Local Guests Share Family Dinners and Celebrations
Sunday through Friday visits focus on family gatherings in Stromsburg and Central City. Chauncey Gustafson and Elsie Burgeson hosted a dinner, while Dale Nyberg and sons joined Richard Johnsons for Mother's Day. The Flodmans and Robin Hanson visited for a birthday celebration.
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Chauncey Gustafson
Elsie Burgeson
Stromsburg
Dale Nyberg
Central City
Richard Johnson
Rose Nyberg
Carroll Flodman
Robin
Mrs
Lee Hanson
Letter from San Francisco on Polk city history
A reader analyzes a 1912 Polk photograph claiming the date is correct after noting weather, church presence, and landmark changes. The note recalls fires in 1913 14 and 1915 at local shops, the Baptist Church burn, and the 1914 Wright Brothers plane sighting.
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Polk
Progress
Baptist Church
Rystrom Implement
Larson Brothers
Thede
Rystrom
Hokenson
Albert Sundberg
Harry Ayers
Ayers
Albert
Early Town Growth Echoes of a Bygone Era
A memoir recollects a lively town scene with a cooperative boarding house, a barber shop named Quillen’s, and a gang delivering messages. The writer notes the strong odor of male sweat during meals and reflects on the town’s rapid development and appreciative salute to its early citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quillen
Orrin
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San Francisco
Dear Norris
Main St
Best
Neal van Housen
Polk Light & Water
Leonard Warnick
Fredrickson Impl. Co
Margaret Rosno
Schultz
Patronize Progress
James Morris
Polk Lumber Co
Susan Shaw
Linsay’s Barber Shop
Dianne Rodine
Brazda Implement Co