Big Celebration at York Draws Record Crowd
Fifteen thousand people attend York Fourth of July celebration with parade, shops, and cars. Highlights include a 15 to 1 ball game between Company M and Lushton, a boxing match won by Brewer, and wrestling prelims won by Pesek. Judge Selinger of Iowa speaks to thousands at the pavilion. An accident north of town involved a wheel break and a turtle, injuring occupants. Several local dealers bring six new Ford cars from Kansas City, with plans to reuse the road-collection trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Isveb
Compary M
Lushton
Brewer
Coffee
Kansas City
Pesek
Shelton
Rief
Tossington
Kaw
Selinger
Iowa
Chautauqua
Acci
Dent
William and
James Green
Polk
William Kearney
Wilbur Jackson
Martin Anderson
Herman Anderson
Morris Hotchkiss
Pete Ogden
G. S. Goldsberry
Ford
Jacobs & Kearney
Nebraska
Subscription terms for annual rates and cancellation
The notice describes price of $1.50 per year in advance and allows subscriptions to begin or end at any time. It states that stopping the payer will be promptly obeyed and that all subscriptions received imply continuation until the subscriber informs the publisher to terminate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Calmar McCan
Democracy chatter and war talk mix in Clay Center Sun piece
A local column surveys wartime rhetoric about Russia democracy and American sacrifice. It notes debates on liberty bonds food control and costs, plus a sidewalk encounter about rubber hose and Paris green for potato bugs, reflecting community conversation in Clay Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieman’s
Ira Wohford
Ira
It Is Not Hard to Sell Advertising Space
It is not hard to sell advertising for worthwhile stores. Modern businessmen and customers expect ads as part of good service. Those who view advertising as an expense miss the business education needed. An ad on a pasteboard box shows poor judgment and cheapens wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Bpace
Pauline Frederick
Actors’ Fund
Mme Louise Homer
Mae Murray
Player-Lasky
Burton
American
A. C
Vernon Castle
France
Pearl White
G. G
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbank
Artcraft
Famous Players-Lasky Co
Paramount
Observation of Obligations to Readers Cited
A confidential note from Clay Center quotes “scrupulously observe an obligation to our readers” urging careful space management. The line underlines editorial restraint and commitment to accurate reporting in weekly editions.
Alfred Jahn Buys Maxwell Sedan In Polk County
Long list of local social notes from Polk County Nebraska July 1917 includes Alfred Jahn purchasing a Maxwell sedan. Several residents travel, visit relatives, and attend church events. County commission actions cover protests, salaries, and road work while a public road petition is denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Federal Soil Survey
Polk County
Nebraska
Congressman Sloan
Washington,d. C
Osceola
Neb
Board
County Commissioners
Polk ‘County
Miet
C. T. Thesing
Headstrom
Stromeburg
A. C. Donelson
North Range
A.C. Donelson
Board of County Commissioners
Swede Home Band Social At Local Farm Home
The Swede Home band will hold a social at the farm home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Frodman one and one half miles west of Swede Home on Tuesday evening July 10. Everybody welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Frodman
Wayland visitors and church talk mark weekend gatherings
Mr and Mrs Ora Bond visited Osceola on Thursday. Mr and Mrs G J Mentink and family stayed at the Albert Luhr home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Oscar Thomas and family called on the Howard Hartman home Sunday. Rev Barton of Stromsburg spoke at Wayland Christian church Sunday evening to a large crowd. Most Wayland residents planned celebrations in York and Stromsburg. Richard Mooney and sons Norman and Charlie left for St Paul Saturday to visit his son Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Smith
Lincoln
Miss Smith
Central City
E. S. Lindburg
James Cox
Rev. Weber
Hampton
Polk
Harry Hills
Weoming
Herman Ells
C. V. Lind
Omaha
Henry Hartman
Green Gables Sanitarium
E. K. Crow
David City
A. K. Crow
Baptist Church
Bobbitt
York
Roscoe Ayres
Myra Harding
Fairfield
Clara McReynolds
M. G. McCune
Schuyler
Kathleen McCune
Methodist Church
G. L. Spencer
W. F. Nieman
Alfred Jahn
Maxwell
Slusser
County
F. O. Johnson
Ellen Nelson
Gladys Green
Kearney
Paul McDaniel
J. E. McDaniel
Union Pacific
Southerland
Neb
D. Hastings
Oakland
W. G. Dow
W. G.ads
Texas
Burke
Edna Olson
Stromsburg
R. L. Peterson
Richard Delile
Florence Roberts
Josephine Primmier
Polsan, Mort
Emily Marsh
Luta Axtell
New Mexico
Irvin Dornburg
Raymond
Beatrice
L. Jones
Axel Jafes
John Jones
Marquette
Leonard Peterson
Clarence Jones
Violet Gustafson
Bertha Johnson
Willard Lindburg
Tornquist
J. S. Johnson
Wil. Vy. C Adamson
Teresia
E. M. Burke
Mirs
J. O. Thomas
Glenn Griffin
A. Vv. Burke
Doris
Aug. Carlson
Ary
S. P. Benson
Ester
Albert Benson
Inden
EU Benson
A. Sidwell
Alfred Peterson
Selma Benson
Reuben Tronés
Enc
Beery Sandall
Ora Bond
Osceola
G. J. Mentink
Albert Luhr
Oscar Thomas
Howard Hartman
Rev
Barton of
Wayland Christian Church
Wayland
Stromaburg
Richard Mooney
Norman
Charlie
St. Paul
Fred
Sunday Sermon Themes From Pastor Service Plan
Regular Sunday services announce morning message The Owner's Brand and evening talk The Transforming Power of Friendship. The note invites attendance and mutual aid in serving one another.
Market prices and a patent medicine notice
The snippet lists commodity prices for corn oats and butter fat and notes chickens per pound. It advertises Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for languid or weak feeling with a question about headaches and stomach upset, recommending readers ask their druggist and mentioning a price of 1.09.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Precevere
Rogers
Barber’s Pharmacy
Th. Stuhkiss
John Helt
Long Pine
Paramount Pictures
Daniel Frohman
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Robert G. Vignola
Famous Players Film Co
Buton Bray
Jesse L. Lasky
Cleo Ridgely
Wallace Reid
Selfish Woman
Hector Turnbull
Paramount Magazine
Arthur N.johnson
Osceola Record
Ernest G Johnson
Rteaders
Red Cross
Hoover
Congress
White House
Congressional
Austria-Hungary
O. -F. Alfred
Jackson
J. HE. Bowman
Stromgburg
ER. E.hemmann
Milwaukee
Minn
Commissioner's Proceedings
County General Fund
Albert Blevins
John Ludlow
Nettie Burley
Grace Coon
Mary McGumber
Margaret Yeltman
Annie Freeburg
Cassie Sweene
Hattie Dixon
H W. Clark
Court House
J. C. Kalster
M. D
Grace Pheasant
J. W. Fillman
David S. Potter
Mile Abc
Joel Hanson
M. A. Mills, Jr
L. M. Shaw
Ernest G. Johnson
W. H. Martin
J. A. Carlson
Cece E Cease
Harry Musselman
Renee Morris Branigan
Shethle
Clarence Miller
Amelia Rasmussen
The
Shelby Sun
K. B. Printing Co
Hammond & Stephens Co
Remington Typewriter ‘Co
Fise Tts
O. F. Branting
Official Services
Fred Hennings
W. Johnson
General Road Fund
A. E. Johnson
John Burg
Standard Oil Co
Saige Esata Tn
Oscar Monson
Ehlers & Lewis
Re- Pais Nc Paice
C. A.johnson
E. J. Howland
Chas. Krumbach
Ammon How. Co
N. P. Swanson
Olof Anderson
Dragging Fund
Walter Koehler
Dewey Eyestone
Nebraska Culvert Co
Oeeeeeseeaeae Mot
Ditch Fund
William Everett
Robert Malvin
O. P. Saint
Harlan T. Frazier
Aug. W. Johnson
Dorothy
Solumn
Dorothy Deferborn
John Carlson
C. R
Carlyle Blackwell
World Film Corp
Fort Lee
N. J
Mary Fuller
Lasky
Jackie Saunders
Balboa
William Russell
Earl Williams
Anita Stewart
Vitagraph
Valeska Suratt
Fox
Cleo Ridgeley
Liberty
J. N
Clara ‘Kimball Young
James Young
Clara Kimball
G. R—Mase
Marguerite Marsh
N. M—Monroe Salisbury
Marguerite Clark
Page
Marie Dressler
L. R.—House Peters
Robert House Peters
Chicago Lumber Co
Pike & Olson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!