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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
9
A collage of light editorial snippets notes events like Garden Week April 21 27 and farm relief plans. It mentions opinions on economics politics and public life with references to Hoover Coolidge and Wall Street, plus a brief local note of Dr C R Peterson visiting York to see his wife and son.
3t Mra, C. R. Peterson and gon. Junior were taken to York Friday for medical treatment for throat trouble. W. A. Wurtz is driving a new Tudor and Harry Halleck a Ford purchased thru Sodergren Motor Co. head automobile ads, also Gee Bee ad. Bill McGaffin returned to his university studies Wednesday after spending spring vacation with his parents and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gustafson and little daughter Betty Lou living seven miles southeast of Stromsburg attended the funeral of Mrs. Olof Ostlund Friday afternoon.
The ad advertises carboted dip for hen houses at E. J. Youmans Produce priced at 50 cents per gallon. Bring your can.
Sybil Amanda Bingham, born June 17 1861 in Republic Ohio, died April 7 1929 in York Nebraska. She taught in sod schools after moving from Tipton Iowa and married George Bingham on March 7 1882. They had one daughter Elizabeth Otte and raised an orphan boy Rev Marion Mulvaney. She was a longtime Congregationalist and faithful Bible student. Survived by husband, daughter and four grandchildren.
Tekamah Nebraska moviegoers won a vote over Sabbath showings. After four rejections the first Sunday show will start five minutes after Sunday night, marking an early Monday morning screening for April 8.
Retailer F A Bapale in Yurk Nebraska advertises a large selection of watches with prices from 7.50 and up. The ad promises the largest assortment in the region and guarantees every watch.
Ludwig Hult of Stromsburg attended the funeral of Mrs. O Ostlund in town on Friday.
Former congressman J N Norton addressed the Business Men's club at the YMCA in York last Friday. He discussed general congressional activity and plans to redraw districts that would dissolve Nebraska's fourth district, dividing York County between the third and fifth districts.
The W C T U reports death rates from alcohol poisoning are nearly forty times higher than eight years ago. The piece suggests bootleggers have eroded public trust and challenges the propriety of their influence.
Senator Norris of Nebraska will play a key part in the upcoming Senate extra session. He will handle tariff revision and farm relief legislation and influence presidential nominations. Hoover aims to reorganize courts focusing on enforcing the eighteenth amendment, with Norris as Judiciary Committee chair guiding policy.
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