Dead stock and bold market pitches in a local column
A reader notes Midland By Products, Inc. ad offering free removal of dead stock and suggests expanding to Wall Street press. The piece they share blends industry quips with a humorous tale of a Texas rendering business that fed a medical student through cattle byproducts, ending with a muddled moral about success and memory.
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Norris
Progress By “Midland By Products, Inc
Wall Street Journal
Polk
Wall Street
New York
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Charlie
Polk Market Prices Four Commodities Listed
The Polk Market on Tuesday December 10 1974 reports wheat at 4.40 per bushel millet at 3.23 per bushel soybeans at 6.90 per bushel and oats at 1.60 per bushel.
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Polk
Open House for Nielsen 25th Anniversary
Open house for Mr and Mrs Morris Nielsen to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at the Viking Center Stromsburg on December 14 from 2 30 to 4 30 p m.
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Morris Nielsen
Viking Center
Stromsburg
Legion Auxiliary Met for December Meeting and Charity
The American Legion Auxiliary gathered December 9 with Jr. Auxiliary as guests. President Lauretta Neuhaus led the business meeting. 61 seniors attended the dinner and bingo. Committees reported nut cups for Covenant Home residents, care packages for five service members, and upcoming elderly aid. Jr. Auxiliary made hospital favors. Heart Drive planned for February. next Senior Citizens Bingo moved to January 3. A candlelit program honored Christmas carol writers, with music by Linda Sundberg and Janice Saylor, and a festive lunch followed. Fred and Freda Shockey visited the Anderson home Monday evening.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Jr. Auxiliary
Pres
Lauretta Neuhaus
Margaret Brockevelt
Community Service
Covenant Home
Stromsburg
JoElla Stromberg
Veterans Hospital
G. I
Phyllis Flodman
Irene Widga
Elaine Stromberg
Connie Ang
Untranslated lines echo limits of moralizing perception
A terse note from Norris suggests difficulty translating a Swedish saying into English and reflects on personal limits in moralizing. The speaker imagines only bone meal emerging if rendered, signaling a grim or bleak tone.
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Norris
Baptists To Show Johnny Cash Film
The First Baptist Church of Polk will screen THE GOSPEL ROAD on Sunday December 15 at 7:30 p.m. The film, produced by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash and distributed by the Billy Graham Association, blends scripture based narration songs and character portrayals set in Israel to portray the life and death of Christ. An offering will benefit the Billy Graham Association and a Bible gift option is offered for a dollar or more.
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First Baptist Church
Isreal
Christ
Billy Graham Association
Billy Graham
Christmas Program at Polk United Methodist Church
Polk United Methodist Church invites all to the annual Christmas program on Sunday December 15 at 4:00. Church school children and senior high and adult choirs present performances.
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Polk United Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mae Austin 80 in Central City
Funeral services were held Monday for Mae Austin 80 at the Evangelical Free Church in Central City. Burial followed in La Clede cemetery near Polk. Survivors include a daughter Vern Lawhead of Phoenix Arizona a son Louis Lindburg of Stromsburg a stepson Edwin Lewis of Osceola a brother Herbert Smith of Las Vegas Nevada a sister Maude Holliman of Kearney and ten grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.
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Mae Austin
Evangelical Free Church
Central City
Laclede
Polk
Vern Lawhead
Phoenix
Ariz
Louis Lindburg
Stromsburg
Edwin Lewis
Osceola
Herbert Smith
Las Vegas
Maude Holliman
Kearney
Polk Cubs Fall 49-43 to Hampton Hawks
Polk Cubs led early but cold shooting doomed them as Hampton Hawks pulled away in the final minutes to win 49-43. Roger Carlstrom led Polk with 24 points while Dana Anderson added 10 and Mike Branting 7 as the Cubs drop to 0-1 on the season. next travel to Silver Creek then host Genoa.
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Michael Fleming
Hampton
Roger Carlstrom
Tom Carlstrom
Dana Anderson
Rick Hoffman
Mike Branting
Hawks
Id Ostberg
Cubs
Fleming
Polk
Silver Creek
Genoa
Bedient Couple to Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harold Bedient mark their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house on December 22, 1974 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the north dining room of York City Auditorium. They request no gifts and note their home at 316 Nebr Ave York Neb.
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Harold Bedient
York City Auditorium
Nebr. Ave
York
Nebr
Hospital Notes from York and Grand Island
Mrs Curtis Hoffman remains a patient at York hospital after surgery. Mrs James Lindburg returned to York on Tuesday from the York hospital. Mrs Beulah Gustafson went home Saturday from York hospital. Enoch Peterson came home Friday evening from St Francis hospital in Grand Island.
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Curtis Hoffman
York Hospital
James Lindburg
Beulah Gustafson
Enoch Peterson
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Jr Senior Play and Basketball Schedule Announced
Calendar lists Dec. 13 basketball at Silver Creek with reserves 6 30 pm and varsity 8 pm Dec. 16 Jr Sr Play 7 30 pm the project Lock Stock and Lipstick centers on high school guidance counselors with comedy. Dec. 17 home game vs Genoa reserves 6 30 pm varsity 8 pm Dec. 19 Elementary Christmas program 7 30 pm at the high school.
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Silver Creek
Jr.-Sr
Genoa
Jr.Sr
Last of Pictures Taken for Annual
The final photographs were captured Friday, December 6, for the annual. Various groups appeared including music, junior high music, Pep Club, cheerleaders, and boys and girls basketball.
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Jr. High
Cake raffle at first home game by home ec girls
The Sophomore and Junior home economics classes hold a cake raffle at the first home basketball game on Tuesday December 17. They have studied cake decorating in recent weeks and will display Christmas themed cakes for attendees to win.
Polk Beats York Reserves in Monday Reserve Clash
Polk reserves defeated York reserves in a Monday game at Polk. The score could not be determined from the readable text.
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POLK
York
Have You Noticed Ladies Warns About Do It Yourself Remodeling
A humorous guide tracks the emotional stages of home remodeling from anticipation to acceptance. Readers learn to recognize anticipators at open houses and enthusiasts tearing down walls, through frustrations with mismatched woodwork and carpet widths, to settling for less than perfect outcomes.
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Board of Health
Welfare
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