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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
6
Nebraska records show 28 029 births in 1928 up from 27 866 in 1927, with 14 415 boys and 13 614 girls. Despite the rise, the rate per 1 000 population fell to 19.1. Twins numbered 356 and triplets 4. over 20 percent of births occurred in hospitals. Fewer births occurred among negro and Indian parents.
In Falls City and Richardson County residents push to form a historical association. A. I. Sheldon of the Nebraska State Historical Society urges a well lit room with museum glass, proper hours, and a reliable keeper to display and protect local historical treasures.
Wilber residents Fred Zwonechek and his sons John and Harold along with Victor Kral reported an exceptional catch from the Blue River below Wilber. A 28 pound catfish about forty five inches long led the haul, taken on set lines while rain likely improved bite. John Zwonechek reached for the fish as it tipped, threading his arm through its gills to help bring it aboard.
Governor Weaver and the Nebraska game and parks commission plan a first week in June inspection of a 4,000 acre tract near Scottsbluff offered as a game preserve. The body has $25,000 available for the preserve and Scottsbluff is among the sites under consideration.
The Norfolk chamber of commerce drafts plans for a diamond jubilee honoring Nebraska's 75th birthday. Northeast Nebraska towns would join the autumn festival in Norfolk with a mammoth display of agricultural and industrial products expected.
Lesson outlines the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, Zedekiah’s rebellion and fate, and the temple’s destruction. It emphasizes national accountability to God, with notes on time, methods, famine, flight, and the subsequent removal of temple furnishings and priestly officers to Riblah.
Quote emphasizes that tiny acts and ordinary events form the fabric of life and can carry profound consequences, urging attention to small matters as spiritually significant in daily living.
The quote presents Dr S D Gordon describing a color blind view of God where blue truth stirs anger red, green love becomes a noisy yellow. It frames theological perception as emotional color symbolism reflecting inner conflict.
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