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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1974

Page

2

Births and Bank Open House Highlight Polk Progress Notes

A child born to Mr and Mrs Walter Green on April 19 is reported alongside local events in Polk. Harry A. Johnson of Greenwood will be cashier at the new Citizens State Bank which held an open house April 19 to 21. The issue lists community visits, auctions, moved residents, road trips, and social gatherings including a birthday party for Ruth Nelson and a tea hosted by the normal training girls for teachers.

A. Son Walter Green Harry A. Johnson Greenwood Polk Citizens State Bank Andy Sundberg Oregon Washington Utah Andy R. Dahle Long Beach California Auto Painit Donald Lindburg Aurora Hospital Henry Becker York Donald Anna Graves Mildred John A. Johnson F. W. Fossberg Fairbury Claude Neal Serthold Baack Baack Lillie Brauer Harry Shafer Earl Cole Lincoln A. G. Lindburg Produce Stromsburg Central City D. H. Westfall R. J. Alson Rolland Dahlin Harry Schultz C. L. Davis Ruth Nelson T. B. Hord Coal Co W. J. Newton Pittsburgh Kansas Ozark Mountain Lawrence Lind Lloyd Widge Swede Plain David Carlson Platte River

Polk Progress Notices and Classified Ads Summary

The item lists newspaper masthead details for Norris W. Alfred and pricing for advertising, subscriptions, and single copies in Polk Nebraska. It notes post office second class matter status under the act of March 8, 1879 and shows rates of 5 per year within Nebraska, 6 outside, with shorter terms for six and three months and a 10 cent per line poetry or obituary section.

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Holdrege News Briefs Include Education Hire And Local Events

Edwin Swanson named head of the Commercial Department at Holdrege High School for next year. Community notes cover farmers markets ads, a Fried Chicken Dinner Banquet for the 5th War Loan Drive, land sales near Osceola and Shelby, funeral services for Henry Clark and Mrs George Reed, a village board reorganization, and school staff changes including Johnnie R Johnston as Polk’s new public schools superintendent for 1964 1965.

Edwin Swanson Holdrege Farmers Store Hershey Farmers Union Commercial Club Polk County Axel A. Anderson Osceola Shelby Kenneth Mentink A. J. Hermann Adolph Kresha, Jr Henry Clark Sadie Clark Baptist Church A. C. Bates Helen Irma Nelson Polk School Larson Home George Reed Brauer Funeral Polk Grand Island Albert ©. Sundberg Arnold Isaacson Floyd Lyle School Board of Dist Nellie Peterson Robert Gustafson Johnnie R. Johnston Thelma Rystrom Lester Rystrom Wallace Lind Stromsburg Methodist Church Homer Dickerson Waylord Fiodman Burdette Fiodman Omaha Pvt

How Big Will Farms Become

The author reflects on abandoned farmsteads as farms merge into larger units. They note changing landscapes, power of machines, and tensions between progress and reverence for land. The piece asks how bigger farms and power reshape rural life and future appearances of the countryside.

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