Old Feller critiques Progress coffee and missing news
In a humorous critique, the Old Feller and staff nudge the Progress for skipping local incidents such as a gravel truck crash, a tornado, rain impact on farming, and a village shooting scare. They explain timing and reporting gaps, note coffee trivia and reader asks, and mention Republican Miami gathering and Hadley Fund checks.
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Polk
Osceola Hospital
Kahler
Koffee Klink
Nick McNaught
Dave Moore
Martin Jones
Stromsburg
Osceola
Earl Johnsons
REA
Ooano
Miami
Fla
United States
Wallace
Rockefeller
Nixon
Reagan
Hadley Educational Fund
Citizens State Bank
Joe Fisher Earns PhD in Mathematics at Illinois
Joe Fisher completed the requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics at the University of Illinois. He will join the faculty as an instructor in mathematics this fall. Dr and Mrs Fisher are visiting relatives, Mr and Mrs Ralph Fisher and Mr and Mrs Lyle Dornburgh.
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Joe Fisher
University of Illinois
Summer Recreation Fund receives new contributions
Money continues to come in for the Summer Recreation Fund. A check arrived from Gresham as Polk's share of All-Star game receipts. Kenneth Werner and Robert Willits each donated five dollars. M. G. Lindburg added ten dollars. The Progress planned a report for this week, now expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham
Polk
Kenneth Werner
Robert Willits
M. G. Lindburg
Sherman fishing trip recalls youth claims and local lore
Thursday afternoon at Sherman yielded two fish and a shared feast as Don Miller and La Vaughn Adelson fished. The piece weaves in ads for vitality tonics, memories of the 1930s, and local chatter about Lake Ericson restocking and light communal events, ending with references to classmates and the 1931 era.
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Sherman
Don Miller
la- Vaughn Adelson
la- Vaughn
Don’secatch
Goood
Osceola Record Purchased By Alton Wilhelms
Alton Wilhelms owner of the Stromsburg Headlight purchases The Osceola Record and will assume publication duties September 1. Dick Howe steps to Hartington Cedar County News as editor. Nancy Norton named editor, Doris Grossnicklaus retained, and Pinky Thayer remains as printer.
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Alton “Mook” Wilhelms
Stromsburg
Osceola Record
Dick Howe
Hartington
Nebr
Cedar County News
Wilhelms
Nancy) Norton
Doris Grossnicklaus
Pinky Thayer
Hospital Report From Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Week of July 30 to August 6 lists patients in multiple towns including Osceola Stromsburg and Gresham. Names such as Troy Van Winkle John Wieseman Blanche Bolton Claus Oberg Edna Anderson and Russel Johnson appear among current patients with several others noted as deceased or dismissed. A separate entry reports Mrs Lee Bayer a patient at St Elizabeth Hospital Lincoln who underwent surgery Thursday.
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Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Troy van Winkle
Silver
John Wieseman
Osceola
Sylvester Dey
Gresham
Blanche Bolton
Stromsburg
Claus Oberg
Oscar Olson
Edna A. Anderson
Wren Sherwood
Russel Johnson
Charles Nuttleman
John Hodde
Laurence Sarow
Jerold Carlson
Anna C Johnson
Emma Krueger
Columbus
Paul Monson
Roger Carlson
Robert Vrbka
Baby Boy
Shelby
Gracie Moberg
Christ Miller
Reginald Tobey
Cynthia Carlson
Harold Sheldon
James Turner
Earl Johnson
Jack Stanton
Josephine Burkland
Jeerome Zelansey
Rupert Carlson
Gerald George
Waco
Dennis Hiemer
Taby Boy
Frida Peterson
Lee Bayer
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lincoln
Corn Leaf Aphids Rampant This Year Across Fields
An agricultural advisory notes corn leaf aphids, or plant lice, are extremely numerous this season, with rapid population growth. It discusses potential spraying with parathion, timing precautions, and warns of toxicity, field reinfestation risks, and impact on beneficial insects.
Gustafsons announce birth of Stephanie Claudia
Mr and Mrs Stephen Gustafson announce the arrival of a baby girl named Stephanie Claudia born Thursday August 1. She weighs 8 pounds 9 ounces and joins a family of new joy.
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Stephen Gustafson
Stephanie Claudia
Savannah guests and Lincoln visitors mingle in Polk region
Tommy and Ricki Byrd of Savannah Georgia spent Sunday overnight with Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson. Mr and Mrs Clarence Bodine visited Lincoln Friday and called on Mrs Lee Bayer in the hospital.
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Tommy and
Ricki Byrd
Savannah
Richard Johnson
Clarence Bodine
Lincoln
Lee Bayer
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Polking
Mrs
Ronald Adams
Katfish Kahler
Katfish
K. K
Glen Babcock
Lake Ericson
Glen
Don Newton
Denver
Cole
Neal
Progress
Don
Herbert Hoover
Washington D. C
Alton Wilhelms
Martin Chindgren
Ken Krieg
Mr. and
Philip Bond
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