Polk Village Board Adopts Annual Appropriation and Raises Water Rates
The Polk Nebraska village board met July 6 1937 with trustees Isaacson Wurtz Sundberg and Brauer present. They adopted Ordinance 88 the annual appropriation bill and approved various vendor payments. A new water rate of 1.50 for 1st 300 gallons and 10 cents per 1000 gallons over 3000 was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Polk
Nebraska
Isaacson
Wurtz
Sundberg
Brauer
Sedan
Light and Water
Marshall
Town-Nebraska Light and Power Co
Lincoln Telephone Co
Miller Chemical Co
Mills & Mills
J. T. Stanton W. W. Norton
J. BE. McDaniel
A. Isaacson
Ralph Upton
Ralph iWipton
F.C. Benjamin
Ff. C. Benjamin
Gust Westlund
Polk Nebraska Village Board Minutes Open With Resignation and Gravel Bid
The Polk Village Board adjourned on Tuesday September 7th with members Wurtz Sundberg Brauer present and Sedan absent. Forest Sedan offered his resignation from the Board citing continued absence. A motion to accept the resignation passed. A bid by Alex Adelson for 50 or more loads of gravel at 4 cubic yards per load and $284 per load delivered in the village streets was presented and accepted. Various payments to local firms and individuals were approved including Light Fund Water Bond Fund and personnel salaries. No further business was transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Polk
Nebraska
Isaacson
Sundberg
Brauer
Wurtz
Sedan
Light and Water Commissioner
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
Trusee Brauer
Town-Nebraska Light and Over Co
Lincoln Telephone Co
Martin Schritt
Wm. Anderson
Rosa Goethe
Polk,Progress, Printing
Viking’ Hall
Gust Westlund
Gust” Westlund
Be Myers
T. A. Reece
Ralph Upton
Polk County
Ser
W. Shafer
J. E. McDaniel
W. C Steel
Warr
ALISO
Cy. M. Peterson
Ecsceeseer
Undberg & Som
Teriff
Bal
J. Allison
A. Tsaacson
A. E. Sundberg
P. T. Wurtz
Carlson
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company
Farmer’s Union Co.Op
Phillips 66 Service
Korsmeyer Co
Son
W. C. Steel
MicConnell
Light and Water
Forest Sedan
Alex Adelson
Town-Nebraska Light and Power Co
A. W. Shafer
Wilbur Whitacre
Strand Lumber Co
Ed Kisler
Viking Hall
Citizens State Bank
Polk Municipal Band
Balon
Sundberg & Son
Lure Material Company
Salary
Schueder Electric Wrontss
Ross Goethe
Lawrence Sundberg
Italian Village Mourns for Ousted Compatriots
In Condino Italy a 300 year old annual procession climbs Mount Melino to a chapel where lilies are left in memory of 40 Condino workmen who fled plague to Venice in 1630, died on the mountain top, and whose graves bloomed with lilies signaling pilgrimage.
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Condino
Italy
Mount
Melino
Trento
United Press
Venice
Mount Melino
Hospitals of India Used Heat Many Years Ago
The article notes ancient Indian hospital origins around 1000 B C in the Aryan northwestern region near Benares. It traces growth to Buddha’s era, peak by the third century B C, and spread until the sixth century A D when invasions disrupted progress. Sanskrit records show contagion awareness and steam sterilization in maternity wards over 2000 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Benares
Buddha
B. C
New York Herald Tribune
Simpson Sand Dunes and Hidden Water Reservoir
The Simpson dunes in Australia stretch 50 to 100 miles parallel to the wind. The Washington Post notes a vast underground water reservoir beneath the desert, held by clay beneath loosened sand. When drilled, water erupts with a roar, billions of gallons poised to transform the desert into a garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Simpson Sand Dunes
Australia
Washington Post
Elihu Yale Founded Yale College From Borough of Boston
Elihu Yale, born near Boston in 1648, left America at age four. He governed Fort Saint George Madras from 1687 to 1692 and later led the East India Company in 1699. Yale College bears his name from a 1745 charter and his gifts funded the library and school at Saybrook. He died in 1721 and was buried in Wales.
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Elihu Yale
Boston
Mass
England
America
Fort Saint George
Madras
East India Company
Yale College
Saybrook
Wrexham
Wales
Ohioans in Garfield’s Inauguration Highlight Ceremony
The 1881 inauguration featured six Ohioans on the platform with James A. Garfield. Rutherford B. Hayes William T. Sherman Philip Sheridan John Sherman and Morrison R. Waite all native-born Ohioans, with Waite administering the oath despite not being born in Ohio. Waite long resided in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
William T. Sherman
United States Army
Philip Sheridan
John Sherman
the Treasury
Morrison R. Waite
Supreme Court
Waite
State
World as a Ship in Frisian Myth and Dover Tale
The old Frisians viewed the world as a large ship with mountains as masts. Sailors rise to the rigging as boys and return as old men. The ship later shrank yet stayed vast. It once blocked the Straits of Dover until a captain smeared the port side with soap and scraped through, leaving the white cliffs as a memento.
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Straits of
Dover
Heart's Daily Labor Powers 120 Ton Lift Claim
A medical expert notes the heart's daily workload could lift 120 tons a foot, while blood circulates rapidly through the body. The piece explains blood cell production, circulation speed, breathing rates, and how the body regulates heat through shivering and sweating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Pearson
London Weekly
Amalgamation: ancient gold extraction via mercury in rock
The Chicago Tribune notes an ancient Roman method for obtaining gold by grinding rock with mercury and water to form a paste. Mercury coats copper plates to collect gold, which is scraped, pressed to remove excess mercury, then heated to drive off mercury, yielding gold.
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Chicago Tribune
Duties and Risks of an Ambassador's Military Attaches
The military and naval attaches serve on an ambassador staff to advise on all naval and military affairs. They record military developments and report to authorities with permission, and in wartime may organize spy systems or observe armies in enemy territory. The role offers few advantages over home military service, depending on personal preference.
Badges of Grief Across Cultures and Colors
The article surveys mourning colors in various regions. It notes black in Europe and America, white in China, blue or violet in Turkey, yellow in Egypt, and gray in Ethopia, with explanations linking color to perceived life or purity. It mentions hair-cutting as a mourning sign in the East and Romans viewing long hair as sorrow.
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Europe
China
Turkey
Egypt
Ethiopia
Remarkable Swiss Canyon and Its Mysterious Hot Spring
The Tamina gorge near Ragaz Spa showcases dramatic erosion in the Swiss Alps. A hot spring flows from a rock crevice at 93.5 degrees Fahrenheit, delivering 3,000,100,000 quarts per minute with no observed change over centuries of visitation.
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Tamina
Ragaz Spa
Swiss Alps
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha
Receipts at Union Stock Yards Omaha January 4 1937 cattle 8000 head slow lower on steers and yearlings cows and heifers in moderate supply active demand stockers and feeders brisk and prices firm feeding steers 6500 7500 hogs open the week lower receipts 5500 with buyers bidding 750 790 light and medium weight hogs and packing grades down to 675 650 sows 625 750 spread
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Fat Lambs Sell Higher at Omaha Sale
Receipts of 4500 sheep and lambs reported in Omaha Monday with lambs in strong demand lifting prices 25 to 50 cents from Friday. Fat lambs sold between 8.25 and 8.50, feeders 7.75 to 8.25, aged ewes 3.50 and up. Ranger and native classes quoted at 7.00 to 8.00, feeder lambs 7.50 to 8.00 for medium to choice and 7.00 to 7.50 for common to medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Dates that Cannot be Packed for Export
Some of the seventy varieties of dates cannot be packed for export. They can be eaten only where they breeze in and around their growing regions.
The Snowy Egret Plume Hunters Threatened Nesting Birds
The snowy egret neared extinction as market hunters killed nesting birds for their valuable plumage, leaving the young to perish.
A13 Billion Tax Bill Looms Over U.S. Economy
A forecast places the 1938 tax bill at more than 13.06 billion dollars, about 35 percent higher than 1936 and 60 percent above 1921, taking one fifth of national income. The piece urges lighter government costs to spur recovery and warns against wasteful spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
Washington
Quips and Punchlines Parade in Tiny Town Gathering
A string of humorous exchanges features a nurse’s quinsy joke, a deputy sheriff exam gag, a student late from school, a gossiping crowd at a church, and garlanded quips about manners, money, and marriage, all captured in light, period dialogue.
Notice to Contractors for Shel vy Columba Project Bids
Sealed bids are invited for grading, culverts, two bridges and incidental work on Shel vy Columba Project No. 86 Federal Aid Road in Nebraska. Bids due January 13 1938 at 10:00 A M with plans available at Osceola David City and Lincoln offices. Bond required and wage scales set. plans and details at county clerks and state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Roads and Irrigation
State House
Lincoln
Nebraska
Shelby—Columbua
Nebraska State Employment Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Osceola
David City
Irrigation A. Cc. Tilley
Polk County
Jos
J. Dworak
Department OF Roads
John I. Anderson
Butler County
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
the State Journal
the Polk Progress
the Village Board
South Omaha
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
Shorty’s
Clarks, Neb
Beer & Liquors
Shorty
Clarks
Cail
Oscedla
Cankage
Columbus Rendering Company
Hazel
Mazie
Quinsy
Maybaum
Chicago
West Indies
Mandy
Mrs. Smith
The
University of Chicago
Stan
Herb
Sutstanding
VALIT
Arthur Eckdahl
Scottsbluff
Dave Eckdahl
Elmer Hanquist
Earl Stever
Stromsburg
C. R. Lindholm
Grace Ranquist
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