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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1938

Page

8

Notice of Hearing in Mary Bergman Estate Ademption Case

A. Ignacson as executor files for a court hearing on April 11 1938 to determine ademptions from legacies under Mary Bergman deceased. The Polk Progress will publish notices thirty days prior and Osceola Nebraska will host the hearing on May 17 1938 at 10 A M for legatees to appear and contest.

Mary Bergman A. Ignacson Polk Progress Polk County Nebraska Osceola Polk L. M. Merrick

Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Feature Higher Hog Trade

Receipts at Omaha Monday reach 6,500 cattle and 2,700 hogs with buyers active and prices about 10 to 25 cents higher than last week. Best steers to 9.75, best heifers to 8.75, feeder steers up to 8.75, and light mixed hogs at 8.00 to 8.15 with heavies 7.00 to 8.00. Sheep and lambs trade mostly lower to steady with shorn lambs 7.50 to 7.75 and feeders steady.

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Probate notice in Polk County Nebraska estate hearing

Notice of probate in Polk County Nebraska for Martha Hall estate items a petition to appoint Phillip H Nyberg as Administrator. Hearing set for May 6, 1938 at 10 am with dated notices in April 1938.

Polk County Nebraska Martha Hall Phillip H. Nyberg

Yarmouth Port Founded by 80 Cape Cod Pioneers

The Yarmouth Port settlement in Nova Scotia was founded in 1761 by eighty pioneers from Sandwich and other Cape Cod towns. Initial hardships included a harsh winter and a failed supply ship, but the community prospered as fishing and shipbuilding grew, with Yarmouth ships gaining world renown.

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Earliest Ohio Railroad Began as Mere Fanciful Object

The Erie and Kalamazoo, first steam railroad in Ohio, was planned by Dr. Samuel O. Comstock of Toledo and chartered by Michigan as a harmless project. Opened 1836 Toledo to Adrian, Adrian No 1 began June 1837, iron straps on wooden rails, mails contract the same year. Other Ohio charters followed. Mad River and Lake Erie ran Sandusky to Bellevue in 1839, reaching Dayton by 1844.

Ohio Pioneer Railroad of the West Erie & Kalamazoo Samuel O. Comstock Toledo State of Michigan Comstocks Cleveland Plain Dealer Adrian Adrian No Mad River Lake Erie Sandusky Bellevue Dayton

Route of the Pony Express Historic Mail Route

The Pony Express is portrayed as one of history’s most spectacular mail efforts. It ran about 2000 miles from St Joseph Missouri to Placerville California through sparsely inhabited lands, hostile Indian bands, Kansas and Nebraska prairies, Wyoming and Utah mountains, Nevada deserts, and the Sierra Nevada, following early settler routes.

Pony Express Genghis Kahn Hungary China St. Joseph Missouri River Placerville California Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Utah Desert Nevada Sierra Nevada Oregon Country

According to Hoyle Authority on Cards and Rules

Edmond Hoyle, born 1672 in England, wrote on games and whist. He spent time in London teaching card play and published a book that systematized whist laws. His name became a byword for playing fairly by recognized rules and he died in London in 1769.

Hoyle Edmond Hoyle England London

Water composition and history of ordinary H2O

The article explains that ordinary water has the formula H2O with two hydrogen and one oxygen atom. It notes water's long-standing presence since Earth's cooling and suggests natural water, free of impurities, has uniform density worldwide.

Oyster and Celery Tim Tumbles with Sherry Sauce

A 1950s style recipe presents oyster and celery timba les baked in custard cups with a milk bread crumb base. It includes beat eggs folded with oysters and celery, baked 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, served with a sherry flavored sauce.

New Lure in Waffles Adds Surprising Family Demand

Buttermilk enhances waffles pancakes or biscuits and prompts extra requests from guests. Two recipes provide a buttermilk batter for waffles yielding 6 to 7 large waffles and a buttermilk drop biscuit method making about 20 small biscuits.

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