Employment Service for Farmers in Polk County
The Nebraska State Employment Service informs Polk county farmers that volunteer representatives are available to help hire farm labor year round without fees. Local volunteers in Osceola Shelby Polk and others coordinate with Ronald D. Morgan and R F Vogeler to match workers for farm hands harvest dairy farm couples tenant farmers orchard hands and housekeepers.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Ronald D. Morgan
York
R. F. Vogeler
Reuben T. Anderson
Osceola
A. W. Lewis
Shelby
Paul T. Wurtz
Polk
Nebraska State Employment Service
United States Employment Service
Nebraska Agricultural Exertion Service
Idle Farms Idle in Boone County as Two Hundred Leave
The Albion Argus reports a historic wave of idle farms in Boone County with estimates near two hundred. Many tenant farmers cannot secure funds for feed and seed as landowners refuse to sign required loans, forcing families to seek odd jobs in nearby towns to survive.
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Boone County
Albion Argus
Miss Leona Nantkes Re elected by School Board
A correction notes Miss Leona Nantkes, a first grade teacher, was re elected by the school board at its March 4 meeting after her omission from last week’s list of re elected teachers in The Record.
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Nantkes
Leona Nantkes
Miss Nantkes
Greens Chapel notices and community events listed
Greens Chapel Brotherhood plans a March 29 meeting and pre worship services from March 22. Ladies Aid meets March 25 with hostesses. County Sunday School Convention on April 4. Numerous local visits and guests across Greens Chapel, Albion, Shelby, Osceola, Stromsburg, and Benedict with absences noted.
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Greens Chapel Brotherhood
Ladies Aid
Dwight Newcomer
Geo Steever
Greens Chapel
L. W
Keith Kindburg
Lloyd Severine
Gus Martens
Gresham
W. Peterson
E. E. Gabel
Omaha
Myrtle Graham
C. W
L. L. Hoffer
Andrew Hanson
J. G. Rosdani
C. B. Knerr
Charles Steever
M. Hennings
Osceola
O. P. Hennings
S. W. Peterson
Shelby
F. M. Leibee
Theresa Skidmore
Gerald Obrist
Albion
Telander Peterson
Maurine
Isabel Calder
Arlen Deay
J. G. Rosdahl
Victor Johnson
John Dahl
Harlan Carlson
Silver Creek
Lynette Larson
Grand Island
Lloyd Lindgren
Carl Ellsworth
D. & Powell
York
Lambert Swanson
Lewis Bergren
Lloyd Hahn
Art Anderson
Marietta Hollister
Lester Graves
Stromsburg
J. F. Knorr
Everett Powell
F. W. Powell
Benedict
Doris Knerr
Bigger and Better Men in the Unicameral
State Journal recalls B S Keck, democratic legislator from Stromsburg, as a long time observer of Nebraska politics. It notes his past as a highway inspector and his vivid recollections of 1925 when he chaired the committee of the whole in shirt sleeves with a shoe in hand, provoking a standing moment of legislative humor.
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B. S. Keck
Stromsburg
Keck
State Highway Department
Public
Second House
Congress
State Journal
Local notes from Shelby and surrounding towns
Shelby J. D. Lockard visits bluejacket relatives while reporting sowing delays due to rain. Gregory Bernt visits sister Mrs Krebsbach. Alma Hayhurst to Grand Island teachers’ weekend. Several residents undergo operations in Columbus and Omaha hospitals with recovering reports. St Anne Sodality and Women’s Christian Temperance Union events scheduled. Alma Hayhurst, Emil Alt, and others cited in brief notices.
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J. D. Lockard
Bluejacket
Oklahoma
Shelby
Wm. Muller
Eugene Kinney
Omaha
Mr. Kinney
W. E. Kinney
Irene Kelley
A. A. Blum
St. Anne Sodality
G. W. Beebe
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
W. C. Hayhurst
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Gregory Bernt
Grand Island
Barney Krebsbach
Alois Kosch
Kosch
Emmett Beebe
University Hospital
Guy Hanshew
Polk County Spelling Contest Set for Osceola High Saturday
The Polk County spelling contest will be held at Osceola High School on Saturday March 20 at 1:00 PM for grades 3 through 8. Winners in each grade receive ribbons and honorable mentions. top finishers advance to county and state level contests with final round requiring oral and written spelling.
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Polk County
Osceola High School
World Herald
Omaha
Evelyn Babcock
Doris Hanson
Edith Malm
Evelyn Peterson
Betty Schnizel
Mary G. Burke
Miss Helsing
Miss Moon
Polk and Shelby
W. E. Thompson
E. K. Pengelley
Pre-nuptial Shower For Miss Arlea Deay At Sisters Home
A miscellaneous shower was hosted by Miss Arlea Deay’s sisters Neola and Josephine at their home on Saturday afternoon. About fifty guests attended. Miss Deay received many gifts while Little Miss Jeanice Schott dressed as a bride and Margie Jean Gabel as a groom with a wagon and a shower parasol. Jeanice sang The Wedding of Jack and Jill. Eva Mouden presided at the tea table.
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Arlea Deay
Neola
Josephine
Miss Deay
Jeanice Schott
Margie Jean Gabel
Jeanice
Jack
Jill
Eva Mouden
Polk voters approve school bonds in special election
In Polk County school district No. 72 voters approved a 145 to 1 bond issuance to add to and alter the current building. If a federal grant covers 45 percent of costs and is approved, construction could start around June 1. The loan has been favorably received in Washington, with 60 percent of votes needed to pass. Local reactions praised community spirit and added school capacity.
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Omaha
the Public Works Administration
Washington
Lois Ann Dittmer Born at St. Marys in Columbus
A seven pound baby girl named Lois Ann was born on Saturday March 6 at St. Marys Hospital in Columbus to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dittmer. The report notes visits by relatives and local social activity including dinners and showers.
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Elmer Dittmer
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Lois Ann
LeRoy Rhodes
Walter Herrman
Iowa City
Harve McCormick
Clair
Calmar Durn
Elsie Pearson
Osceola
M.na Buchta
Guy McClure
Omaha
Lowell Finney
Arcadia
Clair McCormick
Jackie
Wm. Dake
LaVerne Dake
Fullerton
Kenneth Yogger
York
Warren Hastings
Chalmar Daniel
Heitzman
Nix
Rayner Carlson
Narrow escape for Iowa men near Osceola depot
E. W Boettcher and G. G. Walters of Rockwell Iowa narrowly avoided disaster when their car collided with an east bound freight near Osceola. The driver swerved to the left as the train arrived, the car overturned but was caught by the engine and dragged along the depot platform. Both men survived with only minor injuries and the car suffered light damage.
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Iowa
E. W Boettcher
G. G. Walters
Rockwell
Osceola
Calhoun
Charles McCloud Suffers Stroke at Home
Former Republican national committeeman Charles A. McCloud and president of the First National Bank of York suffered a slight paralytic stroke Tuesday afternoon at his home as he prepared to return to the bank. Doctors said his speech was impaired but not believed to be serious, though exact condition could not be determined immediately.
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Charles McCloud
Charles A. McCloud
First National Bank of York
McCloud
Conservation payments drive distributed statewide funds
W H Smith, treasurer of the County Agricultural Conservation Association, supervised payments totaling over 34000 to conservation applicants in Osceola, Canada, Clear Creek, Island and Hackberry precincts. Remaining precincts are expected to receive payments by week’s end per the farm bureau office.
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W. H. Smith
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Conservaton
Osceola
Canada
Clear Creek
Island
Hackberry
Farm Bureau
Mrs George Inness Hosts Entre Nous Gathering
Mrs George Inness was hostess to the Entre Nous at her home on Wednesday afternoon, hosting members in a social gathering.
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George Inness
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Alice Maxwell
Maxine Johnson
Florence Bowe
Gladys Mathes
L&ie
Florentz Ziegfeld
Glidolph Dobbin
WE Chine
Osceola Junior Woman’s Club
New Muse Theatre
A. K. Crow
D. H. Westfall
David City
Chas. Johnson
Richardson
Near Hordville
Lincoln
Margaret Scherzer
Earl Husted
Henry Shostrom
Caroll Flodman
Chas Johnson
H. A. Johnson
Edna Peterson
Lloyd Krader
Adolph Dose
Gerhart
Mae Doremus
Will Roehrs
Grandma Heiden
Bertha Heiden
Werner Roehrs
Arnold Blase
Betty Ann
Walter Roehrs
M. Iv. Church
Pengelly
David Dornburg
Frank Davis
Ida McConnell
Leona
W. F. Cohagen
Florence Rhinehart
Chas. Jones
Nellie Peterson
C. V. Anderson
First Baptist Church
Ralph Upton
Arnold Isaacson
Arthur Anderson
Loomis
Ben C. Erickson
Kearney
Paul Carlson
Rhyan Klute
Hampton
Hamilton County
Klute
Rachel Schrader
Progress Office
City
Geneva Green
Orlie
Will Miller
Oscar Strand
Itlof Ostburg
Guenther Mueller
Central City
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