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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
7
A 1938 article stresses widespread tooth decay and links it to diet and hygiene. It highlights vitamins A C and D, calcium and phosphorus, raw foods, and alkaline balance as preventives, plus proper brushing, dentifrice, mouthwash, and regular dental checkups.
Learn two homemaking designs the House Dress and Panty-Frock with braid trim. Includes sizes 2 to 8 years and 34 to 48 for adults, fabric and braid yardage, plus a Fall and Winter Pattern Book offer from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in Chicago.
Instructions for making crochet medallions used in a pinwheel set off design. Pattern 6118 includes medallion drawings stitches photos and materials. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W. 14th St New York City to obtain.
A compact quotation from Dr. Samuel Johnson stating that integrity grounds knowledge and knowledge without integrity is dangerous. The line emphasizes ethical foundation for intellect and character in discourse.
The piece humorously portrays a shopper who treats daily ads as research data. It praises careful reading of newspaper advertisements guiding purchases and home choices, likening the shopper to a professor in the school of economy.
A reader praises Mrs Spears books on sewing and embroidery. The letter explains making slipcovers curtains and sheets using Book 1 SEWING for the Home Decorator and Book 2 Embroidery Gifts. Books cost 25 cents each with a free quilt leaflet if both are ordered. Address: Mrs Spears 210 S Des Plaines St Chicago ill.
A fragmented passage features quips about writers chasing pleasure in writing, education not always tied to money, large families, marriage risks, and a philosopher unable to hold fixed opinions. It muses on luck, pride, and the unsettling caprice of dreams.
Advice aimed at women in midlife addressing changes from 38 to 62 and fears about appeal to men. Suggests fresh air, eight hours of sleep, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to boost vitality and ease nervous symptoms common during the change.
The prompt asks diverse trivia questions about Roosevelt family heights school systems funeral rites and global slave stats. It also gives partial answers noting 164 divorces per 1000 in 1900 and about 5,000,000 slaves mainly in Central Asia Tibet Arabia Abyssinia and China.
The text lists tall heights for named individuals and cites New York data with 1,110,000 students and 38,000 teachers. It notes a ritual sacrifice of a horse at warrior burials, marks Havana Cuba as leading with 33 broadcasting stations, and compares divorce rates from 1900 to 1935.
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