Fifteen Years Ago New Year Socials and Christmas Visits
A January 1 1931 report recalls friends surprised Mr and Mrs W A Wurtz with an oyster supper. Christmas Day brought gifts and visits from many families including the Peterson children with a radio present. Various local residents and guests traveled to Osceola Hampton Lincoln and Silver Creek for holidays and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W A. Wurtz
Claus Peterson
Hugh McGaffin
Ruth Carter
Jack
Hugh
Polk Progress notices and holiday dinners in Polk area
The Polk Progress lists social notes of local families visiting and dinner gatherings during the holidays. Entries include Mr and Mrs McLain, Mr and Mrs Hill and others hosting and visiting relatives in Polk County Nebraska towns such as Clarks Aurora York Hardville Ravenna Gresham Thayer and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sandell
LaVar
Arthur Hemmingson
Albert
Union Prayer Services Planned Next Week At Local Churches
Next week from Tuesday to Friday evenings union prayer services will be held at various local churches. See detailed program elsewhere.
Church Schedules and News From Local Faith Groups
Regular worship schedules and events from Hordville Swede Plain Polk and Swede Plain churches plus First Baptist in Paul Lemke parish. Notes include Christmas program, weather related changes, youth fellowship dates, Sunday school times, evening services, and upcoming association meeting at Loup City with missions talk.
Church notices and gatherings listed for multiple congregations
Free Methodist Church led by Rev H M Williamson hosts Sunday School at 10 a m and services at 11 a m Walter Binford serves as superintendent Norodville Methodist with Nels Pearson pastor Sunday School 10 a m Public Worship 11 a m The Swede Home Lutheran Church schedules morning worship at 11 a m Board meeting Thursday and Dorcas Society Friday with confirmation class Saturday Next week Louthen Brotherhood meet Wednesday at 6 30 p m Ladies Aid Thursday at 2 30 p m Congregation annual meeting January 14. Mr and Mrs Bill Blisworth Osceola visited in Osceola family home dinner with Harry Carlson family Topeka visitor C E Cantrell visited Albert Sundberg home Homer Green spent Wednesday evening with his mother Ruth Green and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Scott
Stromsbury
R B Newton
Ord
Arlos Moomey
Gresham
R. V Newton
Lincoln
W. J Newton
Geneva
Mildred
Evelyn Beckman
Ruth Glasser
Naomi
Lorna
Vivian Alfred
Fern
Alice Myers
I D. Huston
Osceola
Harold Reed
John Fenster
Hampton
Edwin
Polk
Swede Plain
A. C. Bates
Swede Plain Youth Fellowship
Swede Plain Church
Harvey Lind
First Baptist Church
Paul Lemke
Winnie Lind Sunt
Grand Island Association of Evangelicals
Baptist Church
Loupa City
Missions
Loca Church
Missionary Society
Walter Nelson
BYPU
Rena May Willits
Laura Jane Taylor
Evangelical Free Church
Milford E. Olson
Young People’s Society
Edw
Nyberg
Free Methodist Church
H. M. Williamson
Walter Binford
Norodville
Nels Pearson
N Pearson
Swede Home Lutheran Church
Harlan Johnson
Dorcas Society
Loutheran Brotherhood
Ladies’ Aid
Bill Blisworth
Harry Carlson
C &E
Upset Stomachs Reported Gas Relief from Erb-Help
An informal testimonial from Polk touts Erb-Help as a remedy for gas and bloating. The ad cites a full stomach and improved meals, claiming herbs cleanse bowels and aid liver and kidneys, with Davis Pharmacy marketing the product and a local newspaper inviting readers to share news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Eric
Davis Pharmacy
Omaha World-Herald Advertising Offer
The Omaha World-Herald and The State Journal announce subscription prices and mail options with annual rates and delivery benefits. Readers are urged to order through the office for quick service and savings on yearly rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Journal
Lincoln
Specials vending list of old prices and codes
A compact note displays assorted old pricing terms with codes such as 10c 27a 50c and 23¢ 15c. The fragment suggests tray labels or sale items with varied unit prices and abbreviations, likely from a newspaper classifieds or shop page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Camp
How to Banish Washday Stooping by Dorothy Holladay
Dorothy Holladay summarizes Capper’s Farmer tips from Mrs. Carl Frey of Iroquois County Illinois. She advocates elevating the washing machine with bricks or a wooden platform for efficiency and insulation while sorting clothes on elevated surfaces to reduce bending using baskets on crates or chairs and a hand crafted waist high sliding clothes basket from a wooden hanger with wires and hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Frey
Iroquois County, Ill
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Mra W P Miller
J W Nelson
Leroy
Ed Larson
Edward
Theo Larson
Glen Willits
Donald
Clifford Johnston
Silver Creek
Clyde Willits
Margaret Pickerel
Sam Charles
Maurice Ellfson
Sioux City
Richard Myers
Fern Myers
Doniphan
Gothenburg
Z. F. Myers
Wayne Hill
C J Erickson
George Grosvenor
Central
Polk Progress
Howard W. Herbes
Polk, Nebraska
Postoffice
Cone
Polk Territory
Hordville
St. Eves
Earl R. Halleck
R. C. Gustafson
Hordville Baptist Church
Edick A. Anderson
Omaha World-Herald
W. S. Desch Sons
York and
Central City
Dolly Sisters
Betty Grable
June Haver
Seer Neewe
Stromberg
Dorothy Holladay
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