Referendum battle against one man rule stirs Nebraska politics
The Lincoln Herald notes Fred Ayers leads the referendum on the new code bill while the governor pushes ahead with the measure. McKelvie faces a tough task implementing the law as supporters and critics weigh the political stakes. Nebraska praises its volunteers in the Eighty Ninth and questions rural oversubscription in the Liberty Loan.
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Fred Ayers
McKelvie
Lincoln Herald
Nebraska
Omaha
Bilad
Eighty-Ninth
Clarks Enterprise
Polk Main Street paving ahead of Stromsburg plans
Local notes report Polk will pave its Main Street before Stromsburg. Polk merchants stayed busy Saturday while church interior remodeling boosts appeal. Meadow events include travel program at Martha-Ellen Auditorium and a dance deemed immoral with a judge in Eastern court.
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Polk
Stromsburg
Baptist Church
Dr. Westfall
McGuffin
York
Agent Pollock
Dr. Ayres
Harlan Frazier
Amos Shafer
Andy Sundberg
A. J. Fightmaster
Kaiser
Martha- Ellen Auditorium
Central City
Lyman H. Howe
Martha-Ellen Auditorium
Sunday Postoffice Hours Adjusted Start 1 30 P M
The post office hours on May 25 are set from 1 30 P M to 2 00 P M with lobby and working room separated by lattice work. After the 10 45 mail is delivered the lobby opens to the public and stays open until 2 00. Hugh M McGaffin Postmaster.
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Hugh M. McGaffin
Ansley Man Exonerated and Noted Reunion Items
L. E. Gibson, private in company E of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Infantry, exonerated and to receive an honorable discharge after a prior severe sentence for falling asleep at post in France. Pershing sent notice to Senator Hitchcock. Also notes reunions at York with Rev. J. M. Bay, Dr. Slusser, Mrs. Spencer, and Oak Davis party. President Wilson urged repeal of wartime liquor laws for wines and beer, return of communications infrastructure to owners, railroad reversion, tax revision, tariff and labor measures, and adoption of woman suffrage.
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Washington
L. E. Gibson
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Infantry
France
General Pershing
Hitchcock
Dr. Slusser
Spencer
York
Oak Davis
Lincoln
Mr. Davis
Denver
Colo
Ted Smith
State University
Wilson
Congress
The 89th Division Boys Stand Ready for Freedom
A patriotic verse to the 89th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. It praises Camp Funston training under Major General Wood and the unit's courage, dedication, and loyalty to the United States, asserting they will guard freedom at home and abroad.
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89Th Division
American Expeditionary Forces
Camp Funston
Kansas
Wood
Ito
U. B
Baptist Church Announces Memorial and Baccalaureate Services
The church plans a union Memorial service at the Methodist church next Sunday at 11 30 led by Rev H W Cope. The Annual Baccalaureate will be in the Baptist church Sunday evening at 8 30 with the Pastor preaching. New pews arrive soon and a pipe organ will be installed in about four months.
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Baptist Church
Union Memorial
H.W. Cope
Editors of Nebraska Set Date for Going on Annual Outing
Lincoln May 19 August 4 to 9 is the Nebraska State Press association excursion itinerary. A special train from Lincoln will run Burlington routes through Hastings Holdrege Holyoke and Sterling into Colorado and Wyoming with a three day program at Gering and a rail trip to Goshen Hole. Returning editors and their wives will stop at North Platte Kearney and Grand Island.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Press Association
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Burlington
Hasetings
Holdrege
Holyoke
Sterling
Northport
Union Pacific
Gering
Goshen Hole
North Platte Valley
North Platte
Kearney
Grand Island
Progress Ads: Local Movements and Visits
I. T. Samuelson departed for Sterling Colorado on Tuesday evening on business. Attorney Henry Campbell and Mrs Campbell were Polk visitors last Friday.
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I. T. Samuelson
Sterling, Colo
Henry Campbell
Campbell
Polk
Local Classified Fragments From Osceola News
A collage of notices and ads includes painting and papering services by L. E. Morgan, seeds and groceries at Hipolite and Crow’s drug store items, banking and hail insurance references, Osceola road meeting notices, and assorted local quips and anecdotes.
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L. E. Morgan. Gall
Farmers Store
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Catarrh
Readers learn a cure for catarrh is possible through constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is marketed as blood in mucous surfaces and claims to strengthen constitution. Proponents offer 100 dollars to anyone not cured, with testimonials available from F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Shilo
Hail Insurance! Protect Your Investment
A brief note urges owners to obtain hail insurance amid rising costs. It emphasizes protection for crops and property and highlights the financial risk of hail damage to farms and banks.
Progress Advertising Notes and Local Social Items
The Progress references 52 doses of Progress for $200 and lists Miss Mac Tenney as a piano instructor. It mentions Mrs L M Johnson visiting this week and Rev. Cope's business trip to Lincoln. C A Frasier from Silver Creek visits for bank news. John Seymour and wife attend York reunion and visit George Dahlgren in hospital. A band concert draws a large crowd and weekly Wednesday performances are promoted. L B Curren from Palmer notes a birth: a bright eyed boy born Saturday May 17.
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Mac ‘Tenney
L. M. Johnson
John Seymour
York
George Dahlgren
L. B. Curren
Palmer
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Progress
Polk Nebraska
H. M. McGaffin
G. L. Spencer
J. M. Bay
A. W. Shafer
Nebr
Middle West
U.S. A
Amer
Ican
Rhine
Hun
New York
St. Mihiel
Argonne
RED Pep
Ren
Eckles
Polk, Neb
Hart Schaffner & Marx
A. D. Monson
Tochaffner & Mara
Crow’s Drug Store
Hipolite
Crow’s
Ansco
Bob Aldrich
Bank of Polk
Osceola
Atchison Globe Lights
Charles Kennedy
Atchison
Cope
C. A. Frasier
Silver Creek
Polk Mercantile .Co
Armour
Santa ‘Clara
Polk Mercantile Store
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