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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
5
The advertisement lists meat and deli items with prices per pound including lard oleo luncheon ham pork chops pork steak weiners mince ham picnic hams summer sausage fresh ground beef and fresh ground pork, highlighting low per pound costs.
Lester Stark and family hosted relatives including Mr and Mrs Lewis Stark near Aurora. Rodney Stevens of Lodgepole spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs T A Stevens and family. Sherman Jones of Grandstand visited with Mr and Mrs C G Jack and others. Clyde Rice and Ed Nelson families attended a Hamilton County Christmas program led by Ruth Nelson. Truckers advertise Atlas Largo haul rate from Omaha. James Petrziska reports $2.00 per ton on all weather road from Brainard Nebraska to east of Brainard. Charles Eckles and family of Gresham joined Oscar Sundberg and family for Friday dinner.
A long list of local families and visitors share Christmas gatherings in Hampton Clarks Osceola and surrounding towns. Notes describe reunions at the Wilshusen and Lindburg homes, visits from relatives in Greeley McCook Omaha Denver and Lincoln, and holiday dinners with extended kin. Several tickets and reminders for items to claim appear amid holiday chatter.
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