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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
4
Local items note hay for sale by S J Harless and a series of brief community notices. Family events include a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs H E Darren, and Elmer Hanquist with J P Nelson returning from Ogallala. Several residents recover from illness and plan routine moves and sales.
Happenings include H J Joseph visiting grandparents in Grand Island and Vern Lindburg in Denver caring for his ill uncle. Albinus Erickson marries Betsy Wallin in Stromsburg. couple to start housekeeping in bride’s home. Also notes on church revival, travels, local business ads, farm and fire department events, and a record farm sale totaling 10342 05 at York county.
Mr and Mrs Cohagan celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Polk home with close relatives present due to Mrs Cohagan s illness. Rev F W Crown gave a service and presented a gold purse. They recalled their wool and cloth wedding suit and crossing a frozen stream to reach the ceremony. They were married in Bakerville Iowa and moved to Nebraska in 1878.
On Wednesday January 17 at the Moberg farm located 23 south and 48 west of Stromsburg six head of horses seven head of cattle five hogs and farm machinery and related property will be sold. Stever and Moberg.
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