Crop Insurance Aids Polk County Wheat Farmers
Polk County wheat losses this year were mitigated by AAA All-Risk Crop Insurance. Robert C. Taddiken notes insured seedings protected 30,757.5 acres for 352,991 bushels, with indemnities totaling about 129,572 bushels and cash value around $75,000. Farmers use payments for seed, livestock feed, and other needs, while 1888 applications for 1941 insurance indicate growing coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prouth
Polk County
AAA
Robert C. Taddiken
Taddiken
Local Notables and Community Notes from Stromsburg Area
The week reports visits by Charles Bird and Janie Campbell to Chanute and Omaha. Birth announcements include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Weary of Omaha. Local residents travel to Stromsburg, Fullerton, and Lincoln for family events and showers. School opens with 5 enrollments and Miss Josephine Deay teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bird
Janie Campbell
Chanute
Kansas
James McKeag
Omaha
Charles Stephen
Weary
Marian Johnson
Martin Scholz
Robert
Stromsburg
B. C. Macken
Davenport
E. J. Brown
Brown
Lincoln
Mr. Anderson
Morris Closson
Kearney
Si Cook
Horace McKeag
Fullerton
Virginia
J. M. Dunning
Shelby
Vivian Dunning
Lutheran Church Notices
Rev John Oberg reports Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 2 30 in the parlors with Mrs Elmer Johnson hostess and Mrs Andrew Peterson program leader Next Sunday is the sixteenth after Trinity Sunday School at 10 Morning Worship at 11 with a special sermon for young people Young Man Arise Bring friends All welcome District Mission Meeting Monday all day in Swede Home Women Missionary Society meets Tuesday at 2 30 at Mrs August Swanson home All women invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
John Oberg
Ladies Aid
Elmer Johnson
Andrew Peterson
Trinity
Women’s Missionary Society
August Swanson
TCW Club Meeting Held at Polk Residence
Mrs Edgar Wisely and Mrs El mer Horst attended a TCW club gathering hosted by Mrs Marvin Fredrickson in Polk last Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Wisely
Elmer Horst
TCW Club
Marvin Fredrickson
Polk
Theft of cash and securities targets Polk County widow
Authorities led by former state sheriff W. C. Condit investigate the reported theft of several thousand dollars in cash and securities from an elderly Polk County widow. An old tin box reportedly held the money and papers and disappeared Saturday after being hidden on the widow’s farm. A search found the box but not its contents. the case remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Condit
Polk County
Alien Registration Act Applies in Polk County
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 requires all aliens in Polk County age 14 and over to register and be fingerprinted from August 27 to December 26. Parents must register alien children under 14. Penalties include a $1000 fine or six months in jail for failing to register or for providing false information. Registration occurs at the county seat post office with forms available countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
United States
Mrs George Bradbury Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Anna Margaret Hefflebower Bradbury died suddenly at an Omaha hospital aged 65 years after a long illness. Born in Newbury Pennsylvania on August 7 1875 she moved to Polk County Nebraska at age four and lived near Osceola. She married George H Bradbury December 27 1900 and had daughter Alta. Survived by husband and daughter Mrs Roy Hultman of Omaha and sister Mrs Frank Shermadine of Osceola funeral at the Osceola Methodist Church burial in Osceola cemetery.
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George Bradbury
Anna Margaret Hefflebower
Edward West
Sarah Gelvin ‘Hefflebower
Newbury
Penn
Omaha
Polk County
Nebraska
Osceola
George H. Bradbury
Missouri
Alta
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Roy Hultman
Frank Shermadine
Lapthorne
Branting Family News and Local Gatherings
STROMSBURG NEWS notes include the Branting family trip to Wahoo and Kermit entering Luther College as a freshman. Sunday picnics at Buckley Park bring together Anderson Lindeblade Erickson Donelson Gronlund Ericson and Elfors plus Miss Anderson. Other items cover travel to St. Louis, California visits, and Flying School plans for Lorraine Swanson.
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Stromsburg News
H. B. Branting
Wahoo
Kermit
Luther College
Ernest Ericson
IL. A. Erickson
Clifford
Clyde Ericson
Robert Nuquist
Buckley Park
E. J. Anderson
Raymond Lindeblade
Harold Erickson
Harlan Donelson
Gerhard Gronlund
Arthur Ericson
Amanda Elfors
Josephine Anderson
C. F. Moore
St. Louis
Kenneth Moore
Paul Moore
Stanton Moore
O. D. Graves
Arthurene
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Nebraska
Kirk Bayley
Bartley
Lorraine Swanson
Fremont
Oscar E. Olson
Chicago
Ira Banta
Kansas
Colorado
Wright Pleads Guilty to Forgery Sentenced to Reform School
Kenneth Wright pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced by Judge Landis to the estate re formatory for eighteen months last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Wright
Estate Reformatory
Landis Last Friye
Community notices and visits from Hackberry area
Greens Chapel Brotherhood meets Monday with D E Powell and Chas Steever to host. P T A of Victor School holds season opening and officer elections Tuesday. Aid meets Thursday. Numerous local visits include Marguerite Roelfe Lin coln and the Jacobsons. births announced near Marquette. Several families travel and visit across Nebraska and California. local teaching appointments and travel to Tecumah and York.
Methodist Church Services and Events
Rev. Albert W. Lapthorne leads Sunday services with Church School at 10 and Morning Worship at 11 featuring the sermon A in Preparedness. A social evening for older youth is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at the church, guests include those going to college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Albert W. Lapthorne
For Sale Certified Nebred Seed Wheat
For sale certified Nebred seed wheat offered by R R Prela in Shelby. Local sale details terse and informal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Prela
Shelby
Polk Community Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Local residents hosted and visited across towns from Salina to Omaha. Social notes include dinners and picnics, family visits from Central City, Lincoln, and Fremont, a Weiner roast for the Ewes Sheep Club, and members returning from South Dakota work stints.
J H Thompson Found Dead On Polk County Farm
James Hugh Thompson 84 lived on a Polk County farm seven miles south of Columbus for 52 years and was found dead Thursday by his son Ira. Death attributed to apoplexy following a previous stroke. Born October 11 1855 in Middletown Missouri he moved to Nebraska then to the Rising City area in 1888. Survived by eight daughters and three sons, among them Ruby and Ira. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Rising City Methodist Church with burial in Circle Mount Cemetery.
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J. H. Thompson
James Hugh Thompson
Polk County
Columbus
Ira Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Middletown
Pawnee County
Nebraska
Lydia Allen
Osceola
Thompson
Ruby
Ira
Josephine Cook
Clarks
Nell Sargent
Maud Eschler
Elsie Mason
Sandy, Ore
Edna Lawthers
Rising City
Sadie Eschler
Rose Coffin
Shelby
Miss Ruby
Allen
McCook
Ray
Akron
Colo
Emma Freiday
Litchfield
Minn
Methodist Church
Mr. Burdick
Burnl
Circle Mount Cemetery
Mrs C W Carlson obituary from Stromsburg Nebraska
Anna Mathilda Johnson Carlson died August 29 1940 at her Stromsburg country home aged 65 years 10 months 27 days She was born October 2 1874 in Mollby Sweden and immigrated in 1888 She married Carl W Carlson on July 11 1896 and had six children Survived by six children 18 grandchildren two sisters and two brothers Funeral held at her home and First Baptist church Stromsburg with burial in Stromsburg cemetery
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C. W. Carlson
Anna Mathilda
Jonas
Anna Johnson
Mollby
Sweden
Stromsburg
America
Carl .W. Carlson
Swede Home Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church of
Ruth Nielsen
Martha Simpson
Osceola
Grace Shostrom
Clarks
Hazel Carlson
Polk and
Roy
Lucein
A. T. Carlson
Walter Bush
Gust E. Johnson
Albert B. Johnson
Spencer
Osceola Woman's Club Opens Season With Garden Supper
The Osceola Woman's Club held its first meeting in two years, hosting about 256 members for a pot luck garden supper at Mrs. Nellie Benson's home. Guest speaker Mrs. Mildred Kleppinger of David City spoke as president of the Fourth District, with secretary Mrs. Gross also in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club
Osceola
Fire Destroys Farm Home West of Osceola
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the farm home of Mr and Mrs Guy Smith west of Osceola on a Saturday night. The Smiths were away at the time. The farm, owned by Heitzman Bros, was insured for the structure but the contents were not insured by the Smiths.
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Guy Smith
Osceola
Smiths
Heitzman Bros
Koehler Family Leaves County Farm for Iowa Home
Mr and Mrs Walter Koehler who ran the county farm request release from their contract and plan to move to Iowa to manage a home for the aged They will hold a public sale next Monday to dispose of personal effects Bruce Pickett will become superintendent of the county farm
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Koehler
Iowa
Walter Koehler
Bruce Pickett
W C T U Polk County Convention Set for Sept 10 1940
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Polk County will hold its annual convention on Tuesday September 10 1940 at the Polk Methodist church. Guest speaker Miss Gertrude Killer of Lincoln will headline events with morning devotionals business sessions reports and officer elections followed by noon luncheon and afternoon programs including a visual evangel and address by Miss Killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Polk County
Polk
Gertrude Killer of
Lincoln
Longacre Polk
Osceola
Shelby
I. J. Merrick
C. A. Anderson
Stromsburg
Reading
West Side News and Society Notes
The Dorcas group plans Friday meeting with Elsie Olson and Mrs Carl Johnson hosting. High Prairie Club gathers Friday afternoon with Mrs John Stahl as hostess. Mission Meeting set for Monday September 9 with sessions at 10 2 30 and 8 p.m. Alan Johnson visited theo dore Nelson in Genoa Monday. Misses Toline Forss Anderson Thelander leave for Wahoo to attend school. Olseen family heads to California leaving for home in Orion Ill. Walter Jones Reynold Peterson trip to Minnesota. Several locals travel to Waterloo Nebr for business.
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Dorcas
Elsie Olson
Carl Johnson
High Prairie Club
John Stahl
Oscar Gustafson
Alexandria
Miinnesota
Alan Johnson
Genoa
Theodore Nelson
Francis Toline
Irene Forss
LaVona Anderson
Althea Thelander
Wahoo
Walter
Larson
Raymond Johnson
Wallace Fredrickson
Waterloo
Nebro
Wesley Chapel Social Notes Show Seasonal Travel and Visits
Mr and Mrs Otto Olson drove to Columbus to meet Mrs Nellie Olson and Stanley Olson visiting from Montana. The Alvin Merrick family came from Clay Center for a weekend visit. Several local relatives hosted family members and teachers began new duties in Butler county districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Otto Olson
Columbus
Nellie Olson
Stanley Olson
Montana
Alvin Merrick
Clay Center
Richard Merrick
Charles O'Huggler
California
Huggler
Kenneth Richards
Hoxie
Kansas
Richards
Charles Clark
Topeka
C. D. Jacobson
Stromsburg
Henry Johnson
Paula Pliefke
South Dakota
Frank Hewitt
Valley
Hobart Albright
Lockard
Tom Schmoker
Kodak Finishing at Daniels Studio Columbus
FOR SALE Two properties in south Osceola. Mrs Chas Roslund phone 305. Mail films available from Daniels Studio Columbus.
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Kodak
Daniels Studio
Columbus
Mail Films
South Osceola
Chas
Roslund
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Alhambra
Ruth Rystrom
New York
Ray Lewis
Ous Island
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Sunny
Harlan Toline
J. W. Toline
Ruby Peterson
Doris Toline
Oregon
John Skogman
Geo. F. Anderson
Neela Deay
Tekamah
W. L. Deay
Barbara Jo Deay
Andrew Hanson
Carol
Walter Kinghorn
Auburn
Bruce L. Anderson
Vivian Kinney
Anderson
Scurlock
Kansas City
H. C. Carlson
Gertrude Peterson
Orville Woods
Arcadia
John Emmons
Ohich
Beverly Hennings
Ogallalla
York
Ed Peterson
Gothenburg
Albert Blevins
Guthrie Center
Alice Marie Powell
Helen Dunn
Jay Timmons
Speatrice
Betty Train
Salina
Kas
Imogene Hanquist
Harriet Ag
Gae Is. Calhoon
San Diego
Oscar Sundberg
Albert Sundberg
Doyle
Henry
Sandell
Polk ‘Park
N. Nelson
Richard Nelson
Ward
Maxine Kroger
Neil McNaught
W. J. Kroger
Ellis Knight
Leonard
I. Wax
R. L.smith
Black Hills
Ewe’ N S Sheep Club
Norris Anderson
Earl Burke
Ronald
Z. F. Myers
Walter Green
Harold
Glen Green
Clyde Green
Owen Bedient
Maynard
Farnum ‘Schrader
Farnum
Rolland Stromberg
Gale Brown
Big Springs
Arthur Gustafson
Robert Gustafson
Benedict
Judith Carlson
Meiba Ann
Howard Herbes
Denver
Otis Anderson
Elmhurst, Jr
Bruce Cowgill
Sterling Nelson
Baker
Write & F. Baker. & Co
Keokuk
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