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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
4
The Polk Progress is a weekly Nebraska newspaper edited by Howard W. Herbes. It is entered as second class matter at the Polk post office, with masthead dated 1907.
Community columns recount summer trips to Colorado and Omaha and many residents changing homes and jobs. J L Stouffer joins Lynch as receiver of a defunct panic. Edwin Deuker and J S Gustafson tour Omaha. Miss Gladys Swanson to teach near Kearney. Miss Irma Smith returns from western trips. Clifton Weaver to Milford. various locals noted for farming, teaching, and business transitions. Frog Pond Picnic planned for August 10 at Polk Park. many short notices on locals, travel, and health.
A collage of humorous vignettes and bits from a bygone era. Jokes range from grandmothers rebuking modern frocks to quirky exchanges about clocks and cosmetics. Light, whimsical items echoing a daily paper entertainment column.
Local churches publish Sunday schedules and events. Lutherans Evangelical Free Methodist Baptist and other congregations list service times, Sunday schools, and special gatherings at Polk Bible Camp Hillside Prayer Service and Mongolia missionary visit noted. Frequent choir practices and BYPU sessions detailed for several churches.
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