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Local notices and social updates from Polk area
Various Polk County items include visits by Mrs. Nieman and Mrs. Kroger, a birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Youngland, and Evelyn Maxine Kroger's arrival. Community members travel to Lincoln, York, and Omaha. church and school events noted. Business changes at Polk Mercantile and local shops. Ripples of farm life, health trips, and a doughnut drive fundraiser for the Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Maxine Kroger
Will Kroger
Papa Kroger
E. H. Merriman
Miss Ray
Lincoln
Albert Peterson
Polk
Iowa
Albert
Rev. Stevens
Grand Island
W. A. Lindburg
Fred Johnson
Omaha
Fred
W. A. Wurtz
Clifford
C. R. Peterson
York
C. R
Salvation Army Committee
W. A. Refshauge
D. B. Carter
Harry Dahlgren
Dodge
Rystrom Implement Co
Walter McGaffin
Bruning Banner
Thayer County
H. Keaton
Dennis Mills
Wm. Peterson
Has. Rydson
Britt
Johnson
Andrew Erickson
Magnuson
Chas. Whittemore
Arvid