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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
4
Notice records the post office filing date March 21 1907 under the 1879 act and lists subscription price at 50 cents per year for a local publication.
Local notes report Glen Peterson aiding in Quillen's barber shop and pursuing barbering art. Union Pacific may install electric light posts at the depot. Various births, moves, and gatherings are noted, including a new baby at Hargis home, a farewell for the Lind family, a sick child in Arborville, and bankers and merchants changing posts. Ten years ago events are summarized with many family visits and celebrations.
A fire damaged the upper rooms of a residence while the first floor items were rescued. Mrs Fred Williams hosted the Faithful Workers Club at her home on Friday afternoon with assistants Mrs Henry Cramer and Mrs Mervin Shenk.
Local church announcements list service times holiday events and meetings across several congregations. The Walther League hosts a December 11 lecture on Wheatridge Sanitarium and a December 15 Winter Conference in Seward while multiple churches schedule services Sunday School BYPU Choir practice and revival plans through December 12.
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