Capper Journal absorbs Nebraska Farm Journal
Samuel R. McKelvie announces that the Nebraska Farm Journal will be absorbed by the Capper publications. Nebraska Farm Journal subscribers will receive the Nebraska Farmer, while out-of-state subscribers get a Capper farm paper. The consolidation, effective June 28, leaves McKelvie as Nebraska’s only farm paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. McKelvie
Nebraska Farmer
Nebraska Farm Journal
McKelvie
Nebraska
The
Farm Journal
Capper Farm
Capper Farm Press
McKelvve
Local Horsehoes Organizing Meeting Set for May 31
Polk County players discuss forming a county horseshoe association to arrange matches and tournaments. A meeting will be held at the community room in the courthouse on Saturday May 31 at 8 o'clock sharp. All players and interested residents are invited. Matt Sterup signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Court House
Matt Sterup
Obituary notices for Wm E Dunning and Hult families
Obituary page records the death of William Emmerson Dunning at 70 in Sterling Colorado with burial in Shelby Nebr and services at U B church led by Rev Lavery and Rev B E. it also notes the death of Mrs Hult at 84 with funeral at Swede Home Lutheran church and burial in Swede Home cemetery, listing surviving children and grandchildren. The Dunning family's long Nebraska settlement and M.W.A. I.O.O.F. ties are mentioned along with move to Stoneham Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Emerson Dunning
Wm. E. Dunning
Sterling
Colorado
Shelby
U. B
G. T. Lavery
C. BE
William Emmerson Dunning
Alligon County
Mich
Colo
Elberta Cain
San Bernardino
Cal
Rena Clingman
Superior
Nebr
Tom
Merna
Roy
Big Springs
Clarence
Eton Rapids
Herbert
Hazard
Lew
Stoneham
John
Ted
Martha Allen
A.O.U.W
M.W. A
Bertrand Lodge
Dunning Brothers
Nebraska
The
Hult
Ludwig Hult
August Swanson
Alex Adelson
Herbert Flodman
Albert Hult
Stromsburg
Fred Peterson
Denver
August Appleton
Winona Ills
Krnsdale
Sweden
Swede Home Lutheran Church
Swede Home Cemetery
Pioneers of Swedish Descent Enduring American Journey
Mrs. August Hult born Hakanson in Kristdale Sweden on March 14 1840. Baptized and confirmed Lutheran. Married 1865 to August Hult and emigrated to the United States in 1866. They lived at Varna Illinois then homesteaded near Swede Home Nebraska in 1883. They joined the Evangelical Lutheran church as charter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Hult
Hakanson
Kristdale
Kalmar Lan
Sweden
United States
Varna
Ill
Nebraska
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wright home visits and church activities in Stromsburg
Correspondents report steady visits at the Wright home in Stromsburg to see their aunt. Mrs White's husband heads Keystone Mfg Co in Philadelphia, a major local employer. Miss Johanna Larson stopped by Osceola Tuesday afternoon. Eden Baptist church workers reshingled the south roof side with several women serving lunch. Rev A W Lyons spoke at Grand Island about Y M C A and Y W C A programs and at the college chapel Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Stromsburg
A. W. Lyons
Grand Island
First Baptist Church
H. D. Skelton
Meamo
Okla
Morris Smith
A. Tyons
Viking
Z. F. Myers
L. Aldrich
Helen Lind
Alice Myers
Fuyllerton
Link Miller
Polk
E. F. Graff
Seward
Godfrey Olson
Benjamin
Leona McConnell
Edna Jones
Osceola
Local notes span schooling, sports and social events
A local roundup reports stock shipments to Omaha, a school levy vote set for June 9, baby arrivals at multiple homes, Shelby and Columbus games lineups, church and club activities, memorial events, and various visits and illnesses. Prominent names include Dunning Mytholar Andrews Ingalls Hastert Wright Petteys and Moore families, with community groups like the M and U B churches and the A F and A M lodge highlighted.
Hartson Snider Wedding in Belleville Kansas
Homer Hartson and Gladys Snider were married in Belleville Kansas on Sunday May 235 officiated by Rev W W Alverson. The couple both work as postal clerks at the local post office and will live in a new bungalow under construction on Gospel Ridge after a honeymoon trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Hartson
Gladys Snider
Belleville
Kans
W. W. Alverson
Presbyterian Church
Pauline Snider
Hartson
M. A. Hartson
W. E. Snider
Gospel Ridge
Petteys-Winfield Wedding in Belleville Kans
Floyd Petteys of Shelby marries Miss Ethel Winfield of York in a Belleville Kansas ceremony performed by Rev. Cutler. The couple, who arrived in Shelby Monday, are noted local figures with Petteys serving as cashier at the First National Bank and Winfield described as a prominent York young lady.
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Pettys-Winfield
Floyd Petteys
Shelby
Ethel Winfield
York
Belleville
Kans
Cutler
Petteys
Emory Petteys
First National Bank
Plumbing and Heating Repair Services Advertised
A local ad states readiness for plumbing work, pump and gas engine repair. The contractor L. E. Lindquist offers services at Northwest Corner Square and invites calls for various jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Corner Square
L. E. Lindquist
County Teachers Take Exams Across County
County Superintendent Huston conducted teacher examinations Friday and Saturday at the schoolhouse for candidates from across the county. Three men and fifty-seven women sat the county tests with sixty taking the county exams and one taking the state papers. the office stayed busy until late Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Community program and address by Judge Landis
An appropriate program of music will be presented and Judge H D Landis will give the day’s address. After the theater program, graves of soldiers will be decorated at the cemetery. A son was born last Sunday to Mr and Mrs Ervin Taddiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Landis
Ervin Taddiken
Eighth Grade Graduation at Osceola June 3 1924
The graduation exercises for the eighth grade will be held at Osceola Tuesday June 3 1924 at 2 30 pm. The class meets at 2 pm in the county superintendents office and then proceeds in a body to the Auditorium. I D Huston Co Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
D. Huston
Notice of Public Auction of Polk County Real Estate
By order of the District Court of York County Nebraska the referee will sell at public auction on June 23 1924 at two oclock the South Third part of the Southwest Quarter Section 34 Township 13 Range 1 West in Polk County Nebraska. Terms 10 percent day of sale 5 percent when sale is confirmed and balance March 1 1925. Abstract shows 1924 and prior taxes paid. Referee H G Hopkins. Attorneys Gilbert and Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
York County
Nebraska
Barton L. Hawley
Tiffs
Joseph Delman Hawley
Polk
Towit
H. G. Hopkins
Gilbert & Perry, Attys
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Capper Journal
McKelvie Co
Duncan
Osman Tire & Service Station
Stromsburg, Nebr
A. C. Dunning
George Mytholar
Henry Johnson
Omaha
Mr. Mytholar
Fred Johnson
Sam Andrews
John Ingalls
Ulysses
Columbus Club
Columbus
Ladies Guild
Charles Hastert
D. C. Cole
Dunning
Maud Bull
Ed Schlessinger
BE. J. Howland
C. E. Hastert
Bellwood
Mary Smith
Hastert
H. W. Wright
C. E
Glenn Ingalls
W. G. Vowell
G. C. West
C. O. Daggett
Ord
Clyde Hayhurst
Missouri
H. J. van Vlack
Alma Hayhurst
Freeman Shaw
Lincoln
Claud Rawles
George Matheney
St. Paul
Minn
Wilber Donelson
Freddie Aldrich
Wm' Mawhor
Harvard
J. C. Mawhor
Dave Hewitt
Henry Grossnicklaus
Shelby Lodge No. 161
A. F
A. M
Wm. J. Thelen
Webster Ray
Homer Phelps, Jr
C. W. Moon
Treas
R. T. Buelow
Secy
Arthur Scott
Esther Brittell
Gresham
E. P. Sturdevant
Marjorie
Henry Burritt
Herman Anderson
Kenneth Cornan
Pearl Theatre
POLE
David City
J. W. Tenny
J. F. Benson
Runquist
Ernie Graff
Wilber Crown
North Platte
C. R. Peterson
Gilbert Nelson
Alfred Nelson
Chas. Bodine
Central City
Ralph Peterson
I. D. Huston
Margaret
Helen
Kathyrn
Pork Friends
Philip Sack
Grace Lindbure
Naomi Alfreds
Lorna Alfreds
Ted Smith
R. C. Kingston
Julesburg
Neva Hick
Edna Tenny
BE. Schultz
Beatrice
Hugh McGuffin
Geo. Mitchell
Bert Benjamin
Lucille
Alice Benjamin
Chas Moberg
Edna Kingston
South Dakota
Gillespie
Olaf Alfred
Wilber Whitacres
Irene
Snider
Donse Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Bystrom Company
South Side Square
King Joy
Ro. H
Union Pacific
Pacific
Estes Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Salt Lake City
West Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Diego
Spokane, Wash
Victoria, Vancouver, B. C
Salt Lake
Scenic Colorado
West
WM. O. Clark
Osceola, Nebr
Ford
Ford Flytor Company
FE O. B
Detroit
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