Fatal accident in Clear Creek precinct ends young man
In November 1902 Frank Mercek died after a foundation beneath a house collapsed while he worked. The scene shows the house sliding and crushing him instantly as he crawled under with a stone. Funeral services followed for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mercek
Clear Creek Precinct
Mateek
W. L. Howland
Rufus Walker
Edwin
Clarks
M. H. Whaley
A. E. Mills
Missouri
Oklahoma
A. A. Kannon
George L. E. Minger
Minden
Osceola’s National Bank
H. M. Powers
A. O. Monson
L. H. Myers
S. A. Snider
J. F. Monson
J. M. Herrmann
Revised Bus Schedule Improves Connections Between Cities
Clarence Schroeder owner of Center Service Bus announces a revised Columbus York route timetable. Morning York departure lists stops Benedict Stromsburg Osceola Shelby Columbus. Columbus return at 11 a m. Afternoon York northbound and Columbus southbound trips outlined with stop times. Schroeder notes better connections with continental, north, northwest and southeast bus schedules at Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Schroeder
Center Service Bus Line
Columbus
York
Benedict
Stromsburg
Osceola
Shelby
Stormsburg
Methodist Church Schedules Services and Events
The Hastings area church calendar lists a Sunday program with Church School at 10 and worship at 11 featuring What You Expect of the Church. A 3 p m rally in Stromsburg marks a district missionary institute across Nebraska. An annual Ladies Aid Bazaar is Friday with lunch and dinner, and Junior League meets Friday evening. Wesley Fellowship meets Tuesday. Rev. A W Lapthorne is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Ladies Aid
Wesley Fellowship
A. W. Lapthorne
John Oberg
Livestock Prices and Church Activities at South Omaha
Readers learn of church events at Luther League on Thursday with speaker Philip Nyberg and a full Trinity Sunday schedule. The Nor. 12, 1940 stock report from Union Stock Yards, Omaha lists cattle receipts, price ranges for cornfed steers yearlings, feed er cattle, native cows, and hogs with gains over the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Farm Equipment Listing Includes Tractors and Implements
A catalog style listing details Farmall tractors, a 1934 Chevrolet Truck, varied cultivators and binders, a Baldwin harvester, grain drill, combine, harrow and seeders. It notes Ford and John Deere powered items, with items like a McCormick-Deering hammer mill and a John Deere manure spreader among the entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.W.B
McCormick-Deering
Baldwin
Ford Motor
John Deere
McCormick
Springtime the Safest Time in Accidental Deaths
The Polk County Medical Society notes April as a safer month for accidental deaths. Across four years the U.S. averages 285 daily deaths from accidents, but April drops to 251 and July peaks at 367. Factors include seasonally changing hazards, driving, drownings, and fall patterns, with auto accidents remaining the top killer overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Medical Society
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
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Polk County
Walter J. Herbes
Neb
Grace Gylling
Mitchell
S. D
Clyde Courtney
Hayes
Carl Frahm
Fairbury
Ernest Johnson
J. N. Norton
Evelyn Norton
H. Wayne Lincoln
Lexington
Lincoln
Frank Rummel
David City
Lew Cunningham
Cunningham
Eliza Mae Campain
Earl Miller
Lyman
Nebr
Methodist Church
Lloyd Cole
Crouse-Tex Drug Store
Wm. Haines
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Laura LaPlante
John Boles
Paul Whiteman
D. R. Byers
McDonald
Wells
Branting
Gibbins
Yea
K. A. Cornish
Lou R
Israel Concerts
John I. Anderson
W. A. Cummings
Capitol Supply Co
O. F. Branting
Harry W. Pratt
Osceola Wrecking Co
Morgan Service
Shelby Theatre
J. D. Jarmin
Propr
Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett
DR. Christian
Wess Vyare
Nuys Ayant An
Vivdsas
Euves
Billboard
South Omaha
Silver Creek
Valley Ladies Alb Society
Merrick & Noble, Auctioneers
W. Timm
Nebraska Advertising Commission
State House
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