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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1972

Page

2

Progress Files Highlights Local Happenings and Market Prices

Beef or pork steak 12 1/2 cents per pound and 60 hogs averaging 130 pounds brought $160 on the Omaha market. Elmer Cash updated shop windows south of the Progress office. Misses Bay to stock millinery. Pascoe hired for Brauer cement block factory starting March 1. Various local moves, visits, and events including a Valentine party for Baptist Sunday school, lectures, weddings, anniversaries, and a hotel ad comparing past rates.

Omaha Elmer Cash Progress Office Bert Cummings Misses Bay W. A. Pascoe Osceola Brauer Mr Pascoe Brauers Alfred Gahn Stromsburg Burke‘Thomas Co Wm. Salchow Hampton Arborville M. F. Smith Mildred Smith Lillian Benjamin Olga Jenner Fern Myers The Baptist Church W. W. Fightmaster John Theiss Silver Creek Plessinger O. K Bernard Mahnken Clara Lincoln Leonard Stromberg Keene Swede Plain Church Harvey Curren Polk Ida Godown Eva Marvel Broken Bow Sam Murray Mary Knapp Ruth Arlyss Wurtz W. A. Lindburg Conant Hotel Progress Seth Piper R. L. Smith Walter Green Smith Home John G. Ehn George Pearson Grand Island Emily Samuelson Gust Ehn Joe, Henning Charley Ehn

Epidemic Scarlet Fever Reaches Polk County

Polk County physicians report 17 scarlet fever cases in the area as residents, including Melba Carlson and Hazel Stromberg, host events and travel from Blair Benedict Red Cloud Stromsburg and Lincoln. The record notes community activities and an upcoming funeral, birthday, and wedding anniversaries amid the fever outbreak.

Polk Manley Fisher Blair Tom Fisher R. M. Bailey Ebba Hanquist The Baptist Church Carl Steelquist Clark Howard Benedict Ben Peterson Minnie Nicholson Angeline Johnston Stromsburg E. A. Charles Leland Bowers A. H. Ramsey Wayne Jane Garretson Walter Johnson Denver Nora Johnson Nellie Newton Rebekah

Correspondence on Farming Practices and Environmental Caution

A set of letters between Norris A. Alfred and D G Hanway discuss cautious use of agricultural chemicals and environmental safeguards. They reflect on the pace of technological change, fertilizer use, and the balance between ambition and restraint in farming research and policy. The exchange cites Barry Commoner and Jay Forrester critiques, stressing shared responsibility among agronomists manufacturers and farmers.

Robert A. Olson Department of Agronomy College of Agriculture Professor Olson Norris Alfred Alfred Prof Olson D. G. Hanway Commoner Barry Commoner Jay Forrester MIT International Club of Romie Forrester

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