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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
1
Townsfolk travel and visits fill this week with guests from Stromsburg and Lincoln. Local builders plan new residences while real estate moves with farm purchases in Nebraska. Sweden evangelist Morris Petterson holds Swedish revival meetings in Polk and nearby towns.
Frank Fruide was accidentally shot through the wrist last Sunday while burning waste paper in the back yard. The wound, though not serious, will cause him some inconvenience for a time and was caused by an exploding cartridge.
The event known as the Boys' and Chris' Contest has a new date, now set for November 19, 1909, per notice from Lillie M. Cole. The text also includes unrelated satirical recipes about making reputation friendship enemies and love with exaggerated measures.
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