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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
3
Residents from Polk County visit Stromsburg on Monday and Tuesday for family and business ties. Several plan moves to Lincoln Omaha or Wyoming, including W. Hillberg shipping goods to Lincoln and Rev. H A Foskett moving to Wyoming for missionary work with a Cody base.
Osceola residents hear Decoration Day address by Rev. A. A. Randall. Gov. Shallengerger to mark 25th wedding anniversary in Lincoln. Miss Margie Kunkel visits from Lincoln as Mrs Nuquist plans New York guest month. Genoa Indian baseball to play Osceola June 4. New city officers installed. Osceola High School baseball shines with wins over York College and Lincoln Military Academy. Mining meetings draw stockholders at Pratt Hotel and court room.
Hardville markets list 95c wheat 46c corn 8.30 hogs 17c eggs 12c chickens 20c butter 22c cream. S L Benson paints his house. A D Bushe family now occupies their new home. Mrs John Litzenburg visited friends Wednesday. The Banksons hosted a group of young people to dinner Sunday.
Mr J Nickleson employs Johnie Jr to paint his residence while Mrs S I Benson and daughter Mildred visit Central City. Cement sidewalk expansion improves the town. George Grosenor and Alfred Jones travel to Sidney. Mrs James Bush telegraphs Mississippi for a sister's illness. Vick Briggs returns home from Colorado with improving health. A F Johnson store addition nears completion. Dr Jarman heads to Osceola and back by auto. WCTU meets at M E church with readings on the Union. The Grusvnor and Cohagan parties visit Aurora for a wrestle and relatives.
A patchwork of notices lists residents traveling to Omaha and Stromsburg, a birth near town, illness updates, and church events. Pavement work begins in the Wilson addition as city water installation proceeds. The W C T U plans its May meeting, and Rev. O L McCleary attracts a large Arborville audience with his illustrated sermon.
Mrs Pinkerton disputes a clerk over gloves claimed as soiled and returned. Pinkerton says the store refused exchange after laughter from staff. She reveals the returned items are an old pair cleaned with gasoline, sent back by mistake.
A Collier's Weekly feature ponders why black bass bite patterns vary with days, weather, and habitat, citing Maine bass rivers and New Hampshire lakes. The piece notes seasonal changes, physiological quirks, and contrasts in winter fishing. Local items include Hank Connor resigning a meat market post and family visits.
The Boston Globe reports Elihu Yale lies in a Wrexham churchyard near Chester England. An inscription on his tombstone recalls his American birth European upbringing travels and global life with a final hope his soul is saved.
An elementary school teacher in Graz, Austria, reports receiving a letter from a mother explaining she has been dangerously ill with atheism and rheumatism and kept her daughter home to care for her.
An English inquirer asks an American friend about the eagle on the money. The friend replies that the eagle is an emblem of a swift fight.
The Object reveals a dialogue where Rich Uncle Ebenezer questions a relative about being named after him. Amel Nephew admits the motive was financial need, acknowledging the money was required.
The M E Church holds Sabbath school at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday with preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. A weekly prayer meeting is held on Wednesday evening. Pastor J W Waits.
The Baptist church invites all to Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. B Y P U prayer at 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Mid week prayer at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. Ladies Missionary meeting on the second Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Pastor TY Brown extends the invitation.
Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m young folks meeting at 7 p m preaching at 8 p m prayer meeting Thursday evening Frank Abrahamson pastor.
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