Poke county fair races tease town with grand plans
The Bystander reports a coming spike in activity for the Poke county fair with Ern and Myron Brown preparing horses and locals like Len Nie Obrist and Billy Burritt promising showy efforts. Kommodore Isrill brings panse rumors, while Silas Miller and Ellick Whitehed clash over strength, hinting at a lively race season ahead.
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Poke County
Ern Brown
Myron Brown
State Line
Lennie Obrist
Hott
Billy Burritt
Reddy
Dave
Heck
Albert Berggren
John Povey
John
Kwite
Thair
Sq. In
Maude San J. I. C
Social notes from Polk area drift with local visits
A Polk community digest reports correspondence from Melvin Strand visiting home folks and many neighbors in Polk. Notes include births, illnesses, travels to York Omaha Central City and Columbus, marriages, farm work, church events, and local social gatherings with frequent mentions of the Korger McBeth Bennett Eller Reece Barker and many others.
Puttering Up to Beat Silas Miller in Featherweight
A rough note suggests a boxer aims to gain three pounds to outweigh Silas Miller and win through strategy. It mentions arbitration and that rivals in featherweight will not gain weight until they are heavier than Miller.
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Silas Miller
Mattick Meens
Heck
Feather Walt
Local notes from Stromsburg and area
Absent Carl Lunn trips to Omaha this week while O A Rystrom and Victor Anderson travel for business to Chicago and Omaha. Rev Carl Tolin preached at Swede Home church last Sunday. Dr Vance Sharp to occupy new home this coming week. Sam Dowers and wife visit Gage county for a few days. John I Anderson and Anita Bitner hosts with W Joynt from St Paul. Frank Sullivan and family visit Aurora on weekend.
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George Korger
W.C.T.U
Frank Barker
James Carhan
Rising
Joe Micek
Bryan Stamm
Columbus
W. J. Thelen
Bertha Bennett
York
John Seberger
Nick Eller
David City
Willis Rowe
M. E. Church
C. E. Hastart
Octavia
John Riesdoff
Helen Lucas
Mabel McGraw
Anna Urban
Omaha
John Urban
Hubert Duren
Harry Blevins
Joliet
Will Fyfe
Edmund Bernt
Mary Schindler
Shelby Checker Brigade
Osceola Checker
Frank Dunning
Julius Schlinger
Odd Fellows
Ernest McMillan
Reece
Fred Decesterreicher
Andrew Tragas
Oswald Alt
Guy Anderson
D. C. Cole
B. S. Miller
R T. Benlow
A. C. Dunning
Regina Thelen
Hewitt
James Garhan
Rising City
Mildred Garhan
August Thelen
Merle Dearborn
San Diego
Jas. Reisdorff
Sidney
C. W. Moon
R . Buelow
Friend
Emma Graham
Moon
Oscar Sasseen
Morris
Mary Bassett
Unadilla
C. B. Ruch
Anton Micek
John Lees
Lavery
Sam
W. O. Pulver
Corinth
N. D
Timm
Watkins
Kans
W. H. Kelley
Caneiro
Kelley
Floyd Todd
Salina
Kan
Ruth Mahaffey
Herman Schade
Concordia
Dr. Smith
Frank Thmsher
Richard Cole
Jno
Lees
Will Jaax
L. H. Aden
Martin
Amos Aden
Homer Phelps
Henry Hewitt
Wyo
Nebraska
Alexis Stewart
Cheyenne
J. R. McDermott
Rock Springs
Harrison and
Crawford
Mr. Hewitt
Chadron
A.W. Lyons
Eden Baptist Church
J. F. Leeds
Nelson
City
Earl’ Leeds
L. A. Erickson
Hastings
Chas. Lambert
Chicago
Raymond Peterson
Glen Severine
South Side
Oscar I. Anderson
Roy Witters
Ruth
Richard Larson
Lincoln
al Larson
A. V. Eielson
San Francisco
American Legion
Dannebrog
H. Christenson
Phoebe Pallet
John A. Sundberg
F. O. Olson
Hugo
Florida
E. J. Anderson
A.c.anderson
Haxtun
Colo
EB. C. Nordlund
A. W. Peterson
C. Petrus Peterson
Will Fusby
Frank Burgeson
M. Hultquist
Ora Olson
McFarlane
Saronville
Mr. Olson
Vance Sharp
Stanton
Esther Raabe
Sane
Axel Borg
Rudolph Quist
E. Lunner
California
Los Angeles
Borg
Lunner
Ted Becklund
Burlington
Arthur Lindeblade
Sinclair Oil Co
Reuben Jones
Scott & Anderson
Sinclair Co
Ed Knerr
Mr. Jones
R. L Minnick
Scott Yards
Nordstrom
Strom and
Benedict
James Gray
Hackberry Presinc
Polk County
Brule
Osceola
Gray
Carl Tolin
Sam Dowers
Gage County
W. E. Joynt
St. Paul
Anita Bitner
Frank Sullivan
Aurora
Leach Brothers Mourn Des Moines Train Fatality
W F Leach of Keith county received a telegram Saturday stating his youngest brother H C Leach of Des Moines was badly injured by a train in Des Moines suburbs. A second wire announced his death, and Mr Leach departed for Des Moines Monday. The body was taken to Bloomfield Iowa for burial.
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Keith County
Ogalalla
W. F. Leach
H. C. Leach
Des Moines
Mr. Leach
Bloomfield
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Kkommodore
Leo
Ennie
Ellick
Silas
Ellie
Shelby
Melvin Strand
Polk
Irving McBeth
W. E. Kinney
Central City
John Reece
E. E. Reece
Dave Timm
Alliance
Ross McBeth
Olathe
Karl Kreizinger
Green's Chapel
Stromsburg
Carl Lunn
O. A. Rystrom
H. H.hubbert
Victor Anderson
John I. Anderson
Atty. E. E. Stanton
DR Johnson
Bob
Andrew Monson
Hayhurst & Myers
T.A. James
Jonathan
King David
Farmer’s Union Store
Michigan
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