County Commissioners Admit Claims and Settle Warrants July 1942
Polk County Nebraska officials audit and approve a long list of county and fund disbursements for June 1942 including County General, Institute, Emergency Relief and other funds. Motioned items include salaries, supplies, utilities, and sheriff mileage with totals and individual payee names, concluding with adjournment to July 21, 1942.
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Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Nebraska
Towit
County General Fund
Carleton Anderson Co
Treas
Bush’s Drug Store Ndse
Consumers Public Power District
Catherine Miner Same
Norine ‘Micek
Dowoe Elsciara Eecea
Esther M. Conkling Clerical Co
R. R. Cox
R. F. Miller
Alvin Dahlin .Co
Fois Fleming
Hammond & Stephens Co. Supplies Co
Joel Hanson Insurance
Town-Nebraska Light and Power Co
Institute
Olive M. McBeth
Milburn & Scott 'Co
R. M. McDonald
County Farm
Arthur
S. Nelson ‘Co
Osceola Record
Osceola Lumber Co. Lumber
Osceola Water Dept
POT Seca
Gunnard Peterson
Polk Progress Printing
Bruce Pickett
Polk County Extension Service
Shelby Sun Printing
Stephenson’s School Supply I Co
State Journal Printing Co
T. A. Reece
Clk Dist
Mother’s Pension Fund
Florence Johnson
Pune
Lena B. Johnson
Edith Brandt
Evelyn Schwartz
State Admin
R. L. Anderson
Mee
Tl. H. Seward
Forslund Grocery Co
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Piecmigat
W. Ficthine S. Ates Pavers
Ira Banta
Davis Pharmacy Medical
Hall County Assist
Adm
Fggas Chs
Boweahaa Salelaws
John Krager
J. B. Williams
R.L. Anderson
Bush
GWURS
Mabel Church
Consumers Public Power Dist
Corn Palace Cafe
Chas. H. Campbell
Shelby Hotel Board
YOOM
Shelby Hospital Medical
Thelen’s Pharmacy Mogical
York Clinic Medical
Com
Owen McClung
J. E. Bernt Gas Etc
Home Oil Co
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Cacaeees
Owen McClung Co
Overland Sand & Gravel Co
Sinclair Refining Co
Oil Pgs Sr
Cheater Ale Este al Atic
Tire Supply Inc
Nelson
John B. Braithwait
FADO
Sinan
Doe
Ernest M. Carlson
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Ass’n. Gas and Oil
Johnson Chevrolet Co
Lincoln Road Equip. Co
Nelson Co
Robert Miller
Wm. Wisely Same
S. B. Fox
John W. Oberg & Son Repairing
Ceeeee
Overland Sand & Gravel Co. Bravel Ova Ivs
Osceola Lumber ‘Co
Wose, Dove Ev
Harry W. Pratt Gas
Oulictal
Wm. Wright Same
Overland Sand & Gravel Co. Bravel
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Sevoee
Tenve BO
Headstrom
Willard Bush Same
Einer Swanson
Ernest M.carlson
Carl Lindquist Same
Walter Newman Same
Arthur Barber Same
Henning Carlson
Chas. Colberg Same
Equipment Fund— Gamble Stores Moise
Reuel Sword
R. D
Harper Peterson Labor
Harper Peterson
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Ass’n
Bas
Ccc
Ceee Eee
Wm. Campain Labor
J. C. Cotton
Wesley Koehler Jr
Stanley Braithwait Same
E. L. Barr
A. D. No
Eli W. Johnson Laber
Albertus Larson
Virgil Gulbrandson
Albert W. Larson
Ralph Donelson
Arney Johnson Same
Dean Hanson Same
R. D. No
A. A. Allison Labor
Emil Larson Same
Lloyd Wittgren
Dale Allison Same
Ray Nordstrom Same
Robert Nordstrom Same
J. D. Williams
Sandia
SAS Tat Ete
AEG Ls Sbr Gad
Ralph Kanter Labor
J. M. Miller Same
Guy Smith Same
Lloyd Fjell Same
Norman B. Fintell
Glenn Willits Same
William Wisely Same
S. B. Fox Same
O. E. Johnson Labor
L. C. Orendorff
Hilding Dahlin
F. C. Dobberstein
Walter Anderson
Joel Hanson
Polk County Fair
Chester Larson
John I. Anderson County Punes
Igh Etinee Sel
Alvin Dahlin
Alvin Dahlin Co
City of Stromsburg
R. H. Thesing
John ‘W. Oberg
Florida Note Coldest Spot Is in California
A Santa Monica man drops an orange in the cold room at the Douglas Aircraft plant where temperatures reach 104 degrees below zero. The room simulates 35,000 feet altitude to test pilots and engines for high altitude conditions and proper flight gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Cat Digestion and Skin Care Advice From Early Texts
The excerpt details cat digestion noting lack of mastication and enlarged stomachs with slower passage of food. It contrasts carnivorous and herbivorous eating, then shifts to skin cleansers: dry versus oily types, cold cream textures, and application tips including emollients and massage for aging skin.
New Invention Muffles Static Involves Army Purchases
Los Angeles inventors John Patrick Halloran and Karl E Pierce son introduce two radio devices. Halloran unveils a metal detector style transmitter receiver that energizes with earth metal to produce audible and visual signals. Pierson claims a static free receiver aided by De Forest sees military use and Amelia Earhart communications. The Army ordered units and Pierson plans public production in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Patrick Halloran
Los Angeles
Karl E. Pierson
Lee de Forest
Pierson
Pierson de Lane, Inc
Amelia Earhart
Earhart
Gardening Advice on Disease Prevention and Plant Care
The article urges keeping plants disease free by early prevention and regular border checks twice weekly. It recommends uprooting weeds, removing faded foliage, and pruning honeysuckle several times per season to stay within bounds. For currants, spray hellebore or pyrethrum after fruit forms if worms appear. It also advises soaking lawns twice weekly rather than daily.
Smallpox Still Here Says U S Vaccination Gap
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Statistical Bulletin notes 1939 U S smallpox cases exceed 10 000 with India as the only state above that total. It cites failure to vaccinate as the cause and reports only ten states have compulsory vaccination laws, mostly east of the Mississippi, with cases concentrated in Indiana Iowa California Texas and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Statistical Bulletin
India
the Bulletin
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Indiana
Iowa
California
Texas
Illinois
Automatic Gear Shifting Predicted for Cars
Harold E. Churchill, automobile engineer, predicts drivers may soon not need a gear shift lever as engines will automatically shift gears based on speed and engine pull. He notes such a mechanism has been built and tested, though current models upset drivers with frequent shifts in heavy traffic, and expects these issues to be resolved within a year or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Churchill
Churchill
Delicate Phonograph Records And Their Care
Records are delicate and require knowledge to possess. Today’s records are pressed from resins and plastics with fillers like slate clay oxides and silicates to add body and wear resistance. Fillers reduce but cannot prevent surface noise from rough handling.
First National Thanksgiving Proclaimed by Washington
The article notes that Thanksgiving was first nationally observed after George Washington’s October 3, 1789 proclamation from his New York headquarters. Congress urged him to recommend a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to acknowledge God’s favors and to promote peacefully establishing a form of government for safety and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
New York
Congress
United States
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