Power Interruption From Floods Impacts RBA Districts
Floods washed the RBA power line into the Loup River near Columbus, leaving the system without power for only a few minutes. Within 35 minutes an interconnection was made with Consumers power lines at Osceola and service was restored, showing state public power systems cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RBA
Butler
Polk
Seward
York
Loup
Columbus
Consumers Power Lnes
Osceola
Stromsburg District Women’s Missionary Society Convention Notes
The 23rd annual convention of the Stromsburg District Women’s Missionary Society of the Augustana Lutheran Church met at Swede Home Church on Thursday June 26. The theme Thy Word is a Lamp Unto My Feet and a Light Unto My Path guided three sessions the business meeting and two inspirational talks. Mrs Arthur Ekstrom Swede Home was re elected president and Mrs Roy Cox Osceola became treasurer. Pastor and Mrs A A Christian son of Bethphage Mission Axtell Nebraska spoke as guests. Meditations and musical numbers enriched the program. flood waters kept attendees from the north side but large crowds joined each session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Women's Missionary ‘Society
Augustana Lutheran Church
Swede Home
Arthur Ekstrom
Roy Cox
Osceola
A. A. Christian
Bethphage Mission
Axtell
Néb
New Polk County Veterans Affairs Committee Takes Charge
A legacy group the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Committee ends after 53 years as a new state funded panel assumes control of veterans aid. Alec Mills becomes the Polk County service officer while the county commissioners appoint the new board to manage welfare for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Committee
United States
S L. Burlingame
J. R. Beebe
Josiah Locke
Wallace Kinney
Shelby
W H Smith
Osceola
H R. Anderson
Stromsburg
Hiexa
Alec Mills
Great Prophetic Student to Lecture in Polk
The Polk Ministerial Association hosts Dr. Harrison described as a leading Bible prophecy authority. A world traveler and author of several prophetic works, he will lecture at 8:00 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, July 7 and 8, at the First Baptist Church in Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk, Ministerial Association
Harrison
Great Northern Confederacy
First Baptist Church
Polk
Court House Bonds Retired In Polk County After Debt Free
County Treasurer Carleton Anderson issued a warrant this Tuesday for 11000 as final payment on the Polk County court house bond issue. The original 125000 issue was refinanced twice to cut interest. Total court house cost stood at 250000 and the county is now free of indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Carleton Anderson
Polk County
Polk County 4-H Beef Exhibits Highlight August Fair
Twenty three beef animals are registered for Polk County 4-H in a prospect for a strong show at the County Fair on August 20. Breeding heifers from St Marys Sunshine 4-H and notable youths Richard Johnson and Jalene Peterson are featured, along with safety notes for youngsters around tanks and sprayers. The article also covers bindweed control, soil conservation lessons, and Vic Mangelsen's 4-H soil work with a plan for a small lake on a home farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Fair
St. Mary’s
Richard Johnson
Merry
Jean Marie Ingalls
Jean Marnie
Polk County
Jean Marie
Homer Ingalls
Jalene Peterson
Jalene
Victor Mangelsen
Vic
Ray Pierson
Victor
Fort Kearny's Rise and Fall on the Platte
Fort Kearny grew from a key overland post to a major transit hub for travelers to California Oregon and Utah. It served as a protection point for trails and as an Army ammunition depot before a mid 1860s decline and 1875 demolition. The site was later homesteaded after relinquishment in 1876.
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Nebraska
Platte Valley
Fort Kearny
Missouri River
Fort Laramie
Nebraska- Wyoming
Armys
The
Platte
Old Fort Kearny
Table Creek
Nebraska City
Old Fort
Independence
Missouri
Council Bluffs
Iowa
D. P. Woodbury
Platte River
Stephen W Kearny
Lne
Fort Kearney
Secretary of War
California
Oregon
Utah
Rocky Mountains
Suitable Playthings for a Growing Baby
Medical notice from the State of Nebraska Department of Health on infant activity advises that babies move limbs and stretch while awake. It suggests giving ample opportunity to stretch and kick and notes some crying is healthy for development.
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State of
Local Residents Take Short Trips and Visits
Miss Ruth Swanson returns to work at Lincoln Tel & Tel in York after two weeks with her parents. York and Stromsburg families visit relatives in Dubois and Maple Park while several travelers plan trips to Omaha Los Angeles Buffalo and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
Ruth Swanson
Lincoln Tel & Tel
York
Fred Swanson
D. Evins
Maud Nelson
Jackie
Dubois
Nebraska
Byvins
Rosetta Schnepper
C B. Stouffer
Maple Park
Linds
Polk
Ellen Youngland
Harry Palmer
Bdric
Oklahoma City
Okla
Anna Watts
Los Angeles
California
Edna
Mabel Bkeley
Geo. H. Schermer
Buffalo
Polk Church Services Report Regular Attendance
The Polk churches list weekly services across Hordville and area. Hordville Baptist led by Edick A. Anderson offers 10:00 Bible School and 11:00 Morning Worship, while Free Methodist under Rev H M Williamson runs Church School at 16 am and Morning Worship at 11, with Evening at 8. Hordville Methodist led by Nels Pearson holds Sunday School 10:00 and Worship 11:00. Evangelical Free Church, Milford E Olson pastor, schedules 10 am services with 11:00 Sunday School and 8 pm Gospel Service. M Hensley of Central City to speak. Thursday Bible study and choir practice at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hordville Baptist Church
Edick A. Anderson
Free Methodist Church
H. M. Williamson
Walter Binford
Hordville
Evangelical Free Church
Milford E. Olson
M. Hensley
Central City
Old Home Place
Roy Nelson
Hardville Baptist Church
Paul Lemke
Polk
Verna Erickson
Orin White
Lennart Johnson
Robert Erickson
Baptist
Church Services and July Meetings at Polk and Swede Churches
The Polk and Swede Plain Methodist Churches announce summer schedules led by Rev A C Bates and Rev Paul Lemke with worship, church school, and union services. July 7 8 feature Dr L Sale Harris noted Bible prophecy author. M Hensley of Central City to preach. MYF and youth events set for Thursdays. Evanglical Free Church hosts first joint service at 8 p m next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Paul Lemke
Isaiah
M Hensley
Central City
Evangelical Free Church
Polk Ministerial Association
L. Sale-Harr
Arborville Church Service Times Announced
Rev. E Earle Eaton leads Sunday School at 10:00 with Mrs Floyd Merchant as superintendent. Divine worship at 11:15 features a sermon on Flame and Floresence of Freedom. Church fellowship set for Tuesday at 8:30 PM at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
E. Earle Eaton
Floyd Merchant
Pioneer couple marks sixty years in Stark community
The article recalls J W Nelson and Mathilda Kay Rudson Nelson, settlers who married September 25 1881 near Hordville in Stark community, Hamilton County. They raised four children, kept faith, farmed, and endured loss before Nelson’s death leaving Mrs Nelson to spend her final years with family. The obituary notes their long marriage, church ties, and burial details.
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J. W. Nelson
John Rydson
Jonkoping
Sweden
Mathilda Kay
America
Prairies
Stark
Hamilton County
Maine
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Mathilda Kay Rudson
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Hewett
Hordville
The
Baptist Church
Martha Larson
Ellen Larson
Polk
Leonard
Grand Island
Leroy
Edward Leroy Larson
Harry Leonard Nelson
Margaret Lampshire
Los Angeles
Frank Wossberg
Wm Miller
J. A Jones
Hardville
Polk Pioneer P A Hanquist Dies at 86
P A Hanquist aged 86 a Polk pioneer died Saturday June 28 at the Osceola rest home. He leaves three sons Elmer Reuben and Ebba all of Polk and two daughters Mrs Robert Lindburg of Topeka Kansas and Carl of Perryville Missouri. Funeral services are set for Thursday July 3 at the Baptist Church.
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P. A. Hanquist
Polk
Osceola
Elmer Reuben
Ebba Hanquist
Robert Lindburg
Topeka
Kansas
Carl
Perryville
Baptist
Polk County Flood Relief Drive Planned Saturday
Polk County townspeople will be solicited Saturday afternoon for contributions to flood relief funds. 4 H club members and business service clubs cooperate with farm folks who will contribute Saturday night.
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Polk County
Businessmens Service Clubs
Holmes McConnell wedding in Hordville setting
Miss Josephine Holmes and Francis McConnell were married Sunday at the bride’s mother home in Hordville. Rev. O W Carroll of Central College officiated the double ring ceremony attended by immediate families. The couple plans a wedding trip and will reside on the groom’s farm home built by his mother.
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Blanche Leach
Charles R. Leach
Central City
Robert Tupper
Dayton
Ohio
Roy J Tupper
Welsh
Louisiana
United Brethren Church
Gilbert T. Lavery
Ernestine Hosick
Deloris Williams
North Loup
Elwyn Phillips
Lincoln
Louis Rachow
Strang
Dorothy Auble
Ord
Nebraska
Shirley Anderson
York
Roy Tupper, Jr
Dale Leach
Kenneth L. Leach
Virgil Leach
Grand Island
Elwood Sandell
Polk
Tupper
Mrs. Tupper
York College
Mr. Tupper
Bonebrake Seminary
Josephine Holmes
Judith Holmes
Francis McConnell
Mary McConnell
District 60
Hordville
O. W Carroll
Central College
Carolyn Holmes
Lester M MccCon
Mr. McConnell
Former Polk County Residents at Picnic in California
A group of thirty former Polk County residents now in the San Francisco Bay area enjoyed a get-together and picnic dinner at the Lee Green home near Concord California on June 8. Attending were Lee and Grace Green Grant and Merle Green Mr and Mrs Geo Green and twin sons Mr and Mrs Frank Walker Mrs Ruth Clark Mrs Mille Dahlberg of Richmond Mr and Mrs F C Banks Mr and Mrs Henry Herrmann of Palo Alto Mr and Mrs Bert Burns Mr and Mrs Geo Koehler Mr and Mrs Wilbur Shrader and sons of Hayward and Mr and Mrs Ambrose Hoard of Seattle Washington visiting their son and daughter in Ling Ling?
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Polk County
San Francisco Bay Area
Lee Green
Concord
California
Grant
Merle Green
Geo, Green
Frank Walker
Ruth Clark
Mille Dahlberg
Richmond
F C Banks
Henry Herrmann
Palo Alto
Bert Burns
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Dr. L. Sale
Harrison Sidney
Australia
County Extension News
Old
James C. Olson
State Historical Society
Division of Public Health Education
Swede Plain
A. C. Bates
Youth Fellowship
Union
MYE
Lennis Linds
MYF
Jesus
A. Hanquist
Cambridge
Holmes—Mcconnell
Mer
Ev. Free Church
Free Methodist
Uel
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