Ordinance and Local News Highlights
Read Ordinance No 17. Threshing coal bought from Moore and Hunsaker. Rev F W Benjamin visited Lincoln. Village trustees held annual meeting. plan to build a jail near the water works. FF W Fossburg to wear star durante Hahn absence. R Theising visited York. June additions: 25 new Progress subscribers. Osceola game July Fourth Shelby versus Polk. kickoff 10 45 am. Benedict store burglarized. $50000 value stolen.
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FF. W. Fossburg
F. Hahn
R. Theising
York
Osceola
Shelby
Polk
John Greenwall Renews Durant Subscription at Progress
Mr. John Greenwall of Durant called at the Progress office on Wednesday and renewed his subscription for one year.
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John Greenwall
Durant
Progress
Wedding Bells for Miss Lillian Reeb and William Garling
On June 26 in the German Lutheran Church Rev Wm Butzke presided at the wedding of Miss Lillian Reeb and William Garling. The ceremony featured a bridal party with Charlotte Samuelson Sophie Reed Otto Wilshusen and Harry Johnson, and E E Hemmann played the wedding march. A reception for about 235 guests followed at the bride’s home with a red and green decor scheme and a three course dinner. The couple plan to reside two miles southeast of Polk.
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Lillian Reeb
William Garling
Wm. Butzke
German Lutheran Church
Charlotte Samuelson
Sophie Reed
Otto Wilshusen
Harry Johnson
E. E. Hemmann
Messaline
Polk
Nebraska weed destruction law notice for landowners
The law requires land owners and tenants to mow all roadside weeds by July 15 each year. It will be strictly enforced this year with unmowed weeds removed by Road Overseers and costs charged to the land. Farmers are urged to comply to improve roads and farms. R. BE, Dearborn.
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Nebraska
R. BE
Dearborn
Polk Village passes annual appropriation and tax levy ordinance
Ordinance No. 17 levies ten million dollars per dollar of assessor valuation for Polk Nebraska for the year starting May 7 1912. It appropriates funds for fire protection street printing officers salaries and other incidental purposes and takes effect after passage publication. Signed by Chairman J O Thomas and Village Clerk John Sjoblom on July 2 1912.
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Polk
Nebraska
Pleasant Home
Polk County
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Board of Trustees
J. O. Thomas
John Sjoblom
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G. E. Curtis
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Princeton University
Baltimore
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Taft
Roosevelt
Cummins
la Follette
W. H. Taft
Quaint
Ita
Welcom
Haris
Sundberg & Son
Geo
A. Hoagland
Moore & Hunsaker
F. W. Benjamin
Lincoln
Benedict
Polk Motor Company
Polk, Nebr
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