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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
4
Price focused sales note promises extra advantages included with Firestone economy feature at a cost no higher than an ordinary tire. Indicates exclusive offer and value pitch to customers.
Twenty years ago on May 22 1919 Miss Lillian Wallace of Central City will be the principal of Polk high school for the coming year. Dr Peterson and Dr Hull set up practices in town expanding the local dental services. Joe Kubista moves from Osceola to assist band and team work. The Rystrom Implement house remodels for better display. Pork markets list Cream 60 Eggs 38 Butter 35 Hogs 19.50. A band concert draws a large Polk crowd and praise for the performances.
A. K Crow decorates the drug store interior and plans Sunday hours. Dr Westfall takes A. H. Halleck to York for treatment. Marriage license granted to Charles Eckles and Mary Ford. A rifle shot damages a Ford windshield near Shelby injuring Ray Peterson and Harry Schultz. Jim Reeves serves as temporary marshal. Emma Jensen hosts a hotel band reception with sandwiches cake and more. Lizzie Johnson departs for Anaheim to visit her ill brother. Telephone crew arrives to reset poles. W. P. Miller makes six ice cream deliveries for picnics. Immanuel Lutheran reunion services draw large crowds with class reports and a sermon by Rev. Juergensen.
Dr. D H Westfall and staff announce a new produce house will open in Police soon. Omaha Cold Storage plans to set up its plant in the former Crow’s Drug Store building. Visitors include Anse Rodine Glen Hill Lawrence Sundberg Stanford Ang and Marin Jones from Orleans. Everett Green party from Hayes Center visit before heading to New York World’s Fair. Goldie and Gordon Fossburg visit Lincoln. Goldie attends Pharmacy College Senior Banquet.
Authorities note that izzard may be an archaic variant of the letter z. The term izard also names a mountain chamois species.
A historical note explains indulgent fever once named Malta fever. It traces its discovery by Bruce in 1886, the mistaken Malta association, goat to human transmission, and later findings of similar germs in cattle and hogs. The account mentions milk as a transmission route and clarifies Malta’s actual agricultural profile on the island.
A historical description explains undulant fever with recurring fever waves lasting days to years, causing anemia and weakness. It notes chills, sweating, joint and bone pains, possible organ involvement, and diagnostic challenges. Boiling infected milk prevented spread. goats from Malta illustrate transmission risk in Nebraska.
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