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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
5
A fragmentary catalog line shows odd pricing like 19¢ for abe Be, 8c for rottle, 20c for a box, 25¢, 206, 10c, 13c. Readable terms suggest a retail list or ad snippet with miscellaneous numbers and cents. The brief item hints at everyday consumer goods without full product names or dates.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Hall on furlough from Africa were luncheon guests at Rev Bailey's home with Mr Hall as speaker at the Baptist church. Free Methodist gathering honored Mrs Parks with an apron shower and Bible discussion followed by hymns. Card of thanks for sympathy after their father's death. Russian green seed oats for sale. Various local residents, including the Cohagens and Sundbergs, hosted and visited others over the weekend.
In grateful appreciation to friends and neighbors for the lovely flowers and cards sent while at the hospital and for all thoughtful kindnesses, I express my sincere thanks, Mrs T. J. Nelson.
A string of social visits spans Polk Nebraska with Sunday dinners in the homes of Oscar Jones Ellen Anderson and others. Numerous relatives travel from Lincoln Ord North Loup and Stromsburg for meals birthdays and farewells. Changes include Henry Smith and Marie moving near Polk and Forss planning to relocate to a farm north of Polk.
Local residents and visitors are listed with frequent calls and travel. An advertisement for Central Electric Hatchery promotes electric brooders. The notes include gatherings at homes in Clarks Stromsburg and Grand Island, weekend trips to Omaha, York, and Lincoln, births and dinners, plus hospital updates and birthday observances.
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