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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
6
Community farmers bring in top corn for cash prizes at the Bank of Polk while local volunteers collect and ship Armenian relief clothing to Omaha. Nov 2 to 11 invites joiners to Red Cross and theater events cap an active civic week in Central City.
Having sold my repair shop and garage to Mr. C. A. Whittemore who will take possession November 1, 1919 I thank friends for patronage and hope customers will extend it to the new owner, who is known locally. I ask those owing me for services to settle before November 1.
Readers are urged to send progress to distant students and buy lecture and entertainment course tickets at the Progress office. Adult tickets cost 1.65 dollars with a season ticket option for savings. The course is described as a good one.
A big musical comedy titled The Dancing Widow plays at Wonderland Theatre in Central City on Tuesday evening November 4. The production features 30 people and a carload of special scenery with prices from 50 cents to 1.75 including tax. Seats reserved at Locke's.
Dr. Livingston Farrand leads a national Red Cross tour urging sustained postwar activity. He promotes a Third Roll Call from November 2 to 11 targeting 20 million members and 15 million dollars, stressing disease prevention and coordination of local health efforts nationwide.
Gen. Pershing, just before leaving France, turned over 94 626.40 francs to the American Red Cross for the care of French orphans adopted by the organization. A staff chaplain witnessed the Red Cross work and reportedly delivered the report to the commander in chief prior to the donation.
Mrs J N Naryton visited her son William in Lincoln last week. Bauder and Son hold the Ford agency. readers are urged to check their ads. Hoover returns from Haxtun Colorado and plans to stay through spring. May Blair goes home to Lincoln after a short visit with Miss Alice McClure. Bauder called to Omaha for wife’s operation. Mrs Bauder had visited relatives in Extra Iowa. Mrs Claus Carlson and baby return from Denver. Mr Carlson’s health reportedly slowly improving.
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. pledges to pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason notes oath dated June 6, 1886. Patent claim and distribution details for Hall's medicines and family pills accompany the notice.
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