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March 1, 1910 - reprinted April 10, 1991

Joseph Vlach moved his family to Leigh, where he recently purchased a home. For some years he has been farming the Holan farm west of town.

Joseph Fillipi has been seriously sick and was taken to an Omaha hospital for treatment. He was accompanied by his wife and his brother, Adolph. Joe’s many friends hope he will return shortly much improved in health.

James Chadek has purchased two lots for $500 in the northeast part of town to E. F. Kutin and will at once begin building a residence on them.

Capt. Dudek and his W.O.W. drill team were at Dodge assisting the lodge there in a large class adoption.

Gus Woeppel sold to F. W. Noh a wagon load of hogs for which he received a check for $284.40. Who can beat it?

Anton Lopour has sold an improved 80 acres of land owned by him 4 1/2 miles southeast of town to Anton Belina for $109 per acre.

The farmers in the territory east and southeast of town have organized a telephone company, which they call the Maple Creek Telephone Co., and will at once build a line and connect with the Clarkson exchange.
    The following are members of the new organization: Jos. J. Fillipi, Frank Houfek, Jr., John and Louis Faltys, Anton Bohac, E. Knapp, Vinc. Smejkal, Frank Teply, Jos. Janousek and Frank Totousek.

James Chadek returned from Virginia, where he had been for the past few months putting up a set of buildings for his father-in-law, John Hypsa, formerly of this place. James says that Mr. Hypsa and his family are well pleased with their new home.

Jos. Krikac reports the sale to Clarence Kern of a fine 200-acre farm near Cornlea. The price paid was $120 per acre. Mr. Kern was formerly a resident here, but is now living in Boone county and will take possession of the place next year.

George A. Hagen has sold his residence property in the northeast part of town to V. Luxa for a consideration of $3,600. He bought the place a year ago and it has netted him an advance of $1,000, which is doing pretty well. George and his family will move into the residence until recently owned by Peter Hajek.

Miss Anna Jirovec, the teacher in the Brabec district in Stanton county, and her pupils held a successful box social at their school. An entertainment program was given and $28 was realized by the sale of the box containing the luncheon. The money will be used for the school library.

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March 15, 1910 - reprinted May 29, 1991

James Dudycha has rented the Frank Musil residence property recently vacated by Jos. M. Svoboda, and the latter part of the week will move his family here from Howells.

V. L. Prazak has opened a cream station in the old Slama saloon building.

Anton Vlach and wife have welcomed their first born baby, a little son, who came on Wednesday last to gladden their home.

John J. Dudycha and wife have a son at their home in Midland preinct born yesterday.

George Ternes and family of Midland precinct moved onto a Boone county farm that George has owned near the town of Albion for some time.

Will Suchy arrived here from Twin Falls, Idaho. When asked how he liked the country out there his answer was: "I have nothing to say, but old Nebraska is good enough for me."

Henry Herling, who lives south of Leigh, was here yesterday with three loads of hogs. He says it pays to make a long haul when by doing so one can get an additional 30c per hundred for hogs. He is not the only farmer in the Leigh territory who has discovered that it pays to sell hogs in Clarkson.

The Clarkson lodge. Z.C.B.J., is the banner lodge of that organization in the state, having the largest membership; in fact, that is not the biggest feather in its cap, for it is not only the largest in numbers in the state, nor in the United States, but in the world.
    Heretofore Crete has held the banner, but by the large addition made to the ranks here on Sunday, it has now been raised at Clarkson and the local lodge made it an occasion for a big celebration.
    Seventeen members of the Svobodna Obec lodge, #60, of the locality about 9 miles southeast of town, affiliated themselves with the lodge at this place, besides 15 other new members, which gives them a total membership of 315.

John Pospichal commenced moving the old Slama saloon building, now the property of Dr. Chudomelka, on the lot just north of Markytan’s shoe shop.

While Joseph Kabes was helping Emil Kominek move, he was seated on a wagon loaded with hogs when in some unforeseen manner a hog tipped the seat and threw Mr. Kabes to the ground. The wheels of the heavily loaded wagon passed over him and he sustained several broken ribs and other injuries.

Clarkson now has an exclusive shoe store of which John Markytan is the proprietor. He has put in a good, up-to-date line of footwear for men, women and children and solicits a share of the patronage in that line. It is a line of business he thoroughly understands and we are confident he will make a success of it.

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March 29, 1910 - reprinted July 17, 1991

The past week Longin Folda has sold lots in his recently-platted addition to the following: Emil Slama, Jos. Rozmarin and Will Swoboda, two lots each, and John Saffr, one. The lots are well located for residence purposes and are all set to trees.

W. I. Allen of Schuyler, at the solicitation of some of his Clarkson friends, has decided to open a branch of his law office at this place. He will be here on Thursday of each week and will office with J. M. Mundil.

The following are the names of the pupils in District # 53 furnished us by the teacher, Miss Julia Telecky, who have been neither absent or tardy for four months and have been presented with Certificates of Award by the county superintendent:
    Joe Lacina, Frank Musil, John Adam, Henry Kmoch, Josie Sterba, Stazie Sterba, Agnes Vraspir, Josie Adams arid Amos Lacina.
    The following have received Perfect Attendance certificates for the school month of March:
    John Adam, Josie Adam, Joe Cerny, Frank Cerny, Tonie Hamernik, Beatrice Hegr, Tillie Hegr, Libbie Koci, Frank Koci, Frank Korecky, Joe Lacina, Amos Lacina, Henry Kmoch, Frank Musil, Stazie Sterba, Josie Sterba, Henrietta Teply, Libbie Teply, Agnes Vraspir, Eddie Vraspir, and Emma Kmoch.
    The total enrollment is 41.

One of the largest funerals ever held in our little city was that of Joseph Tomes, who passed away in death at the family home, a mile north of town, last Tuesday.
    He had been suffering with rheumatism and finally succumbed to one of its attacks although everything possible was done for his relief.
    On Thurday afternoon, after brief ceremonies at the residence, the A.O.U.W., the Z.C.B.J. and the W.O.W. lodges, accompanied by the Zak band, marched in a body at the funeral cortege to the Z.C.B.J. hall, where the last services were held in honor of the dead.
    Besides his wife, he is survived by ten children, Alois, Joseph, Adolph, Emil, Adela, Emma, Rudolph, Elsie, Frank and Laura.

Jos. Suchy, V. L. Prazak, John F. Svoboda and Jos. Basta went to Omaha Saturday morning and returned in the evening, making the trip home in a fine Oakland auto that Mr. Suchy purchased through the agency of V. L. Prazak.

This morning John Pospichal commenced work on moving the old postoffice building into the street to make room for the new brick building that is to take its place.
    Worth Bros. of Scribner will begin laying brick on the new structure the coming week and expect to have it ready for occupancy the fore part of May.

Another unfortunate has gone to an untimely death. Yesterday, between the hours of 11 p.m., Mrs. Albert Pechanec, a woman about 50 years of’ age, committed suicide by hanging. Earlier in the day the deceased had intended visiting a niece at Howells, but shortly before the arrival of the morning passenger, and, after she had purchased a ticket to the place, she changed her mind and she and her husband returned home.
    According to the story told by her husband, she sent him down town on an errand and upon his return, something like an hour and a half later, he found the house locked, and, gaining an entrance through a window, discovered his wife hanging from a rafter in the upper story of the residence.
    Neighbors were called and the remains cut down. The couple had not lived happily for some years and quarrels were frequent and violent. They had separated for some time prior to a few weeks ago, but had patched up their differences and were living together again. There are no children in the family.

Rudolph Mundil and family left this morning for their new home on a homestead in South Dakota. They were accompanied by Mrs. J. Holan, who also goes to Sulphur, in that state, where her daughters, Miss Julia and Mrs. Horace Kincaid, are at present located on homesteads.

A little daughter was born to Ed Cinfl and wife last Thursday.