Polk seeks baseball team as mass meeting set
A mass meeting will be held in the rear room of the First National Bank on Thursday at 8 p.m. to organize a Polk baseball team. Officers for Manager Treasurer and Captain will be elected. All business men and interested locals invited. Also notes of store improvements and local memoires in Polk.
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National Bank
Polk
T. A. Lundberg
V. N. Swans
R. J. Allison
Secial
Ouit
Terenh
School Notes Preview Literary Society Program Friday
The Literary Society will present its regular program this Friday with patrons invited. The seventh grade will study The Great Garbuncle next week and the eighth grade will begin Goldsmiths The Dorseted Village.
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Literary ‘Society
Goldsmiths
Dorseted
Local Hordville Notes Brighten Community Life
Correspondence from Hardville reports prices for wheat corn oats hogs and dairy goods. Community updates include visits from Mrs Litzenburg Arthur Wilson and Ivan Bengston plus births, illnesses, travel and social events at Castle school house and local homes. The piece notes a new implement firm run by Morris Benson and various local movements and social gatherings.
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Morris Benson
Morris
Hordville
Ford
Whittamore Takes Charge of Dorsey Store in Arborville
G A Whittamore will take charge of the Dorsey stock on or about April first. Sharlie and his wife expected to gain community approval and patronage across the Arborville territory. Several locals attend Sunday visits and discuss changes as G S White’s sale and Chuck’s move loom.
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G. A. Whittamore
Dorsey
Sharlie
Arborville
G. S. White
Chuck
High School Plans March Play and Musical Program
The high school prepares a one act with solos quartets and chorus. It is the year’s major school event expected to draw a large crowd. The play From Down East, a humorous drama, is set for March 4 unless delayed.
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Down East
Dont Forget The Piano Contest Topic
A collection of Victorian era snippets includes a Scottish minister and parishioner exchange about church attendance and a joke about a man Richard who gives three objections to going to church. Also a quip on the woman suffrage question ends with a wife as supporter.
Osceola Notes: Resignations Club Changes and Events
Osceola reports Miss Laura Mickey resigned from W. C. Johnson's store after two years. Miss Charlotta Hanson succeeds her. Mrs. W. N. Miller dies at her Osceola home. funeral at the Methodist church. Dean Stalnaker heads west to Wyoming for To-Kah-an Mining Co. Staging of St Elmo set for Feb 24 at the Osceola Auditorium. Architect J. M. Craddock visits to discuss new school building plans. Albert Ryan leaves for Colorado to manage a farm. Mrs. Joe Kurrer returns from Omaha after ten days with her daughter. County Judge’s office relocates to the old McCoy building. Mary Campbell returns from Hyannis after a three week visit. Presbyteran church to be dedicated on the 27th.
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Laura Mickey
W. C. Johnson
Charlotta Hanson
J. M. Craddock
Omaha
Osceola
The Piano Contest Seeks Votes For March Prize
The Progress announces a piano giveaway with about two weeks left before March. Readers urged to renew subscriptions at the $1 rate to boost votes, with detailed voting rules and starting votes for contestants led by Miss Lillie Forslund.
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Lillie Forslund
Mildred Cockle
Lillie Reed
Hannah Sundberg
Gredda Shafer
Lillie Kroger
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Darrow & Lind
Bank of Polk
W. C. T. U. Banquet
Baptist Church
Francis Willard
C. H. Lindburg
Bay
Ev. Larkin
Frank Moffitt
Waits
Brown
Rystrom Implement Company
R. B. Putman
York
Pearl Jones
Osberg
Stromsburg
Miss Stubbe
Central City
Mrs. Snow
Polk Wall Paper and Paint Co
W. W. Tulleys
Lincoln
Hardville
John Litzenburg
Arthur Wilson
Aurora
Ivan Bengston
Wahoo College
Miss Larson of
T. O. Larson
T. O
Dr. Jarman
Osealy
Gilson
Ruth
Axel F. Johnson
Purl Campbell
H. G. Carpenter
Will Cohagan
Castle School
Geo Gearsner
Auto
Gey
G Will
Bert Campbell
Bush
L. F. Jones
A .Johnson
W. L. Cohagen
Post Office
T. Hill
Loyd Rockwell
Loyd
John S. Fleming
Geo. Bingham
J.° ’Orsey
W.g.brown
Iysill
John Lackey
Ozar Ountal
Mosscur
Leonard Johnson
Pneumoni
Congregational Church
Zatas
Fred Elise
Alex Fightmaster
Cicero
Dean Stalnaker
West
Wyoming
To-Kah-an Mining Co
St. Elmo
Osceola Auditorium
Sioux City
Albert Ryan
Colorado
Joe Kurrer
McCoy
Mary Campbell
Hyannis
Charce
Feus Lewine Machine Co
Chicago
Victor Anderson Co
Marxs
New York
Y & CG
Broadway
Washington, D
Senl
Royal
Conover and
Bartlett
Victor Anqeasum
Gorrar
Ranger
Quragen
U.S
Leah
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