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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
6
The Polk Progress is a weekly newspaper edited by Howard W. Herbes. It is filed as second class matter at the Polk Nebraska post office under the 1907 act, March 21 filing date.
Local residents report hospital visits medical updates and family gatherings. Kenneth Johnson remained under scarlet fever quarantine while Floyd Peterson hospitalized for heart issues. Visits include Chark Snodgrass Nelsons Renquists Seymour family Stouffer and Millsap families with car purchases and travel notes.
Sunday visitors include Wm Shockey and Roy Hutself of Hampton. Walter Widga and family welcome a baby daughter born Monday evening. Oscar Strand and children visited son Paul Grand Island Sunday. Henry Munet and wife are parents of a little daughter born last Friday morning. Mrs Alex Scott recovering after Mayo Clinic operation for appendicitis and convalescing well. Miss Neva Hill placed fourth in a state highway safety contest. Miss Myrtle Swanson and Egnar Hultman wed at bride’s home with Rev Sward presiding. Daisy Slusser visiting Dr Slusser’s home from Grand Island. Henry Knutsen and A M Millsap from Hordville were Polk visitors last Saturday.
Pricing and distribution notes for the Lincoln Journal and Morning Journal. Details compare daily and Sunday rates, delivery by mail, rural routes, and competition with Iowa line papers. Includes a customer note from Norman Keuper thanking supporters during Scarlet Fever.
Union Stock Yards Omaha March 16 1937 receipts 9000 cattle trading active strong to higher. Best steers to 14.85 top for season. Cornfed steers etc with prices shown across categories including feeders yearlings and cows.
Russians take to parachute jumps as Pravda reports growing interest since 1930. G Minor sparked the trend with a first exhibition jump. By mid 1936 about 10,500 bailed from airplanes, 600 towers exist, and 800,000 jumped in 1935. A all Union parachute center in Moscow trains instructors.
The United States government annually appropriates money to maintain cats in post offices and public buildings to curb vermin that threaten mail sacks and records. Special strains have been bred for duties, including a Pittsburgh cat adapted to cold storage plant temperatures.
A new organization named The Indian Women's Fellowship of Service has been formed in Poona. It promotes public service, celibacy, and self sacrifice as its core principles, signaling a movement among Indian women.
Professors puzzled by a winter term grade gap at Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia where women outscored men, while in the summer session scholastic honors went to the men. Officials cannot explain the pattern.
An inventory effort across Brittany catalogs stained glass windows with many treasures dating back nearly 700 years. The project traces historical windows through churches and monasteries, highlighting medieval craftsmanship.
Hog market receipts totaled 6 500 head as traders moved slowly. Prices held near Friday’s levels with best butcher weights at 10.00 to 10.15, medium and mixed packers 9.75 to 10.00, and sows around 9.40 to 9.50.
Turkey celebrated its thirteenth birthday as 7,000 villagers rode ponies to Angora to join the festivities.
A friend teases about missing a rabbit during a hunt. The gamekeeper responds that the rabbit wasn’t visible until it had vanished from sight. The exchange captures a light moment between hunters over a missed shot.
The M E Church notes Palm Sunday events including morning worship at 11 16 and Sunday School at 10 00. Evening services at 7 30, Y P M L S at 6 45, and a Sacred Music concert Easter Sunday at 3 30. Cantata and pageant follow after Easter with prayer and Bible study sessions scheduled throughout the week.
Special confirmation services planned with seven candidates to be examined at 10 oclock. Invited by Pastor Carl F Juergensen. Swede Plains M E Church holds Palm Sunday worship and Sunday School at 10 and 11 respectively. The writer urges regular church attendance on Palm and Easter Sundays.
Income producing property at 558 W 6th St York advertised for quick action. Modern house includes two rentable units and is priced to sell.
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