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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1964
Page
6
The piece recalls autumn weather and pests, describes spraying methods and harvests, mentions purple grackles and a woodpecker, and highlights Bean Day preparations in Polk with floats being built and costumes prepared. It notes 42 typewriter keys but praises community participation and a well functioning town effort.
The basic rate for want ads is 5c a word for the first week 4c the second and 3c a word for all additional insertions. The minimum charge is 75c the first week 60c the second and 45c thereafter. Cards of thanks and memoriams follow the same rate as want ads. Lost found ads are free for the first insertion with regular rate applying on subsequent insertions.
Polk County 4 H Club members earned 120 ribbons at the 1964 State Fair including 11 purples the club's best in years. Participants collected 37 blue 45 red and 27 white ribbons for exhibits and participation across beef dairy and sheep categories.
Readable fragment lists participants and affiliates across two groups, including Rodney Beckstrom Dennis Widga Alda Tooker Janean Beckstrom Melanie Monson Susan Herrmann Kay Lux and several others on one side and Beverly Wieseman Dennis Widga Kay Lux Darlene Hinkle Margaret Peterson Mary Buresh and more on the other. The text appears to catalog members or attendees with repeated names and initials.
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