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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
8
The 6-foot McCormick-Deering combine emphasizes efficiency and grain recovery with a straight-through grain path, a heavy-duty frame, oil-tight bearings, and a high-capacity cylinder. It features self-aligning bearings, all-metal straw racks, gravity unloading, and an income purchase plan for farmers with several days of harvesting.
Public notices announce a referee sale of real estate in Osceola Polk County Nebraska for June 1938 with three described parcels and earnest money and title provisions. A separate sheriff sale lists the Southwest Quarter of Section 27 for June 9 1938. Also bids invited for Columbus Shelby road project no 86 unit 2 with wage scales and bonds.
The notice recounts the 1845 ether demonstration by Dr Morton at Massachusetts General Hospital and the first painless tooth extraction, describing the rapid global adoption as a turning point in medical history. It notes Morton’s background, the involvement of Dr Henry Bigelow and Dr John C. Warren, and the November 1845 public demonstration.
OSCEOLA Friday May 13 seven members and three visitors met to tie quilts for the hostess after a lunch. Senior Literature Division met at Mrs G W Morgan's home with talks on US travel highways and hobbies with a purpose. Rebekah Kensington to meet with Allegra Johnson May 25. Many local families visited relatives and attended events in Kearney Albion Springfield and Stromsburg. Royal Neighbor Kensington postponed to May 26 at Mrs Harry Pierson’s Stromsburg home.
Modern Beauty Shop offers permanents for all hair types and textures starting at $1.50. Mrs William H Larson advertises with phone contact 105 Osceola Nebraska.
Receipts total 9000 head with strong demand from packers and buyers. Best steers 9.75, top heifers 8.85. Cornfed steers 8.75 to 10.25, yearlings 8.50 to 9.50, feeding steers 8.00 to 8.50, stock cattle 7.75 to 8.50, cows 4.50 to 7.75. Mixed quality and trashy lots also listed.
Receipts of hogs at Omaha Monday totaled 4,500 head as all buyers operated early. Prices were strong to 10 percent above last week with trading 15 percent higher. Light weights sold around 7.90 to 8.00 dollars, mixed hogs 7.75 to 7.90, packing grades 7.35 to 7.75, and sows at about 7.00.
Receipts total 6000 head as Monday trade opens active and firm. Fed wooled lambs bring 8.00 to 8.50, feeder lambs scarce and steady around 7.50, aged ewes steady, shorn ewes 3.25, spring lambs 8.00 to 9.00, fed wooled 7.50 to 8.35, fed shorn 6.50 to 7.35, feeders medium to choice 6.75 to 7.50.
In America anniversaries mark history, May 14 recalls the 1787 opening of the Constitutional Convention and May 25’s delay. The article urges national unity, noting past framers stilled enmities and urging renewed teamwork among employers and workers to overcome modern challenges.
A survey by Ak Sar Ben shows Nebraskans Iowa and South Dakota business people and professionals from 24 fields support thoroughbred racing and breeding. Dr J Sherman Zeliers of Hooper Neb examines his horse Blinkem as Ak Sar Ben prepares for a May 28 meet with new Pacific Coast totalizer and a robust field of horses.
A simple economical recipe fills six green peppers with a mixture of cottage cheese and rice. After preparing peppers by trimming tops and removing seeds, mix cottage cheese, rice, egg, salt and pepper, fill peppers, top with buttered bread crumbs, bake 375 degrees for about 30 minutes, garnish with carrots.
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