04 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
1
One week left before Easter. Special prices on sepia cards and ribbons. Also offers on Turkish towels, dress shirts, work shifts, hose supporters, ties, garters, and handkerchiefs. Queensware, graniteware, and cooking utensils advertised with paper napkins, tissue paper, and clothes pins at low prices.
Large decorated 8 by 16 inch salad dishes offered with regular display pitches. Prices range from 35 to 75 cents each for various patterns. Glass fancy globe lamps available at 65 cents each as part of the sale.
Fragments show residents traveling to Stromsburg York and McCool, visits to Bellwood and Fruita hotels, rental piano offers, new shop sign over Progress office, and local business inquiries including garden tools and chick feed dealers. Community names include Rev Waits, Harry Hahn, Albert Banghart, Mrs John Plessinger, Miss May Sundberg, and Dr Sprague.
The report notes duck hunting season closing and fish season starting on April 1. Mentions visitors from Stromsburg on Thursday and Friday, and local families including Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Echdahl welcoming a baby boy. Includes theater ad with high class comedy at OK showing Thursday to Saturday nights with 10 and 20 cent tickets.
A mixed page notes Sterling seeds and garden tips, real estate bids in Logan County Colorado, and local arrivals. J T Samuelson recovered from a severe cold after Friday illness. H E Ayres & Co advertise land and insurance offerings, including an $8000 mortgage with 6 percent interest due 1914 on 240 acres in Logan County. Various household and school reminiscences and small ads about eggs and seeds appear alongside local visitors and events.
Polk notes list of local events and people with focus on the Wesleyan Orchestra of 18 pieces slated to play at the OK theatre on Wednesday evening. Local business updates, road work on Main Street, and community notices mention Miss Marie Land's illness, merchant advertising, and a public school appeal for parent involvement.
The Baptist church invites all to Easter morning services at eleven with sermon and communion. Evening program at seven thirty features The City by the choir and congregants. Pastors urge attendance for all events.
A. W. Shafer and B. Harless circulated petitions in the post office for a reappointment. The postmaster’s replacement likely will not be decided before the November election.
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