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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
7
Editor H. M. McGaffin notes a looming double murder prediction at the state penitentiary and reports Lincoln delegates considering crepe on the McKelvie code. The piece ties national events to local politics and social changes while listing community notices and staff health updates.
The County Agricultural Agent reports a series of well attended meetings in Shelby Beulah Polk Green's Chapel and Wayland starting Monday February 9. Enthusiasm is high though attendance depends on flu severity. Full programs are distributed and residents within the area are urged to attend.
C L Robinson warns heavy sleet and freezing rain will damage the 1920 wheat crop unless farmers act. He urges immediate removal of ice, using drags and harrows to prevent planting wheat land to corn, noting three or four days of ice can wreck the crop. Dean E A Burnett recalls a past protracted sleet storm that hurt wheat.
N W Gaines Chautauqua speaker now with University of Nebraska will lecture on Co operation and Community Organization at Polk Auditorium Monday February 9 at 1 30 pm. Admission free. Agricultural Agent announces the talk as a valuable, free lyceum style event.
February calendar notes include five Sundays. Mrs. W. H. Smith visited Stromsburg Monday while Mrs. W. F. Nieman returned from Lincoln Saturday. Charley Carlson’s family listed as sick. Mrs. Golden Garretson rode to Lincoln Wednesday. Hilah Mae Plessinger came home Friday to rest after the flu. Wm Parkinson spent the weekend with parents in University Place Nebraska. State Bank Examiner Smith visited town early in week visiting three banks. Cliff Doremus attended a Sterling Corp funeral last week. Mrs. Beckman came from Stromsburg Monday to visit daughter Mrs. R. J. Allison and family. Mrs. R. L. Cox and Mrs. M. Smith hosted Kensington Thursday for Mrs. W. H. Smith with cards for twelve and a three-course lunch. Womans Culture Club met at Mrs. D. H. Westfall’s Friday Jan 30 with seven members. program on The Congress of Berlin and the Triple Alliance led by Mrs. Frazier. Hazen discussion led by Mrs. McGafhn. readings by Mrs. Alfred. Two visitors attended and a luncheon followed. A local drunken man returning from Omaha collided with a curb pole and joked about a striped stocking girl known as a high kicker, as noted in Harvard Courier.
Former Justice Charles Evans Hughes argued in federal court that the general welfare requires government aid to agriculture. He said federal land banks could borrow and issue tax exempt bonds to fund low interest loans for farmers to protect the nation’s food supply.
United States Department of Agriculture entomologists report that a few thorough applications of crude petroleum inside poultry houses proved effective against poultry mites in a large series of insecticide tests.
Church morning topics The Present Day Crisis and The Mission of The Church. Evening choir and a ladies trio announce attendance. Sheriff Potter in town on official business. Lagripe affects Theo Larson Clifford Branting C. R. Petergon opening ads and local farms. News on subscribers, sickness, and community events with a children’s hike poem by Helen Lind.
R. L. Cox A K. Crow and Rank Examiner Smith attended an opera at York Tuesday evening.
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