Efere Festival Weekend Schedule and Events
The listing details a multi day festival with gates opening at 8:00, judging hogs and sheep outdoors, bread baking demos, pig club demonstrations, baseball games between Osceola and local teams, band concerts by Polk and Osceola, races, horse shoe tournaments, fireworks displays, and a circus themed Night at the Zoo. Friday features livestock judging, polo demonstrations, baseball, races, band concerts, fireworks, and a political night with American Legion set pieces. </analysis>
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Polk Bread Baking
Victor View
Shelby
Osceola
Osceola Band
the Zoo
American Legion
Polk County Court House Bond Passed by 149 Majority
Polk county will have a new court house as a special bond proposition tied to a constitutional amendments election carried by 149 majority. The $125,000 bond brings total expended to $225,100 with $100,000 in treasury from four years of a special levy. Voters showed a heavy turnout near 2,000 votes.
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Polk County
Court House
Osceola Hosts Key Debate Between State Official and League Leader
A Tuesday evening debate in Osceola features Frank E. Packard North Dakota attorney general opposing Carl B. Thompson secretary of the National Ownership League. The event promises a lively exchange and is described as worth attending.
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Osceola
Frank E. Packard
North Dakota
Carl B. Thompson
National Ownership League
Five Percent Discount On McGraw Casings Offered
Farmers Union Cooperative Assn presents a five percent discount on all McGraw casings for the next 30 days. The offer appears in the Weekly State Journal with a note that the rate is valid for only a few days and encourages readers to read Polk County Rai r ad in this issue.
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McGraw
Farmers
Union Cooperative Ass'n
Weekly State Journal
Polk County Rair
Polk's Fourteenth Anniversary Celebrated with Two Days of Festivities
Polk marked its fourteenth birthday with a two day program of parades ball games and entertainment. A 25 car parade showcased local businesses and schools followed by concerts by the Polk band Osceola boys band and a double male quartette. Newton Wesley Gains spoke after an aeroplane act and Polk defeated Marquette Shelby and Gresham in three of four games. Free moving pictures and a well attended dance capped the events. The crowd praised the wellrun celebration and the band performed at peak.
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Polk Band
Main Street
Osceola Boys Band
Newton Wesley Gains
Marquette Shelby
Gresham
Polk
Auto Accident Injures J. N. Norton
J. N. Norton was involved in a serious auto accident on Sept. 19 when he swerved to avoid a head on collision with two other cars. He was pitched through the windshield, suffered about twenty cuts including a gash above the eye requiring stitches, and his car was demolished. he is reported to be recovering favorably.
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J. N. Norton
Mr. Norton
Woman's Culture Club entertains new members at river club
Entertain at Club House A most enjoyable affair was given on Wednesday when Mesdames Alfred Peterson Cox and McGaffin entertained at an open meeting complimentary to the new members of the Woman's Culture Club. The guests were invited to the club house on the river where an excellent dinner was served. The remainder of the day was spent in various forms of amusement, both bathing and fishing proving especially popular.
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Mesdames Alfred
Peterson
Cox
McGaffin
Woman’s Culture Club
Baptist Church Notes Services at usual hours Sunday
Baptist Church notes list morning and evening worship with choir and special music. Prof I D Huston to lead for BYP U and address titled The Task of our State. R H Thesing traveled to Omaha. Mrs Lillian Brown visited Stroms burg. C Be Cohagan delivered election returns to Osceola. Elmer Cash repairing Ben Paben farm buildings. Horace Stevens, ill with cholera infantum, has recovered.
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I. D.huston
BY. P. U
R. H. Thesing
Omaha
Lillian Brown
Stromsburg
BE. Cohagan
Osceola
Horace Stevens
T. A. Stevens
Old King Corn Contest Sparks November Drift
A quirky regional note sketches political vibes as election countdown begins. Mentions straw hats among Polkites, a Friday football kickoff, and a casual jab at season timing. Documents a ballot tally from Weat Pleasant Home precinct with 47 voters, split 22 against bonds and 26 for bonds. Also notes an auction trip by W. J. Lewis to Lexington, Nebraska, with Col. Carpenter and a Missouri Auction School tie.
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Election Board
W. J. Lewis
Lexington
Nebr
Col. Carpenter
Missouri Auction School
Kearney
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RAND
Osceola Club Demonstra
Tion
Osceolars
Stromsburg High Schools
Stromsburg Band
Fred Attractions
Linen
Bucilla
P. Coats
Boss Mechanic
Union Alls
Union Jack
Mens Rockfords Lock
Alpha
Eckles Variety Store
Baptist Church
Elmer Cash
Ben Paben
the Vprogresseekly News
Polk Nebraska
Congress
H. M. McGaffin
Weat Pleasant Home
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