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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
1
Fragments describe local events including a new "A Mystery Sale" at Sundberg's hardware with 100 specially priced articles. Community notes mention visits from Omaha, Fremont, and Stromsburg, a band treat at a hotel, and a Bible class program at High Prairie school.
A Polk merchant says a newspaper is the best advertising medium as it reaches more people without cheapening business. He calls advertising the lifeblood of the printing press and a driver of progress.
The Third Annual Polk High School Field Day occurs Friday May 24 starting at 2 PM with a baseball game and a 3 PM meet featuring 16 events for High School and 8th Grade students from nearby towns. Medals and ribbons are funded by local businessmen.
The Progress will publish Wednesday next week due to Decoration Day. Advertisers are asked to prepare and bring their ads in one day earlier, no later than Tuesday afternoon.
The item notes Poppy Day activities by the American Legion boys and lists visits by W P Miller and son Orlie to York, Emma Jensen in Grand Island, Fern Myers in Central City with Mrs Grant Ramage, and various family gatherings with D N Carlson and Shenk households. A Sundberg and Son hardware sale runs May 23 for ten days featuring 100 specially priced articles.
Polk county Assessor George H. Bond warns taxpayers to file the intangible tax schedule by May 27. Noncompliance triggers registered notices, a hearing to set intangible property value, higher tangible tax rates, and fines from 10 to 2000 dollars plus possible jail. Cooperation urged to ensure full return to the state tax commissioner.
A life insurance discussion asserts married men have half the death rate of unmarried men. The saying compares a wife with a rolling pin to a bachelor with a needle, illustrating perceived dangers in solitary living.
A E Swanson offers 1927 yellow seed corn for gale with contact via Phone 83.
Cox and Carter reiterate commitment as trusted providers in the old line business, emphasizing durable service standards and steady performance across their customer base. The statement underscores longstanding reliability and ongoing partnership with clients seeking dependable supply.
W C Steele and Buth Anderson along with Lillian Brown attend Eastern Star at Clarksville Friday evening. Howard Nelson and wife tour Kansas visiting relatives. Mrs Aldrich and Mrs Shafer plan Huntington County visit for weeks. Aldrich’s mother is 92. W G Bailey drives a 4000 mile Model A trip with two passengers costing 40 cents per mile. Arborville club hosts May meeting with six members quoting an author, plus plans for a summer picnic and honorary membership for Mrs Sam Charles.
Notice from Mons Person of Polk Nebraska offering peddies planted in tin cans for 25 cents each. Can be moved up to Decoration Day on the Eu Lindquist farm one mile south of Polk. He will be there on the 29th and 30th and offers free extra plants and a fall replacement policy if unsatisfied.
An ad promotes wedding rings with diamond sets priced from 1500 dollars and up and 18K white gold engraved bands from 550 dollars and up.
J S Gustafson and wife visited York Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Joshua Cox from York visited Polk Saturday. Mr and Mrs M F Smith from Lincoln were weekend guests of their son RL and family. L G Aldrich left for Dent Minnesota to visit his son Walter and family for an indefinite period.
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