Polk County News Briefs and Community Notes
Polk Nebraska items cover local life with small notices: burg assists the Osceola band at David City on the Fourth. Mrs Oscar Jones suffers an abscess from a bruise. families plan moves with purchases of land and new homes. a seven pound baby boy born to Mr and Mrs A E Sundberg. old wedding and local society notes from 1930 and 1935. marriages, operations, new jobs, a drowning accident, and farm equipment purchases appear among the community highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burg
Osceola
David City
Oscar Jones
Sherm Hilligas
Marquette
A. S Beckman
Elmer Hanquist
Polk
Lutheran
A E Sundberg
Babe
Albert
Terra Firma
Gibbon
Maxine Henderson
Harry Henderson
Ralph Wilshusen
Otto Wilshusen
Reuel Bernhard Larson
Wm. B&b. Larson
Larson Farm
Lawrence Nelson
Lincoln Tel. and
Tel. Co
Stromsburg
Enoch Peterson
P. T. Wurtz
Ervin Larson
Min era notes and incidents from July 1920 and 1925
In July 1920 and 1925 items record local mishaps and events. A son of Mr C O Erickson breaks his arm cranking a Ford. Devel McKee returns from Aurora. Pure Food Grocery moves to a new building. Mrs Merriman and family relocate to Crete. Fred Moberg suffers facial burns from a car gas explosion. Rev William J Boling and his daughter Wauneta drown in the Platte river. The 1925 notes mention Dr Leibee removing Julia Mac Clure's tonsils and Carl Steelquist and Edwin Lind- details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enty
C. O. Erickson
Devel McKee
Bauder and Son
Aurora
Pure Food Grocery
Fred Moberg
Moberg
William J. Boling
First Baptist Church
David City
Wauneta
Platte River
Church Announcements and Community Notes from Hordville Area
Churches list services across Hordville Polk and Swede Plain areas with pastors and times. Progress Honor Roll readers named. Birth notice reports Clayton Bryce born to C R Bryant at Stromsburg hospital. family now has three sons. Cpl Donavin Widga notified stationed at Kelly Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Bryce
C R Bryant
Stromsburg Hospital
Fuesday
Bryants
Richard Widga
Cpl Donavin Widga
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Skillet Chicken and Rice Is Zestful Dish
Capper's Farmer rural home editor Marjorie Griffin extols Skillet Chicken and Rice as a zestful dish. The method layers browned chicken, rice, onion and seasonings, finishing in a tight cover until tender and fluffy, yielding 5 to 7 servings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Griffin
Capper’s Farmer
Sharp Tips for Poise from Holly Miller Column
Holly Miller in Capper's Farmer urges teens and adults to master outward ease. She emphasizes grooming, posture, direct eye contact, and avoiding fidgety habits, loud voices, and excessive giggles to project confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Miller
Capper’s Farmer
DIY Baby Play Pen Pad From Old Bed Padding
The Home Editor suggests an economical padding for a baby's play pen using an old bed pad. Cut to pen size and cover with durable blue denim, then bind edges with red binding.
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Davis Pharmacycription
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Polk Progress
Howard W. Herbes
Polk, Nebraska
Congress
Polk Territory
A E Betting
F B Slusser
Hioda
Pauline Miller
Chicago
Dan Carter
City State Bank
Roberts & Rose Commission Co
South Omaha
Harney
Walter Anderson
Main Street Park
First Ward
Wen
Leibee
Julia MacClure
Carl Steelquist and
Edwin Lind
Hordville Baptist Church
Edick A. Anderson
Evangelical Free Church
Milford E. Olson
the Baptist Church
Free Methodist Church
H. M. Williamson
Walter Binford
Paul Lemke
A. m
Winnie Lind
Grace Bible Institute of Omaha
Polk Do
Union Gospel Service
Polk and
Swede Plain
A. C. Bates
Hordville
Roy Cramer
Frank E. Johnson
Roy Glasser
Lloyd Kroger
E W_ Johnson
Jack Ri¢é
Leslie Adelson Matilda Joseph Geo Ditlof
Havens
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Andy Devine
Sudan
Olsen & Johnson
See MY
Lawyer
Grace McDonald
Grand Island
Nebraska
Webb Livestock Commission Co
KMMJ
U.S Treasury Department
Libby’s
Stromberg
Omaha World-Herald
Lincoln State Journal
Lincoln Star
State Bank
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