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Way Back Widely Traced Local News 1920s to 1937
A retrospective page recounts residents visiting relatives and moving between Polk Stromsburg York Benedict and Central City from 1920 to 1937. It notes Curtis Bennett visiting Ester Lackey, Frank Bottum of Benedict visiting the Shafer family, and Sheriff Roy VanHoosen’s official business, plus many family events and community milestones across these years.
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Curtis Bennett
Norfolk
Ester Lackey
Bar’ Payne
Kansas
Lind
J. E. Pelton
Childen
Stromsburg
Ruth Castile
Sven Holden
Emilyn Swanson
Gus Whn
Central City
Herman Blase
Little @mighter
York
Arnold Crow
Omaha
Wost Johnson
Osceola
Polk
Mr. Johnson
Rev Barret
Indiana
Neal
Frank Bottum c
Benedict
A W Shafer
Edna Tenny
North Platte
Grand Island
W P. Miller
W .H Pollock
Lillian Brown
Clarks
Eastern Star
D. H. Westfall
D. N. Mills
D. N
Wm Cohagan
Roy VanHoosen
Oscar Strand
Chicago
Seth Piper
Piper
Y P.ms
J T. Stanton
Commercial Club
Axel Renquist
Brauer
Mary Beckman
Id. HH. Westfall
Howard Herbes
Lincoln
Roger Hill
Hastings
E. D. Madison
Polk County
Methodist Church