Polk locals advertise music arts and opening day ball
Notices list Earl Cockle piano instructor and phone 39, local ill child, postmistress Huldah Anderson in Polk, Decoration and Commencement on May 30, Brooks Coal Co. publicity, travel of Mrs. J. W. Pummer to Polson Montana, Lena Wurtz and daughter at Stromsburg, Yorks Team gearing for opening game with Grand Island May 14, and Friday diamonds for team spots. Road work praised, memorial sermon May 26, navy blue suits for team, prizes for Friday game, York boosters in town for opening game in York, Sweden warship fund raised $3,331,500 in 100 days, Burke family leaves for Texas for health, progress editor Mae visit to Bellwood Central City Columbus, McGuffin birthday, Mother’s Day service at Methodist Church with carnations and scripture, Epworth League topic The Coming Supremacy of Christ.
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Huldah Anderson
Hordville
Polk
Blomquist
Brooks Coal Co
Omaha
J. W.pummer
Polson
Mountana
Marsh
Lena Wurtz
Alice
Stromsburg
Rev. McNeil
Baptist Church
Badtt
Pol
O. K
York
Grand Island
Sweden
Gustav
Burke
Doris
Amerilla
Texas
A. ‘V/Burke
Progress
Bellwood
Central City
Columbus
Epworth League
Orville Wythers
Reverend Larkin 1840 1912 Civil War veteran obituary
Reverend Larkin born November 18 1840 in Litchfield Connecticut died May 3 1912 at the home of B A Darrow after a 85 year ministry and service in Nebraska and Polk. He served in Company D 6th Infantry Civil War, married Mary M Ellis September 28 1862 and had eight children. Funeral at M E Church featured II Timothy 4 7 8. Survived by a wife and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Larkin
Litchfield
Conn
B. A. Darrow
Connecticut
Iowa
Nfantry
Mary M. Ellis
Gloryland
Polk
Nebraska
York County
Stromsburg
Cooper
Christ Evermore
M. E
Otto G. Ponath
Jesus
Servant of God
M. A. Hohenser
H. J. Wythers
QO. D. Larkin
O. R. Larkin
L. B. Land
Complete Titanic Story Promised as Great Disaster Book
An 1890s style catalog ad promotes a forthcoming book The Ocean's Greatest Disaster about the Titanic wreck. It promises a vivid survivor accounts, iceberg history, wireless telegraphy, and shipbuilding notes, edited by Marshal Everett with 350 pages and 50 illustrations. Pricing cloth one dollar morocco one fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Everett
Morocco
C. H. Sawyer, Polk, Nebr
Card of Thanks to Kind Friends and Neighbors
To the dear friends and neighbors who assisted us in life s greatest trial and those who sent flowers and helped with the music we tender our sincere thanks. Mrs Larkin Mrs M A Hohenser Mrs H J Wythers Mr O D Larkin Mrs B A Darrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin
M. A. Hohenser
H. J. ‘Wythers
O. D. Larkin
O. R. Larkin
L. B. Land
B. A. Darrow
For Sale in Arborville Cottage and farm buildings
For sale in Arborville Nebraska a five room cottage with a barn for four horses a buggy shed granary chicken house coal and cob house well cistern and one acre of ground. Some fruit and shade trees. Good location. Price 1050. Apply to Ayres and Co Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
Neb
Ayres & Co
Polk
Bargain on Four-Room Flat House Available
Four room house partly modern with flat and good com features. 8 by 10 size. Price 1100 dollars if sold within 30 days. Listed by Ayres & Co with contact H. Be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Be, Ayres & Co
Colby Dies at 68. Burwell Resident and Veteran
William H. Colby of Burwell Nebraska died at his home on April 19 aged 68. A Polk County resident for years he moved to a farm near Burwell a decade ago and lived there until moving into Burwell last March. He was an old soldier and left a wife and six children.
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Wm. H. Colby
Burwell
Nebr
Polk County
Twentieth Century Club Holds May Meeting and Elections
The Twentieth Century Club met May 2 with Mrs. Emma Smith for an all day session. Officers elected include Belle Whittemore president Esther Stouffer vice president Jesse Dalgreen treasurer Grace Belcher secretary Verna Stark press correspondent Nora Clark parliamentarian and Louella Smith corresponding secretary. A state study will be next year’s work. Dinner at 12:30 featured member contributions and papers on Japanese topics followed by a parliamentary drill and program. The group will next meet May 23 with Esther Stouffer for the final club year meeting.
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Twentieth Century Club
Emma Smith
Belle Whittemore
Esther Stouffer
Jesse Dalgreen
Grace Belcher
Verna Stark
Nora Clark
Louella Smith
Oda Charles
School board retains principals and teachers for next year
Mrs H M Honess of Ashton Idaho visits her brother and sister Mr Sealey and Mrs Sarah Green. At Tuesday's school meeting Prof Huston was kept as principal for the coming year along with Mrs May Collins of Central City for grammar, Miss Lulu Carson for Intermediate and Miss Katherine Bay for Primary. The ninth and tenth grade teacher remains to be engaged.
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H. M. Honess
Ashton, Idaho
Mr. Sealey
Sarah Green
Huston
May Collins
Central City
Lulu Carson
Katherine Bay
200 and 820 acre farms for sale in Minnesota
Two farms offered for sale in Yellow Medicine county Minnesota near a small town. The 200 acre farm priced at 8500 dollars per acre, 9000 dollars cash down. the 820 acre farm priced at 14000 dollars cash down. Balance on each with 6 percent interest. Contact H. P. Bengtson Granite Falls Minnesota.
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Yellow Medicine
Minnesota
Northwest
H. P. Bengtson
Granite Falls
Village Treasurer Annual Report for Year Ending May 6 1912
The report itemizes fund balances and transactions for the village treasury including Street and Alfy Fund, Incidental Fund, Printing Fund, Fire Protection, and Officers' Salaries. Totals show cash on hand across funds, with entries for balance on hand, warrants, licenses, and county treasurer transfers. C C McCune serves as Village Treasurer.
Bargain Property Near Polk Neb Offered By Agent
Limited time offer for a five room house with barn and 5 to 8 acres of ground. Contact H. E. Ayres & Co at phone 96 in Polk Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.E. Ayres & Co
Polk, Neb
Easy Divorces Spark Reform Across States
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that easy divorces may be a symptom of broader social ills and reports New Jersey’s unanimous Senate move to strip justices of the peace of the power to perform marriages. The piece suggests other states may follow if proof ties marriage ease to haste in forming unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New Jersey
State Senate
Justices of the Peace
Swans Return as a Feast Hint in Noble Tastes
The piece notes a revived interest in historic dishes including swans and other birds once prized by ancestors. It cites medieval menus where hare and partridge were shunned, while dishes like dillegrout and Mal pigeryum tied to lordly duties were recorded in the London Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillegreut
London Chronicle
Addington
Dream of Four Rats Interpreted by Son in Marquette Tribune
A poor man recounts a dream of four rats to his wife, the son interprets the omen with humor, saying the fat rat is the liquor seller, the two lean rats are mother and son, and the blind rat is the father. Parisian dressmakers debut a daring knee slit skirt paired with silken network stockings, challenging old fashion norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette Tribune
Mall
New York Terminal Plans Kissing Gallery and Public Welcome
A New York railroad terminal will feature a kissing gallery to greet patrons, while South Carolina pushes a Queen Isabella monument to honor Columbus’s patroness. An Arizona convict breaks parole under the honor system, a meteor cooled with water, and a cat hearing claim are noted. Boston women vow to cling to tight skirts as fashion shifts. Burbank touts a stoneless plum alongside odorless Limburger and boneless shad notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shank Found Guilty and Sentenced in Osceola Case
The jury reached a guilty verdict after twelve hours of deliberation in Osceola. Judge Goods sentenced Shank to one to twenty years in the penitentiary with a motion for a new trial to be filed within three days and subject to the state pardoning board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Goods
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Postoffice
Congress
H. M. McGaffin
Earl Cockle
Anton Nelson
Ocean’s
Wm.’ H.colby
C.C. McCune
South Carolina
Isabella of Spain
America
Arizona
Milwaukee
London
Bank of
Monte Carlo
Boston
Burbank
Shank
Greenland
Victor Anderson & Co
O. K. Theatre
Dumonts
Betsey
the Stars Dressing Room
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