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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1970
Page
8
County Noxious Weed Control Authority urges residents to act now against musk thistle after harvest and when temperatures exceed 40 degrees. Rosettes are present from good fall rains and can be killed with 2 lbs per acre of 2 4 0 weed killer. The office offers seed cleaning and meter-miser rental to help farmers and homeowners spray and tidy lots.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Lampshire and co hosts hosted a social hour at the Lampshire residence in honor of Senator Carl Curtis who spoke at the Republican banquet in Polk that evening October 30. About 30 guests attended from North Platte Lincoln Aurora Grand Island Osceola Hordville Stromsburg Hampton York and Polk.
Henry M. Burt describes his trek from Northampton to Nebraska Territory and Omaha in a May 1857 letter preserved by the State Archives. He notes the journey from Davenport to Council Bluffs and Omaha, comments on soil and timber along the Missouri, and weighs Westward prospects against East comforts and refined society. Burt ultimately says he is not sorry he came West and envisions possible return if needed.
Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney and Mr and Mrs Gilbert Lampshire sat near the president at the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum in Omaha on Thursday as President Nixon spoke to the crowd.
The Pole Progress offers a five dollar weekly cash prize to the reader who selects the most winners from two games in each ad. Fill the entry form with team choices, include the tie breaker score, and mail or deliver by 5 pm Friday September 18. Judges decide ties by the tie breaker score.
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