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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
5
Local storefront runs Christmas meat sale featuring Lingon Berries and Lutefisk with pork chops at 20c per lb and beef roast at 18c per lb. Offers include pork steak 15c per tb, bologna 15c, summer sausage 20c per lb, wieners 20c per lb, mince ham 17c per tb, lard 2 lbs 1c, fresh ground pork 15c per tb, ham loaf 25c per lb.
A sequence of social visits spans multiple households including the Orendorffs and the Andersons near Hordville, Larson and Shostrom families, Peterson and Samuels in Shad Stroupe’s home, and Lind families in Central City. Other gatherings include Peterson of Columbus with R L Peterson, Dahlin sisters at home with chicken pox, Wilshusen at Swede Home, Hahn with Stevens, Bush and Werner at Grand Island, Renquist and Giauque visitors at Benedict, and Norquest, Wurtz and Hampton households hosting guests.
Community notes record visits among local families in Polk and surrounding towns. Reports list gatherings at the Lindburg, Flodman, Johnson, Reeb, Carlson, and Harless households, church society meetings, gift shops, and holiday events with names of residents and locations. Several items promote local sales and services in Polk, York, Aurora, and Stromsburg.
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