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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1974
Page
3
Obituary notes and social updates from Polk and nearby towns recount illnesses such as shingles and blood poisoning, births, anniversaries, wedding celebrations, and engagements. The Progress records include shifts in local offices, school events, sports summaries, and community gatherings, highlighting residents like A W Shafer, James Bealey, Esther Peterson, and the Sundbergs, with various trips and illness reports.
The fragment shows a local ad style line list reading 106 per line and prices 1.00 5.00 6.00. It implies a paging or product price snippet from a Polk County paper. The readable items name monetary values and per line pricing, hinting at a catalog or classified ad snippet.
Teresa Bedient was honored March 3 at a miscellaneous shower held at Mrs Eldon Andersons home in York. Hostesses were the brides aunts Ms Fred and Carl Bedient Eldon Anderson and Gerald Stevens. Guests came from Omaha Lincoln Seward York Bradshaw Aurora Stromsburg and Polk.
Mr and Mrs Dwayne Hehn of Hardville Mrs Agnes Nielsen of Central City Mrs Hannah Hahn and Doyle attended Pauline Hahn's piano recital at Kimball Recital Hall in Lincoln on March 6. Pauline played three selections from memory with Doug Hahn of Wesleyan University among attendees.
Polk notes report weekend hospitality with several Lincoln visitors including Mr and Mrs Joe Augustine and family and Miss Linda Nelson at the Bierrum home. Central City guests Burdette Flodman and Mrs Alice Best joined Paul Coover’s hosts for Sunday supper.
Mr and Mrs Carl Smith and Brigetta of Hastings. Parker Aker couple back from a five week Caliifornia Arizona vacation. Hills Sterner held a public farm sale on Tuesday March 17. Linda Johnson visiting from Omaha Immanuel Nurses Training with her parents. Douglas Stevens and Linda Johnson guests at Sunday dinner with Earl Stevens. Lloyd Lind and Ar Lyce visited LaMar Lind at Woodriver. Flodman and Shenk families visited Lincoln and Ed Hafer home. Ed Nelsons welcomed Rhonda Ann born March 8. Burdette Flodman Cooyer and Alice Best attended Frank Dobry funeral at Verdigre.
The letter condemns President Nixon and his 1972 Committee to Reelect for lawbreaking and deceit. It criticizes death penalty talks, gun control gaps, and tax politics, arguing voters face a corrupt system funded by fear and slick advertising.
Marquette Methodist Church hosts Lenten service attendees Mrs Dwight Burney Mrs Glen Hill Mrs Oscar Sundberg and Mrs Beulah Gustafson along with Mr and Mrs Victor Wesley of Wilbur. Sunday dinners and suppers feature the Brazda family guests and multiple local households hosting events including piano recital celebrations and a first birthday.
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