Polk County Fair Day Highlights and Events
A schedule of events at the Polk County Fair features a 50 piece Silver Creek band and Stock Parade. It lists a baseball game Stromsburg versus winners from day one, mule and pony races, bicycle races for boys under 16 and under 12, and running events for horses and Shetland ponies. The night show includes a play by Rural School Teachers and a platform dance at the McMahon Carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Dawes
Lauder
Stromsburg
Polk County
Polk Co
Foxxy
M. E. Church
Silver Creek
Shetland
South Omaha Livestock Prices Amid Mixed Week, Aug 1936
At Union Stock Yards Omaha receipts totaled 15 000 cattle Monday with feeders active and steers and yearlings steady to strong. Cornfed prices ranged from 6.00 to 9.50 for various classes while fat lambs and feeder lambs showed 25 cent declines and uneven demand. aged sheep held steady with ewes around $3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Ammon
Ae Newehvad
Lambs singers and traders listed with prices
Fragmentary OCR lists items and prices including lambs and rancers with figures like 8.00, 8.50, 0, 8.00, without clear context or full sentences. The readable data imply a market or catalog pricing note for livestock and related goods.
Facts vs Epigrams
Raymond Pitcairn argues national politicians should present simple, factual explanations of constitutional principles and personal liberty rather than epigrams. He contends the American public seeks straightforward government truths and easier messages, while wasteful spending requires clear, direct language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
New Deal policies blamed for hog market collapse
The Department of Commerce notes a sharp rise in hog imports from 6 740 pounds in 1933 to 8 414 317 pounds in 1935, while U S producers lose ground as foreign supplies flood the market. Farmers in corn and hog states say policy has shifted the home market to imports and demand action to halt the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Washington
Tax Levy in Kansas Falls to Ten-Year Low
Kansas' lowest tax levy in a decade will yield 3,276,425.88 in taxes, down from 3,657,312.85 in 1935. Gov. Alf M. Landon's administration is cited for budgeting discipline as the Kansas Tax Commission notes safeguards against rising costs and maintains a business-like state operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
State Tax Commission
Alf M. Landon
US corn imports outpace prior five-year total in four months
Imports of corn in the first four months of the year exceeded the total corn imports in the previous five full years ending in 1937, signaling a sharp rise in early 1938 trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Texas Relief Sparks Call to Import Mexican Labor
E F Baxter of Chilton Texas cites a Dallas AP dispatch about the Mercedes chamber of commerce asking Congressman Milton West to seek suspension of immigration rulings to cover a labor shortage in Texas cotton fields. He notes thousands on relief in Texas and fears crop damage if pickers are unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chicago
Lone Star
E. F. Baxter
Chilton
Republican National Committee
Lower Valley
Baxter
Associated Press
Dallas News
Mercedes Chamber of Commerce
Milton H. West
Political Skepticism and Unemployment Critique Cited
The excerpt cites Charles Francis Coe urging politicians to remember many people rely on their own earnings rather than relief and warns of a political machine built with those funds. It also notes Senator Carter Glass of Virginia as the owner and points to rising unemployment compared with the previous year in Lynchburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Coe
Lynchburg
Carter Glass
Virginia
Notice of Probate in Clara G. Anderson Estate
In Polk County Nebraska a petition seeks Clarence W. Anderson as administrator of the estate of Clara G. Anderson, deceased. The hearing is set for September 11, 1936 at 10:00 A.M. before County Judge W. W. Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Clara G. Anderson
State of
Clarence W. Anderson
W. W. Norton
Notice of Sale in Polk County Nebraska
Under an order of sale and a 1936 decree the Columbus Land Loan & Building Association seeks payment of 323.70 plus interest and costs. The public auction will occur at the Osceola courthouse south front door on September 9, 1936, at 2:00 PM, selling Lots 6 7 and 8 in Block 3 Morrill & Nance Addition. Gunnard Peterson is Sheriff. Wagner Albert Jr. represents plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
Columbus Land Loan & Building Association
Merle R.heald
Osceola
Morrill & Nance
Gunnard Peterson
Wagner, Wagner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polk County Fair
Shelby
South Omaha
A. A. Wurtz
First National Bank
Nebr
Drs. Smith & Eklund
Physicians and Surgeons
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
D. J. Smith
R. P
Harley Eklund
Hurst Lester Anderson
R. L. Schroeder
X—Ray Mffice
The
Tax Commission
Chevrolet
General Motors
Flintichigan
Flint
Michigan
Chevrolet Motor CO
Detroit, Michigan
Fisher
Reed Bros. Motor Co
Phaethons
Roy L. Ericson
Hesler
Tel
Jayne
Jaynes
Crouse Tex
Ste
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