Polk Residents Share News From Town and Region
Local notes report visits from Grand Island and Omaha. Livestock shipments and sales, farm work, and travel entries across Polk and nearby towns. Several residents attend events, visits to relatives, and job changes, with marriage news and upcoming local activities.
Stromsburg notes of visits, events and announcements
Local residents visit York Sutton and Mead on business or leisure. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs E C Swan sen a son. Several residents travel to Omaha Chicago and Kit Carson. Church concerts dances and Sunday school events planned. W A Barnard sells stock. Mrs Anna Shustrum dies at 80. Alfred Erickson builds a barn. Mary Warner heads to the coast.
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B. F. Griffin
Loveland
Colorado
Glen Griffin
S. A. Lindbury
Denver
Hber
Rev. Pearson
Arthur Smith
John Wessel
Sell Lake
Hartzell
Merrill Buckner
John Thelander
Stromsburg
C. O Strand
Clay
Iowa
Cohagen
Old Cuesddy
Lloyd Vanwie
W. J. Johnson
Shelby
Wis
Johnson
W. J
Bernard Harless
Lineoln
J. Harless
Harless
Knorr
Lillian Brown
Jasper
Inlaw
J. M. Brown
Oscar Sundburg
Sheridan
Oregon
Albert
Ollie
Ernest Anderson
Loomer Place
Ar-berville
J. E. Pickwell
Frank Anderson
B. S. Anderson
Bauder & Son
Grace
Emily*Cox
Yor
Fother
Raymond Box
Airs
W. PF
Nieman
California
York
Josh Cox
Jo) Huston
Board of Education
Polk
Huston
Stratton
Nebr
Einstedt
Z. F. Myers
Marion Lefler
Hereford
Cole
Platte Precinct
Alvin Lefler
Tutt
Marion
Rystrom
Tank “Corps
The
Baptist Church
Tiarry ‘Dahlgren
Cecil Lindburg
A. G Lindburg
A. Widsa
Strom
John Steever
Milton Vance
Sutton
Sam Parker
Benedict
E. C. Swansen
W. Frey Johnson
Osceola
J. K. Williams
C. A Olson
Mead
Omaha
Manghild Widga
Rush Medical Hospital
Chicago
Herbert Greenwall
Claus Carlson
Wausa
Eric Forslund
Carpenter of
Nazareth
Heyser
First Baptist Church
Ernest Erickson
Dowers Place
Wesley Erickson
Kemmer
American Legion
Slim
Harmony
Albin Sundberg
David Sundberg
Minneapolis
Minehaha Academy
W. A. Rickel
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Freeman
Will
A_ mumber
University
W. A. Barnard
H. Christenson
Uehling Nebr
Anna Shustrum
John Shustrum
Fternoon
Leafgren
Emma Erickson
St. Paul
Minn
A. P. Lindburg
Pell
Chas. Lindburg
Alfred Erickson
Mary Warner
Margaret Munger
Lincoln
T. A. James
Jennie Moore
Charlotte Hanson
First National Bank
Pearl Phillips
D. R. Arnold
J. L. Olson
Mr. Olson
Eric Erickson
Boulder
Lénnie Fe Ae
York Hospital
Basket Supper Planned At Sluffton School
Social notes list Mr and Mrs Henry Jauch and Stils visiting Theo German. A basket supper at Sluffton School is set for Thursday evening April 8 to raise funds for school improvements. Various local residents attended gatherings and visits through the week.
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Enry Jauch and
Stils
Theo. German
Jufflton School
Mamie Barr
L. E. Treadway
Clyde Treadway
J. H. Lockard
Wilma Houdershheldt
Madin
Herbert Duren
Lee Davis
Wirt Davis
Ed Carter
Paul Gruen
H.jondersheidt
Pearle B. Swan
A. T. Peterson
Wayland
Fam Dornan
Bertha Senda
Bertha Schmid
Migs
Hresia Jauch
Theo
Sluffton
Bertha Benda
Tom Dor- Tul
Wonderful Yellowstone Park Wonders
The Yellowstone National Park is described as a grand national feature within its area of 3312 cure sailes and contains several high mountain times three urgent rivers with their tributaries, 26 lakes and 25 waterfalls.
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Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
America
Robert's Tribute Shows Mother's Loving Earnestness
An earnest young mother teaches Robert the value of thoughtfulness on his birthday. She makes him a snug cup and sweater and praises his caring nature, saying she loves him and he is very thinky.
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Robert
Gilbert Stuart and the march toward artistic originality
The passage argues that Gilbert Stuart valued true originality and nature over contemporary trends. It notes his effort to free himself from rigid time-bound rostrums, aligning with great painters and seeking essential subjects, securing a unique, dignified place in the story of American art.
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Gilbert Stuart
Charles H. Caffin
Value of Various Woods
Investigations by the agricultural Department show that one standard cord of various woods equals about one ton of anthracite coal. A cord and a half of soft maple or no cords of cedar poplar or bass wood are needed for the same amount. One cord of well seasoned mixed wood equals at least one ton of average grade bituminous coal.
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Agricultural Department
Compensation in Age and Longfellow’s View on Youth
The text notes that a poet wrote the hymn I Would Not Live Always and discusses the natural desire to live long. It cites age bringing sight loss and hearing decline but argues aging offers compensations and that Longfellow saw age as opportunity rather than youth.
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Longfellow
Overcoming Indecision and Mindset Insight
A reflective quotation from Walter Scott on conquering weakness and indecision. The line urges decisive action to avoid exquisite misery and self-doubt, framing mental resolve as essential to progress.
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Walter Scott
Novel Necklace Gift in Boston Wedding Notice
In the Boston Tran Script, a wedding note describes a bride wearing a necklace of small pears as a token from the groom, highlighting a simple yet symbolic gift in the ceremony. The item reflects intimate custom reported in the local newspaper.
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Westn
Boston
Birthday party honors Robert Shostrom in Swede Plain
Last Saturday a crowd of about fifty Swede Plain youths gathered at the Shostrom home to celebrate Robert Shostrom’s twenty first birthday. The event featured many games and a fine Waltemar chain and knife gift, marking his age of accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shostrom
P. E. Shostrom
Swede Plain
Robert
Peter Shostrom
Goat's Milk Surges as Healthful Naples Solution
Naples reports goats milk as a satisfactory and healthful remedy for aiding the extremely poor. Infant death rates under one year run 155 per 1000, lower than major European cities, marking the milk's perceived safety and value.
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Naples
Europe
Parrafin Cup Recovery Process Described
A fragmented account notes a parraffin cup made by Lily Cups using a patent ai process developed by a forestry products laboratory. The cup allegedly contains discarded waxed paper and was recovered from extensive use of the individual drinking cup, with mention of a capet and a represented process.
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Grind
Bryan Anderson
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Mary Nierman
Ted Smith
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J. N. Recknor
Clarence Recknor
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Margaret @ilunger
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R. L. Cox
Fd Schultz
Beatrice
Cust E. Carlson
Hordville
Esther Benson
Peter Benson
Amos Shafer
Hugh McGaffin
Progress
Pleasant Home
Aliso
Cone
Mac
Harry Harris
Aden
Otromsburg
Gibert Nelson
Social Union
M.B. Church
Dr. Malster
Victor Anderson
St. Joe
Kansas City
Mr. Makeover
Mabel Coler
Hmma
Julia Swanson
Sandy “Leach
Ogden
Frank Burgeson
Rystrom Company
Dodge
W. D. Rystrom
Richard Freeman
Masonic
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Myrtle Mollerstrom
Wahoo
Leonard Backlund
Ted Backlund
McKeesport
Wesleyan Singers
Opera House
M. Eb? Sunday School
L. A
Lester Erickson
Ghctly
Albert Johnson
Kit Carson County
Colo
John Johnson
Elm Creek
Teatgrven
Atter
Rockford
Ill
iLoes
Sudan
Charles E. Hansen
Bluffton
Hachange
Bosch
Bennett
Twin City
Reese
A . Penair
Jin
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Omies
Cummings
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J. Johnson
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M. A. Carlson
F. A. Bennett
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