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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
8
County treasurer Carleton Anderson announces 1947 auto tabs are available. Residents may have plates sent by sending the 1946 registration certificate, the fee, and 5 cents for mailing.
A reader is urged to subscribe to The Omaha World Herald. The notice promotes home delivery options and seeks to increase readership through appealing rates and timely local coverage.
A parish and church notices column lists services for First Baptist, Polk and Swede Plain Methodist, Hordville Methodist, Evangelical Free Church Milford, and The Swede Home Church. It notes Sunday worship times, morning services, church schools, evangelistic events, and a Week of Prayer from January 7 with union events in Polk churches.
Last Saturday Elmer Garner of Polk collided with a rear of a parked car near Aurora. Garner blamed blinding approaching lights. Garner's car damage estimated at 15000 dollars. Community notices include social events and visits from relatives across states.
Christmas Eve dinner gatherings included the Miller and Nyberg families of Hardville, the Nelson and Larson households in Grand Island, other relatives in York and Bradshaw, and guests at the homes of Sandell and Davenport. Notable events: a wedding in Central City, a funeral in St Louis, a birth in Lake Geneva, and illness requiring hospital care in Stromsburg.
A historical appeal notes diphtheria mortality fell from 115 to 5 per 100 000 as science advanced but deaths persist due to lack of parental immunization. It urges guardians to vaccinate after six months of life, urging doctors nurses and health officials to spread the message.
Osceola notes Sandra Jean Colby three year old daughter of Mr Earl Colby and Mrs Colby sustained a severe eye injury while riding a new tricycle near home Christmas Day when she fell and struck a metal foot scraper a fragment entered her eye. She is at St Francis Hospital. Mr and Mrs A J Chantry Lois Rex Ford and families traveled to Malvern to spend Christmas with their mother.
After almost two years of illness and not being able to walk or help myself, I have much to be thankful for this holiday season. Kind friends and neighbors, a comfortable home with loved ones who care for me. May God's blessing go with you all through the New Year.
The piece surveys parity price references from 1909 to 1914 for farm goods like butter eggs milk and poultry noting current uncertainties amid trusts and world cartels. It lists federal civilian staff abroad OPA closures probes into Pearl Harbor war costs UNRRA relief and looming congressional investigations into recent governance and fiscal actions.
The Republican steering committee advocates a balanced budget with lower taxes. It cautions that foreign loans and large Army Navy spending keep deficits high. If loans stopped and military expenditures trimmed, tax relief could be possible though the national debt remains a $6 billion annual burden.
Weekly Thursday 1 pm sale in Central City Nebraska selling cattle hogs and all items. Call Sale Barn 592 R for arranging a sale at our expense Elmer Galusha is the auctioneer with contact details and wording about sales anytime anywhere.
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