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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1937

Page

7

Free Hills Produce Obituary and Community Notes

Osceola residents share weekend visits and meals with neighbors and relatives. The community records births, illnesses, and hospital updates including a 6 12 pound baby girl born to Henry and Mrs. Empken. Local clubs meet, dinners held, and a boxing tournament attended in Grand Island.

Hills O. A. Holtzen Osceola R. W. Keuper E. A. Flodman Lawrence Lind Carroll Flodman Central City York Rev. Dahlberg Marie Robert Greeley Colorado Hartwig Flodman Walter Smith Near Benedict H. A. Cramer Carl Dose Art Dose Jerry Meadows Will Blase Henry Smith Henry Empken Nelson King R C. Ripley Edith McConnell Ross Goethe Ed Larson Thed Larson Gloria Adelson J. W. Neleson W. J. Herbes Howard Herbes Freeman Johnson St. Francis Hospital Grand Island Jim Nelson Claus Peterson Evelyn Johnson Lee Johnson Agnes Olson Roosevelt Peterson Aurora Emma Anderson W George Bush High Prairie van Bush Pepper Shakers Club C J. McCoy Clark Snodgrass Eric Carlson Stromsburg Grant Johnson California Westfall Charley Nelson Edwin Marquette John Nelson Dalton Minnesota Harry Anderson Hannah Larson Carl Eklund Albin Lindquist Bryant Roy Morgan Maxine Fossburg Frank Fossberg Eulalia Stromberg Helen Johnson Ivan Johnson Ruth Stouffer Oscar Strand Karl Detloff P. J. Garten Africa Sophie Gestrine Charles Johnson Donahoe Richard Myers Domphan Z F Myers Curtis Flodman William_ Shostrom Elwood Sandell C. R. Leach Clarks Mervin Samuels Kenneth Samuels Hardville Joe Johnson Ervin Light Milford Anderson Walter Green Pork Marjorie Helsing Lincoln John Seymour Homer Green Wallace Gustafson Benedict Arthur Gustafson Robert Gustafson Earl Burke Z. F. Myers T. G. Glater Hordville D. H. Westfall Sterling Nelson Dean Nelson Aug. Nelson Baptist Guild Hazel Gertrude Nelson India Ferne Schweitzer Near Stromsburg Faye Beardsley Roger Headley Claude Stromburg Iowa Stromburg Frances Branting Gilbert Benson Sidney Crow Edna van Mhousen Court House Country Woman's Club Willard Adelson Bill Kingsley Mary Davis Donald Gibber

Parachute popularity in Russia shows swift growth

Pravda reports a rapid rise in parachute use since 1930 with 800000 jumps in 1935 from 600 towers and 10500 bailouts in the first half of 1936. An all union parachute training center opened in Moscow as instructors are trained.

Pravda Moscow G. Minor

Uncle Sam cat program funds postal pest control

The U S government annually appropriates money to maintain cats in post offices and public buildings to curb vermin and protect mail and records. Special strains have been bred for specific roles, such as a Pittsburgh cat adapted to cold storage plants.

United States Pittsburgh

Indian Women's Fellowship of Service Formed in Poona

Symbolic of rising reform among Indian women, a new public service group the Indian Women's Fellowship of Service is formed in Poona. It bases itself on celibacy and self sacrifice.

Indian Women’s Fellowship of Service Poona

Professors Puzzled By Term Grades At Emporia College

Professors observe that during the winter term women earned higher grades than men at Kansas State Teachers' College of Emporia while the summer session honors went to men. Officials cannot explain the shift in scholastic honors.

Kansas State Teachers’ College of Emporia

Stained Glass Being Listed in Brittany Inventory

An inventory of ancient stained glass windows is being compiled across Brittany. The effort aims to catalog treasures found there dating back nearly 700 years.

Brittany

Turkey’s Birthday Party in Angora Draws 7000 on Ponies

The article notes Turkey’s thirteenth birthday anniversary with 7,000 villagers riding ponies to Angora to take part in the celebration festivities.

Turkey Angora

Wrong Glasses Gamekeeper Snubs Rabbit Miss

A gamekeeper explains to a friend why he did not shoot a rabbit, saying he did not see it until it was already out of sight, reflecting a moment of missed quarry in field sport.

Big Auto Size Sparks Childs Exaggeration

Johnnie points to a passing car and tells his mother it is huge. She teases him for exaggerating the claim and recalls his habit of overstatement with a light scolding.

Johnnie

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