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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
1
A holiday message extends warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a healthy prosperous New Year. Gratitude is expressed to customers and friends for patronage and goodwill, hoping business relations continue to be a source of mutual pleasure and satisfaction.
Advertising list shows assorted groceries with prices including Catsup, Kraut, Hominy, corn, salmon, peanut butter, syrup, beans, pears, cream cheese, pancake flour, Santos and Webfoot coffee, naptha soap, and more. Brand names include Maxie Cobb and Aircraft. Pricing ranges from 7¢ to 63¢.
A New Year message sets a hopeful tone as The Progress pledges to publish a more engaging 1930. Local notes report visits from Dr. C R Peterson, Bill McGoffin, Dana Weatfall, and family holiday travels. Cattle sales and rail line trivia mix with county rail questions in Nebraska commentary.
The Progress wishes a most merry Christmas to every reader describing Christmas joy. Families gather, lights glow, and good will renews spirits as prayers, carols, and festive memories fill village and countryside this season.
The World Herald notes Santa Claus embodies Christian charity and goodwill. The piece argues Christmas shines when people forget ego, focus on others, and let Santa’s legend become reality through acts of kindness. God loves Santa Claus.
A dance will be held in Viking Hall on Saturday night December 28. Frank Merchant had a car of porkers on the Omaha market Friday. Walter Kingsley will conduct a public sale on Thursday January 9. Mr and Mrs Carl Jones were kin to relatives in Polk a few days ago. Carl and wife are making their home in Kentucky where Carl is county agent.
Car in good running order advertised as a bargain for quick sale. Contact phone number 242 for details.
A proposed perpetual calendar would make future years look identical, a diary last a year and a kitchen calendar endure indefinitely, but printers worry about the impact on their work.
The Polk Womans Club Arts and Crafts group met at Mrs Oscar Jones home on Fri Dec 20 with Mrs RL Peterson and Mrs Wayne Stevens leading a bouquet making session. The Shaw family from Sutton and Wallace Scott family from Stromaburze attended a Christmas Eve gathering at the Progress home hello.
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