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enraged and are passing a petition asking that the project be restraned and enjoined by the city
council, in as much as it will be constitute a nuisance, depreciating the value of nearby property
and giving visitors a bad impression of the city. It is also pointed out that the location lies on the
main thorofare to the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
At noon Thursday, about 25 property owners had signed the petition, which is addressed
to the mayor and council. More names would be secured, it was said.
[Rochester Sentinel, Thursday, February 6, 1919]
POLAY & HASLETT [Rochester, Indiana]
POLAY JUNK BUSINESS MOVING ACROSS STREET
Jake Polay, who recently dissolved partnership with Foster Haslett when Haslett sold the
building they occupied to Klein Brothers, has leased the building formerly occupied by the Eagle
Poultry Company, and is moving his stock and equipment to the new location, where he will soon
be ready for business again.
[Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, May 11, 1921]
POLK OIL COMPANY [Rochester, Indiana]
POLK OIL COMPANY WILL OPEN FILLING STATION
Local automobile owners will be afforded another opportunity to fill their cars with a new
brand of gasoline and oils when it became known here today that the Polk Oil Company of
Warsaw had purchased the building on north Main street at the Erie railroad, for so many years
occupied by the H. and H. Lumber Company. The Polk Company which operates a number of
stations in Northern Indiana is one of the largest independent companies in the state. They plan to
erect a modern filling station on the north Main street property. The station is so located that it
will be the first opportunity motorists from the north on Federal Road 31 will have to fill their cars
as they enter the city. The Polk Company in addition to operating the filling station will erect
large tanks on north Main street so that they will be able to enter the wholesale gas and oil
business in the county.
[The News-Sentinel, Monday, April 15, 1929]
POLLEY, OLIVER C. [Aubbeenaubbee Township]
BIOGRAPHY
This man, now a resident of Fulton County, was born in New London County, Conn.,
March 17, 1821. His father, Oliver C. Polley, Sr., was born in the same county and State January
8, 1794. He married Abigail Payne November 30, 1815. She was a native of the same State and
was born July 2, 1790, and deceased June 10, 1826. They were both of English descent. His
business was cloth dresser. On February 27, 1828, he was again married, this time to Lura Abell;
she was a native of Lisbon County, Conn., born September 28, 1808, and deceased April 15, 1869.
Soon after his second marriage, he emigrated West and settled in Ohio in 1830, where he deceased
on September 6, 1842. The subject of this sketch came from his native State and settled with his
parents in Huron County, Ohio, when he was about eight years old. He was educated in the
common schools and grew to manhood years, and was married to Eliza M. Mehrling November 1,
1846. She was the daughter of Peter and Mary Mehrling, natives of Pennsylvania, the former born
December 2, 1801, the latter May 31, 1804. They came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1832, and
thence to Indiana in 1849, where he deceased January 14, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Polley have had
five children, only one of whom is now living. Mary E., was born February 20, 1848, deceased
March 21, 1849; Oliver P., born Novembr 25, 1852, deceased December 19, 1853; Andrew, born
February 19, 1854, deceased June 17, 1854; an infant daughter, born August 31, 1853, died the
same year; the only living child, George W., was born August 30, 1858, and is now a very
industrious young man and tends his father’s farm. Mr. Polley came to this county in 1849 and
bought land in the heavily wooded district along the river. There were no improvements upon the
land, for which he paid $3.50 per acre. By hard work and determined efforts, he has made a fine