying warm weather meals with outdoor dining ideas. Includes suggestions for open air meals, fresh fish chowder recipe with pork and potatoes, and a simple boiled dressing with milk and vinegar for salads or sauces. Emphasizes light meals served outside with fresh air.
A 1929 Bell Syndicate piece reports on Coueism expanding to use colors for cures from insanity to dishonesty and theft. Paris-based experts suggest blue sheets, orange bowls, and white hangings to influence mind and behavior, with the idea that color therapy can reach many ailments.
In a bucolic spring scene Mrs Cow vents about people in cars rushing through picnics. She laments hurried meals, proposes to sit, chew, and talk, and warns such haste spoils enjoyment and digestion. She stresses the value of slowing to admire scenery.
A collage of folklore on dog days linked to Sirius and Procyon, then a vivid vignette of Atlantic City fishing life by Mr. Owen L D Young. It concludes with the Shrine to St. Roch in New Orleans where vows, miracles, and a nine churches belief draw pilgrims.
Public health service estimates the rat population nationwide at about 120 million, noting census impractical. The figure underscores scale of urban pest issue and public health concerns.
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