Burt County Nebraska Herald

Below is information for Burt County, from the Burt County Herald.

This is made possible through the kindness of Julia Thomas and her transcribing.

Tekamah Herald Journal Burt County, Nebraska 1919 

© J. Thomas, Bill Wever

Tekamah Herald Journal Burt County, Nebraska 1919

New Tekamah City Ordinance

It has been reported to this office that Chris Jeep has been trying to ride a bicycle to the extreme danger of the public safety, and destruction of the public property. It is said that he runs against lamp-posts, knocks down fences, tears up sidewalks and performs generally in such a manner while on his wheels as to be a terror to those within any reasonable distance of him. In veiw of these conditions and others to like import from other reckless learners on the two-wheeled wagon, the following draft for a city ordinance has been handed in for the consideration of his honor, the Mayor and the City Council at their next meeting. No person shall ride a bicylce on any public street or highway within this city without having firmly attached to said bicycle a red light on the starboard side thereof, a green light on the port side thereof, and a steamboat gong and fog horn on the handle-bar or frame therefore, and said red light and green light shall be kept constantly burning between the hours of sunset and sunrise by means of an electric battery or motor with suitable attachment. No person shall ride a bicycle on the streets of the city of Tekamah at a greater rate of speed than 4 miles per hour, and any person so riding shall dismount before passing any street crossing and shall fire a pistol, beat his gong, sound his fog horn, sing a hymn and repeat the Lord's Prayer before proceeding on his journey. No person shall ride a bicycle upon any street or highway within this city without having first obtained from the Coroner, Poundmaster, Health Officer, Inspector of Steam Boilers and at least one Clergyman of good moral character, a certificate under seal, severally signed by said officials certifying that the said rider of the said bicycle is entitled to be at large and that he is properly equipped for his journey. Any person violating the above shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a period of not less than ninety-nine years.

Institute Notes 1919

The Burt County Teachers' Institute convened Monday with an enrollment of 76. The plan of the work this year, as arranged by Superintendant Beck is proving to be very beneficial and satisfactory in the state: Professor Clark, of the Pedagogy and advanced work and Miss Hanna, formerly of the Omaha Training School, but now engaged in First Grade Word, has charge of the primary instruction. Those enrolled to date are as follows:

The lecture by Professor Clark " The American State" was delivered to a large an appreciative audience. He portrayed the American Ideal, vividly presenting its Christian phases. He believes in the "common people".

Much pleasure is again taken in placing before the parents and tax-payers of Tekamah through the kindness of the Herald, the Roll of Honor of the names of the pupils having been neither absent nor tardy during the school month ending May 21, this time. The inauguration of this custom in Tekamah, has been an incentive among the pupils. It is a proper recognition of the effort of the pupils and the parents have made to have a good habit formed. Many pupils have tried each month to be on time and regular in attendence who would fail just once, and then too, it has been an impossible year on account of the flu. It is believed that the monthly Roll of Honor has been so appreciated and recogized as a proper incentive to encourage effort in the formation of habits that must be fully formed as pupils in order to prepare the men and women of business of tomorrow, for their future larger life, that such Roll of Honor system will become a part of the Tekamah school system for the future years. Read the names closely, and tell the pupils you noticed they are forming, good habits. And a few of you will not forget to tell the Herald you appreciated the expense and space in thus placing the names before the public. If you do these things, you will be doing your bit to help train the pupils to be "on time" and "every day".

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Updated 15 September 2017 by Dianna G. Curtis