Polk County Memories and Notable Local Happenings
A collage of Polk County notes from late 1896 to 1911 including a sleet storm of record ice, marriages of Louie C. Harford to Mae Musselman and Laura Barr to Hugh Lockard, a funeral sermon for Mrs Dunbier, and locals Dewey Shaw and Ex Gov Nance visiting. Also mentions hunting trips, cross county moves, and a silverware gift to D K Pearce and wife before moving to Stevens County Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Dunbier
U. P
Ross
Osceola
Guy Pearce
McKinley
Louie C. Harford
Mae Musselman
David City
James Mailey
Nance
George W. West
Dewey Shaw
Again America Shows the Way by Raymond Pitcairn
National chairman of Sentinels of the Republic argues that the United States provides a model of government by the people. He contrasts democratic progress with European fascism and communism and urges continued peace and reemployment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
American
Europe
United States
Spain
Polk County Briefs December 2 1926
Ten years ago Polk County mourned the death of E P Pike at Stromsburg after months of illness. A Hastings district group meeting series is arranged with Methodist Home Missions. A marriage license was issued for Rudolph Sandin and Ida Mae Ferris. they wed at Swede Home. An electric sign was installed over the Sandin store. Local students home from college for Thanksgiving are listed. Mr and Mrs H C Duncan and their daughter visited relatives in Randolph Nebraska. Markets listed: Cream 39 Eggs 35 Ducks 12 Geese 10 Turkeys 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Pike
Polk County
Stromsburg
Cooperaton
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sperintendent
A. V. Hunter
Hastings
Aurora
Rudolph Sandin
Ida Mae Ferris
Humphrey Bros
Dorothy Keehler
Grace Rogers
Ralph and
Eleanor Mills
Evelyn Scholz
Irma Heald
H. C. Duncan
Little Daughter
Randolph
Nebraska
Bargain offer for six months subscription deal
The World Herald invites readers to subscribe for six months including the American Magazine Pathfinder McCalls Good Stories and Country Home for five dollars, a saving of three dollars and fifty cents. Readers are urged to subscribe today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Herald
American
Pathfinder
McCalls
Good Stories
Country Home
Thank You Message From Methodist Ladies Aid Society
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church thanks all who patronized the dinner and Bazaar to fund church redecorating. The author expresses gratitude for the quilt presented by the Bazaar committee and invites all to church services and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Bazaar Committee
Ladies Aid and Friends
I. J. Merrick
One Thing Needful Spiritual Understanding and Trust
A reflective piece argues humanity’s need is spiritual understanding to guide health, production, and harmony. It cites Mary Baker Eddy and Proverbs, urging acceptance of divine Mind’s control, rejection of evil as illusion, and trust in God to lift conditions and sustain all. The short list of practical maxims follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Jesus
Mary
Mary Baker Eddy
The
Christian Science Monitor
Wesley Chapel Community News and Christmas Plans
The Wesley Chapel supper fund raised 27 dollars and praise goes to the Farmers Union and helpers. A Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Xmas party is set for Dec 10 at Mrs Floyd West’s home with a Christmas offering. Local families and friends are listed visiting, hosting, and attending gatherings across the area, including Thanksgiving stays and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Farmer’s Union
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Floyd West
R. J. Richmond
Grand Island
Mildred of
Fremont
Charles Hastings
Wisley-Hastings
Fairview Hall
Fred Muggler
Syracuse
Lyle Jacobs
Margaret Huggler
Lincoln
A. J. Herrman
Victor Herrman
Omaha
Paul Timm’s
Mark Timm
W. J. Herrman
Schmoker
Wm. Hope
P. T. Larson
Evana Taylor
Polk
Columbus
Leo Albers
John Albers
Harold Cockson
John Alt
H. Augustine
Hubert Alt’s
John and Dewey Lockard
Shelby
L. E. Treadways
D. C. Burns
Miss Lula
B. L. Burns
Kenneth Richards
Elva Taylors
Ellen Moore
Madge
Roy Moore
Harry Hewitt
Harold Hewitt
Osceola
Leo
Frank Scholz
Duncan
Glenn Richards
Glenn
Community Notices From Fairview and Surroundings
Local society items include births and welcomes from Fairview and area families. The Dittmer couple greet a baby boy born Wednesday November 25. Various visits, gatherings, and visits to relatives across Kansas Nebraska and Minnesota are noted along with a wood sawing bee for Arthur Anderson recovering from an accidental gunshot.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Osceola Record Pelk County
Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Hazel Whitehead
Leigh
Ross King
Laura E. Barr
Hugh Lockard
M. E. Parsonage
J. S. Barr
W. E Pratt
Texas
Logan van Hoosen
Hardy Kel Jer
Nels Johnson
Frank Becker
Missouri
Niobrara
D. K. Pearce
Jimmie Inness
Dick Smith
U.S
Australia
Burdette
Dept
Denmark
Bryant
Fern Delafield
Eunice Swanson
Nellie McCarthy
Jeanne Wilcox
Adele Potter
Betty Jo Carson Maud Sloan
Betty Thelander
Rita Warren
Maxine Dunn
Elsie Blair
Margaret McFadden
Carolyn
Maxine Brooks
Bob Martin
Eugene Johnson
Jim Young
Chester Bucholz Hal Clark
John Ogden
Golden Red
Clarks
Silver Creek
Gissler
Herrmann
Crouse
Rising City
Schuyler
Sonny
Fairview
Arthur Dittmer
Riverside Club
C. M. Johnson
Hugo DeBere
California
Oregon
Washington
Maxine Boucher
Central Cty
Hazel
Grace Norris
Beth Hollenbeck
Kearney
George Heinemeyer
Beulah
Arthur Yeaton
Gem
Kansas
Tom Meacham
Bettie Christian
Lenore Ruff
Eugene
H. A. McCormick
Virgil McCormick
Rochester
St. Paul
Minnesota
H. M. McCormick
Carol Buchta
Arthur Anderson
York Hospital
Dale Frizzel
Vernal Johnson
Wm. Dake
Clair McCormick
Virgil
Lawrence Bryan
Minden
Vivian Johnson
Wallhill
Rivoli Theatre Program
Lew Ayers
Mary Carlisle
John Mack Brown
Jane Withers and
Irvin S. Cobb
Pepper
Ralph Bellamy
Court House
Frank Seeberger
A. R. Miller
13Th Street
L. A. Erickson
Stromsburg, Nebr
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