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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
5
Railroad notice lists No 28 Passenger East 6 56 A M No 28 Passenger West 6 42 P M daily except Sunday No 76 Freight East 12 01 A M daily except Saturday No 75 Freight West 0 55 A M daily except Sunday All trains carry passengers Office hours from 6 45 A M to 2 00 P M 7 8 30 P M 7 15
Osceola visitors include Mrs. Lewis and Joseph Scholz returning home Saturday. Iva Jarmin visited her brother at Heardville then Fremont. Grace Lulu Pheasant shopped in Omaha. Mrs. C N Pulver returned from Clay Center. Theo Bruntz and Mrs. Taylor visited Colfax County. Mrs Maggie Yerta and Mrs George Smith hosted in Osceola. Mrs Thos Calkins returned to Lincoln after visiting Elledge family. Mr and Mrs G T Ray traveled to Gothenburg Kearney and Ord then back home. John Orr ill in Omaha hospital returned for treatment with wife and relatives. Osceola Lutherans accept Rev Johnson resignation and call Rev Jaer of Omaha. L K McGaw family back from California trip. Dr A H Bell relatives gathered for Mrs Bell's birthday.
The Arborville community reports large Sunday church attendance and a flurry of local visits. Notables include Mr and Mrs Hipolite hosting guests, Rev McCleary slated to speak, and ongoing farming activity with cattle shipments to Chicago.
In Perkinsville a widow Mrs Hooper defies church and civic authorities by attending a circus. Moses Fairman opposes but she argues from scripture and common sense. The town sides with curiosity as the circus visits, drawing ministers and residents to the event.
Outside the happy home visits came from Mr and Mrs Jas Bell of David City Mr and Mrs Geo Grahl of David City Dr and Mrs J R Bell of Shelby also Calmar McCune and J W Wilson of Stromsburg Two deaths marked the week in Osceola Judge J W Snider the first Polk County judge and a pioneer and L Sler who had lived in the area twenty five years and was the father of Mrs I D Hartman Both men were laid to rest in the local cemetery.
Elmer Cockle arrived Saturday from Sutherland Nebraska where he worked as a clerk. He spent Monday with his brother Clarence and his wife then visited Benedict before returning to his job. Mrs Wheeler of Bradshaw previously ill has come from Idaho to stay with relatives McGinns Youngs and Wilcox for ten days after selling out and returning to Idaho.
Lost money located and awaiting owner proof of amount. To claim, inquire with O. Johnson.
In a playful faux dialogue from a Shakespearean style scene Sir Launcelot quarrels with Puck over a missing shield and a pie misadventure. The line blends romance and whimsy as Love and mischief surface in a comical medieval setting.
A brief literary note describes a woman who sought admiration from many suitors but now faces their constant departures. The piece portrays changing fortunes in romantic attention and the fickleness of courtship.
A Life magazine witty quip notes the shift in theater emphasis from plot to chorus. The comment cites Saycha and a back number remark about modern drama reducing the play to musical chorus.
A brief poem praising a cigar as a trusted companion. The speaker confesses affection and appreciation while playfully noting how they still treat the cigar as a mere butt in jest. The tone is affectionate, witty, and nostalgic.
Mrs Mode returns home to an empty wardrobe and a charred lawn scene. Her husband Herbert explains after two days of hunger he burned the pantry items seeking a key, later discovered among the ashes in a bolero pocket.
La Touche Hancock notes in Life that spring brings universal rites of discomfort and dissatisfaction. The Keen noreaster urges wild energy, the vegetarian complains of dear food, housecleaning fails to boost happiness, painters create mess, poets spill silly verses, and the public curses the poets. Each year the same lack remains, a missing spring.
Senator Sorghum complimented a speaker but noted the address lulled him to sleep. He said the quiet nod was evidence of approval, contrasting it with irritable, ill timed remarks that once provoked his indignation.
A Louisville Courier-Journal poem asserts that bare stone walls do not constitute a prison and laments that stone walls surround a baseball park, warning such barriers ruin open play and freedom.
A Kansas City Journal item notes he ran two good businesses but lost them. It questions whether drink affected him, but asserts his priorities as a prominent citizen kept him from other concerns.
A Chicago News quips about an aircraft missing its wings strings bamboo framing and motor wheel in a dramatic aerial cripple scene. The vivid verse paints a bizarre plane hung up in a tree as a sight to behold.
The Baltimore American notes that star performer Starcraze was slated for a prominent part in a performance aboard an ocean steamer but fell ill during the first rehearsal. He suffered seasickness and could not proceed with his role.
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