Colfax Co. - Peeking into the Past (Mar 1921) NEGenWeb Project
PEEKING INTO THE PAST (March, 1921)
By The Colfax County Press
Colfax County, Nebraska


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:

March 12, 1921 - reprinted March 20, 1996

John Holoubek has moved up from near Howells and taken possession of a farm owned by brother, Emil, northeast of this place, which he will farm.

Frank Detrich is the name of a young man who arrived here direct from Bohemia, the land of his birth. He had friends here who had written him of the splen­did opportunities in this land of the free and he determined to come and see for himself.

Word has been received of the death at Stanton of Jack Murray. The deceased is known to many here as he worked for several years at his trade as a carpenter. The remains were taken to Plattsmouth for burial.

Joseph Urbanek, who for the past year and a half has been making his home in western South Dakota, returned to Clarkson. For two years scarcely any crops have been raised in the section of the state where he has resided and the farmers there are much discouraged. The chances are that our young friend will again take up his residence in Nebraska.

E. F. Kutin commenced lay­ing the foundation for a good sized residence that Jos. Kastanek will have built on the 5 acre tract of land owned by him in Wolf's addition to Clarkson.

Messrs. Thos. Z. Zacek and Bohumil Bikacek and Misses Anna Jirovec, Mayme Shonka, Eleanor Cech, Emma Krula, Bertha Bukacek, Olive Eggleston, Marie Kouba, Henrietta Bukacek and Rosie Severa were among the teachers from Clarkson who attended the Teachers' association meeting at Leigh. They report an attendance of thirty-three and a very interesting meeting.


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