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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
4
A collection of brief, jokey exchanges and quips ranging from misheard phrases to playful banter. The snippets cover jokes about drinking, dating, golf, dentistry, and social situations with a light, old time newspaper flavor. Several lines hinge on wordplay and playful misunderstandings.
Mrs Ester Lackey Osceola County Club president attended an Osceola Woman s Club meeting on Monday. Grand Island visitors included Mr and Mrs Frank Davis and Kenneth and Goldie and Gord Fossburg. Maurice Lindburg attended a REA board meeting at Stromsburg Monday afternoon. Mrs H B Johnson and daughter with Mrs Ellen Anderson and son visited Omaha Saturday. Mrs Oscar Strand Mrs Paul Strand and daughter attended a Ladies Aid meeting at Greens Chapel church basement Thursday. H A Cramer and family hosted Will Kisler Vergil Kisler and families Arborville visitors Sunday. S S Piper received a birthday letter from Mary Aldrich Huntington Pa noting 105 handkerchiefs. many locals sent gifts. Mervin Shenk visited Grant Johnson near Arborville Sunday evening. H A Cramer visited Cliff Cramer and family Thursday. Frank Adelson Miss Minnie White near Clarks dined with Ella Shenk Sunday. Paul Coover helped move Axel Rudeen to Palmer Neb. WwW Kroger Billie Willitrna attended a Standard Oil meeting at Osceola Thursday.
Telegrams could be quicker but the fiery cross lost its romance as a Scottish clan signaling method. Two runners carried a cross of wood ends burning then dipped in goat’s blood to summon males to meet the chieftain. The last recorded cross was in 1746.
A Carnegie report highlights one of the world’s largest mangrove swamps in the southwestern Everglades. The forest extends five miles inland in places, with peat soils over 12 feet deep signaling long term organic buildup and possible merging of thousands of islands into mangrove land advancing into the Gulf of Mexico.
A daughter was born to E. E. Anderson and wife on Saturday March 8. A son born to Elmer Peterson and wife on Monday March 10. A daughter born to Moses Kealiher and wife on Saturday March 8. Charles Evans from Audubon Iowa plans late week visit to brother Robert Evans family. F J Hahn and wife Harry Hahn and baby to move to Haxtun Colorado to live on the farm. Clyde Stevens Ernest Anderson and Clarence Bodine at Central City for Civil Service exams. Loo Gilad resigns from Farmers Grain Association effective April 15 to join his father on the farm.
Fifteen years ago on March 7 a St Patrick’s party gathered in the Baptist church parlors with many members and friends attending. Leonard Strassburg of Polk and Esther Wilhoft of Central City wed in Belville Kansas on February 26. Johnson Cafe added a metal ice cream cabinet keeping products cold without ice. Mr and Mrs Raymond Sundberg welcomed a baby girl on March 6. American Legion plans a club room with billiard and pool tables and reading tables. Lynchs moving dining room to tenant house on R J Smith farm in about two weeks with new operators lined up.
H B Johnson hauled two loads of hogs to Omaha for Al fred Anderson with Walter Anderson along to bring receipts. Dr and Mrs Westfall’s 25th wedding anniversary was celebrated at their home with a console set presented. Ray Sealey bid farewell as he moves to Colorado. Lester Stark leaves garage work to farm on Bradsaw route two. Stark & Myers seek to sell the business as Myers retires.
Esther Baker, long-time Benedict resident, died Saturday at her home after four weeks illness. Surviving are twelve sons and two daughters. Mrs Otte of Arborville and Mrs Newton travelled to Lincoln to board a train to Kansas City to visit relatives.
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