Four Percheron Mares At A B Nelson Sale
The sale near Polk on March 4 offered four draft Percheron mares, 16 other horses and mules, farm machinery, and a Ford Touring car. A B Nelson hosted the public sale with neighboring residents in attendance, while area activity included farm trades and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Mercantile Company
Frank E. Peterson
Vernango
Roy Garretson
Haxtun
Colorado
George Reed
Hardville
Ed Benson
Ingrid Jensen
Olof Ostund
A. B. Nelson
Polk
Local events and milestones fill Polk community life
A long list of social happenings spans February events in Polk including weddings anniversaries births and birthdays. Notable items include a new farm home near Scottsbluff for a newly married couple, multiple anniversaries celebrated at homes across the area, surprise parties and bridal showers, a 200 acre land sale at 75 per acre in Polk, and various school and 4-H activities plus a Goldenrod conference crown won by Earloff's Polk Cubs. The log also mentions visitors and dinners with families, plus a Valentine party and a Sonja Henie ice review attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gestrine
Margaret Gestrine
Lavinia Dolph
Lillie
Lucy
Elsie Carlson
Nina
Beulah Gestrine
Minnie Stohl
Margaret Larson
Evelyn Lindeblade
Josie Meriam
Larson Bros
Polk
Stohl
Dewey Anderson
Omaha
Marjorie Nelson
Walter Carlson
Myra Mae Alfred
Lucern Carlson
Lincoln
Maurice Lindburg
Dale
E. W. Hahn
Harvey Hahn
District 26
Irene Falk
Ernest Flodman
Swede Plain
Farmer’s Co-op Grain Association
Ben Peterson
Harvey A. Leamons
Sondra Hill
Pleasant Homemakers
Earloff
Polk Cubs
Goldenrod
Cubs
Mardelle Pitchen
Donald Doremus
Francis Doremus
Presbyterian Church
Fullerton
Leland Jackson
Anita Maria
The Empty Reservoirs in a World of Power and Peace
A reflective essay recalls Wendell Willkie and the 1940 campaign’s One World vision. It contrasts Willkie’s idealism with Vietnam era credibility erosion, noting official evasions, media skepticism, and the rise of hard power over compassion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
United State
Willkie
Vietnam
Indochina
Laos
Saigon
Peter Lisagor
Marquis Childs
Congressional Committee
General Accounting Office
GAO
James Reston
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pleasant Hill Mission Society
Ames Lindburg
Ers
John Adelson
Glen Griffin
Claude Ball
Minnie White
P. T. Larson
Grandpa
Grandma Gustafson
Robert Sigler
D. N. Carlson
Sundberg
Oscar Strand
Wahoo
Ed Nelson
Louisville
August Nelson
Ella Nahnken
Lawrence Barton
Grand
York
Nebraska
Farm Machinery & Equipment
IHC
International
THC
Brady
Dempster
Brooder
Forney
Victor E. Bors
Tel. York Exchange
Dale Auction-Realty CO
Nat'l Bank
Nebr
Henry Bergen
Sutton
York State Bank
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska Association
Clarence Rahrs
Norman Keuper
Grand Island
Paul Sagehorn
Guen
Ther Mueller
Marvin Sagehorn
Louise Scow
Shel
Scow
Margaret Pickerel
Carl Wilshusen
Henry F. Smith
Ira Shostrom
Henry Lind
Axel Renquist
Hennie Seymour
Alvin Smith
Martin Smith
Lorna Mae
Ruth Ziegelbein
Hampton
Wm Collett
Frank Adelson
Mary Blase
Fred Laessle
Henry Blase
Max Jones
Connie
Walter Meerkatz
Mabel Lucado
Henry Sandell
A. J. Hemingson
Shafter
Calif
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