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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1929
Page
1
Community members from Grand Island Hastings and nearby towns visited relatives and attended lodge meetings and football games. Dr J B Williams aided a patient in York. Miller Cafe opened with large crowds enjoying candy ice cream coffee and doughnuts as the new home proved busy all afternoon and evening.
Last year more than a quarter of railroad grade crossing accidents were caused by automobiles driving into trains whether stationary or moving. The rise in these auto versus train crashes outpaced incidents where trains hit cars, even as railroads spend millions on safety devices. Drivers continue to attempt to beat trains at crossings.
Rural residents increasingly see downsides to city shopping. Parking is scarce and costly, fines risk, and time wasted. Staying local saves time money and avoiding traffic hassles while keeping good neighborly ties with home merchants.
Halloween, seen as a relic of pagan timers, is celebrated with eerie atmosphere and green goblins. The article notes it ranks behind Christmas in evolution and has shifted from adult celebration to a child centered festival with youngsters dictating behavior and pranks.
Merchants in the Polk business district display a bright array of new merchandise described as the best in years and inviting locals to have a look at what is on offer.
Miss Florence Anderson and Miss Wilmetta Steele returned from York and Shelby respectively. Sterling Nelson and family visited from York. Mrs D Westfall and Mrs Hugh McGaffin visited from York. Local families hosted gatherings with Dora McDaniel and Hastings. The Progress editor met old Polk friends Tom and Maurice Braithwaite in Lincoln and sent regards. John H Anderson entertained Gust Anderson and family Frank Anderson Glen Knerr and families Kermit Hultgren Ira Shostrom and Berniece Virginia Johnson of Omaha.
Funeral services for John Fillman 83 a Polk county pioneer were held Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Stromsburg. Burial followed at Osceola. He came from Sweden in the early 1880s and made Polk county his home. Survived by three sons J W Millman Osceola E V Fillman Omaha Henry L Fillman York and one daughter Mrs B Cumming Polk.
The article notes U S income tax receipts remain strong with a surplus despite rate cuts. It describes demand for further tax reduction as a reasonable remedy given the current fiscal situation.
A survey of representative Iowa weekly papers shows 90 percent read display ads from food and clothing in the home paper, with front page content read by all. 51 percent read country correspondence, 85 percent read for sale and want ads, and 48 percent follow board notices. farm machine ads appeal to men, patent medicine ads appeal to few.
Ford Motor Company reports September 1929 production of 161,305 vehicles with an October target of 175,000 Model A cars and trucks. First nine months total reaches 1,633,298 units. full year forecast above 2,000,000. Rouge Plant will stay on a five day schedule as Detroit area plants employ about 108,138 workers on October 2.
Talk's cheap, but it takes money to buy gas, although talk is often referred to as gas. Newton wagons and boxes for sale at Rystrom's, Stroms burg. Phone 19. If Eve could see some of her daughters of this day they would make her think she was heavily-clad-
A reader note from Polk reprints an 1854 exchange item about red flannel buys of ten yards on April 10 1854 with side entries on eggs at 8c a dozen shoes at 150 a pair and brooms at 25c each along with coffee 60c a pound tea 1 a pound candles gunpowder fur caps whalebone for dress stays and silk stockings lipsticks or lotions not listed noting how times have changed and questioning happiness of progress.
The country now has nearly 7,000 landing fields allowing endurance adventurers to light safely without long flights. They can easily locate a place to light without risking a gooseberry bush.
County Attorney Jack Stanton spent a day in Polk on official duties. A social note mentions Dr and Mrs C R Peterson and Max at the Lincoln football game. Miss Dorothy Green Nina Tenney Berniece Stevens and Helen Lind drove to Lincoln Friday evening to attend the Cornhusker Pittsburg game Saturday.
If you have anything to sell advertise it in the Progress. The notice invites readers to place sale items or services in the newspaper ad section, offering exposure to a local audience.
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