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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1936

Page

5

U. S. Keeps Constant Watch on Spies Across Agencies

The article outlines a secret war of espionage and counter espionage in the United States and abroad. It notes Navy and Army intelligence expand efforts, budgets, and security measures, with G 2 officers, security units, and collaboration with Justice to prevent leaks. It mentions Panama Hawaii the Philippines and domestic oversight and the use of reserve officers to aid counter espionage.

Washington United States Democratic America Office of Naval Intelligence Navy Department Army General Staff Panama Hawaii Philippines Continental Secret Service Department of Justice Army Navy Immigration and Naturalization Service

Colorful lightning seen in storm reports

A Collier's Weekly note explains colored lightning occurs when rain gases smoke and particles in the atmosphere distort flashes. Observers recorded single flashes in red yellow green violet orange blue and white during one storm.

Collier’s Weekly

Too Busy to Die by Leonard A Barrett

Shaw marks his eightieth birthday with a bold quote about living fully. The piece notes a literary gathering of academics and secular figures praising George Bernard Shaw. Shaw appears robust at eighty as health is hailed as key to a ripe old age.

George Bernard Shaw Mr. Shaw Hale

Retirement and Work Keep the Spirit Young in Old Age

Aching for vigor after fifty, the piece argues sustained work sustains body and soul. It cites Stevenson and warns idleness harms vitality, urging active toil to fuel courage faith and love and to defy withdrawal in later life, ending with the refrain too busy to die.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Me Frousehold By Lydie Le Baron Walker

A guidance piece on balancing child care and discipline in a home. It argues children deserve comfort and consideration, but not to the point of spoiling, noting adults must set healthy limits. Suggests child sized furniture and using a folding low table or high chair to aid learning and meals.

Me Frousehold Lydie le Baron Walker

Time and Money in Homemaker’s Privilege

The piece argues time is a valuable resource, allowing homemakers to schedule chores and save money. It contrasts time rich and money rich lives, noting the pleasures of leisure come from work by others and that both time and money depend on how one uses available hours and tasks.

What Is Christian Living From Romans in Action

Lesson notes hinge on Romans 12 1 3 12 and Galatians 2 20. Paul explains Christian living as a life yielded to God a life of service humility and victory. It urges inner transformation through renewing of the mind and practical love toward others.

Christ Jesus Paul Western Asia

Home and Garden Tips From a Late 19th Century Column

A reader shares craft advice on making ironholders using a leather layer for insulation. Gardeners are advised to order bulbs such as Scilla grape hyacinth snow drop crocus hyacinth tulip narcis sus for early spring bloom. WNU Service notes ventilation caution when baking and shade cleaning steps.

Too Busy to Die Slogan Spurs Leadership Spirit

A Western Newspaper Union flash quotes a phrase too busy to die as a rallying cry for leaders. The text links purpose and life work with facing moral and civic problems rather than death. It frames leadership as driven by ambition and responsibility.

Western Newspaper Union

No True Happiness for the Unjust Says Stretch

The quotation argues that being unjust conflicts with divine will and prevents lasting happiness. It asserts righteous living as essential to true joy, implying that moral conduct aligns with a higher purpose and yields fulfillment.

Hardships Test Courage and Wits, Cited by Charron

A reflective maxim notes that when fortunes decline, courage remains key as hardship reveals wits and resolve, attributed to Charron.

Charron

Back to School Frock Pattern for Juniors

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1959-B offers a junior frock with a gathered waist and yoke, optional pockets and a bow. The design suits late summer to winter with fabrics such as tub silk cotton shantung or crepe broadcloth, and sizes 8 through 16. Order details list fabric yardage for size 12 and related notions from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.

Barbara Bell Circle Pattern Dept W. Adams St Chicago Ill Bell Syndicate WNU

Adlerika advertisement claims quick relief for gas and constipation

An ad promotes Adlerika as a single dose cure for stomach gas pressing on the heart and chronic constipation. It touts intestinal cleansing and reduced bacteria with testimonials from De H L Shoub and Mrs Jas Filler, urging purchase from druggists.

de. H. L. Shoub New York Jas

Debt grows. danger follows as debtors face peril

A compact proverb warns that even small debts threaten to provoke danger and enmity as debt accumulates, turning a debtor into an adversary and inviting escalating risk.

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