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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
1
Community items list residents teaching moves arrivals and departures including Miss Lindburg Miss Lind and others, plus theater and studio ads and school staff changes. Mentions Eckles Variety pricing and McGill Studio Kodak service with local travel details and regional visits across Polk Stromsburg Osceola Lincoln and Grand Island.
Mr and Mrs Ernest A Olson sold the 232 acre Guernsey dairy farm northeast of Polk Nebraska to Mr C J Augustine of Shelby for 69690 dollars. The transaction records the transfer of a dairy operation and land holdings in Polk County with a stated sale price.
Michigan salt sale announces a carload at Farmers Grain and Stock Company Polk with manager L O Glad. other items include strawberry plant prices, rental inquiry near Clarks, and various social notes with residents visiting Lincoln Omaha Polk and Stromsburg. a Blair Pilot note covers J J Boucher backing Cox and Roosevelt and the League of Nations.
In a quiet moment a speaker nears and a faint breeze carries emotion. The scene shifts when a kiss seems imminent and the man asks a curious question about the filling being silver or gold.
Excellent home in the best part of town with five rooms and breakfast room. Strictly modern with one lot and garage. Easy terms. Inquire of W E Warren in Grand Island Nebraska.
Farm for rent 160 acres six miles south of Polk. Local notices include visitors to York and Lincoln, a baseball tournament on Sept 16 17, auctions and ads for selling farm goods. Henry Hartman furniture sale results, plus remarks on auctioneer Walter J Lewis and family.
Kanred seed wheat certified test stock will be shipped for sale. Farmers wishing Kanred Wheat should leave or phone orders with Farmers Elevator to reserve wheat. The sale will be at a right price. R L Cox and wife were Omaha visitors recently. Miss Florence Anderson travels to Columbus to teach. Miss Edna Olson of Stromsburg visited the Ralph Peterson home. W E Warren and J M Robinson of Grand Island transacted business in Polk Monday.
A short classified notice seeks fifty to sixty shoats and mentions a team of horses and a base burner. Inquiries directed to George Quick of Bradshaw Nebraska, phone 1003, with Eckies listed for further particulars.
A 12-horse Morse Fairbanks engine is offered second hand and must sell within ten days. The engine can be viewed at Village Electric Light Plant. Also notes include School Supplies at Eckles Variety Store and Ruth Glasser visiting from Osceola. R B Strasburg traveled four passengers to Lincoln for the state fair on Monday.
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