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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
6
Notice shows the newspaper is entered as second class matter at the Polk Nebraska post office on March 21 1907 under an act of Congress March 3 1879 with H M McGaffin as editor and publisher.
Local notes include visits and trips by Earl Cockle Ed Cohagan Dr Westfall and others to Omaha Osceola Central City and Lincoln. Subscriptions renewed band concert announced baby born and baseball plans noted. Cemetery sale plans postponed to May 18 with notice elsewhere.
An advertisement offers a graphic book titled The Wreck of the Titanic Complete Story edited by Marshaliverett with survivor accounts. It promises 350 pages, 50 illustrations, and details on icebergs wireless telegraphy and shipbuilding. The ad notes release around June 1 and provides contact C H Sawyer phone 62 for orders.
A. G. Lindburg sent 19 440 eggs in 7 cases to his Polk produce house last Saturday evening marking his largest single day shipment since starting in business.
About thirty friends surprised Mrs John Davis at her west town home on a birthday eve. Guests presented many gifts and enjoyed a bountiful lunch and a pleasant social time.
Viking Lodge No. 328 Polk marks the 98th anniversary of the I O O F with an 8 30 p m gathering at the O K building. Rev Longman of Bradshaw gave the evening address followed by a banquet for 187 members at the Polk Hotel with a elabo rate supper prepared by Mr and Mrs Fruide featuring fruit vegetables meats desserts and beverages.
Advertisement lists a five room cottage a barn for four horses a buggy shed granary chicken house coal and cob house cistern and one acre of ground with fruit and shade trees. Good location price 1050. Apply to Ayres & Co Polk.
Notice of final report and petition for final settlement in the guardianship of Olof Hokenson an insane person. Hearing set in the County Court of Polk Nebraska for May 14 1912 at 10 o’clock a.m. Interested parties may appear and contest. Dated May 1 1912.
Representatives from commercial clubs along the Union Pacific line meet with Superintendent W R Cahill in Central City. They unanimously back a motor car service on the Lincoln Central City branch with a trial period to test profitability and support schedules including Sunday service and mail accommodations.
A limited time bargain offers a five room house with a barn and five to eight acres of ground. Contact E. E. Ayres & Co. at 96 in Polk, Nebraska.
Notice that a petition for probate of the will of Bengt Petterson, deceased, has been filed and L. A. Beckman named as Administrator with Will annexed. A hearing is set for May 14, 1912, at o'clock p. m., before Henry H. Campbell, County Judge.
The New York Evening Post notes that accepted manuscripts are a tiny share of those submitted. At Smith, Elder & Co. less than two percent were published, a ratio likely lower for the trade overall. Even if ten to fifteen percent were accepted, many writers remain unpublished and hopeful dreams fade.
The Eiffel Tower will be repainted at a cost of 14000 to 16000 dollars with fifty painters working three to four months to cover 180000 square yards. Past colors include orange red yellow white and chrome base. Some propose khaki this time. The tower serves as a wireless telegraph station and a navigational aid for aviators.
Professor Chamberlaint notes that the discovery of the earth pole could let experts predict weather a year in advance though cautions that predicting is easier than making forecasts come true. He mentions existing weather prophets who claim long-range forecasts despite the challenge.
A wealthy contractor’s daughter in Chicago ran away to take housework jobs after failing with Latin and school. The piece notes that at fifteen both boys and girls quit school to work, warning that laws to stop them could harm their future by wasting time that could teach them discipline.
A St Louis egg and poultry dealer argues that cold storage stabilizes prices by preventing shortages and maintaining supply in winter. He warns misuse by selfish operators harms consumers and supports legislation to curb mismanagement while noting summer price boosts.
The Seattle hearth commissioner released twenty five bright red dyed rats and offered two dollars per rat for bodies or reports of capture to map waterfront rat movements. The aim is to trace how harbor rats move into residential areas in spring and use the data to target control efforts.
The article argues Jefferson remains a living force in U S governance more than a century after his retirement and eighty five years after his death. It credits him as the standardizer of constitutional democracy whose ideas persist as long as citizens support government by and for the people.
A scientific claim says telephone mouthpieces hold no germs. Language receptacles must be sterilized by messages poured in by someone waiting 15 minutes for the curt line to clear.
The piece notes women in Washington organizing a successful campaign against the high car step and predicts New York will capitulate to feminine demands. It mocks winter forecasts, Swiss president pay, and a music publisher's hit rate, blending social satire with light commentary.
A fashion note suggests it is well to have gown and fresh melt together in reference to a Turkish bath costume.
A bold warning targets an online scheme claiming massive, implausible file counts. Authorities urge users to avoid clicking suspicious links and to run trusted antivirus scans.
The United States must balance aid to Latin American neighbors with restraint to prevent foreign entanglement. The speaker argues for a middle course, expanding conditions to reduce risk while avoiding responsibility for others' wrongdoings, citing Cuba and Central American concerns.
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