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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
4
Locals five cents per line per insertion display ten cents per inch. Resolutions obituary poetry and list of wedding presents use regular rates. Card of thanks five cents per line. Church and society notices and entertainments with money consideration four line minimum per insertion. Copy for all display ads due Tuesday noon for publication. Ads run until ordered out.
Editor urges embracing life’s hard spots as tests forging strength and independence. Cites young couple facing parental pressure, then Garfield and national politics as examples. Advocates resolve, frugality, and self reliance to meet fate with grit and purpose.
A scattered tale recounts a marriage license sought by two lovers, Rose Andersen and Wilbur Witridge, whose ages and timing kept thwarting their vows. After multiple near misses and encounters at husking parties and sleigh rides, fate nudges them toward a late union with help from a benefactor, a return to the clergy, and a final wedding license.
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