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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
5
Johnson recalls a ten year old jewel theft as he tracks down the Alsmeyer jewels hidden beneath an oak root. Leo, the East's top fence, doubts the gems are real and claims they are valued at five hundred dollars, while Johnson boasts of fifty grand a year in loot.
Rev. R M Bailey of Mead will conduct the funeral Thursday. Mr and Mrs Raymond Otergren of Aurora are parents of a baby boy born Tuesday January 11. Mrs Otergren is formerly Melba Ann Wilshusen.
The article notes farmers may view the skunk as beneficial because it eats mice grubs beetles potato bugs grasshoppers and other pests. It is non aggressive when left alone and can be handled safely by someone who knows how. The great horned owl bobcats and foxes prey on skunks.
The Nebraska Division of the U S Brewers Foundation promotes an educational program urging strict law enforcement by public officials and compliance by tavern operators. It regularly visits taverns to stress good conditions community responsibilities and license obligations.
North Carolina egg producers have raised egg sizes through selective breeding in recent years. The note surveys related topics from medical choline and methionine use in cirrhosis treatment to Pompeii archaeology and general safety, highway construction plans for 1948, and a brief biographical sketch of Immanuel Kant.
Plans are underway for a 1950 world agricultural census covering crop acreages livestock owned farm size and ownership type. Illinois leads the nation in baby chick production with 1946 figures showing over 100 million dollars in cash income from chickens and eggs. New York Rapid Transit is the largest intra urban rail system in the US with 37 lines and 239 miles of track. If extended end to end it would stretch about 729 miles. Outer leaves of cabbage lettuce and other greens are rich in nutrition and versatile in salads soups and flavoring.
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