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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
4
A garbled OCR snippet shows a local ad notice for summer specials and sale items. The readable portions indicate promotional lines, price highlights, and product categories typical of a small town newspaper classified section.
Polk Nebraska weekly notes postal history and publication details with archival framing. It records its 1907 second class status and March 21 1907 post office entry under congressional act.
An order of sale from the Polk County Nebraska District Court forecloses delinquent taxes on listed defendants. The sale is at 10 00 AM on July 14 1937 at the south front door of the Osceola courthouse to auction Lots 16 and 17 and other described lands.
Since its introduction the Firestone Standard Tire has drawn hundreds of thousands of buyers by offering extra value features at low prices. Firestone claims control of quality rubber and cotton, efficient production, and large-volume distribution to keep costs down while adding Gum-Dipping tread protection and puncture resistance. The campaign urges readers to equip their cars before holiday travel and join the Save A Life initiative.
Given under my hand this 29th day of May 1937 Gunnard Peterson Sheriff Polk County Nebraska announces a sequence of property lots in the Original Town of Polk and Wilson's Addition to the Village of Polk. The notice lists multiple blocks and lots by number across several town sections with dates and publication run dates June 3 10 17 24 and July 1.
Reports from Polk and nearby towns recount visits and errands. Residents from Stromsburg Grand Island Racine Lincoln York and Kan sas City pass through Polk on family and business trips. April through June 1927 entries list illness travel and local activities including two hunting and fishing trips and a medical stay.
Sunday guests included relatives and friends with many local visits across Hardville Central City York and Julian. Activities feature outings conferences educational trips and races with residents attending events in Boulder Denver and Lincoln. several residents moved or took trips while others welcomed visitors and family members.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Strand visit relatives in Kansas while Miss Helen Hoffman of Arborville spends a week with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hoffman.
Omaha pair Mr and Mrs Robert Oliver spent a few days with the Oscar Stromberg home before vacationing in Minnesota for about two months. Ralph Branting Shad Stroupe and their families joined Mrs Ackert in Seward for Sunday dinner. Ray Lewis and family from Grand Island were guests of C H Smith. Wesley Stark of near Bradshaw visited sister Mrs Charles Smith. Oscar Sundberg and Albert Sundberg visited their sister Mrs Emma Johnson at Valparaiso with family on Sunday.
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