Remembering a Rural World of Credit and Horse Drawn Life
The writer recalls early 20th century farming town life with scarce credit, time payments, and repossession fears. He notes the shift from horse and buggy to automobiles, recalls a seventh grade debate on whether the world is getting better, and reflects on the social changes from a simpler era to modern mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Henry Ford
U.S
Kenry Ford
Polk
Lloyd Cole
Marriage Licenses Issued for Christensen Leu and Reiss Peterson
James Allan Christensen and Linda Lucille Leu legally wed in Stromsburg on June 16 1973. Harvey Edwin Reiss and Anita Marie Peterson joined in Osceola on June 17 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allan Christensen
Denison
Linda Lucille Leu
Stromsburg
Harvey Edwin Reiss
Riegelsville
Penn
Anita Marie Peterson
Osceola
Local Social Roundup From Polk County and Surrounding Areas
Friday visitors included Mr and Mrs Reuben Hanquist with the Roger Hanquists. Sunday supper guests were Mr and Mrs Ilof Ostberg with Mr and Mrs Richard Engstrom in Genoa. Several residents visited hospitals in Central City and hosted guests from Broken Bow Grand Island Stromsburg Clarks and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Hanquist
Roger Hanquists
Ilof Ostberg
Richard Engstrom
Genoa
Martha Johnson
Lincoln
Clarance Guthrie
Hattie Anderson
Central City
Walter Nelson
Marvin Nelson
Broken Bow
Irving Stauffer
Elwood Sandell
Weather brings heat and storms through early July
A week of fluctuating temperatures from 65 at dawn to near 100 in the afternoon marked by south winds and evening thunderstorms. By July 9 heat persisted with 90s and scattered rain, while crops received limited irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Polk
Visit With Wallace and Reetz In Lincoln
Misses Jonita and Margaret Baack visited Mr and Mrs Bill Wallace in Waverly and Norman Reetz in Lincoln and will return on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonita
Margaret Baack
Waverly
Bill Wallace
Norman Reetz
Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. F
Patronize Progress
North Main Street
John Westfall
David and
Michael
el Cajon
Calif
Mms
Lewis Zabel
Rita
Columbus
J. E. Killion
Barbara
Dick Newton
Bradshaw
Nancy Newton
Omaha
Rita Fossberg
Margaret Lott
Stacy Tripp
Ry Aks
Union Pacific Railroad
Stacy
Union Pacific
Mother's Gekytt
da. Ushenke
Farmers Coop. Grain Ass’n
Polk, Nebraska
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