March 1924 Polk County notes and local events
A survey of Polk area happenings includes Henry Ford on the Progressive presidential ticket, Calvin Coolidge and Hiram Johnson on the Republican line, and Democrats without a listed candidate. The March 29 snow blizzard halted farm work and business. deaths include Joseph Curren and Neil T. Rakestraw. Marriages noted include Dennis Mills with Hazel Shockey, Velma Leach and Elwood Sandell, Elsie Sedan and Wallace Nelson, and family social visits across Polk and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore J. Nelson
Henry
Ford
Calvin Coolidge
Hiram
Johnson
Neil T.rakestraw
Polk
Polk Progress Ad Rates and Publication Details
The notice lists mailing and publishing details for Polk Progress with editor and publisher lines. It provides postal status under the 1879 act, and shows advertising rates per column inch, obituary poetry per line, card of thanks per line, and subscription pricing for Nebraska and elsewhere, including 6 month and single copy rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
Community notes from Polk County church and smiles
Sunday services were led by Rev Butzke at the Baptist Church with class members Virgil Blase Faye Van Housen Eugene Stach LaVern Myer Harold Blase Ardena Nier man and Alice Blase. A surprise 40th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs A C Joneson drew relatives to a buffet at the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helleberg of
Kearney
Polk
J. T. Sealey
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Claus Peterson
Elsie Sedan
Wallace Nelson
Benedict
J. J. Rogers
Opal Rolls
Denver
Colo
Glen Hill
W. A. Stevens
Lucille Benson
Omaha
Hordville
Immanuel Hospital
Henry Shostrom
L. C. Hoover
Martin Peters
Holyoke
John Cohagan
Rev. Butzke
Virgil Blase
Faye van Housen
Eugene Stach
LaVern Myer
Harold Blase
Ardena Nierman
Alice Blase
Baptist Church
A. C. Joneson
National Council of Boy Scouts, of America
A. E.bodine
Stromsburg
Gerald Stevens
Ralph Kahter
A. C. Folden
Evangelical Free Church
Ray ‘Werner
Roger
Japan
Alfred Larson
Brauer
Carl, Gustafson
Burlel
Conserving in Hard Times and a Heated NPR Controversy
A reader laments oil embargo consequences and urges restraint and conservation while criticizing corporate and political responses. The letter condemns blackmail, endorses sharing, cites a gas shortage memory, and targets E Howard Hunt’s Watergate past as NPR convention banquet speaker. The note ends with a pledge to skip the NPR event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Midwest
Progress
National Brewers Association
Patricia Hearst
Nixon
Nebraska Press Association
Howard Hunt
NPR
Democratic
Watergate
Nebraska
Daniel Ellaberg
Daniel ‘Ellsberg
Henry ‘Trysta
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By Alvena Lind
Henry Ford
Progressive Party
Joseph Curren
Dennis ‘Mills
Hazel Shockey
Grand Island
Lincoln Pure Butter, Co
Frison
Main Street
Ww. E. Hipolite
Marshall Tewell
Camp Dodge
Lindburg
Colorado
Sis Health
Velma Leach
Elwood Sandell
C. R. Leach
J.L. Hedbloom
Northrup King Corn
Mile Seed
Wallace Sandell
Sweet Electric
Clarks, Nebraska
Swede Plain Cemetery
Swede’ Plain Cemetery
Nonus Wi
Alfred
Sevsee
Swede Plain Church
Osceola
Polke
M. O. Johnson
Charley Wright
Wright
Farmers Oil Company
Henry Lind
Mary Klone
A. C. Bates
Polk Cemetery
Harry Guidinger
Linnie Shafer
Harold Nelson
Polk County
Oscar Strand
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