Way Back When Polk events recount 1923 auto crash and local life
Fifteen years ago on November 29 1923 a serious auto collision near Polk left R S Glasser dead and passengers L S Smith and Ollie Anderson seriously injured. Other notes mention Mrs Charlie Eckles recovering from surgery and social events including WF MS Ladies hosting husbands and hotel dining room rental by Mrs Nora Christy. Polk merchants reported good Saturday business amid shoppers.
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Polk
R. S. Glasser
L. S. Smith
Smith
Ollie Anderson
W F.M.S
M. E. Church
Nora Christy
Omaha
Hokenson Hotel
Christy
Ilof Ostlund
Grand Island
Central City
Ostlund
P A. Hanquist
Pork Woman's Club
P J Garten
C R. Peterson
J. B. Williams
Calhoun
Naomi Alfred
Kfab Lincoln
Plymouth Congregational Church
Mises Alfred
Convenient Postal Kit Promises Quick Emergency Mail Readiness
Martha P. Westfall postmaster promotes a convenient home postal kit including five 3c stamps, three 2c stamps, two 6c air mail envelopes, one 10c special delivery, two 1c cards for a total of 49c. Individual prices would total 55c, offering ready mail for emergencies. kit available at post office or rural carriers.
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Martha P. Westfall
Local People Attend Missionary Conference and Thanksgiving Gatherings
Mrs W H Lee and Ruth along with Mrs Vivian Beck Walter Binford and Helen and Lela attended the Young People's Missionary Conference at the Free Methodist Church in Nebraska City November 24 27. Many local residents hosted guests and celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends including the Wilshusen Hendersons and the Cramers with multiple visits and dinners across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lee
Ruth
Vivian Beck
Walter Binford
Helen
Lela
Free Methodist Church
Nebraska City
Helen Binford
Polk
Ralph Wilshusen
Tulare
California
Wilshusen
Maxine Henderson
Robert Little
Lincoln
Henry Smith
Alvin and
Marie
William Ziegelbein
Arthur Dose
Lester Rhodes
Hampton
Adam Deuker
Emalyne
Francis Collett
Bradshaw
R. M. Bailey
Harold A. Wilson
Omaha
Hilmer Jones
Henry Horstman
P. A Hanquist
Ebba
Elmer Hanquist
S. J. Harless
Leland Harless
Stanley Harless
Gresham
Ern Stockton
Leta Mae
Beaver City
Dave Eckdahl
Fred Laessie
Mre Laessle
E P Moderow
Otto Whilshusen
Emil Wilshusen
Robert Keuper
Russell Lindgren
Carl Waak
Arthur Kohtz
Bud Sorenson
John Meerkatz
Serena
Willard Richardson
Shirley Ann
York
Fred Blase
R J. Nine
American Legion Auxiliary
Emery Cramer
Larry
Bruning
Neb
Fred Laessle
Henry Biase
Gladys
Gordon Eno
Eno
Lloyd Kroger
C. R. Peterson
Florence Anderson
Leo Wurtz
Red Cross Volunteers Aid War Veterans and Families
Red Cross workers in chapters hospitals and on service posts assisted 122,355 active service members veterans or their families in the past year. They provided letter writing shopping recreational reading and financial aid while helping locate missing relatives and file pension disability hospitalization or discharge applications. The average monthly assist number was 18,790.
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Red Cross
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Disasters Strike 41 States In Red Cross Year
The American Red Cross reports 129 disasters across 41 states in the past year, aiding 420000 disaster victims in 247 counties. Norman K. Davis notes this active year, with cooperation from volunteers and agencies, and outlines relief principles and preparedness efforts.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Norman K. Davis
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Davis
Red Cross Nurses Aid Million Sick in 1937 88
Red Cross public health nurses made over one million visits to the sick during 1937 88. They served mountain communities islands off the coast isolated swamp regions and crowded industrial areas. They inspected 659187 school children for health defects and instructed 58754 mothers and young girls in home hygiene and care of the sick.
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Red Cross Public Health
Courageous Cornhusker Plays Through Pain
John Bentley writes that Bill Herrmann, Osceola native and Nebraska junior guard, suffered a dislocated shoulder early in the Kansas State game. He played on without complaint until a timeout revealed the injury as a shoulder separation. Back on campus with a sling, he says the pain eased after the first nights.
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Bill Herrmann
Cornhusker
Osceola
Bill
Bill Callihan
John Bentley
the State Journal
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Mazda
Polk, Nebraska
Doris Nolan
Universal
Owens~ Illinois Glass Company
Sinclair
Rae
Semclare Refinseg Company (Inc
Agent Slaclair Refining Company (Inc
D. E. Frisbie, Stromsburg
Polk ‘County Phone
Service AT
Eckdahl
HORST
Parkview
Dave Peterson
Jarmin
THE
Polk Progress
Howard W. Herbes
Congress
Mm. D
Mrs. N. S. Nyberg
Red Cross Nurses Aid
Yee Naeier
Wwe
Bliss
Sausas City
Lloyd Stromberg
C. O. L. Johnston
August F. Nelson
Nebraska
Iris V. Tanner
C. C. L. Johnston, D. C
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