The Candy Years and the Tin Foil Fortunes
A San Francisco reader recalls childhood frugality and small pleasures. He details a 10 cent Hershey bar shared with Sterling Nelson, a lifelong candy craving, and earning spending money by collecting tinfoil from Polk Mercantile Co. junkman during World War I era.
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Sterling Nelson
Pure Food
Dave Anderson
Sterling
Dad
Charlie Lind
Polk Mercantile Co
Polk
GMG Girls Meet at Baptist Church
GMG met Tuesday evening September 24 at the Baptist church with 12 present. Rita Fossberg is president. Mrs. Wood served lunch. A contest with Hardville girls on reading Bible books is planned. The lesson covered "What is GMG" and GMG's work, plus study of the Philippine Islands. Pam Harless, reporter.
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GMG
the Baptist Church
Rita Fossberg
Wood
Hardville
Phillipine Islands
Pam Harless
Mrs Willits and Pam Visit Mrs Hanquist for Monday Coffee
Mrs Robert Willits and Pam were Monday morning guests of Mrs Roger Hanquist for coffee. The informal gathering featured conversation and hospitality in a neighborhood home setting.
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Robert Willits
Pam
Roger Hanquist
Local Polk County Social Visits Shared Across Families
Polk area residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Guests included Rolland and Beverly Swanson of Stromsburg with Roy Glasser Jr. and Elmer Anderson visiting in Lincoln and Chappell circles. Additional gatherings featured the Lindburg, Branting, Samuels and Glasser families with relatives from Denver, Omaha, Hastings and Lincoln.
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Rolland Swanson
Stromsburg
Roy Glasser, Jr
Elmer Anderson
Richard Johnson
Lawrence Shenk
Lakewood
Colo
Beverly Glasser
Ronald Adams
Denver
Ed Glas
Omaha
Bessie Green
Dale Lindburg
Mary Lindburg
Maurice Lindburg, Jr
Joe Krepcek
Loup City
Robert Branting
Hastings
Clifford Branting
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Dear Norris
Orrin
Michigan
George Romney
North Dakota
William Guy
Minnesota
Harold LeVander
Midwest
South Dakota
Nils A. Roe
Nebraska
Norbert T. Tiemann
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Farmers Union Coop Oil Ass'n
Farmers Coop Grain Association
Colorado
John A. Love
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Kansas
Robert Docking
USBA
Armed Forces
United States Brewers Association, Inc
Lincoln Building
Lincoln, Nebr
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