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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
8
A. Jones offers to save residents money on insurance in Polk Nebraska. He invites potential customers to call and he will visit them for quotes.
Stewart a Polk county home steader famed for building a barren prairie into a thriving farm community died last Saturday after long illness. He never married and is survived by two sisters. burial was June 19 1929 in Osceola Nebraska Clarks Enterprise notes.
The Standard Bearer Girls of ME church held a June 14 meeting at Martha Johnsons home. Miss Marguerite Johnson led an activity about the dark continent. After business, ice cream and cake were served. Next gathering will be July 12 at Selah Kroger home with Cenith McCoy as leader.
The notice requests advertisers to bring ad copy in by Tuesday for the July Fourth issue and announces the paper will publish on Wednesday that week.
All parents seeking free high school privileges for their children in the 1929 30 year must file applications in the Office of the County Superintendent no later than July 1 1929. Applies to rural districts without high schools. I D Huston County Supt.
Mieses Lillie and Winnie Lind hosted a Bible School teacher at a Thursday picnic. Santa Ana visitors Mrs W Fi Rieken and family stay with her sister Mrs J Felton. Local residents travel to Lindsay and Palestine for family events and a 25th wedding anniversary is noted with local attendees.
A collage of sayings touches on weddings in June and the Fourth of July approach. It weighs in on politics tariffs and advertising while noting lunar cycles, farming issues and local curiosities. The tone blends humor with brief social observations and regional trivia.
Notice to creditors of the estate of James A Fightmaster in Polk County Nebraska. Claims must be filed by October 19 1929 and debts paid by July 19 1980. The county judge will sit July 19 August 19 and October 19 1929 at 10 AM to receive examine or allow claims.
Mervin Lindquist, ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lindquist, was taken to York for treatment by Drs. Westfall and Slusser after breaking both bones in his right arm from a fall from a tree. The home calendar still marks children’s birthdays as a red letter day despite changing times.
In a national contest for naming a national flower the wild rose leads by more than two to one over the columbine. The rose is seen as a symbol of desirable things, and only three states have adopted a rose as their state flower while several others favor local products.
A New York court considers a canine ownership case in which the plaintiff claims the dog by proving its pipe smoking trick taught to it. He asserts the pup should be awarded to him, but the judge is urged to decide the dog deserves a better owner and transfer custody to the other party.
A Arizona mother has welcomed a 10 pound baby boy described as her twenty fourth child. The report notes the birth as a sign that the state’s population future rests with its women.
Market expert warns farmers face 66 million dollars in losses on surplus wheat. The relief program is mocked as a joke while talk centers on a potential rise in corn prices next fall due to wheat surplus and corn shortfall.
July 1 to 4 are set for a Polk Chautauqua with topics including brides crops and weather as the main conversations. Felton Pharmacy advertises wallpapers and related supplies for the event.
The piece extols baseball as a clean, popular sport in the American public life. It notes widespread public interest and a strong wish among red blooded boys to become big league players.
The text declares Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is the new governor of Porto Rico and compares the island to Cuba noting the father led with vigor up San Juan while the son will ascend the slope to the governor's mansion. The San Juans are described as not far apart.
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