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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
4
In Polk Nebraska a 1907 item notes Teddy Roosevelt's third party ambitions and the Bull Moose convention in Chicago. It reports on harvests, political rallies, and local arrivals including Mrs. Vore and Miss Anna Matson visiting from Omaha and Samuel Ensign's 98th birthday.
Polk locals note Stromsburg Chautauqua starts Aug 20. Bay Sisters advertise summer felts. Weist & Johnson market offers fresh fish and Sunday chicken. Individuals travel to Osceola, Lincoln, and Aurora for events, auctions, and sales. Polk ball team heads to Central City Aug 5. banks extend Saturday hours for farmers.
Sealed bids will be received until August 5 1912 for the sale of the German Lutheran Parsonage located 16x245 with 12 ft posts and an ell 16x16. Bids should be mailed to the Trustees. Parties wishing to inspect the building may do so on Friday July 26 and Friday August 2 1912. Trustees Rev Ges Reh Win Carman Herman Stach and others will oversee proceedings.
Rev O G Ponathis attends Assembly in Lincoln this week. Miss Norma Shafer to York for a short visit Friday. Mrs Razier and Mrs Shafer visit Stromsburg Friday. Ball game Saturday night under electric lights with 8 50 p.m. start and 25c admission. Last Friday Shelby beat Polk 2 to 6 and Polk beat Osceola 5 to 6 on Tuesday. Klocks catching highlighted Tuesday’s game. McGune and McGaffin plan to Bradshaw and Hampton Wednesday evening to promote Polk’s August 8 9 gala days with their wives.
A collection of maxims and reflections on faith, virtue, and hypocrisy attributed to a Milwaukee/Indianapolis News commentary. It mulls devotion, courage, irony, and the mismatch between preaching and practice with sharp phrases about money, sin, and heaven.
Fragmented adages critique social behavior with sharp jabs at husbands wives and self image. The piece suggests prisons homes and boarding houses shape character while pointing to vanity humility and pride in relationships and social roles.
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