Colfax Co. - Peeking into the Past (Apr. 1924) NEGenWeb Project
PEEKING INTO THE PAST (April, 1924)
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 6, 1924 - reprinted April 23, 1997

Among the most recent weddings to have taken place in this locality during the pre-lent season was the marriage of William Franek and Miss Martha Hledik. The ceremony was performed at one of the Stanton churches in the presence of Misses Adela Hledik and Agnes Kafka and Messrs. John Franek and William Hledik, who acted as escorts to the contracting couple.
    The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hledik, residing north of Leigh, while the bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Franek, Sr. of Clarkson. William is an industrious young man and has been farming in the Leigh territory the past two years.
A joyous wedding reception followed by a dance in the evening was given a the Hlediks. The wedded couple has gone to housekeeping on the Franek home farm north of Leigh.

John Blazek, of Howells is the owner of a new up-to-date Neutrodyne radio set, having purchased the outfit from Alois A. Pimper, who knows radio from A to Z and who can remedy your troubles when you have any.

Miss Wilma Stangel had the misfortune to fall with the result of severely spraining her right ankle. Dr. Myers rendered her necessary medical care; however, the young lady was unable to attend to her duties as teacher of the Baumert school, northwest of Howells.

Joe, Jim and John Lauda visited at the Rosenbery-Moeller home.

Henry Rosenbery returned after spending several months at the Smoot home near Grant.

Martin and Harry Rosenbery, O.H. Moeller and family, Joe, James and John Lauda spent an evening at the John S. Novotny home.

It is estimated that three hundred people took part in the big wolf hunt southwest of Leigh last Sunday afternoon. An area of several miles was encircled and at the end of the hunt it was revealed that four coyotes paid the penalty.
    Exciting scenes took place throughout the hunt and it is reported that one of the beasts was cornered in a feed yard on one of the farms where it was killed after a long chase.
    Quite a number of rabbits also fell at the point of the numerous guns. Coyotes are said to have caused considerable damage in the locality where the hunt was staged.


March 6, 1924 - reprinted April 30, 1997

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Vrba in the vicinity of the Mrazek church was entered by thieves while the family visited at the home of a neighbor. The unwelcome guests entered the house by unlocking the door with a skeleton key and searching the whole dwelling for valuables as the upheaval of thing s tended to show when Mr. and Mrs. Vrba returned from their visit.
    Clothes from the dresser were thrown all around the room and in straightening out the mess Mrs. Vrba missed her vanity case and purse which contained some small change and about four dollars in merchandise chips from two Clarkson stores. The thief or thieves whichever it may have been upon leaving the house locked the door again as though nothing at all had happened.

A large number of friends and relatives gathered at the Vaclav Jedlicka home in the south end of the county to pay their last respects to the nineteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jedlicka, Joseph, who died at an Omaha hospital following the extraction of a decayed tooth. Blood poisoning set in as a result of infection. The young man was buried at Schuyler and is survived by his parents, one brother, Frank, and three sisters, Anna, Rosie and Mary.

Frank J. Richtig and his brother, Joseph, were at Schuyler where they met Mrs. John J. Dudycha and her attorneys in an endeavor to reach some settlement in their dispute over a land deal. Both parties of the controversy appeared with their legal defenders and after a thorough discussion among themselves, decided that Mrs. Dudycha is to retain the Dudycha farm south of Clarkson. Frank J. Richtig agreed to take back his former farm near Bruno and Jos. Richtig took back his former residence property in Clarkson.
    In order to reach the settlement, Mrs. Dudycha consented to a certain loss and paid Richtig Bros. $3375.00 for the return of the farm. Jos. Richtig further is to have the use of the Dudycha farm for the present year as a tenant and will pay Mrs. Dudycha $15.00 rental for the farm which involves an acreage of 200 acres. He is now moving onto the place from the Cinfel half section north of Creston.
    We understand that Mrs. Dudycha will leave Leigh and will make her home on her uncle's farm southeast of Clarkson, where she and her children will have the use of the buildings.

The Catholic Workmen mask ball at Heun drew a favorable crowd taking into consideration the almost impassable roads.
    Prizes were awarded among the following representations: 1. "Christmas Eve" Mrs. Milo Svoboda; 2. "Wedding Cake" Longin Svoboda and Blasta Karel; 3. " Christmas Cactus" Jos. Lapacek and John Coufal; 4. " Flower Girls" Olga Cech and Klotilda Coufal. Frank Dobry, Jr. won the clown prize.

Mrs. Jos. M. Lopour, residing in the east part of town, is reported to be very sick. Dr. Kavan has made numerous calls to the home and due to the patient's advanced age, Mrs. Lopour's illness is considered dangerous.

The Press is informed that Jos. Nadrchal of near Rogers met with a very painful accident. He had been engaged in crushing corn with a power crusher and in some manner forgot himself and allowed the cruel gearing to catch hold of his glove which cost him the loss of half of his thumb and half of the index finger on his right hand.

Alex Hruby, now manager of a farmers" store in Dwight, arrived in Howells and loaded his furniture on the freight and he and his family will hereafter make their home in that little village across the river.

Emil Folda moved his family here from Linwood and they are now comfortably situated in what was formerly the Longin Folda residence, which Mr. Folda recently purchased of Emil R. Dudek. Emil was an old time Colfax county boy and his moving back seems like a home coming. The Herald is glad to welcome him and his family to Clarkson.

CLARKSON MARKET:
    Good milling wheat, $.86-88
    Good milling rye,-------.75
    Corn, ----------------------.52
    Oats------------------------ .43
    Butter-----------------------.20
    Eggs------------------------.20
    Hogs-----------------------5.85


March 13, 1924 - reprinted April 30, 1997

After being marooned for two weeks by the high water in the Platte river in their farm home near Schuyler, members of the George Keller family reached dry ground after a perilous trip through the rushing water and swirling ice which entirely surrounded the farm house. Their food supply and that for their cattle had become almost exhausted before they left the place.
    There is very little travel between David City and Schuyler owing to the high water in the Platte bottoms. The paving on both sides of the bridge is entirely covered and ice is piled high on each side. It is considered that those who go across the bottoms are assuming a great risk, as the paving has been undermined in many places and the current is swift. In the lowest point on the paving the water reaches the running boards of cars.
    Bombing is going on almost continuously, but very little progress is being made and it is expected that the ice will be piled much higher by the end of the week.

Vaclav Budin retired from the farm and moved to town. The family is making their home in the John Petr property in west part of town. Mr. Budin rented his farm to his son, James.
    Evan Jonas took possession of the Psotta farm southwest of town. Mrs. Psotta moved to town and is now located in the former A.V. Hejtmanek property which she purchased.
    Mrs. Josie Vraspir has moved into the former Alois Tomes residence which she purchased.
    Mr. and Mrs. Emil Tomes who vacated the Vraspir dwelling, are now comfortably located in their new residence in the new school addition.
    Louis Severa and family took possession of the former James Brdicko property in the southwest part of Clarkson.
    Anton Prazak and family moved back to town from the Rozmarin farm.
    Frank Dubsky, who had been living in the Prazak property, moved into the Srb dwelling, vacated by Mrs. Mrstik.
    Mrs. Mrstik and her children are now occupying the Frank Wolf, Sr. property.
    Anton Hladik of Stanton county retired from farming and moved into the Kolar resident in the west part of Clarkson which he purchased. Mr. Kolar and his family moved to Schuyler
    Mr. and Mrs. Albin Misek moved from the former A.V. Hejtmanek dwelling into the residence owned by Jos. Richtig on south Main Street.
    Frank Fendrich and family are now making their home in Sixta property. Mr. Fendrich will engage in the blacksmith business at Clarkson.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.


March 13, 1924 - reprinted May 7, 1997

Frank Truhlar has moved onto the Anton Nemec farm northwest of town.
    William Cinfel took charge of V. Mrstik farm in Stanton County having rented the place for this year.
    Anton Kynci has vacated the F. Noh farm northeast of Clarkson and is moving onto the J.M. Bukacek eighty.
    Jos. Skoda took possession of the A. Hahn north of town and Mr. Hahn and his family for the time being are living with Mrs. Hahn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fajman. Sr.
    Jos. M. Cernin, who was tenant of the Ed. Schultz farm, has moved onto the former Ternes place in Wilson precinct.
    Edward Shuster has moved from the Dudycha farm south of Clarkson to the old Holan place west of town.
    Jos. Richtig is moving onto the Dudycha farm which he has leased for this year.
    Thos. Nadrchal, who has been living on one of the John Hardes farms north of Howells, has taken possession of Ad. Cinfel's farm, north of Creston, vacated by Jos. Richtig.
    Anton Kratochvil has leased the John S. Novotny farm where the family is making their home.
    The Rehak farm southwest of Clarkson, vacated by Mr. Kratochvil, was occupied by Jos. P. Stanek, who had charge of the Marik farm north of Howells.
    Edward Novotny has moved onto the Mestl farm, north of Clarkson, and farmed the past year by Jos. L. Seda, who moved onto the J. Luxa farm near Stanton.
    Frank Studnicka took possession of the Frank Kolar farm north of Leigh which he purchased. The Studnicka farm, owned by Mr. Kolar was taken up by Mr. Kova of near Schuyler.
    Jos. Havel and family are now making their home on the Rozmarin farm northwest of Clarkson.
    Emil Pavlis moved onto the vicinity of Stanton where he has been given employment on a farm.

Emil Bart is another of our young men who joined the benedicts. He stole a march on his friends and left for Dodge where he was united in marriage to Mrs. Barbara Verbal of the city. The wedding ceremony as performed at the Bohemian Catholic Church at Dodge in the presence of only the most intimate relatives. Mr. Bart and his bride will make their home on a farm near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.


March 20, 1924 - reprinted May 7, 1997

While baling hay at their farm home north of Leigh, Gustave Jonescheit had the misfortune of having his right arm caught in the baler. Mr. Jonescheit was attending to the baler when suddenly the gearing caught his sleeve and began to draw his arm into the machine. His presence of mind saved the possible amputation of his arm by forcibly withdrawing it before drawn in completely. He was taken to Norfolk where an X-ray revealed the fact that only one of the bones was cracked. The injured man considers himself very fortunate that he escaped as easily as he did.

John Sousek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Longin Sousek of Midland precinct, who has been under the medical attention of Dr. Knight on account of illness, is now on the mend.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stransky and Mrs. Emil Folda were Schuyler visitors. On their return they were accompanied by Miss Laura Folda of Linwood, who was her for a brief visit.

John Knapp was at Hooper the past week acting as relief agent for the Nye Schneider Jenks Co. The former agent of the company has died.

Lambert Houfek, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houfek, Jr., is laid up with an attack of measles and is receiving medical treatment at the hands of Dr. Knight.

Having decided to move onto his father's 400-acre farm northwest of Clarkson, Ralph Podany will put his acreage property in the west part of town up for sale in public auction. The property consists of seven acres of land, a good house and other improvements.

Mrs. Frank J. Brabec underwent an operation of appendicitis at the St. Joseph Hospital at Omaha. She passed the ordeal successfully and is now slowly improving. Mr. Brabec went to Omaha to spend a few days with Mrs. Brabec.

This is the total number of cars of livestock consigned thru the Farmer's Shipping association of Clarkson. Following is the list of shippers:
    John Petr and John Musil, car of hogs; Frank J. Lacina, car of cattle for which he received $10.00 per cwt.; Frank Janousek, Sr. and Frank Janousek, Jr. car of cattle; Charles Houfek, Jos.Jonas, Jr. , and Jos. Sindelar, car of cattle; Tomasek and Nadrchal, car of hogs; Mrs. J. Tomasek and Jos. Sucha, car of hogs; Frank Seda and Vaclav Koci, car of hogs; Frank Castka and Mrs. Mary Brabeck car of hogs; Anton Wiese and Jos. M. Lopour, car of hogs; Wm. Stenner and Emil Lodl, car of hogs; Jos. Vrba and Jos. Urbanek car of hogs; F.J. Faltys and Frank Faltys, Sr. car of hogs; Jos. Belohrad and Julius Kudera, car of hogs; Jos. Klima and Jos. Biecha, car of hogs; Jos. Kotan and Frank Seda, car of hogs. Two carloads were made up of individual loads.

Emil Sindelar and his family moved from the Emil Cinfel farm northwest of Clarkson into the Wells neighborhood. Jos. Houdek occupied the farm vacated by the Sindelar family.

Mrs. Rudolph Pekny, residing on route number 3, is seriously ill having given birth to a still-born child. Three physicians had been called to her bedside and it is reported that she is showing gradual signs of improvement.

Frank Molacek, wife and daughter are now making their home with the lady's mother, Mrs. Jos. Barta at Howells, until such time when they will either buy or build a home. They are good people and all Howells welcomes such citizens to this little city.

The Madison schools were closed and may possibly be closed for another day or two on account of a case of diphtheria that may have exposed some of the pupils. It was done as a matter of precaution not that it is certain the disease germs have been left in the school room but because diphtheria is a very serious disease. The school rooms will be thoroughly fumigated before the scholars area again assembles.

We are informed that Frank Odstrcil of Howells through an invitation from Sheriff Arps and County Attorney Wertz attended a hearing at the county seat in regard to the finding of several bottles containing a quantity of hootch in a coal shed in the rear of his business place. Mr. Odstrcil plead not guilty and appealed to higher court


March 27, 1924 - reprinted May 31, 1994

Jerome Pojar, Dodge farmer known to county authorities as the record holder in the issuing of bad checks, was sentenced late Saturday afternoon to spend fifteen days in the county jail and pay costs of prosecution on charges of issuing five bad checks. All the complaints were filed against him and he was committed to the jail for three days on each one. This sentence, with the costs, will be about thirty days.
    Pojar has written more bad checks in the shortest time of anyone against whom a complaint has been filed since the action to stop bad check writing has been taking place, County Attorney John Gumb, jr., stated.
    He was arrested at Dodge on Saturday by Deputy Sheriff William A. Johnson and brought to Fremont to stand trial.
    He was arrested once before on a bad check charge the county attorney stated. In the previous instance he was brought to Fremont and arraigned in justice court for trial.
    At that time he issued a check to the court to pay his fine. The check was returned marked no funds. Immediately the authorities took action to apprehend him on a charge of issuing a bad check to pay his fine on a bad check charge. Pojar explained in that instance, however, that he believed he had made arrangements with his banker to pay the amount of the check, and it was returned through misunderstanding.

Mrs. Anna Kamensky left last Saturday for Abie to spend a few weeks at the Jos. Koutnik home where they greeted a newly born baby girl on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Kamensky's intention is to help her daughter with the work around the house for some time.

Dr. Kavan was called to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Bourek, north of Clarkson, last Monday, where he left a bouncing 12 lb. baby boy for the family's enlightment.

After making weekly visits to the homes of Bohemian speaking people for nearly twenty years, our Bohemian weekly, "Domaci Noviny," is now being consolidated with the "Narodni Pokrok" of Omaha, the change having been made this week. It is an action we regret, but it was the only salvation left for us to do on account of the continued growth of The Press to which we now aim to devote more time. Another factor promping us to make this change is the protection of our health which was being undermined by overloaded responsibilities.
    We also expect to reorganize our real estate department and will look more closely after this line of work in connection to the printing business.
    Although young in years, we have twenty-one years of service back of us in this craft and with an average of fourteen hours of labor daily, we feel that we are entitled to some leisure hours. From now on "Service" will be the motto at this office and all work in the printing line will receive immediate attention.
    The "Domaci Noviny" (Home News) were established in the fall of 1904 by our father, Anton Odvarka, now of Omaha, who had charge of the publication until May 1910 and since that time the publication was under our sole management. From the first issue the paper grew very rapidly and in a few years was read in almost every state of the Union and in this territory by nearly every Bohemian family.
    At the time of the publication was launched there were six Bohemian weeklies in the state, two of which were published for 25 and 40 years, but none of these were able to survive the dire conditions brought about by the war except the Domaci Noviny, which at the time was the oldest and for several years the only Bohemian weekly published in the central-west. In spite of the fact that the foreign language press has suffered greatly during the war and every nationality lost scores of publications, this change is brought about only of our own good will.
    To publish a foreign-language newspaper is a good deal harder task than many of our readers realize. Foreign papers, principally Bohemian and German, were started in several Nebraska cities but met with disaster after only a few years duration, and in many instances they were serving there [sic] mission for only a few weeks.
    Over at Schuyler, several attempts were made to publish a Bohemian weekly, but these always failed. When the Domaci Noviny were first issued the same predications were made and in spite of the small subscription fee of 25 cents per annum for the first year, the publication continued to progress day by day in every way for the entire period of nearly twenty years.
    The disposition of the "Domaci Noviny" will enable us to devote more time to The Press and all effort will be put forth to make it one of the best weeklies in this section.

Below is the complete list of teachers who will have charge of the Clarkson Public for the 1924-1925 term.
    High School Prof. C.S. Jones, superintendent, salary $2100.00 per school year. Miss Louise Phelps, $160.00 per month. Miss Emma Myer, $150.00 per month. Miss Anabelle Hall, $140.00 per month.
    Grade Teachers Miss Josephine Fillipi, 8th grade, $110 per month. Miss Audrey Potts, 7th grade, $100.00 per month. Miss Nell Boyd, 6th grade, $100.00 per month. Miss Martha Bukacek, 5th grade, $100.00 per month. Miss Elizabeth Prawitz, 3rd and 4th grades, $110.00 per month. Miss Frieda Prawitz, 2nd and 3rd grades $110.00 per month. Mrs. C.S. Jones, 1st grade, $100.00 per month. Mrs. H.C. Reinecek, primary, $110.00 per month.
    (Note: after the above had been in type we were informed that there are still two more teachers to be added to the next year's corps.)


March 27, 1924 - reprinted April 5, 1995

Dainty announcements were received here the fore part of this week from Omaha announcing the marriage of Dr. V.L. Odvarka to Miss Helen Stenicka, Saturday March 22. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Odvarka, sr., formerly of this city, now residents of Omaha, and is a brother of The Press publishers. Dr. Odvarka, as he is now known, is a graduate of the Creighton Dental College of Omaha and the Colorado University of Denver, holding both Nebraska and Colorado certificates.
    He obtained his grade training in Clarkson, his old-home town. A year ago he established a dental office at Omaha where he is meeting with wonderful success. His bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Stenicka of Omaha, being one of the refined young ladies of that city.
    She is a popular character among her circle of friends and has just recently returned from Europe where she spent several months visiting. She is also known to quite a few Clarkson people. The newly wedded couple will continue to make their home in Omaha. May the dreams of their life be realized in full extent is the sincere wish of their many Clarkson friends.

The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cinfel, northwest of Clarkson, was the scene of a gala birthday party given in honor of their daughter, Lillie, who crossed her fourteenth milestone.
    It was an eventful enterprise and provided oceans of fun for those who were invited. Before the merry throng of young folks dispersed they were treated to a lot of good things. Those present were: Wilma Kabes, Edith Cinfel, Marcella Slama, Iola Fajman, Evelyn Ruzicka, Sylvia Janecek and Norma Vitek.

Just how much an Austrian crown is worth was evidenced by a small pack of manuscripts we received last week from Wienna.
    The package contained about sixty letter-head size sheets and the postage shows that it required 55,500 Austrian crowns to pay for the delivery. Prior to the downfall of the Habsburg dynasty, this amount of postage was equivalent to a small fortune.

The real estate held this afternoon by Ralph Podany drew a goodly number of prospective buyers and spectators but failed to find a bonafide buyer for the property.
    Several bids were received, the highest of which was $6500. This appearing to be too low a price for an acreage property of this kind. Mr. Podany decided not to sell.

Mrs. Anna Kamensky left last [?] for Abie to spend a few weeks at the Jos. Koutnik home where they greeted a newly born baby girl of last week.
    Mrs. Kamensky's intention is to help her daughter with the work around the house for some time.

Lada Hanel returned from Rochester, Minnesota where he spent several weeks with his wife who is receiving treatment from the famous Mayo specialists. As soon as Mrs. Hanel's condition permits she will undergo an operation for her ailment.
    Mr. Hanel tells us that patients at the Mayo clinic are accorded splendid service and he is confident that Mrs. Hanel will be able to get rid of her goiter trouble by the time she is ready to leave the hospital.


March 27, 1924 - reprinted May 14, 1997

Tuesday, April 1, has been designated as the day of the city election in Clarkson.
    The two candidates appearing on the ticket for re-election as trustees of the village board are Anton J. Vlach and James L. Stransky. Both have served the village conscientiously and although it was not their intention of serving any longer they accepted the nomination only on the pressure of the citizens attending the caucus. This, we believe, will be taken into consideration by the voters when they come to vote next Tuesday
    The candidates for the board of education are V.J. Chleboun, John M. Zrust, Clyde Karel and Phillip Roether, two of whom are to elected.

The ladies of the Macedonia community held a hat selection meeting at the Louis Kabes home northwest of Clarkson under the direction of Mrs. Hermie Kabes, Mrs. Albert Travnicek and Miss Kalixta Teply who are the appointed leaders of the busy group. There are ten members in the class and the work is found to be most interesting.

The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cinfel, northwest of Clarkson, was the scene of a gal birthday party given in honor of their daughter, Lilie, who crossed her fourteenth milestone. It was an eventful enterprise and provided oceans of fun for those who were invited. Before the merry throng of young folks dispersed they were treated to a lot of good things. Those present were: Wilma Kabes, Edith Cinfel, Marcella Siamn, Tola Fajman, Evelyn Ruzicka, Sylvia Janecek and Norma Vitek.

Dainty announcements were received here from Omaha announcing the marriage of Dr. V.L. Odvarka to Miss Helen Stenicka. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Odvarka, Sr., formerly of this city, now residents of Omaha, and is a brother of The Press publishers.
    Dr. Odvarka, as he is now known, is a graduate of the Creighton Dental College of Omaha and the Colorado University of Denver, holding both Nebraska and Colorado certificates. He obtained his grade training in Clarkson, his old hometown. A year ago he established a dental office at Omaha where he is meeting with wonderful success.
    His bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Stenicka of Omaha, being one of the refined young ladies of that city. She is a popular character among her circle of friends and has just recently returned from Europe where she spent several months visiting. She is also known to quite a few Clarkson people.
    The newly wedded couple will continue to make their home in Omaha. May the dreams of their life be realized in full extent is the sincere wish of their many Clarkson friends.

Dr. Kavan was called to the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Borek, north of Clarkson where he left a bouncing 12 pound baby boy for the family's enlightment.

The real estate sale held by Ralph Podany drew a goodly number of prospective buyers and spectators but failed to find a bonafide buyer for the property. Several bids were received. The highest of which was $6500. This appearing to be too low for a price of an acreage property of this kind, Mr. Podany decided not to sell.

After making weekly visits to the home of Bohemian speaking people for nearly twenty years, our bohemian weekly, "Domaci Noviny," is now being consolidated with the "Narodni Pokrok" of Omaha. It is action we regret, but it was the only salvation left for us to do on account of the continued growth of The Press to which we now aim to devote more time.
    Another factor prompting us to make this change is the protection of our health which was being undermined by overloaded responsibilities. We also expect to reorganize our real estate department and will look more closely after this line of work in connection to the printing business.
    Although young in years, we have twenty-one years of service back of us in this craft and with an average of fourteen hours of labor daily, we feel that we are entitled to some leisure hours. From now on "Service" will be the motto at this office and all work in the printing line will receive immediate attention.
    The "Domaci Noviny" (Home News) were established in the fall of 1904 by our father, Anton Odvarka, now of Omaha, who had charge of the publication until May 1910 and since that time the publication was under our sole management. From the first issue the paper grew very rapidly and in a few years was read in almost every state of the Union and in the territory by nearly every Bohemian family. At the time the publication was launched there were six Bohemian weeklies in the state, two of which were published for 25 and 40 years, but none of these were able to survive the dire conditions brought about by the war except the Domaci Noviny, which at this time was the oldest and for several years the only Bohemian weekly published in the central-west. In spite of the fact the foreign language press has suffered greatly during the war and every nationality lost scores of publications, this change is brought about only of our own good will.
    To publish a foreign-language newspaper is a good deal harder task then many of our readers realize. Foreign papers, principally Bohemian and German, were started in several Nebraska cities but met with disaster after only a few years duration and in many instances they were serving there mission for only a few weeks. Over at Schuyler, several attempts were made to publish a Bohemian weekly, but these always failed. When the Domaci Noviny were first issued the same predictions were made and in spite of the small subscription fee of 25 cents per annum for the first year, the publication continued to progress day by day in every way for the entire period of nearly twenty years.
    The disposition of the "Domaci Noviny" will enable us to devote more time to The Press and all effort will be put forth to make it one of the best weeklies in this section. Part of the mailing list of the "Domaci Noviny" will be added to the already extended Press list and the balance has been taken over by the Pokrok Pub. Co. of Omaha. We have been given the management of the "Narodni Pokrok" in this part of the state and all business transactions in our Bohemian department will be taken care of as in the past.


March 27, 1924 - reprinted May 28, 1997

The following good farmers and feeders of this community were on the market with large numbers of live stock: Ernest Koopman, Steve J. Tuma, Frank J. Petricek, Ed. Telecky, Conrad Wordekemper, St. Ruschoff, Anton Horak, Kander Bros., Molacek and Vacha, Harder Bros., Gus Koopman, Martin Renneymeyer, Louis Vondruska, Andrew Nielson, John Widhelm, Jos. J. Vanek, Jos. J. Petricek, Joe Stepanek, EJ. Brodecky, Molacek Bros., Vincenc Svoboda, Theo. Knust, Steve Kalisek, Frank Podliska, Joe Pickhinke, Philip Mrsny, Henry Burenheide and John Renner.

Mrs. Ben Pickhinke was taken to Schuyler by Dr. Vosika where she gave birth to a still-born baby girl. The little form was laid to rest in St. John's cemetery north of town.
    Mrs. Pickhinke has been in serious condition, but at this time she is showing satisfactory improvement and it is the hope of the entire community that she will be able to leave the hospital in short time in good health.

A pall of sadness spread over the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Dirckschneider when death called and took away from their midst their only son, Robert, aged 11 ½ months. The infant was taken down with an attack of broncho-pneumonia and in spite of the best of medical attention and all that loving hands could do, death could not be stayed. Little Robert's death is mourned by his parents and two sisters. The funeral was held and internment having been made at Olean.


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