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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
3
Guidance on child rest between meals with a 15 minute lie down after morning play. Advice on picture frames by color, bacon curling prevention with notches, steadying a mixing bowl on a damp cloth, and restoring scuffed white shoes with beaten egg to create a transparent filler.
An Arkansas travel piece highlights the state’s progress from corn and cotton to industry and roads. It notes bustling towns along U.S. Highway 67, construction of homes and stores, and friendly, capable residents proud of Arkansas’s future. It recalls early Quapaw and Osage peoples, De Soto’s 1541 encounter, and Arkansas’s 1819 formation with Little Rock as capital.
Arkansas rises as a land of farms forests and rivers with oil and gas fields in six southern counties and five western counties. The state offers Hot Springs National Park lakes Catherine and Hamilton and a year round golf scene with Oak Lawn racing. Franklin D Roosevelt praised Arkansas as a future great American playground in 1938.
Virginia Vale reports on Jane Russell's rise and Republic's push for Wild Bill Elliott, plus Lions Gate of film tech advances in Jolson's Story. Dale Evans visits Uvalde as Roy Rogers and stars prepare new air show. Buck Rogers returns to TV. House of Mystery moves. Vivi Janiss leads Richard Lawless. Magic Town filming in Nevada. and industry notes on actors and studios.
The narrative traces Hernando de Soto’s 1541 Arkansas expedition from the Mississippi crossing near St. Francis to Ouachita and the discovery of Hot Springs. It notes his ill fortune in finding gold, the deaths he suffered, and Spain’s limited gains while France expanded along the Mississippi after pushing from the St. Lawrence region.
A note describes a sparsely furnished room with scrap lumber chair frame and ragged shelf. Curtains and chair cushion use cheap cotton print. Patterns No 265 and scallops No 207 match the Make Your Own Curtains booklet. Booklet and patterns cost 15 cents each postpaid. Requests should be mailed directly.
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