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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
4
Howard W. Herbes is recorded as editor and publisher. The Polk Nebraska post office lists the item as second class matter under the act of Congress March 2 1879 and dated March 21 1907.
Twenty years ago the column records births and moves in the community. A new baby girl arrived to Mr and Mrs George Anderson and another daughter joined Mr and Mrs Arthur Branting. Local residents attended meetings in Omaha and Lincoln amid business changes and marriage announcements.
The column lists numerous Sunday visits and gatherings as residents from Davis Pharmacy to Floyds 66 Service Station arrange S H Green Stamps with each ten cent purchase. It mentions Otto Wilshusen Melba Ann visiting Martin Baack’s family and Rev Brumfield and Rev Bailey dining with P A Hanquist Abba. Additional notes include visits by Irene Stewart to Lincoln, Kroger to Hordville, and multiple family dinners in Osceola Swede Home Clarks Swede Home and Swed e Home areas.
Two truck loads of cattle and hogs are reported. Floyd Larson will farm his father’s property next spring and KFN and family plan to move to Polk and occupy their town property.
The page lists livestock prices from Grand Island including fat hogs and sows with price ranges and market notes. It also bundles church notices for First Baptist, Swede Plain M E, Methodist, and Free Methodist with service times and pastor names, plus light humor, a cartoon caption, and a Daniel Webster quote.
Public sale of the Warren Randell farm assets includes cattle head, a 1937 John Deere Model A tractor in A-1 condition, farm machinery feeds and miscellaneous items. Auction begins Wednesday November 27 at 11:00 with lunch and usual terms. Also listed theatre program featuring Arvid Anderson and Adolphe Menjou Carole Landis with shows weekend in Austin.
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