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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
4
200 Chinese Elm Seedlings and 6 Lilac Bushes offered at $1.00 each. Fruit trees priced 25c to 50c. Wide selection of high grade nursery stock at low prices. Located 1% miles east of Columbus on Highway 30. Apple Peach Cherry Apricot Pear Plum trees available along with shade and evergreen trees. Rhubarb and asparagus, small fruit. Catalog available by visit or mail.
Mr and Mrs Fred Anderson welcome a ten pound boy born Tuesday. Miss Sophia Nierman fills the vacancy at Cohagen and Sons store after Miss Lillie Swanson resignation. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Grant Willits on Easter Sunday. Victor Sidwell takes a bank job in Whitman Ames Lind. Miss Lillie and Lloyd drove to Lincoln to visit Emma who is recovering and may return home soon. Olaf Ostlund left for North Platte for Easter with daughter Branting and family.
Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Eckles a 6 12 pound girl on April 13. Ray Peterson sold his club room rights fixtures and stock to John Lama of Clarks. A pretty wedding at the Strawbergs home in Hordville on April 9 joined Elvira Strawberg to Rudolph Nyberg son of Olaf Nyberg of Polk. An elaborate three course dinner followed.
Community updates include refreshments for the Polk Municipal Band after rehearsal, Miss Watson hired to teach Polk 3rd and 4th grades, Lawrence Lind buys a new Tudor Ford from Sodergren, and a Sheriff’s sale of Polk County real estate to satisfy foreclosure. Also final report in the Edward A Anderson estate and multiple legal notices under Polk County District Court.
The State of Nebraska informs all interested parties that Leslie H Newvill deceased’s estate is reopened by order of Malcolm J Ferguson to determine heirship and bar claims. A hearing is set for May 3 1940 at 10 A M to hear interested parties including devisees heirs at law and creditors. Final decree on heirship and barring claims will be entered based on evidence presented. Dated April 5 1940 by J T Stanton Attorney with notices April 11 18 25.
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