Official Proceedings of Polk County Commissioners 1936
The Polk County Nebraska Board of County Commissioners met October 20 1936 in regular session. Claims were audited and warrants drawn against County General and other funds for salaries, supplies, and relief programs. The proceedings include detailed payroll items for sheriff deputy clerks and other staff, road and equipment expenditures, tax refunds under protest, and jury selection lists. The board adjourned to November 5 1936 with no further business.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
County General Fund
Norfolk
Gunnard Peterson
R. H. Waite
Wibedeyave
Sophia Kresha
Gertrude Matheson
W. W. Norton County Judge Court Cosis
Roy W. Erickson
Olive M. McBeth Co
Augustine Company
SAME
Lincoln Tel & Tel Co
Ceeeewenee
Klopp Printing Co
Sup- Pes Oa
Dipaieg Acc Paatt Gel Egael Ental
E. L. Rogers Labor Co
Path Spachend Gessttesvese
KB Printing Co
Polk County Democrat Printing
Duro-test Corporation Supplies Court Nouse
John I. Anderson Co
W. W. Norton
Lillian Timm
J. T. Stanton Co. Art’y
W. W. Norton County
Mother’s Pension Fund
Gladys Record
State Assistanc Admin
Jeanne Backlund
Wse
Detatapand
Anna Belle Olson
Helen Eklof Same
Elin Burkman Same
Edith Brandt Same
Lillie C. Johnson
R. L. Anderson
P. C. Wieseman
J. W. Bailey Tools
Roy W. Fjell
E. M. Carter
McCormick-Deering
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Dean Carter
S. J. Harless
The
National Refining Co
Ivan M. Bengtson
W. P. Miller
Sinclair Refining Co
National Refining Co. Oil
Curtis Johnson
Special Bridge Fund
H. O. Swan
Phillip Nyberg
Hackberry Precinct
E. H. Ad- Blevins
C. A. Bond
George M. Gondringer
Lawrence Heaston
Horace McKeag
Gondringer
Guy Hanshew
Matt Glatter
Sioners
Treas
Hubert Augustin
Russell South Canada
Harold North Canada
Jesse
Isador E. Olson
J. G. Rosedahl
Alvin Rystrom
West Stromsburg
Arthur L. Bloomquist
C. F. Donelson
Gideon Peterson
Adolph F. Carlson
Andrew Freeman
L. E. Lindgren
Ivan Lindquist
A. I. Nyrberg
South Osceola
E. A. Hedlund
Emil Monson
Frank Malek
Fred M. Adkins
Frank H
Landon Ancestry Traced To Four Ethnic Lines
The article notes Governor Alf Landon’s ancestry includes English Scotch Irish and Dutch roots reflecting a diverse family background in his lineage.
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Alf Landon
Clambake Tradition Described In Rhode Island
An article details the Rhode Island clambake as a traditional open fire feast. It notes building a hot rock fire, layering clams potatoes corn fish and sausages over rockweed, then covering with tarpaulin to trap steam and flavors.
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Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Unattainable Perfect White Defined by MIT Research
MIT color laboratory researchers led by Dr. David L. MacAdams report perfect white is scientifically unattainable. Real whites are darker grays. the brightest substances like chalk or fresh snow come closest to the ideal. Instruments measure relative grayness and map it to whiteness in commercial terms.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Skin Sensitivity May Explain Sixth Sense Claim
Popular Mechanics notes that the skin could detect temperature differences as small as five ten-thousandths of a degree Celsius, according to Drs J D Hardy and T W Oppel of Russell Sage Institute, offering scientific support for a claimed sixth sense of sensing another presence in a dark room.
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American Physical Society
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Bridge Built in 18 Minutes by Virginia Engineers
The Fifth engineers from Virginia demonstrated at Eagle Lake Michigan an emergency pontoon bridge 104 feet long built in eighteen minutes. It carried thirteen ton military trucks safely. The design mirrors a Rhine crossing by First Engineers in 1919 in forty minutes.
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Virginia
Eagle Lake
Mich
Detroit Free Press
Rhine
Star Explosion in Lacerta Revealed After 2000 Years
Astronomers finally detect a stellar explosion that occurred over two millennia ago during Rome’s height in Lacerta. The discovery shows delayed observation of a distant event, highlighting advances in modern astronomy.
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Lacerta
Roman Senate Walls Unearthed in Rome Raze Site
Excavation during church and house demolition reveals exterior walls and four towers of the ancient Roman Senate House. Inscriptions from Cicero’s era are uncovered along with urns used by senators to deposit votes.
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Rome
Cicero
Not a Good Job Joan Sews Button Again
Not a Good Job Joan complains about sewing a button on her husband’s coat. She laments the tailor’s poor work and notes she has had to sew on the same button a third time herself.
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Joan
Private notice confounds polite reader in woods
A brief dialogue captures a small boy recalling a sign at a forest entrance reading Private. The boy explains he respected the notice and did not read further, highlighting misreading and caution in public spaces.
Grocer Teases Boy Over Apple Barreling Incident
A Philadelphia Inquirer humor piece recalls a grocer teasing a boy near an apple barrel. The boy responds humorously, saying he is trying not to take an apple, highlighting playful street scene banter from the era.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
The New Millinery Hat Confusion
Puzzled husband asks why plaster covers the left eye as the wife reveals the item is actually her new hat. The brief humor hinges on mistaken meaning and a fashion twist in a domestic moment.
Profit and Loss and a Nebraska court sale order
Bankers Association talk on profit and loss outlines the mix of gains and failures in American business. The piece references 1932 corporate incomes, deficits, and monthly failures, then shifts to a district court order in Polk County Nebraska approving a sale of estate land to pay debts for Frank Stachura with notice to interested parties.
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America
Guardian seeks license to sell decedent ward’s real estate
In Polk County Nebraska J A Albin guardian applies to sell Jennie L Gilbert ward for ward debts and care with permission from the court The real estate is described in a Northwest Quarter Southeast Quarter and Lot Two in Block Nine Osceola The order sets a show cause date November 9 1936 at 10 am in Osceola and requires publication in the Osceola Record for three weeks
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Josephine Stachura
Frank Stachura
Eal
Polk County
Nebraska
District Court Room
Osceola
J. A. Albin
Jennie L. Gilbert
Union Pacific Railway Company
Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad Company
Guardian
Harry D. Landis
District Court
Osceola Record
Seward
Seward County
Banks Strengthening Finanical Condition Amid R F C Repayments
Financial authorities report rapid bank improvement with deep cuts in Reconstruction Finance Corporation obligations. R F C lent 1.96 billion since 1932 to about 7,500 banks, with 1.7 billion repaid. Of 1.07 billion invested in bank securities, 760 million remains outstanding, all retirements made early. Also includes legal notice in Polk County Nebraska about Clarence W. Anderson v Olga M. Johnson et al seeking to quiet title to land and exclude union pacific interests. deadline November 23, 1936.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R.F.C
Olga M. Johnson
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Clarence W. Anderson
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
August Anderson
Banking school session draws 400 officials from 238 towns
Four hundred bank officials from 238 towns and cities in forty states and Puerto Rico attended the recent Graduate School of Banking session in New Brunswick New Jersey held at Rutgers University and under the American Bankers Association.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Puerto Rico
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
American Bankers Association
President Roosevelt Adds Over Fifty Bureaus to Government
The president promised a reduction but has expanded federal administration by adding more than 50 bureaus to run government operations. This broad growth signals a shift in policy and greater bureaucratic reach under his administration.
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Roosevelt
Notice of Final Report in Laska Estate Polk County
In the County Court of Polk Nebraska the estate of Scholastyka Laska deceased. The executor filed a final account and petition for final settlement and discharge of the executor. A hearing is set for November 7 1936 at 10 oclock AM to determine heirship distribution and contest if any. Dated October 13 1936 W. W. Norton County Judge.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Scholastyka Laska
W. W. Norton
Notice of Final Account In Nebraska Estate
Cora M. Arbogast deceased. The State of Nebraska to interested persons: the executor has filed a final account and report in court on November 6, 1936 at 9 00 AM, when you may appear and contest. Dated October 12, 1936.
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World-Herald Daily
Red Book
Pictorial Review
Philco Cabinet Radio
Chevrolet
Robert V. Fleming
R. V. Fleming
Wilber M. Johnston
Mills & Mills
Cora M. Arbogast
State of
P. J. Lamoree
Stromsburg
Hesler Cleaning Works
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