Polk area notes and 1924 items highlight local events
The snippet lists a battery of local matters including injuries from an accident, church remodeling and occupancy, a bank cashier purchasing a residence for 5000 dollars, a returning serviceman from France, a municipal band debut, and land trades. Also mentions a May 15 1924 item about a baby girl arrival.
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eThe Baptist Church
H. A. Johnson
Citizens’ State Bank
G. L. Spencer
Walter Taylor
France
130 Field Artillery
Polk
Cox
Carter
Mel Hill
Mission Church
Local social notes from May events and milestones
May 6 social items include Betty Stone contact, Lela Peterson joining Johnsons Cafe, a May 11 baby girl for Rev and Mrs Westlund, and a Hanquist family reunion with flowers and birthday week. Also notes of I T Samuelson selling a garage, a surprise 86th birthday for L E Jones, Alice Hahn's Colorado Springs marriage to Simpson Sinnell, and a brief power outage affecting merchants. Brown’s Department Store staff help during sale, a 9 pound baby boy for E B Klingsporn, and Blanche Hahn’s birthday dinner hosted by Grayce Stevens with a commemorative compact.
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George Wright
Betty Stone
Lela Peterson
Johnson’s Cafe
Westlund
A. J. Hanquist
Hanquist
I. T. Samuelson
Arthur Gustafson
L. E. Jones
Alice Hahn
E. W. Hahn
Colorado Springs
Simpson Sinnell
Hamburg
Iowa
Mr. Sinnell
W. E. Bedient
Ervin Light
Hazel Larson
Selah Kroger
Bernice Stevens
Brown's
E. B. Klingsporn
Grayce Stevens
Hokenson Hotel
Miss Blanche
Sunday Visitors Share Hospitality Across Homes
Mr and Mrs Henry Shostrom, Mr and Mrs Philip Johnson and Lois, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lind and son, Mr and Mrs Clifford Carlson and Johnnie Wray visited in the C O Johnson home Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Nelson King and Gerald spent Sunday with relatives at Hordville.
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Henry Shostrom
Philip Johnson
Lois
Lloyd Lind
Clifford Carlson
Johnnie Wray
C. O. Johnson
Nelson King
Gerald
Hordville
Local Families Host Dinners and Social Guests
Dr. D H Westfall hosts a 6 o clock dinner with Edith and Florence Anderson and several guests. Sunday dinners and visits include Lawrence Anderson in Lincoln, Oscar Anderson, Axel Anderson at Stromsburg, and Ed Johnson hosts Rose and Fern Johnson along with Jerry Richweine Ellsworth Carlson and Harry Jones families.
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D. H. Westfall
Edith
Florence Anderson
Mildred Beckman
Fern Schweitzer
LaVerne Fredrickson
Theo
Larson
Ed Larson
Gloria Adelson
Orlie Adelson
Roy Nelson
Clarks
Willard Adelson
Frank Adelson
T. J. Nelson
Gertrude Harold
Katherine
Lawrence Anderson
Lincoln
Hans Meline
Oscar Anderson
Arthur Anderson
Axel Anderson
Stromsburg
Misses Rose
Fern
Johnson Jerry Richweine
Ellsworth Carlson
Central City
Harry Jones
Ed Johnson
Health progress and the case for private medicine
A 1938 public health address asserts Americans enjoy high life expectancy and low mortality from major diseases. It argues that public demand for high quality medical service, intelligent patients, and a physician driven by societal benefit sustain effective care without state medicine, urging responsible collaboration free from political interference.
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United States
Haven Emerson
Columbia University
Doctor Emerson
Comro
Family visitors mark a weekend in Nebraska towns
Elmer and Lizzie Johnson joined Mr and Mrs Will Green and others near Swede Home. Families from Hordville Stromsburg Grand Island and Stromberg visited in several homes over Mother’s Day and Sunday.
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Elmer
Lizzie Johnson
Will Green
H. B. Johnson
Ellen Anderson
H. H. Hahn
Harold Hanquist
Gilbert Erickson
Hordville
Bae
C. O. Erickson
C. C. Stromberg
Stromsburg
C. O. Johnson
Glen Hill
Ervin Anderson
Blanche Stevens
Grand Island
Con Lindholm
J. O. Swanson
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Paris Green
Davis Pharmacy
Rexall Drug Store
Nebraska
THE
Polk Progress
Howard W. Herbes
Polk, Nebraska
Congress
August Sandburg
Rock Bottom
Goodrich
P. T. Wurtz & Son
Sack City Grocery and Market
Polk County Medical Society
Pi Millers
Galion
Bliss
City
Lloyd Stromberg
Lloyd Kroger
Coleman Cafe
Wbos
Cee Bath
Union Pacific
West
Pacific Coast
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