Lining Up for Home Stretch in Record's Marathon
The Record's subscription marathon nears its end with entrants competing for a Dodge automobile prize. Volunteers and supporters push late bets and predictions as judges chosen by popular vote of young women tally final votes. The double vote period closes Saturday night October 27, with results to be published next week and final closing date announced then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
H. H. Campbell
Osceola
E. F. Ready
R. Kepner
C. H. Anderson
A. W. Larson
Stromsburg
Wek
Daniel obituary announced for Beulah resident
M E Daniel died at his home near Beulah on Wednesday morning October 24. The funeral will be held at his valley home at 1:00 PM Friday. His obituary will be published in the Record next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Daniel
Beulah
Daniel
Memorial stamp honors the late President Harding
For three months the two cent memorial stamp will replace Washington imagery. The first sheets issued Sept. 1 sold out the same day in Marion Ohio. The stamp is a high quality engraving intended as a keepsake rather than for regular use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Harding
Post Office Department
Lincoln
International Postal Union
Marion
Ohio
Cigar Stores Corporation
Postmaster General
New
United States
Celebrate Reunion At Home Of M Horst
A large reunion and 65th birthday observance were hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Horst. Relatives from Salt Lake City and Elgin joined local guests, with ministers Rev. Matthew Herrmann and Rev. J. A. Klein in attendance. The Horst home hosted a festive gathering with broad family participation from Polit County and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Horst
Community Notes From Green's Chapel Area
Local residents visit friends and relatives across nearby towns. Winding together are incidents of travel, family milestones, a horse injury, nursing visits, a Mayo hospital update, and two long marriages celebrated with family gatherings. Death of Mrs Smith’s son’s mother noted in York hospital updates.
Education Week Observe Nov 18 1923 With Legion
The Bureau of Education partners with the American Legion and the National Education Association to mark American Education Week from November 18 to 24 1923. Each day highlights topics like God and country constitution patriotism schools and teachers illiteracy community and physical education with officials urged to issue proclamations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Education
American Legion
National Education Association
Harding
GOD and Country
Road mileage alone won’t guarantee gains
A columnist notes that talking up roads leads to bond issues and long stretches of pavement that go nowhere. The piece argues true economy lies in improving roads along their full length from start to finish, as a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and farmers suffer when access ends at the first good mile.
Society Notes Highlight Local Club Gatherings
Mrs. Millie Dahlberg will entertain the Bide awee Club Saturday afternoon. A Woman's Literary Club meeting at the courthouse featured department reports and a talk on illiteracy by Co. Supt. I. D. Huston. The Gabalots will be hosted by Mrs. Geo. Carson next Wednesday, Oct. 31. The Merry Workers met at the Presbyterian church with Mesdames Campbell Bee be Hansen as hosts. The Missionary Society plans a bake sale at Hansen & Frahm's market Saturday. Mrs. Chas Timm hosted a Kensington for Mrs. Frederick Timm’s 78th birthday with 24 guests and a gift pin. luncheon was served by the hostess and guests Lulu Olmstead and O. E. Mickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Literary Club
Court House
Co. Supt
I. D. Huston
Gabalots
Merry Workers
Presbyterian Church
Mesdames Geo. Campbell
H. C. Beebe
Chas. Hansen
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Hansen & Frahm
Chas Timm
Kensington
Frederick Timm
Nebraska 1922 Financial Statistics Report
The Department of Commerce reports Nebraska government costs for the year ended June 20, 1922 totaled 12 667 948 with a per capita cost 958 dollars. Departmental expenses 6 51 and outlays 3 67 per person. Revenue receipts reached 14 944 186 or 11 30 per capita. Ad valorem assessed property value 3 191 787 870 with taxes levied 7 401 327 and per capita levy 5 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Nebraska
Polk couple celebrates golden wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Shenk marked their golden wedding last Sunday among relatives. A delightful dinner followed and the couple received many presents from their children. They are the parents of Mrs. Albert Sundberg of this city. All the children were present except Mrs. A. C. Benjamin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thy
Albert Sundberg
A. C. Benjamin
Halloween Basket Supper at Swede Home Hall
Swede Home Hall No 8 hosts a Halloween basket supper on October 31. Ladies are asked to bring baskets. Cha Hastings serves as teacher for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe
Chas. Hastings
Church Schedule Announced for Sunday and Week
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Church service at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. H. A. Taylor, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Grace and Valley Church Sunday Services Announced
Grace and Valley Church announces services at the usual hour this Sunday. New Sunday school classes are being organized and require hearty cooperation for success. Pastor J. A. Klein requests participation.
Sunday School and Regular Services Schedule
Presbyterian Church announces Sunday school at the usual hour with no preaching services morning or evening. The pastor will be home to conduct regular services a week from Sunday.
Evangelical Luth Church Ladies Visit Stromsburg Home
Evangelical Lutheran Church Ladies Aid visited the Old People's Home in Stromsburg this afternoon October 25. Prayer service is Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Sunday school at 10 AM and morning service at 11 AM. Swedish service at 7 30 PM. Harmony Society to stage a 80day event in church Tuesday evening October 30. Hay for sale prairie hay five miles southeast of Havens. Contact M A Larson Central City Neb. Pastor Adolf Serenius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Oet
Harmony Society
Adolf Serenius
Hay For Sale Choice
Prairie Hay
Havens
M. A. Larson
Central City
Neb
Augustana College Homecoming Plans Completed
Augustana College finalizes plans for a November homecoming from the 2nd to the 6th with large committees. Events start Friday with a lyceum, bonfire pep meetings, athletics Saturday, and a banquet and carnival Saturday night. New buildings are dedicated Monday and Tuesday with Archbishop Soderblom conducting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soderbloom
Sweden
Irma Shaw
Lincoln
W. T. Hartman
Anna Ogden
Calloway
Polk County Notes Highlight Local Social and Death Notices
Polk County notes cover a week of moving, visiting, and community events. Lincol n trips and business visits involve Finney Peterson Melvin Erickson Eric Erickson and Iver Peterson. Obituary reports note the death of John Lottes and Gust. Bloomal with regional ties. Local clubs church calls and civic happenings fill out the community record.
Local Social Roundup At Polk And Surrounding Towns
Mr and Mrs R H Thesing visited Lincoln Saturday. Mr and Mrs L O Glad spent the weekend visiting Omaha. Miss Mary Wilcox was a passenger to Omaha Tuesday afternoon. Miss Fern Myers visited relatives at Central City last week. Martin Jones and Edna Masters were passengers to Lincoln Friday. Miss Alice Lindburg came from Grand Island and spent Sunday with friends. Pudge of Stromsburg filled the Baptist pulpit at Polk Sunday. Joshua Cox Jr came from York to spend Sunday with his parents. Harold Slusser came from Lincoln and spent Sunday at Polk with his parents.
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C. T. Moline
C. A. Larson
Bankers’ Conventon
Omaha
Young Ladies Mission Circle
C. P. Nelson
Iver Peterson
Casper Wyo
Eden Baptist Church
A. W. Lyon
Muskegon
Mich
Anna Larson
P. E. Samuelson
Ekloff
Victor Anderson
Exot
Marie Brett
Thora Warner
Cleveland
Ohio
Gust
Mission Church
Nelson
Stromsburg
David Anderson
J. M. Bay
Madison
Davis
J. W. Langley
Chicago
Polk Baptist Church
Bodine Corner
Polk
Allison
Emmet Alton
Mildred Johnson
Kenneth Samuels
Alfred Jarden
Tere
Gresham
York
Bradshaw
Central City
R. H. Thesing
Lincoln
L. O. Glad
Mary Wilcox
Fern Myers
Martin Jones
Edna Masters
Mise Alice Lindburg
Grand Island
Kee. Pudge
Local notes from Shelby and area events
John Lees shipped two cars of sheep to Omaha while Dewey Lockard returns from a western state trip. Mr and Mrs A C Dunning visited Omaha then returned. Ernest Haberman sent feeder cattle from Keystone. Thelen and Nyberg hosted guests at Polk. Mawhor and Mawhor with Rev G T Lavery visited Osceola. Mrs Jennie Cowles suffered a burn from hot grease. Walter Umshler visited Columbus with her parents. Apples from Utah sold at Farmers Implement for 1.50 to 1.75. Peter Wieser and family visited Lincoln. Postmaster Anderson faces a nail injury easing on a pedestal. Harding family hosted in Lincoln. Blevins Jr visiting Omaha while Thelen covers elevator work. Claude Bull to Rising City to work on telephone lines. York students Beebe Brazee and McGrew home from school. Harold Arner, 17, injured a arm in Ford crank incident. Bennet family note continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lees
Omaha
Dewey Lockard
A. C. Dunning
Ernest Haberman
Keystone
Neb
W. J. Thelen
Nels Nyberg
Polk
W. T. Mawhor
Anna Mawhor
Osceola
Peter Wieser
Lincoln
Chas. Bockoven
Anderson
C. W. Harding
Swift
H. Bahm
M. J. Arner
Wilber Bennet
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Fred Pierson
Benedict
Swan Larson
Mr. Pierson
Nelson Bros. Sale
Wm. Keys
Clem Keys
Thayer
C. M. Dilsaver
Harry Obrist
Vic Newcomer
Roy Anderson
Mrs. T. Kries
Brooke
C. M. Torell
Lorenzo Merrick
Ernest Campbell
Uni. Place
Mr. Campbell
Dilsaver
Andrew Inness
Etta Record
Chas
Scottsbluff
Chas. Hollister
Lambert Swanson
L. W
Louis Berggren
T. E. Nelson
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Mino
Henry Heins
L. W. Hollister and
Baby
Axel Severine
J.F. Knerr
Wm. Marquis of
Knerr
Marquis
Farmers’ Union
C. B. Knorr
Anna Burke
Manse
W. H. Smith
Ulysses
Earl and Clyde Smith
Washton D.C
Alexandria
National Capital
Masons
Washington
Millie Dahlberg
Financial Statistics OF
H. A. Taylor
Grace & Valley
J. A.klein
Thos. E. Barr
Evangelical Luth. Church
Augustana College
Polk County News
Finney Peterson
Melvin Erickson
Legion
John Lottes
Ed. Lauerman
Ernest Carlson
Olson & McFarlane Co
R. L. Anderson
Fusby
Chas. Ekblade
H. F. Meyer
Scribner
H. Christenson
Eric Erickson
Boulder
Colo
G. H. Presson
Beatrice
Convention of Women’s Clubs
C. P. Anderson
Holstein, Neb
Mrs
A. P. Peterson
John Colson
A. O. Knerr
New York
E. H. Lindquist
Minneapolis
Carl Lunn
E. C. Nordlund
State Bankers’ Convention
N. W. Cunningham
Wm. Deeds
Ft. Smith
Ark
Margaret Johnson
J. F. Johnson
T. D. Hunsaker
Hastings
Chas. Lambert
Thers. R. S. Noyd
Son Lee
Butte
Mont
Manghild Widga
Peter Widga
C. A. Hemberg
Los Angeles
Frank Sullivan
California
J. P. Hedman
A. P. Hedman
Oakland
Levander
Pasadena
Calif
Clyde Peterson
V. A. Carlson
Sunnyside
Utah
Carlson
A. G. Carlson
John F. Anderson
Galesburg
Altoona
Frank Johnson
Frank Johnson, Sister of Mrs. Anderson
W. F. Leach
Bloomfield
H. C. Leach
Noorthwestern
Des Moines
Iowa
Hal P. Fudge
Ray Hunsaker
W.E. Wilke
Wilcox
Anton Nelson
M. E. Walrath
Albion
G. Brown
Fullerton
Allen Gubser
Rising
Raymond
Garrison
D. Kingston
Arcadia
Fred Murrey
J. C
Brown
Big Springs
C. E. Codagan
Ed Schultz
Valparaiso
A. W. Shafer
Raymond Bottum
Zerah Harry Shafer
Kermit
H. YT. Frazier
Harvey Newman
Fred Eggert
Harton, Colo
J. L. Dorsey
Mrs. McGinnis
Zorah Shafer
Bettie Britt
Violet
Zuver
Tueday
Shelby
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