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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
7
A call to action urging readers to recognize the plight of the poor and the hungry. It argues for understanding across social divides and for concrete aid to lift those in need, not mere sympathy. The author cites Kipling to illustrate mutual understanding and stresses shared responsibility.
Betty Wells offers practical kitchen decor tips for washable, bright kitchens. She describes wooden valances covered in blue oilcloth paired with white voile curtains, easy-to-clean patchwork valances, and matching tie-backs. The column also discusses living room color changes, favoring French gray and muted tones to offset antique furniture.
In Willows California farmers adopt aerial rice planting using airplanes and ground crews. Each plane with an eight-person ground team marks and seeds flooded fields directly into water using a hopper system. Planes plant eight 100 pound sacks per trip with 30 to 60 acres per hour depending on weather.
A column offers simple home tips. It suggests cayenne pepper with flour to kill cabbage worms and advises trimming dead blossoms to protect garden color. It also gives baking hacks to prevent crumbs in frosting and to keep dough from sticking when cutting cookies.
A historical note on the book How the Other Half Lives by Leonard A. Barrett. It recalls Theodore Roosevelt reading the work, visiting the author in New York slums, and Roosevelt leaving a card with Have read your book and came to help. The piece emphasizes mutual understanding between social classes as the book’s core plea.
An advertisement for Sew Your Own fashion patterns highlights easy to sew designs. It promotes All-Occasion Dress and other frocks in cotton silk or light wool, with sizes ranging from kids to adults and yardage specifics. Patterns 1267 1362 and 1213 priced at 15 cents each.
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