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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1937

Page

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Osceola Social News Highlights Dozens Attend Local Events

Osceola residents host and attend gatherings across town including Gab a Lots season opener hosted by Mrs Herman Anderson. Visitors from Ong Nebraska and York share meals, church socials, and a State Fair trip with local families. A marriage license issued to Lawrence Fims and Viola Lang, and a teeter totter accident injures Jimmy Norton.

Herman Anderson Algor Peterson Ong Nebraska Gilbert Johnson Otella Johnson Margaret Anderson Ewald Pliefke Presbyterian Church Hattie Fagg Ben Zedicher Bernice Brown Myr Merlin Hill J. W. Kingsley York Erma Vogalsang Missouri Amanda Anderson Harold Ware Lincoln R. H. Ware Richard Ware Fred Adkins Harvard John S. Anderson Alvin Trumbull Sidney Stocking Lucille Rock Island Illinois Charles Curtis Curtis Allen Cummings A. C. Strauss Fremont J. F. Jackson Betty Jean Cummings Viola Cornish al~ Jen Miso Ruby Welch Columbus Leonard Fellows Fred, Stok Stromsburg Lawrence Fims Bellwood Viola Lang Ulysses Jimmy Norton W. W. Norton Roy Morgan Maxene Herbes Beatrice A. F. Nuquist LeRoy Lasse Hastings Osceola St. Mary's Church Jay Hastings John Fillman, Jr Frank LeSuer Jack LeSuer Noble LeSuer Donald Isabelle Sigler Miltonville Kansas

Freeman Returns Home After Electric Injury Recovery

Andrew Freeman, convalescing in Lutheran hospital York after injuries from contact with a high tension line, has recovered enough to go home. He will return to the hospital in about two weeks for further treatment. Community and visiting notes detail local residents traveling, hosting guests, and upcoming weddings and showers across Stromsburg and nearby towns.

Andrew Freeman Lutheran Hospital York Mr. Freeman Tillie Castile Lloyd J. L. Hedbloom Castle Castle Is A Sister of Mrs. Hedbloom. L. N. Pearce John Englewood Colorado Stromsburg Osceola Dorothy Headman Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company Lincoln Irene Lind Miss Headman Oscar E. Olson North Park Chicago Denver Olson Ira Banta Kathryn Thayer California Arnie Marporie Munroe Columbus Hazelle John G. Holmes Boulder A. B. Hedbloom A. V. Kielson Edna Olson Anna Weber DeWitt Weber Omaha Miss Olson Leigh Nebraska Loraine Powell Waverly C. V. Powell Warren Bintz Scotia W. M. Scott New York City Bill McGuffin Bill Polk London England

Adventure content teased for The American Boy magazine

Readers of The American Boy can expect stories of seamen sabotage San Francisco waterfront trouble space flight and jungled mountains plus a northlands ex mountie pursuit and a cunning detective. The issue will feature picture pages and how to guides with subscription prices listed and foreign rates.

American Boy Magazine San Francisco Earth Exmountie Northlands Tierney Detroit Michigan

Visits and Family Gatherings Across Town

Mr and Mrs Norman Wilhusen of Schuyler spent the weekend visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Otto Wilshusen. Mrs Guy Seward and her children of Topeka Kansas visited Clyde Willits Tuesday evening.

Harold Lawhead Donald Melvin Werth Floyd Schmidt North Dakota Maggie Christensen August Nelson Harry Dahlgren Grand Island R. B. Williams Ray Werner Bellville Kansas Mary Lietke Deshler Selma Benson Virgil Peer Near Hordville M. Johnson Glenn Willits Cozad Norman Wilshusen Schuyler Otto Wilshusen Guy Seward Topeka Clyde Willits Gene Eno Theo Stevens David Carlson Mela Bud Fremont Chauncey Cremeen Silver Creek Orlie Adelson Clarks F. A. Adelson Minnie Swanson Sheridan Iowa Mary Beckman Donald Upton Stromsburg

W. C. T. U. Convention at Shelby September 16 1937

The County W C T U to hold its annual convention in Shelby Nebraska on September 16 1937. The program includes morning prayer devotional sessions business meetings secretary and treasurer reports, reports from county officers and directors, memorial and special sessions, musical numbers, and a noontide prayer. Speakers include Rev Pengelly Rev Monkman and Mrs H E Sylvester with the Polk address and closing benediction.

Shelby W.C.T.U Nebraska Pengelly Sylvester I. J. . Merrick Stromsburg Monkman Osceola Uee Polk H. E. Sylvester

Polk county farmers eye sheep flocks to clean up roughage

Farmers shift from pig rehabilitation to establishing sheep flocks as corn remains scarce. Lamb and wool prices expected to hold, with slaughter lambs through December likely similar to last year. Western stock sheep trend down. ranges damaged by drought, more rain needed to restore carrying capacity. Buy ewes now to breed for early May or June lambs. solid mouthed western ewes around $5 each. Local residents visited or hosted relatives this weekend. others traveled to nearby towns.

Polk County Fn S Walter Tolman Nebraska College of Agriculture

Watermelon Feed Set For Polk On Saturday Afternoon

An event in Polk invites the public to enjoy all you can eat watermelons offered by local merchants from 2 to 5 p.m. Two tons of melons were ordered, expecting over five hundred attendees. If weather turns bad, the feed moves indoors.

Polk

Community Visits and 4-H at State Fair

Arborville residents and neighbors visit kin across Hankorn area. 4-H exhibits enter at the State Fair. Local families join relatives at homes in York Polk Waco and Clarks while students pursue study in Kearney and Lincoln.

Grain sorghum as livestock feed shows promising results

Agricultural notes from Polk County highlight interest in grain sorghum as a corn substitute for hog feed. Experiments at North Platte with wheatland milo fed to pigs over 98 days show both corn and milo diets yielding economical gains, with milo finishing hogs better though moisture content high and grinding could raise efficiency.

Polk County North Platte M. L. Baker

Quips and Absurdities From a Witty Exchange Collection

A humorous mash of lines features a Sunday School teacher and the Philistines, a joking judge in summing up, a wary prisoner, a doctor and poison joke, plus a playful husband wife exchange about milk and cream. The snippets read as playful banter and comic mishearings.

Local Roundup of Sunday Visits and Trips

A long list of neighbors and relatives from Hordville and surrounding towns spent Sunday visiting or traveling. Guests included Emil Nelson and Gust Seaquist families, Ruth Seaquist of Kearney, Marlin Jones returning home for school, and many Carl and Stranberg households attending events or hosting guests. Several went to Lincoln for the State Fair and Kearney College, while Virgil Leach headed to Denver for seminary studies.

Martin Ortegren Emil Nelson Ruth Seaquist Kearney Gust Seaquist Marlin Jones South Dakota Ray Phillips Evelynne Central City Virgil Leach Denver Colorado Methodist Theological Seminary Margaret Seaquist Milbourn Erickson Rennie Wisconsin Art Lowe Lyman Pierce Lincoln GC. O. Bodine Karl Steurmer Free Mission Church Stromsburg E. A. Carlson Axel Carlson H. V. Price Charles Beber Albert Bankson Herbert E. B. Holmes Walter Gustafson Scottsbluffs Alfred Jones Evelyn Maynard England Jonney Des Moines Iowa Minnie Edith Stranberg Emil Stranberg Rudolph Nyberg Carl Osterman Sanford Johnson Marie Branting Ed Gustafson Alert City E.B. Holmes

Change Made at Davis Beauty Shop

Mrs Blanche Patchin became owner of the Davis Beauty Shop by purchasing it from Mrs Lee Davis who ran the shop for years. Davis and her children moved to Laramie Wyoming to join Mr Davis who runs a beauty shop there. Patchin has operated the shop for weeks and Ed Nelson, long time employee, has leased the Davis Beauty Shop.

Blanche Patchin Davis Beauty Shop Lee Davis Davis Laramie Wyoming Mr. Davis Patchin Ed Nelson Davis Barber Shop

Dusty dialogues and medical notes in a mid-century page

A collage of quips on marriage and daily life followed by medical guidance urging school children to get physicals and vaccines. It highlights diphtheria and smallpox vaccination timing plus routine maternal checks. It notes pollen counts and asthma concerns from a New York paper and cites a large American Medical Association meeting with dozens of papers and exhibits.

Polk County Medical Society New York World-Telegram New York City WPA Sanitary Control Project American Medical Association

Swede Home community notices and gatherings

Swede Home residents and guests gather for nursing visits church events and family dinners. Notable items include Miss Orphe Sward visiting with her parents at Omaha hospital and multiple hostess-led gatherings at homes of Mrs Gust Chindgren Mrs Petrus Nelson and others. A Swede Home Church mission start with Ruth Fernandez of Chicago scheduled to speak and Luther College attendance trips noted for Theodore Nelson and Vernia Jones.

Orphe Sward Immanuel Hospital Omaha C. A. Sward Sander Peterson Gust Chindgren Lillie Petrus Nelson Linnea Marian Carlson Fred Carlson Cedric Anderson North Platte Axel ‘Fredrickson High Prairie Ladies Club LaVona Anderson George Anderson Aid C. A. N. Johnson Charles Anderson Ansel Fredrickson Dale Oscar Fredrickson Arthur Ekstrom John Carlson Osceola Marvin Fredrickson Carol Flodman Ruth Fernandez Chicago Vernia Jones Wahoo Theodore Nelson Luther College Naomi Sward Albert Tinberge A. Sward Henry Erickson Russell Hilma Berry Samuelson Kenneth Peterson Andrew

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