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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
8
A column urges support for the Polk county fair and the upcoming Ak Sar Ben parade in Omaha. References note butter prices, moonlight funerals, Wilson's return, and wartime tax sentiment. It praises Beebe’s Polk soldiers celebration and calls readers to donate to recognized agencies.
Those renewing subscriptions since last issue include AY-H Sidewell Olof Ostlund and R C Jackson. Litte Doyle Hart is ill with typhoid fever. Dy Hastings is confined at home. Miss Margaret Tillery is home from York hospital after an operation. Attorney Gol Beebe and Mrs Beebe visited the Progress sanctum from Ocala Wednesday.
Henry L. Fillman of Stromsburg Nebr markets 1120 acres sold in Deuel Polk and York counties with listings from 135 to 350 per acre. Highlights include a 160 acre farm near Gresham at 180 per acre and an improved place south of Polk at 250 per acre. Deuel County yields high grain, alfalfa thrives, and local improvements support value. Also notes a Sky Pilot dramatization at Baptist church and local social updates.
The Arborville column notes harvest activity with binders running day and night and most grain expected to be cut by Saturday. It records local visits, health updates, church events, gatherings, and plans to call the present pastor for another year if desired.
County Committee met Tuesday and unanimously postponed the Welcome Home Celebration to Friday August 15 due to farmers busy season. The plan relies on voluntary contributions to fund the return celebration for Polk County soldiers, with a proposed 16 cents per $1000 valuation, optional and not enforced, with a July 18 deadline.
Local notes report Dr Slusser and Clark Stouffer in Polk on Tuesday. Park trees whitewashed under Ed Schultz. Mrs Harry White visits Morganville Kansas. A Heart of Humanity play arrives July 22 23 in Polk. Various townsfolk travel, reunions form, and local business updates appear, including sales pitches and community events.
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