Local families share Sunday meals across Polk and surrounding towns
A string of visits highlights community ties as McClure, Widga, Sandell, Kroger and Mogensen families join relatives in Osceola Grand Island St Paul Hampton and York. Lunches and dinners mark the weekend with appearances by Rasmunssen Linderburg Ehn Peterson and others. The McCartneys moved to Polk that spring from the Polk community.
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George McClure
Omaha
Alice Nelson
McClure
Lloyd Widga
Ily
Anna Marie Fjell Lester Widga
Stromsburg
Leland Widga
St. Paul
Nebr
Henry Sandell
Lavar Sandell
Spome
Gunnard Peterson
Osceola
Peterson
Sandell
Will Kroger
A. T. Kroger
Grand Island
Fred Mogensen
Clarence Mogensen
Hampton
Ed Dobberstein
Glen
Flora Deuker
Emma
Gau
John Ray
Clarence Heiden
H. B. Johnson
H. L. Mueller
Earl Rasmussen
Polkites
Floyd McCartney
York
James Lindburg
Robert
Roy Ehn
Richard
Enoch Peterson
Glenn Hill
Lloyd Hahn
McCartneys
Polk
Sanford Anderson
McPherson
Kansas
Pearl Jack
Frank Adelson
Julie Sings for Jon Gardner's Swing Orchestra
Julie, nineteen, rides a bus where a plump woman claims her "boys" will perform. Jon Gardner offers Julie a lead singer job worth a hundred dollars weekly, with radio proceeds and a family connection echoing in her mind.
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Julie
Jon
Jon Gardner
Joe
WNN
Suspects Troubled Marriage Unfolds in Letters and Secrets
Susan confronts a tense marriage as Phoebe convinces Roy to confess and a secret operation arrives by letter. Roy hopes to spare Susan worry while Phoebe quietly assists, and Susan receives news that tests their bond and trust.
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Usan
Phoebe
Roy
Susan
Dearest
Shrine Circus brings top acts to Omaha in May
The Shrine Indoor Circus runs May 9 to 14 at the Omaha city auditorium featuring sixty acts across three rings. Highlights include Pierott and Pirouette skating on a pedestal, Siam elephants, trained dogs and horses, Bozo Harrell the saddest clown, and the Flying Valentinos on the flying trapeze. Six evening shows begin at 8 pm with a Tuesday matinee for shut ins and public matinees Wednesday through Saturday at 2 pm. Tickets are sold at Shrine office and city auditorium box offices.
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Omaha City
Rick Wright
Cleveland
Detroit
Mexico City
Pierott
Pirouette
Siam
Kenneth Waite
Bozo Harrell
Flying Valentinos
Omaha
Shrine
Seiler Surgical Company
South Seventeeth St
City Auditorium
Whistler Attended West Point and Flunked Out
World Book Encyclopedia notes James Abbott McNeill Whistler famed for Whistler's Mother excelled in drawing but failed chemistry at West Point. He quipped that if silicon had been a gas he would have become a major general.
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Whistler
West Pointer
James Abbott McNeill
West Point
Iowa Electrification Surges With Rural Telephone Growth
Tail corn regions boast the highest per capita telephone density on farms worldwide. Iowa reports 933 towns electrified with over 160000 farmers wired, 80 percent of all farmers. Urban Iowa reaches 99.9 percent electrical service, while 16 independent power companies serve the urban majority. Municipal plants and cooperatives expand rural REA coverage with 85 and 53 plants respectively.
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Iowa
Twin beds take lead in Detroit mattress sales
Detroit retailers report a shift in bed sales with twin beds now representing 52 percent of shipments, while before 1945 double beds accounted for 62 percent. The change reflects evolving consumer preferences in local housing and living arrangements.
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Detroit
Protein for Calves and Water for Cows
Calves require more protein in their feed than older cattle. Records indicate dairy cows increase milk production by five to ten percent when water is available at all times.
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Central City
M. P. Siegel
Central City, Nebraska
Bradshaw, Neb
D. C. Morris
Mrs. Harris Jesperson
Marquette
Farmers Union of Nebraska
Farmers Union State Exchange Farmers Union Coop Creameries
Farmers Union Coop Insurance Farmers Union Elevator Federation
Farmers Union Coop Oil Co. of
Polk Co
Sudan
Nebraska
Texas
Hall-Pflug Seed CO
Lauber
Blue Valley
Lilliace
M. Mitchell
A-1
Emmie Bell Porter
WIN
Shrine Circus
America
Farmers Coop Produce
Polk, Nebraska
Randy Scott
Beier Jeffreys
Robert Ryan
Olgeola Sat
Sun
Ryder
Little Brown Jug
Ned Ryder
Arthur
Oi Collier
Skip Homeier
Jeanne Crain
Linda Darnell
Ann Sothern
Kirk Douglas
Paul Douglas
U.S
Ohio
MED. F
Med. R
Sundberg and Son
Rdu
Zzas
Fredrickson Implement Company
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