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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1946
Page
4
The page shows editor Howard W. Herbes and publishing details, with ad rates per line. It lists rates for readers and cards of thanks, and mentions the act of Congress date March 2, 1879.
Polk County Farm Bureau clubs record achievement certificates for Ralph Peterson Martha Jeenes Melba Davis Mildred Stevens and Leona McConnell J E McDaniel and Earl Payne watched state checker tournament at Central City last Thursday Red Cross funds allocated 225 dollars toward 700 dollar Near East Relief for Pleasant Home precinct Womans Club met at S D Clifford home Mae Sundberg O F Alfred and Cox on program Fred Johnson returns from California home today.
Mr and Mrs George Anderson welcome a baby girl born Feb 10 1926. Mr and Mrs Ernest Flodman celebrate 25th wedding anniversary with a silver tea set and salad forks. Erwin Lindberg sings over KMMJ. Oscar Strand likely picking roses in California while Polk friends shovel snow. Henry Smiths mark 30th anniversary. Marie Victoria Nelson marries Ira Glasser Seward Feb 12. Arthur Peterson visits from Omaha Medical University.
Fifteen years ago on February 19 1931 Mr and Mrs Carl Wilshusen celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary with about 100 relatives and friends. Eva Mahanken wed Lawrence Barton at Grand Island the previous Wednesday and they headed to a farm near Scottsbluffs. The Pork Womans Club Music Department met at Mrs H A Johnsons home on February 9. Zora Shafer was married to and began a new journey.
York resident Stanley Cooper visited Columbus last Saturday. Margaret Gestrine married Harold Johnson February 18 at Swede Home parsonage. Daniel McConnell ill. Dorothy Kohtz wed Albert Dissmeyer February 16 at Lincoln Creek Zion Lutheran Church. Ed Dismyer to Ames Iowa for section foreman job. Garnet McGinnis returns from Texas to Omaha for work. Vernon Johnson named Polk County 4 H scholarship winner 1935. Peterson family and Gourleys snowbound at Garten home. Andrew Anderson improving at Baker Hospital Muscatine Iowa.
The notice lists regular worship times for Hordville Baptist Free Methodist Evangelical Free Polk and Swede Plain and First Baptist churches. It names pastors Edick A. Anderson H M Williamson Nels Pearson Milford Olson A C Bates Paul Lemke and mentions Laymen's Day Sunday Feb 24 and various services School times Bible studies and youth activities.
In the matter of the estate of Harold W. Davis deceased a petition to appoint J L Bront as administrator has been filed and set for hearing on March 7 1946 at 10 o clock A M Dated February 4 1946 County Judge seal L M Merrick Feb 7 14 21
Pneumonia is typically preceded by a cold with abrupt onset and symptoms such as sharp chest pain fever coughing chills and bloody sputum. Seek medical care immediately, rest and monitor at home only with a doctor’s guidance, as pneumococci cause most cases and contagion is possible. Good nursing and nutrition aid recovery and may avoid hospital admission.
A mixed item notes Polk market prices for eggs wheat corn and oats with top prices listed. The other fragment reports a woman describing stomach gas relief after taking ERB-HELP, claiming headaches and constipation disappeared and urging readers to try the product at Davis Pharmacy.
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