Polk County Wet Weather and Sheriff Move Against Slots
Polk County endured an old fashioned soaking rain the first in moons with 1% inches measured. Acting on orders from the County Attorney, Sheriff Peterson ordered out all slot machines and punch boards in the county. The piece also notes social visits, births, engagements, and local events including a Highways 16 and 81 project let in Lincoln and several family announcements.
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Polk County
Polk
Peterson
Polk Progress billing and notices page
The notice lists mailing and publication details for Polk Progress including editor Alfred Norris W., second class matter status, Nebraska post office registration, and subscription rates for 1 year 4.00 within Nebraska and 5.00 elsewhere, 6 months 2.50, 3 months 1.50, single copy 0.06, card of thanks 0.10 per line, obituary poetry 0.10 per line, and advertising 56 cents per column inch.
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Polk
Nebraska
Housewarming for Stevens Welcomed by Osceola Friends
Mrs and Mr Horace Stevens hosted a Friday housewarming with Osceola neighbors and Silver Creek visitors. Guests included Ted Cannon La Tona Grossnicklaus Hardy Huggler Roy Grossnicklaus Loren Tref fer Bon and Mike Nordberg and Molly Nordberg attended Stromsburg commencement with Lyle Johnson and family.
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Horace Stevens
Tom
JoAnn
Ted Cannon
Ken
la Tona
Silver Creek
Harold Grossnickalus
Monte
Hardy Huggler
Sheldon
Roy Grossnicklaus
Loren Treffer
Bruce
Mike
Linda
Dawn
Jim Marak
Pam
Calvin
Osceola
Stevens
Lyle Johnson
Ella Johnson
Stromsburg
Molly Nordberg
Don Nordberg
Polk Area Social Notes Highlight Visits and Sports
Residents shared visits with relatives in New York Lincoln Aurora and Omaha. Local teams The Imps The Coops The Oilers and The Butchers were named for summer games in Polk. Jerry King set a 2 mile track record at Kearney May 10 while Rev Birmingham nears 40 years of service in Nebraska rural communities.
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Polk
Imps
Coops
Oilers
Butchers
Jerry King
Nebraska State Teachers College
Kearney
Swede Plain
Birmingham
Nebraska
A. C. Aufdenkamp
H. G Brauer
McCloud
York
Don
Joyce Stewart
Harold Rhoades
Utica
Myra Cox
Lincoln General Hospital
Martha Larson
Leonard Fiala
Central City
Clarence Creech
Polk Community Friends Share Gatherings and Visits
A series of social visits and family gatherings across Osceola Stromsburg North Platte and surrounding areas highlights Mother's Day and graduation events. Families including Johnson Hanquist Dittmer Gleim and Widga share meals and honor relatives with dinners lunches and birthday celebrations.
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Elwyn Johnson
Fred Johnson
Good Samaritan
Osceola
Polk
David Jacobsen
Ollie Johnson
Don Johnson
Wilbur Whitacre
Kenneth Strong
Ralph Johnson
Stromsburg
Robert Baack
Martin Baack
Oscar Jones
Anna Wurtz
Max Jones
Lowell Bills
Kenny Bills
Roger Hanquist
Reuben Hanquist
Harold W Johnson and Wayne
Swede
Milan Hanquist
Dorothy Gleim
Lincoln
Dave Ekdahl
Rudolph Gustafson
Ella Shenk
Hulda Sagehorn
Hanquist
Stanley Hanquist
North Platte
Noel Kealiher
Carolyn
Gerald
Orlie Miller
Dwayne Miller
Don Miller
Floyd Miller
Ben Peterson
Ester Lackey
Glen Ferguson
Clarks
Rex Graham
Silver Creek
Victor Krohl
Bob Dittmer
Jody
Ted Dittmer
Vern Williams
Anselmo
Donald Dahlin
Otto Dittmer
Fullerton Hospital
Russell Fjell
David Fjell
Kearney
Emil Lane
Levert Peterson
Tripp
Lloyd Widga
Lyle Widga
Lester Widga
Lawrence James
York
Gary
Duane Johnson
Wilmer Johnson
Gary Wheeler
Johnson
Kermit Lindgren
Lloyd Lindgren
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Wilmer Bodine
WWG
Baptist Church
Art Gustafson
Fordson
J G. Heaps
Comstock
Walter Carnine
Dana Westfall
Warren Strand
S A. Ladeberg
E.M Burke
Fullerton
E. T England
Theo Stevens
Lawrence Sundberg
Omaha
Sundberg
Betty
Garrah Newton
Goehner
George Otte
Glen Hill
Orlie Adelson
A. Adelson
Ralph Anschuetz
Lorna Alfred
Chicago
Alfred
Bill Meller
J B Williams
Albert Sundberg
Tribe of Yessir
T A Stevens
Vera Irene
Larry] Hammond
Rockford, IL
Gwendolyn Beth
James Lindburg
M. E
Paul Lemke
Baptist Primary Department
Horstman
M. G. Lindburg
Lealership
Wegner Monument Company
Central City, Nebraska
Erie
Hartford Insurance Company
Cimarron Insurance Company
Fireman’s Fund
Citizens State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Polk, Nebraska
Nebraska 2Eda- Association
Astle of Arida
Todaro
New York
Lindburg
F .W. Davis
Kenneth Davis
Head
Aurora
Glen Green
W. E Green
C. A Larson
Mead
Ferde Larson
Merton Goins
R L Peterson
Martin Jones
Victor Kerker
Los Angeles
Chas. Carlson
Bia
Coop
Farmers Coop Grain Ass'n
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