Local Social Notes From St. Edwards Community
St. Edwards residents host and visit neighbors and relatives in a sequence of weekend and midweek social events. Names include Olson Cummings Johnson Wegmann Swanson and Rudeen with trips to Osceola park Lincoln Omaha and San Antonio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynold Carlson
Edwin Olson
Frank Fonda
Pry
Roy Cummnes
Leonard Cummings
Anna Olson
Mathilda Anderson
St. Edwards
Harlan Johnson
Paul Nelson
Pauline
Harold W Johnson
Herman Ohlswager
Denver
Mary Wegmann
Lincoln
Otto Wegmann
LaRita Johnson
Judy Larson
Stromsburg
Roy Rider
Elizabeth Rudeen
C. G Rudeen
Gustave Peterson
TCW Club
Osceola Park
Lawrence Swanson
Vernon Swanson
San Antonio
Tex
Thelma Rystrom
Marlene Johnson
Walter Orten
Omaha
John Gestrine
Carola Johnson
Lena Johnson
Harold W. Johnson
Wayne and
Keith
Evelyn Oquist
Polk Area Churches Schedule Shrinks Dives Into Summer Services
Faith leaders in Hardville Paul Lemke Milford Olson and Earle Eaton announce Sunday School at 10 and worship times across churches including First Baptist Evangelical Wree and Swede Plain. Union services set at 8 p m with diverse choir ministries and youth groups meeting throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardville Baptist Church
Dick A Anderson
First Baptist Church
Paul Lemke
Walter J. Nelson
Wree
Milford J. Olson
Union
Rev
M. E. Olson
Arborville
Earle Eaton
Floyd Merchant
Gwendolyn Eaton
Harold Bedient
Nathan’s Plant” Church
Polk & Swede Plain
Baptist Church
Olson
Polk Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Swede Plain
Polk
Card of Thanks for Convalescence
Margaret Gertsch extends gratitude for the many cards letters and gifts received during her recent convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gertsch
Local Items From Last Week Noted Visits and Gatherings
Local items record a week of social visits across Stromsburg Osceola Lincoln and Grand Island with multiple family gatherings and birthday celebrations. Notables include the Sterling Coover Thredway party in Hunboldt and Carl Lind families hosting meals and buffet sups at the Lind farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Sterling
Butch
L. C. Coover
Terrill Thredway
Hunboldt
Kansas
Ed Coover
Bert Kisler
St. Louis
Missouri
Henry Kisler
Virgil Kisler
Patty
Sorenson
Lincoln
Henry Smith
Stromsburg
LeRoy Peterson
S. J. Harless
Francis Skinner
Lizzie
Elmer Johnson
Elmer
C. V. Lind
Lloyd Lind
Amel Lind
Lennie Lind
Emma Anderson
Darlene Johnson
Don Johnson
Osceola
Secret of the Locket reveals a pawnshop ruse and a past romance
In a pawnbroker tale, Silas tests a widow Agnes Trumbull’s gold locket and discovers a deeper link to his own past with Henry and Agnes. He funds a large loan, preserving Agnes’s ignorance of Henry’s deception while preserving his love for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilas Henbury
Silas
Agnes Trumbull
Henry
Vast Private Wilderness: Fred Maloof’s 168000-Acre American Eden
A portrait of Fred Maloof's 168000 acre Atlantic wilderness in Dare County North Carolina. The tract holds diverse wildlife from 500 pound bears to record striped bass. Fires threaten remote areas while boats navigate alligator filled creeks framed by mossy trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Maloof
America
Maloof
Dare County
N. C
Army Machinist Career Offers Skilled Trade Path
The army and air force provide a machinist track where soldiers learn to install maintain and repair machinery and shop tools. Training covers hand tools gauges lathes hacksaws drill presses and grinders with blueprint reading. Instructors are experts and schools are well equipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
Sioux customs war sun dance and buffalo hunt traditions
The Sioux practiced war, sun dances, and buffalo hunts. War aimed at horse theft from enemies, with scouts locating horse stores before the tribe joined the offensive. Military societies like the White Horse Riders and Strong Heart led rites, while dream vision groups included elk horse and buffalo societies.
Wind Velocity Records and Hurricanes Notes
The report notes wind velocity records during the 1928 Puerto Rico hurricane with a 160 mph geared machine breaking early, gusts over 200 mph, sustained velocity above 180 mph, and mentions tornadoes with over 300 mph rotation but unrecorded. It also cites a 231 mph top gust on Mt Whitney New Hampshire on April 12 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Mt. Whitney
N. H
Five Local Notices From July 1923 and 1928
Twenty five years ago July 19 1923 Arvid Magnuson moved his family to the city. The board of education met electing Oscar Strand president Dr Leibee and J L Stouffer treasurer. A baby boy arrived at the Oscar Gustafson home. Thirty seven birthday celebrations and moves announced. Twenty years ago July 19 1928 celebrations included a 25th anniversary and multiple births and visits. Local figures participated in picnics, hospital births, and regional events. Fifteen years ago July 20 1933 births and visits marked weekly life. Ten years ago July 21 1938 weddings arrivals and family news fill the local pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvid Magnuson
Columbus
Board of Education
Oscar Strand
Dr Leibee
J L Stouffer
Oscar Gustafson
Wayne Hill
Hill
Chas. Graves
Grandma Lindburg
West Polk
Wm Norton
Wisconsin
Toledo Acme Chautauqua Company
Illinois
John Myers
Riverside
Carter
Felton
C. R. Peterson
Albert Sundberg
Fred Schuman
Polk County Democrat
Lutheran Hospital
York
Walter Johnson
Dwaine Adelbert
Arthur Lowe
Robert Nelson
Bertha Nyberg
Edna
Nina Tenny
Dorothy Green
Naomi Alfred
Lillian Brown
Girl Scouts
Riv
Ralph Kahler
Alice Marie
Wilmer Bodine
Floyd Rice
Kansaq
Jack Rice
Wallace Sanders
Kearney
Rev. Tinker
Louisville
Nebr
Ruth Bodine
Oakland
Merlin Hill
Ava Moore
Centrality
Sq Cafe
Neil McNaught
Maxine Kroger
Frank Nebson
Central City
Thomas Bailey
Schuyler
Bailey
Eva Kroger
David Carlson
Melba
Fremont
C. N. Peterson
Lewis Smith
Kansas City
Anita Pearl
Smith
Crystal Debler
Albert Schultz
Morengo
Ill
Schultz
Malinda Blase
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ing Spices
Pure Food Grocery
Swede Home News
Wallin
Acetylene
Fredrickson Implement Co
Polk, Nebraska
Hordville
Martin Gestrine
Scharman
Paula Jean Scharman
Joan Davidson
Adolph Forss
Martin Jones
John W Johnson
R. B. Putman
T. A. Stevens
Albert Nelson
Chas. Dahlgren
Linnie Shaer
Locket
Edward Lee
WNN Features
Tay Runker
United States
Georgia
Ohio
North
South Carolina
Washington County
Maryland
Bries Med. C
Welch’s
Scully
Omar
Blackbird
Erside
Karl Detloff
York Hospital
Chas. Crew
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company
McCloud
Stromsburg Livestock Commission Co
Nebraska
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