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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
8
The article explains blood as a fluid tissue weighing about percent of body weight, confined to arteries veins and capillaries. It describes plasma and cells red white and platelets, oxygen transfer from lungs, carbon dioxide waste, and the role of lymph as the exchange medium between blood and body cells. It details leukocytes fighting bacteria and platelets aiding clotting.
Stromsburg area notes recount the Branting family visiting Luther college with Marie Branting remaining for a second year. Local gatherings include dinner hosted by Victor and Vernon Anderson, with Lincoln visitors and Nebraska university-bound parishioners listed. Also mentioned are trips to Polk to hear missionary Herman R. Benjamin and reminiscences from 1915 16 with Benjamin. The column closes with a humorous cartoon caption and a grasshopper anecdote reacting to a windshield.
Omaha Union Stock Yards reports cattle receipts Monday at 23 000 head the largest since 1937 with cornfed cattle in good demand near steady while stockers and feeders are liberal and 25c lower. Feeder lambs steady and lambs 9.00 to 9.35 per cwt with aged sheep unchanged. Prices list for corned steers yearlings fed heifers native cows and calves included.
Hogs 6,300 head at Omaha Monday with prices 10 to 20 cents lower than last week as trade stays slow. Bulk sales $5.75 to $6.35, lights up to $6.40, sows $5.00 to $5.50. Sheep and lambs 15,000 head, fat lambs $9.00 to $9.35, feeder lambs steady $8.25 to $9.35, aged sheep unchanged.
The Library of Congress houses hidden literary treasures including a first edition of The Star Spangled Banner and Dixie's original copy bearing Daniel Emmet's signature. Workers sorted century-old bundles of music and manuscripts, revealing disputed authorship pieces and Stephen Foster works. Also covered are Jackson history, a new Stonewall statue dedication, and Capitol debates on conscription and woman suffrage amid national mood and light humor items.
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