October bond sales exceed prior year in Nebraska
Nebraska Savings Bonds data show October sales totaling 9,756,993 dollars with Be Series bonds at 5,965,606 dollars. State director Leland Hall notes farm incomes high and job growth, urging thrift to reduce national debt and inflation. Polk County residents invested 72,428.75 in E, F and G Series.
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Nebraska
Leland Ht. Hall
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Federal Reserve Bank
Polk County
U .S
Nebraska liquor laws urge strict enforcement and good conduct
Citizens urged to demand enforcement of liquor laws to curb excess drinking and protect public welfare. The Nebraska Committee and U S Brewers Foundation promote cooperation with taverns and citizens to ensure licenses are used to maintain clean, wholesome, and decent premises.
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Nebraska
U. S. Brewers Foundation
A and W
Origin of Nebraska Printing Highlighted in 1854 Palladium
James C. Olson recalls the 1854 launch of the Nebr asa Palladium at Belle View marking Nebraska printing. The issue featured poetry, ads, and limited news, with an editorial push for Belle View as capital, while two complete copies survive in Nebraska State Historical Society and Huntington Library. Also notes Polk students attending State Music Meet in Kearney and local visitors and hospital visit.
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Nebraska
James C. Olson Lupt
State Historical Society
Nebraska Palladium
Belle View
St. Mary
Iowa
Thomas B
Fenner Ferguson
Territorial Supreme Court
J. S. Morton
Detroit Free Press
Belleview
Morton
Bellevue
Omaha
Nebraska State Historical Society
Henry F. Huntington
San Marino
California
Nation
Polk
Kearney
Janice Sundberg
Delores Dahlin
Jeannine Lind
Don Miller
Jake Handing
Ray Wertzer
Grand Island
T. H Samuelson
Stromsburg Hospital
Polk County Fair Board Calls Annual Meeting
The Polk County Fair announces its annual meeting to elect officers on Monday November 24 at the Osceola courthouse. The session begins at 8:00 p.m. and aims to mobilize countywide participation and strong representation.
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Polk County
Court House
Osceola
Arborville Social Notes and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs H J Bedient hosted a Sunday gathering in Arborville with many neighbors and relatives from York Gresham Stromsburg and Lincoln in attendance. Julia Ann Flick spent four days in Aurora hospital with an ear infection. A Tuesday Missionary Society meeting at Harvey Wochner’s home elected officers and featured an Interracial talk by Rev Eaton. Several residents visited York and Lincoln homes, with dinners and weekend trips to Okmulgee and Aurora noted.
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Arthur Bates
A. C. Bates
Polk
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Direc
van Bush
Geo. Wright
Osceola
Milton Anderson
Clarence Burgeson
Stromsburg
Mirg
Weit Dish
Harriett
Osceolai Stromsburg
Amison
Maurice Johnson
Stromsbury
van Bushe
Harnett
Arborville Way
H.J. Bedient
Owen Bedient
Lewis Stark
Harold Stark
Patty
Aamera
Jim Bedient
York
Herbert Bedient
Don
Bradshaw
Carl Bedient
Gresham
Eldon Anderson
Near Stromsburg
Will Green
Gerald Stevens
Fred Bedient
F W . Bedient
C J. McCoy
Julia Ann
Maurice Flick
Aurora
Leslie Harling
Max
Charles Evhelapler
Donald
John Wessel
Wm. Dayton
Andl Mns. Chas
Lytle
Charles Norquest
Chas
Lincoln
Joan Lindburg
Willard Lindburg
Dean
Martin Hoffman
John Bills
Ester Lackey
Arborville Missionary Society
Harvey Wochner
Will ‘Cline
Eaton
Merton Trambeck
Earl Stevens
Charles
James Riley
F. W Bedient
J. L. King
Okmurgee
Okla
B. King
Thureday
Chas. Lytle
Clarks
Stormsburg Hosts Week of Social Gatherings and Visits
Local residents hosted oyster suppers and Sunday dinners while relatives from Culver City, Lincoln, and Coquille visited Nebraska. Regional electric officials from Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Kansas attended the Region VII meeting in Cheyenne. Funeral guests from Sioux City joined the Anderson family for F T Anderson's service.
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Stromsburg
Emil $. F. Johnson
Harvey Drum
Culver City
California
Leslie Johnson
Ralph Johnson
W. R. Donelson
Dorothy
Rodney C. Larsen
Allan Herrmann
Joyce
Columbus
George Buchta
W. L. Anderson
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Robert
Marian Anderson
Sioux City
Iowa
F. T
Christmas Seal Week Declared by Nebraska Governor
Nebraska Governor Val Peterson proclaims the week of November 24 as Christmas Seal Week urging Nebraskans to support the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association sale and to back a drive for chest X rays for every adult. The measure cites yearly TB deaths and promotes public health through seals funding and screening.
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Nebraska
Val Peterson
Lincoln
Peterson
Nebraska Tuberculosis Association
Nebraskan
Polk School Notes Thanksgiving Vacation and Games Schedule
There is no school on Thursday and Friday November 27 and 28 for Thanksgiving. Calendar items list events from November 19 to January 9 including basketball games, music clinics and band activities. Mr and Mrs Paul Hahn and children visited in Osceola on Saturday.
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Redheads
Goldenrod
Osceola
Genoa Bandelinte
Cheerleddiers
St. Ben
Clarke
Shelby
Here
Benedict
Jere
Paul Hahn
Osceola Woman Mourns as Army Pilot Dies in Mountain Crash
First Lieutenant Geerdef Sundberg, husband of Osceola girl Alice Schott, died in a B 29 crash on Mount Spokane during a blinding snow storm last Friday. Five crew members died, two tail-section survivors were injured, and three deputies suffered facial burns during the investigation. Funeral services are set for St. Vincent's Church in Osceola.
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Geerdef Sundberg
Mount
Spokane
Sundberg
Alice Schott
Ebcc. Schott
Osceola
St. Vincent's Church
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First Nat Bank
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Barry Fitzgerald
Diana Lynn
Popeye Cartoon
Bob Hope
Dorothy LaMour
Richard Johnson
A. N. Johnson
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Lloyd Hanquist
Dave Ekdahl
Walter Ekdahl
Gordon Fossberg
Turkey
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American Legion
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