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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1940

Page

8

Polk County Records Show County Bills and Hometown Obit

County commissioners audit bills from the County General Fund and various departments in Osceola Nebraska. Notable items include expenses for the courthouse, livestock market notes, and a long obituary for Pat McKenna the White House doorkeeper. The piece also touches on national tax law Public Law 656 of the 76th Congress and Capitol Hill policing changes.

Osceola Nebraska Board of County Commissioners Polk County Arthur C. Twarling Owen McClung Arthur S. Nelson County General Fund Augustine Company American Linen and Tower Service United States TSSI Teataseeil’ Ccaeae Anssiat Capitol Ie Erebsides County Bridge Mothers Pensioner Soldiers Relief Court House Agricultural Society Eee Ree Stromsburg City Osceola City Shelby Village Old Village Stromsburg Polk Shelby Schoal Fagos Ashe

Mules Prefer Routine and Stranger Caution Report

A Washington Post writer notes mules resist change during training. Pack mules are trained with blinkers, and years later demand blinders during loading. They also react to new people, as 150 mules in a stable turned their heads to inspect a stranger, prompting reassurance from old hands.

Washington Post

Polk County Treasury Statement June 1940 Certification

Certification that the Treasury of Polk County is true and complete as of the last day of June 1940. The signer affirms it reflects the condition to the best of knowledge and belief.

Treasury Polk County

Polk County Sheriff Foreclosures Offer Public Auction

Notices announce sheriff sales by Polk County Nebraska on July 15 1940 at 2 PM at the Osceola courthouse. Foreclosures cover multiple Polk parcels including in Andersons Addition Polk and original Polk Village plots with described parcels and land survey details. Also notices relate to Federal Land Bank of Omaha mortgage foreclosures on North West Quarter sections and other specified tracts in Polk County with sale conditions and attorney names.

Edwin Gryva Labor Martin Kresha Arthur Kresha Aijilen Herrmann Dale Dunn Loran From Labor Clifford Lisko R. D Wm. Campain Fred Braithwait Oberg & Son Farmers Union Co-Op Assagas Johnson Alvin Dahlin Lloyd Wittgren Ernest Lundberg Glenn A. Willits Ansel Pherson Martin Jones Lloyd Fjell Will Fjell Joe Fjell Wallace Holm A. D Edward Fickel John Podraza Martin Valasek Stave Stachura R. D. No L. C. Orendorff John I Anderson John I. Anderson T. A. Reece L. M. Merrick Peterson Martin Fasbender Board of County Commissioners John I Anderson Lawrence Stachura Shelby A. S District Court of the 5Th Judicial District of Nebraska Polie Polk Bessie F. Darrow Amelia A. Quillen Reuben D. Swanson William H. Nielsen Anderson Polk County State of Edward Benson Albert Benson Gunnard Peterson P. B. Campbell J. T. Stanton District Court Federal Land Bank of Omaha, A Township Federal Land Bank of Omaha Ellenora Shostrom Court House Osceola Phil B. Campbell Phillip H. Nyberg

Used summer men suits at hard bargain

Home Service Store offers used men suits in sizes 35 36 and 38 selling from five dollars upward. Badging claims the suits show little wear as a summer option for buyers.

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