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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Mary Niermann
David City
St. Joseph
Olaf Alfred
J. H. Allison
Malta Bend
Rodney J
J E. Daniel
Williams
Charles Wright
W. C. Williams
Neal Rakestraw
David Anderson
Z. F. Myers
E. F. Graff
Philip Sack
Claude Neal
York
Bob Graham
George Wright
Clarks
Route One
Valdero Quick
Stromsburg High School
Ed Quick
Reuben Gustafson
Norma Jones
L. P. Jones
Hordville
Josephine Lindburg
MUSE
Terence Hill
Gypsy Colt
Russ Matson
Aurora State Co
Farmers State Bank
Aurora
Nebraska
Nebraska Association
Wniaper Association
Melba Ann Carlson
Hazel Stromberg
Leona McConnell
G. M. Hill
Hennie Seymour
Frank Adelson
August Nelson
Shelby
Willard Cornell
Roger Hill
Connie of
Red Cloud
Ed Madison
Swede Plain
Wayne Lampshire
Gilbert Lampshire
Phillipines
Korea
Shirley Stevens
June Skaden
Dennis Cramerow
Walter Salisbury
Vance Salisbury
Max Jones
Lester H. Anderson
Clay
Hamilton
Polk Cemetery Association
Clem Manson
Polly Latham
Henry Piper
Bradeshaw
Blanche
Carlla Fowler