Hottest Day Hits Local Town Amid Heat Wind
Temperatures ranged from 97 to 105 across town on Wednesday afternoon, marking the hottest day locally. A strong hot wind persisted throughout the day. Obituary notes Wilson Monroe Stewart born 1856 Indiana died at his Osceola home age 68. Survived by a son. Charles L. S. P. Johnson returned from a ten day Rockford visit with a thumb injury from a fall. State Treasurer announced school fund apportionment. Polk County share is 4991.02. Crozier family member Leal reportedly aboard a ship en route from Norfolk to Washington then New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Monroe Stewart
Indiana
Osceola
Charles L. S. P. Johnson
Rockford
Ill
Robinson
Polk County
Croziers
Leal
Norfolk
Virginia
Washington, D. C
New York
Shelterbelts and windbreaks boost crops and savings
The article notes Nebraska Polk county farmers planting shelterbelts from 1939 to 1942, with yields rising near belts and cattle gaining faster due to wind protection. It cites research showing 25 percent less feed per pound gain and home heating costs cutting up to 30 percent. It urges planning spring plantings for 1956 with soil prep and a tree planter aid. It also covers local notices and social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Gordon Fredrickson
Osceola
Dick Boyd
Stromsburg
Tle
Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Flint Heads to Summer School at Stanford University
Flint travels by train toward Leland Stanford University near San Francisco to attend summer school while Chell works in Chicago as a secretary and stenographer to a doctor and also helps edit a magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Leland Stanford University
San Francisco
Chell
Chicago
Lincoln couples wed as regional notices fill page
The column reports several Osceola and Lincoln area marriages and relocations. Miss Margar et Newcomer and Robert E Wintersteen wed in Lincoln with Winterssteen taking theatre work. Vivian Anderson and Wilmer Anderson wed in Stromsburg and will farm near Polk. Other items note William Ehlers funeral in Osceola, Mrs Welch’s Los Angeles death, Donald Dearborn taking math instructor post at Catawba College, and R L Dalton relocating to Harvard to manage the telephone exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McMeekin
Bob McMeekin
Pennsylvania State College
Almeda Addison
Cpl
Redick Cartwright
Lincoln
Italy
Ted McConaughey
Aurora
Okinawa
Ruth Nelson
Glendale
California
Wm. Wisely
George Ann Grossnicklaus
William Grossnickaus
Margaret Newcomer
Robert E. Wintersteen
V. A. Newcomer
Osceola
Lincoln Telephone Company
Wintersteen
William Ehlers
Polk County
M. E
Strausburg
Colo
Denver
Rivoli Theatre
Audi
Ence
Vivian Anderson
Stromsburg
Wilmer Anderson
Anton Anderson
Polk
Presbyterian
Engagement of Pfc Neal W McCormick and Hazel Haywood
The Derby Evening Telegram notes the engagement of Pfc Neal W McCormick son of Mr and Mrs Lester McCormick formerly of this vicinity to Miss Hazel Haywood of Derby England The notice appears among local society items and notes a homing pigeon linked to State College Pennsylvania in the county treasurer s statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
England
Pfc
Neal W. McCormick
Lester McCormick
Hazel Haywood
State College
Pennsylvania
Local Visits Highlight Clarks and Saronville Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Arthur Ekstrom of Clarks and Mr and Mrs Joe Fjell with Joey visited Mr and Mrs Tom Engelhardt and daughter in Saronville Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Orval Eikenhorst and family were Sunday visitors with the Dale Frizzell family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ekstrom
Clarks
Joe Fjell
Joey
Tom Engelhardt
Saronville
Orval Eikenhorst
Dale Frizzell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Millard Stanley
Miles Ransom
Green Stamps
Bush
Liberal
Brabec & Hronda
Frigidaire Dealer
Shelby
Ray Brigham
Nebraska
Soil Conservation District Notes
Harold Klingman
Rolland Ekstrom
Vance Teegerstrom
Percy Seymour
Benedict
Edwin Lewis
Hannah Johnson
Lillie
Hazel
Vernelle Carlson
Rolland Johnson
Homer Farley
Crouse- Tex Drug
Roy Sheldon
Millard
Wm. Bahr
Ed Ross
Monroe
Cal Christensen
Crouse-Tex Drug
Cynthia Payne
David City
Margaret Crosby
Hastings
Crouse- Tex
Pearle Matheson
Fremont
May Olson
Baton Rouge
Matheson
George Matheson
Olson
Ross Richards
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Phil Campbel
Alexandria
Mrs. Campbell
Pauline Garber
John Bright
Fairbury
Servel
Semel
the Gas Company
United States War Savings
Carleton Anderson
Veterans Aid
University Hospital Weer
University Hospital
County Bridge
Mother’s Pension Ey
Soldier’s Relief
Agricultural Society — Ee Rane
Gresham
Osceola City
Shelby Village
Polk Village
Polk Sewer
Orice
Eee Nee Ann Oe
Polk County Hospital Fund
Seahalin Srs
Oscfola News
the Corn Palace Cafe
Mrs
Blanche Rein
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