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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
2
Local rates for advertising printed in the notice include 5c per line and 10c per inch for display, with half rates for obituaries and wedding presents. The editor urges readers to act, warns against inaction, and states a criminal lawbreaker must not become governor of Nebraska.
A short note urges readers to vote for friends and notes two remaining issues of The Progress before the election. It frames voting as a patriotic duty and civic responsibility.
A stern call urges Nebraska voters to reject a drunken criminal who fraudulently gained a ticket to state office. The author appeals to patriotism and duty, warning that negligence endangers the state’s good name and urging turnout at the polls.
Rev Swanson will speak in Swedish at the Swedish Lutheran church next Monday night October 24 at 7 45. Everyone is invited to attend this lecture. A basket supper will be held Friday October 28 at the North Blue school house four miles south and two miles east of Hordville. Everyone is invited to join.
Mrs Richard Dahle entertained at her home last Friday afternoon in honor of Mrs Thomas Sterns of Clarks. Attending were Mrs Nelson of Stark Nebraska and Mrs P T Larson Mrs Ed Larson Mrs Thede Larson Mrs A G Lindburg and Mrs Cal Tewell.
Local notes show Miss Erie McKinley visiting friends, farmers and firms expanding in Polk, including Rystrom Implement and White and Aldrich stock ventures. Socials from the Moving Picture show to Hill trips and political visits mark week in Polk with community updates and notices.
The following letters remain uncalled for in the Polk Nebraska post office for the week ending October 18 1910 Arthur Bessinger Paul Cook Per Pearson Lamp Duncan Miss Pauline Fenner Mrs Minnie Garvin Ralph Jackson Miss Clara Noice Edward Samuelson Mrs N E Wyman list incomplete
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