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December 6, 1910 - reprinted July 20, 1994

A few days ago Ed Kutin sold a lot owned in Folda's addition to J.M. Mundil for $405.

Phil Roether, the newly appointed mail carrier on route No. 5, entered upon his duties on December 1.

Petr Zak has sold his interest in the livestock business conducted by the firm of Jonas and Zak to his partner who will continue the business. We understand that Mr. Zak is thinking of moving to Leigh.

Chas. Sindelar, who is attending school here, left last evening for his home at Tabor to remain until he recovers from the effect of a severe cold with which he has been wrestling the past few days.

The teachers of the Clarkson public schools were at Howells Saturday attending a meeting of the northern division of the Colfax County Teachers association and report a profitable session which was largely attended.

Jerry Hanel is here from Lindsay since last week to assist in caring for his father who suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago.

John Urban and wife have a little daughter at their home, north of town, born on December 1.

Camp Cechamoravan, No. 234, W.O.W., held its annual meeting Sunday and elected the following officers for the ensuing year:
    Peter Zak, council Commander; Philip Suchy, Ad. Lieut; Anton J. Karel, banker; Anton Odvarka, Jr., clerk; Frank Hejtmanek, Jr., escort; Mat. Boubin, watchman; Jos. V. Polansky, sentry; Dr. S.G. Allen, camp physician.

Mrs. John Hejtamanek is recovering from an operation she underwent at Omaha Friday for an afflication [sic] of the lungs. She went to the city the day before accompanied by her husband and W.W. Luxa.

A Bohemian play by home talent is to be given at the Vosacek hall on next Sunday. The proceeds are to be used in helping to defray the expense connected with the building of a cement walk from town to the Clarkson cemetery.

Jos. Suchy is to have a game preserve on his residence property in the south part of town, and as a starter toward stocking the same he, on Friday last, received from Kansas City three deer, two pair of Japanese pheasants and three Mallard ducks.

Last Wednesday afternoon Miss Julia Telecky, who teaches in the Petr district, and thirty-two of her pupils had a surprise party for their pupil and schoolmate, Miss Josie Sterba, at the home of her parents.
    A very pleasant time was had. Refreshments of all kinds were served, game played, songs sung, and memory gems and school yells given by all.
    Miss Josie was ill all summer, but is slowly improving, and her friends desired in this manner to express their pleasure because of her recovery and to show her that she is remembered and missed by her teacher and schoolmates.

The official census return shows that Colfax county has made a gain in population of 399 since the census of 1900. The figures for the several towns of the county have not yet been given out but when they are it is safe to say that Clarkson will show the greatest percentage of gain.

For years it has been contended that Butler county can be made to pay a portion of the cost of constructing and maintaining a bridge across the Platte at Schuyler. That contention has now been affirmed by a decision handed down by Judge Corcoran at David City on Tuesday of last week.
    The suit on trial was that of Platte County vs. Butler County, and was instituted to compel Butler to pay a share of the cost of a new bridge across the Platte between the two counties.
    The judge instructed the jury to bring in a verdict for the plaintiff, which was done. Without doubt this decision will be upheld by the supreme court. All of which means that Butler county can be compelled to pay her share toward the cost of the bridge across the Platte south of Schuyler.
    It is needless to say that Colfax county taxpapers will be glad to share the expense with their neighbors.

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December 20, 1910 - reprinted July 27, 1994

The Clarkson board of eduction grants each teacher in our public schools a visiting day during the school year, which is to be commended as it gives them new ideas along practical lines by seeing how others conduct the work in the same grades.
    Miss Mayme Shonka was the first to take advantage of the opportunity and visited schools at Howells last week.

Last Friday evening, for the first time in months, our people were startled by the alarm of fire. The firemen responded promptly to the call and were soon on the scene - a large mass of burning cinders between the mill siding and the main line of tracks.
    For some time it has been the practice of the railroad people to take out and leave at this point the cinders and ashes from their engines, and at an early hour Friday evening Section Foreman Sajatovich discovered that a fire was burning in the pile.
    After a futile effort on his part to put out the flames, he telegraphed to the railroad headquarters for instructions as to what to do and received a message in reply to have the village fire department put out the fire and the company would bear the expense.

A.C. Marshall of Arlington, one of the proprietors of the Arlington nurseries for which the late Joseph Hanel was the local salesman for so many years, was here Sunday to attend the funeral.

Little Audrey, daughter of Jos. Rozmarin and wife, is ill with pneumonia.

A daughter was born to Anton Suchan and wife last Thursday.

Misses Pauline and Hermie Hanel left this morning, the former for Omaha and the latter for Fremont. They were called home last Thursday by a message announcing the death of their father.

Clarkson will have a new firm in the lumber and the live stock business with the opening of the new year, F.W. Noh having sold a half interest in his live stock business to A.J. Vlach, and the two have arranged to purchase the lumber yard now conducted by Geo. Engel, possession to be given January 1.
    The new firm will be known as Noh and Vlach. Both gentlemen are hustlers and it is safe to predict for them a successful career.

Tom Bos returned last Saturday evening from a trip to Lynch, Nebraska, and Gregory, South Dakota.
    At the former place he visited with his brother, John V. and family, and at the latter with Jos. R. Krofta, J.W. Kucera, and John Lopour and other former residents of this locality.

There was a box social at the school house in the district just east of town, last Friday evening, given by the teacher, Miss Louise Jirovec, and her pupils.
    A very creditable literary program was carried out after which boxes containing luncheon for two were sold. Phil Roether had charge of this part of the evening's program and besides affording lots of amusement secured good prices for the boxes.
    The attendance was quite large and all had a good time. The net proceeds of the evening were a little more than $21.00, and the money will be used to buy books for the school library.

On last Thursday morning at the family home, occurred the death of one of the pioneer residents of Clarkson, Jos. [??] after an illness of over a month from the effects of a stroke of paralysis.
    The deceased was born in Bohemia, and at the time of his death was fifty-nine years and three months old.
    He came to America thirty-six years ago, his parents settling near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From there he went to Wisconsin and a few years later, in 1871, he came to Nebraska and located over at David City.
    There he was married on the fifth day of October, 1879, to Miss Anna Wavrin, who survives him. For a short time after their marriage they resided at Stanton, but came to Clarkson in 1886, when the town was first established, and have lived here ever since. Seven children survive besides the wife.

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December 27, 1910 - reprinted August 3, 1994

Along about two years ago James S. Sayers of Wilson precinct, well known to most of the readers of the Herald, had a well developed case of Texas fever contracted by too close association with a bunch of slick land agents.
    They took Jim to the land of wide brimmed hats and democratic majorities and showed him a lot of beautiful country and ended up by selling him land so thickly covered with brush that rabbits made a path around it.
    Of course they explained that the brush could be cleared off and the land plowed at little cost, and by that time Jim had the fever so bad that in his delirium he swallowed the bait and took the fishermen for his friends.
    Then he came to Nebraska and with his family and personal effects moved to the south. The write[r] rode a short distance on the same train that he went away on and heard Jim's song of praise for the Southland.
    To cut a long story short, he reached Texas, soon came out of his dream, and found that he has a lot of worthless land saddled onto him. He then did the sensible thing - returned to Nebraska and his Colfax county farm, but in the meantime he has been lying awake nights devising ways and means to get even.
    He has had a lawyer helping him, and together they have put the laugh on the other fellow, as witnesseth the following from last Friday's Omaha Bee:
    Land dealers who sold Mr. and Mrs. James S. Sayers several hundred acres of Texas land that was so thickly covered with mesquit that it could not be broken with horses and plows must pay the couple $9,479.20 damages, according to a verdict returned by a jury in district court Thursday morning.
    The dealers interested are the George H. Paul company, the Interntional Land and Investment company, John H. Shary and Frank McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. Sayers alleged that they paid $8,500 for the Texas land, relying wholly upon the statements of the sellers that it was good tillable land.
    When they found it was not they returned to Nebraska. They asked also $700 for their expense of moving to Texas and moving away from Texas, plus interest from March 1, 1909, when they went to the Lone Star state.

Jos. Krikac left this morning for York to attend a meeting of the real estate men of the state.

One day of last week John Rosicky suffered a severe stroke of paralysis and for a time was in a critical condition. He is now showing signs of improvement and his family and friends hope for the best.

Emil Petr has sold the farm of 120 acres, which he purchased a short time ago of Anton Lopour, to Louis Novotny.

The L.J. Roubinek sale held last Wednesday drew a good-sized crowd and without exception, the property sold well. As previously stated in the Herald, Mr. Roubinek and family will move to Clarkson and make their home.

Dr. S.G. Allen has engaged L.G. Metcalf, until recently manager of the Wishered ranch, to take charge of the large place owned by him in the new irrigated district in Idaho near Twin Falls.
    Mr. Metcalf and his family, who now reside at Lincoln, will leave for the west in the near future, and immediately upon their arrival there work on improving the Allen property will commence.
    Quite a number of other Clarkson citizens own land in the same locality and all express great faith in the future of that country.

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hahn has been quite ill but is now on the mend.

The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stodola has been quit seriously sick the past week.

Anton Hejtmanek has disposed of his interest in the saloon business, conducted by Swoboda and Hejtmanek, to his partner and the first of the week engaged in draying, having purchased Emil Pospisil's oufit.

Joe and Henry Janda had a serious runaway accident last Saturday. The boys were engaged in breaking a team of colts when the animals became unmanageable and ran away.
    The wagon was up much force [sic]. Henry escaped with a badly bruised foot and a few scratches, but Joe was not so fortunate as he had an arm dislocated and a deep gash cut in his scalp.
    His injuries were given medical attention at the hands of Drs. Allen and Humphrey.

The most successful program and box social held in this locality was given last Friday eening by Jill Julia Telecky and her pupils in the Petr district. The schoolroom was crowded and all speak very highly of the excellence of the program which consisted of recitations, songs, dialogues, pantomimes, drills, etc.
    The program closed with the sale of the lunch boxes. John Petr Jr. proved himself to be an auctioneer of superior ability for he did such a fine job that $62.10 was cureded [sic].
    The bidding was spirited the boxes having brought from 75 cents to $5.75 each. The proceeds will be used to pay off the indebtedness on the school organ, and the remainder will be used for some special school purpose not yet decided upon.

Last evening Frank J. Miller received a telegram from his brother, Herman, announcing the death of the latter's wife at Hot Springs, South Dakota.
    The remains will be brought to Dodge for burial. Frank Miller and L.J. Roubinek, the latter a brother of the deceased, left this morning for Norfolk to meet Mr. Miller and the remains.
    Up to the hour of going to press arrangements for the funeral have not been made. The deceased formerly resided here and has a large circle of friends in Clarkson.