The Colfax County Press publishes a weekly column entitled Peeking into the Past, which is comprised of articles taken from earlier Colfax County Press files, written by Helen C. Evans. A special thank you to the Colfax County Press for allowing me to reprint those articles! The following are selections from that column:
April 10, 1906 - reprinted December 2, 1981Loosened by the continued rains, the great banks that border the railroad, two miles east of town, slid sometime Saturday night and covered the track with mud and dirt for a distance of some 500 or 600 feet.
Frank Mundil, who recently returned from Wisconsin, is quite sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Mundil.
April 17, 1906 - reprinted December 9, 1981A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Karel. A daughter was also born to Mr. and Mrs. Vaclac Rehak at their home north of town.
Willie Swoboda has entered Adolph Fiala’s shop and will learn the trade. Willie has put in a bootblacking outfit and will earn a few dimes when not engaged in helping the boss.
Mrs. Joseph Suchy and children took their departure for Omaha where they will make their future home.
There were 118 cases of eggs shipped from this place last evening, and more would have been shipped had our merchants not run out of cases. These cases contained 30 dozen each and were bought for 11 cents a dozen, or $3.30 per case, making a total for the shipment of 118 cases of $389.40. Truly the great American hen is doing her share toward making the country prosperous.
April 24, 1906 - reprinted December 30, 1981Adolf Faiman had a runaway bright and early Monday morning. He had his team tied in front of his residence preparatory to making a drive, but the horses got tired of waiting and breaking their fastenings started off with out him. They made a lively run through town and wound up in a field on the Will Hahn place.
Another happy home circle has been broken and the wife and mother taken from her beloved ones. At the family home, 2 miles west of town, Mrs. John Mainarik, age 46 years, departed this life after an illness of brief duration.