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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
4
A collection of brief, tongue in cheek vignettes and overheard lines from a small town: shop talk about spurs meat royalties and pecan orders, plus a punchy electrician anecdote and a farmer’s horse half joke. Notable bits include a rooster joke and a queen sting remark.
Practical guide on highway marker categories regulatory warning and guide signs. Describes octagon stop signs round caution and square slow signs and shield route markers. Includes tips on reading states routes outlines and horizontal information panels for distance and directions.
Simple care keeps upholstery and interior finishes looking new for the life of the car and boosts trade value. Treat battery acid with ammonia, then rinse. remove road tar with carbon tetrachloride. scrape gum with carbon tetrachloride and a dull knife, freeze and scrape if needed.
A fragment warns against using gasoline to remove spots from upholstery. The text suggests dangers of a sudden departure or risk of astatic effects, referencing vague outcomes and the Pools of Peace without concrete details.
A December 31 1938 balance sheet shows Citizens State Bank Polk Nebraska with loans of 86 100 and deposits total 183 889 73. The report includes a call for thanks to fire departments and a local discussion on relief fraud, citing Swede Home store fire and taxpayer concerns.
About thirty guests gathered at W A Stevens home Friday to celebrate Hazel’s sixteenth birthday anniversary. Refreshments served and Hazel received many fine gifts. Ed Larsen performed well at the shoot on Tuesday earning four ducks. Richard Myers broke the bone in his right arm while crank ing his ear. The Woolever family plans to move to York for insurance work. A chimney fire at Willard Lindburg’s northeast home prompted a call to the fire department but caused no damage. Smith Crow won honors at the Wurtz shoot by breaking 16 rocks and taking two geese.
The Osceola Women’s Club general meeting at Mrs. L. E. Wilson’s home features Rev Monkman as speaker on International Relations. Other local notices include visits among residents, cemetery association plans, bridge club hosting, and New Year social events.
A damaged OCR text shows various unit prices and amounts such as 12¢ for 26c and 22c per pound, along with scattered cents like 18¢ 15c LT¢ 13¢ 19¢ 55c 25c and a 50c entry.
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