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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
4
At Bellwood last Sunday a McGaffin family reunion gathered fifty three attendees from across the hemisphere to honor Father aged seventy five. He suffered a sudden illness and remained confined to bed after daily visits by eight sons and three daughters and several grandchildren.
Stromsburg telephone operators and relief girls walked out last week after the company refused their salary increase request. Substitutes were imported from nearby towns to handle switchboard duties while the strike continues.
A May 4 demonstration at Frank Anderson farm one mile north of Polk shows tractors in action with Duroc Jersey brood sows and piglets. W. E. Green reports, and agricultural tips on farm advertising and letterheads are cited by A. W. Hopkins.
The New World Movement of Northern Baptists plans a $4.1 million push for church buildings and educational centers. The drive targets 112 churches for $3.5 million and 34 centers for $1 million, as part of a broader $100 million campaign slated for late April to early May.
Dr Huntley a Baptist missionary reports that the American Habitat Foreign Mission Society will introduce model tenements in China. The project aims to provide hygienic sanitary devices in houses near Baptist College and at projects in the region.
Local residents attend various visits and events through the week. Mrs. Fred McGaffin stops in Cherokee Iowa while LS Loomers oversees farm interests in York. Rev S E Green from Colorado fills Swedish Mission pulpit. Miss Ruth Samuelson visits Central City. an orchestra bands Polk Friday Nite promising lively dance.
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