Sheridan County Newspapers & Publications
Echoes of the Past
Mar 3, 2005
columns by Helen Selee
100 Years Ago - 1905
Senator Burkett of Nebraska has purchased a Washington, D.C. home at a cost of $17,500. The house is handsome new brick structure, with a mottled front, and contains twelve rooms.
On Wednesday the 15th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sandle, at high noon, occurred the marriage of Mr. Nelson Tausan and Miss Hattie L. Salsbery. The young people have lived in Sheridan county from the laddie and lassie days, and are both well known as sturdy young people, the parents of both having been among the earlier settlers. When the hour arrived Rev. Wilkinson spoke the words which bound the happy pair in holy wedlock. Friends and relatives, fifty in all, after congratulations, sat down to a bountiful repast. Many handsome and useful presents were left as tokens of good will and for the future use of Mr. and Mrs. Tausan.
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Married at the home of the bride’s father, Ole Peterson, Miss Emma Peterson, of Sheridan county, and Mr. James Bartleson of Iowa, were united in marriage in the presence of a large circle of relatives and friends, Rev. J.A. Scamahorn performing the ceremony. The newly married couple will go to Iowa to make their future home.
Mr. Bartleson. who since his marriage has been visiting with relatives here, received a message announcing the serious illness of his brother and at once departed for his home.--------------------------------
George Clement, with his wife and son, came in Monday morning from Deadwood and immediately drove down to the U Cross ranch where they will have employment from now on. Joe Bush, the foreman of the ranch, is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Clement.Arthur McMullen, who has been employed by Ed Ross and others during the last year, boarded the Tuesday morning passenger train west, intending to visit his parents who live at Wellfleet in Lincoln county.
Rev. S.C. Stanhope returned Saturday from Valentine where he was assisting Rev. Carpenter in a series of meetings that are now being held there. Thirty-five converts were secured up to the time that Mr. Stanhope left.
Ode to Gordon high school.
If by chance you sometime stray
by our schoolhouse on your way,
Come and see us.
If our work you wish to view, we will gladly welcome you.
Come and see us.
First each day our number ten,
Read their Latin, then cause the end
Of Teacher’s patience.
Then old Caesar from his tomb,
Thinks we ought to meet our doom,
When we read him.
Next you hear class number nine,
As “x” and “y” they try to find,
You ought to see them.
At twelve a. m. we hasten home,
And round the table eager come,
Don’t forget us.
Then back unto our School we haste…With thoughts of time we must not waste,
So here we are
From one fifteen; till four p.m.
Our wondrous learning we proclaim
You should hear us.
And thus it is from day to day
We trudge forward on our way,
So we leave you.------------------------------------------
Merriman News Items
Mrs. Gus Craven has broken up housekeeping in town and gone back to the ranch, and John has gone along.On Monday morning the north side livery barn was turned over to Peter Fitch, the same having been sold to him by Grant Bixler. Mr. Bixler will move back to the ranch and Mr. Fitch will not go west to look up a location. He is pretty well anchored at this place.
Chas. Buckminister was in town Monday. Charlie says they had a dance at the home of Lew Adams on the river and had a very enjoyable time. Twenty-two were the number that came out, which shows a fair-sized gathering.
E.C. Swigert of Gordon was in town Monday looking for old bones, and he went down the road as far as Crookston. If you have got any old bones to sell, you had better consult Swigert. He buys them by the car load or any quantity you have.
At the fair held by the ladies of the M.E. Church, at the hall on last Friday evening, $57.50 was the sum representing the receipts of the evening. The ladies have not yet decided what they will do with the money, but it is safe to say they will get action on it in some way.
J.B. Sones was up from his ranch on Monday.
Mrs. W. Strube departed Tuesday morning for a visit to the home of her parents at Washington, Kansas.
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A man must really love her if he marries a girl who has taken a course in a cooking school.Howard Osborne, familiarly known as “Toots” Osborne of Harington, in a rage stabbed Jim Stanton in the upper back part of the leg near the hip joint with a jack-knife, inflicting an ugly wound. The stabbing occurred in a chop house, where Osborne was cook, and was the result of a quarrel between the boys over the payment of Stanton’s upper. The wounded party will recover.
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John L. Sullivan, the ex-pugilistic boxing champion has gone on the lecture platform and was greeted with a large audience in Chicago. While there he gave the following talk to a messenger boy whom he noticed smoking a cigarette.
“Smoking cigarettes, eh? Don’t do it. That’s my advice. Cigarettes never did any one any good and they’ve done a lot of harm. I don’t believe in lecturing boys---but take my advice and stop drinking and smoking cigarettes. I ought to know what I’m talking about, boy. I’ve owned some forty or fifty saloons in my time and was glad to get out of that business. I know as much about rum drinking as any one. I’ve drunk a lot of it in my day. I never was a drunkard but I’ve drunk too much, lots too much. About the only thing I brag about is that I never smoked a cigarette in my life. I would have been champion of the world for years longer and probably never would have been whipped had ity not been for intemperance in living---in eating and drinking and smoking cigars. When I met Corbett you could have whipped me if you had made me run around after you long enough. There’s Muldoon. He’s the greatest trainer that ever lived. He wouldn’t let any one who smoked cigarettes come near him. He permits those under him to smoke a cigar once in a while, but if they smoke one of those coffin nails, they go through the ropes and out. They hurt even a powerful man. And drinking rum takes a lot out of an athlete; smoking dries him inside and cuts his wind. If you are thinking of being any kind of an athlete, don’t touch tobacco or rum unless the doctors tell you to---and they never will.---------------------------------------
75 Years Ago - 1930
Tuesday, April 1st, is the date of the city election in Gordon. The Journal is unable to state whether there is any connection between the date of the election and the fact that the day is April Fool’s Day. Many are rather of the belief that the men who will be selected for the various positions are the victims rather than the public. The position of Mayor is open, since Mayor Duerfeldt is ending his very busy term. Councilman Yowell, whose term expires on the Council, has announced that he will be a candidate for Mayor. Friends of Dr. J.R. Snyder are urging him to become a candidate for Mayor. Dr. T.J. LaGess is being mentioned as a candidate for the Council from the First ward. In the second ward, the term of Mr. B.V. Stouffer expires. The terms of Ira Trueblood and Joe Leedom do not expire for another year. The terms of Miss Anna Dam, Clerk, and O.B. Waddill, Treasurer, also expire this spring. The terms of two members of the Board of Education, H.M. Rhodes and O.B. Waddill expire. And L.S. Beckwith, a former sheriff of Sheridan county, has filed this week for the Republican nomination for Sheriff, which will make him an opponent of Sheriff Bruce, who has announced his intention to run for re-election.
George Margrave and Dr. Frank Letson of Hay Springs returned this week from California, where they went on business. On the return trip they flew in a large transport airplane from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, New Mexico, a distance of over 700 miles. They averaged about 110 miles per hour in the plane.
Miss Frances I. Barclay has purchased the Mattie Meyer Style Shop and now has full possession of the same. She will have a complete line of fancy work, lingerie, hats, novelties and other articles of ladies’ wear. Miss Barclay will move her beauty shop to the former Mattie Meyer location and will continue with that work, Mrs. Eric Martin assisting her in the novelty shop.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winters Jr. are the parents of a son born Thursday, February 27th, 1930.Mr. and Mrs. Stewart England, of Denby, are the parents of a daughter, born on Monday, February 24, 1930.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Drury are the parents of a daughter, born Wednesday, Febr. 26, 1930.
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Doris Brown, the small daughter of J.R. Brown, is quite ill with pneumonia.Dorothy Meyers, the small daughter of John Meyers, is also very ill with pneumonia.
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Did you hear about the one-eyed Scotchman who demanded a half-priced ticket to the movies.?----------------------------------------
Mrs. F.P. Mills became the owner of a fine new Steinway grand piano.-----------------------------------
FOR SALE: Rhode Island Red eggs from good laying strain, for hatching. $3.00 per hundred. ---W.H. Steinhaus.-----------------------------------
One of the popular songs over the radio is, “If I Had a Talking Picture of You,” and it’s a good bet that it wasn’t written by a married man.February 20th being the birthdays of both Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shepardson of Denby, the latter planned and carried out a complete surprise on Elmer by inviting a number of relatives and friends to spend the evening. Cards, at which Arthur Shepardson made high score, was the chief entertainment. A delicious supper was served at a late hour.
Carl Williams is now assisting Wes Robson as City Mail Carrier. The volume of business was more than could be handled by one man. Many new patrons are being added to the city routes regularly.
Miss Fern Tiensvold spent the weekend at the Mike Tausan home with her sister, Hazel.
Last Friday evening fire broke out in the Thompson Sandwich Shop at 256 Main Street. An alarm was turned in about 9:30 p.m., and the fire extinguished at once by the firemen with their chemicals. At a later hour, embers again burst into flame and the department then wet the room down until there was no further danger. An overheated stove is said to be the cause of the fire.
Up to January 1st, there had been 4,642 driver’s licenses issued in Sheridan county. Up to that date each person received their license without an exam-ination, but in the future a simple form of examination will be required. With the County Treasurer receiving 25 cents for each license issued, it meant $1,160.50 additional salary for Treasurer Marcy in 1929, but in the future it will not amount to enough to pay the Treasurer for his trouble.---------------
Hope Letoy Rasmussen, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rasmussen, was born on January 31, 1930, at Gordon, and died at Hot Springs on March 4th, having lived only one month and four days. The baby only lived a few days to bless the home of its parents, and despite all that could be done, the baby passed away at a hospital in Hot Springs where she had been taken for expert medical attention. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved parents. The funeral was held on Thursday, March 6th, at the Presbyterian church.--------------------------------
James Harvey Stevens was born on November 25, 1847 in Iowa, and passed away at Gordon, Nebraska, on March 1, 1930, being at the time of his death, 72 years, 3 months and 6 days of age. Death was caused by pneumonia. Mr. Stevens had made his home for some time near Batesland, S.D., where he had been farming, making many friends by his fair dealings with everyone with whom he came in contact. He leaves to mourn his death, three sons and two daughters, besides a host of friends. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Gates Undertaking Parlor, and the body was laid to rest in the Gordon cemetery.----------------------------------
Dorothy Myers, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, passed away on Friday, Febr. 28, 1930, of pneumonia at the age of one year and six months. Despite all that loving hands could do, the little one was taken. The funeral was held from the home on Saturday afternoon, and interment made in the Gordon cemetery.---------------------------------
Manager Clyde Pace of the Empress Theatre has announced that four carloads of materials for the new Pace Theatre in Gordon are on the way and should be here in a few days. Mr. Pace also stated that he hoped to open with talking pictures in Gordon about March 20th. An outfit will be installed which will be used this summer. The new theatre will be equipped with the latest DeForrest or Western Electric talking equipment. A city ordinance, which has not been enforced for three years, calls for an annual occupation tax of $50 per year on a movie house. “This was recently called to our attention,” said Mr. Pace, “and we have deposited with the city clerk the sum of $150 to cover this matter.” The matter of Sunday shows will come up at the election on April 1st, and Mr. Pace stated that he hoped that the people would turn out and vote their sentiments on the matter.Trigg Wilburn of the Sunny Dale area, captured a large coon on the river Friday morning.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Salisbury on March 5th, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Richmond are the parents of a baby son born March 5th.
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Signals to protect pedestrians from automobiles are to be installed in big cities, and “amber colored” lights were suggested. The police say: “Drivers will pay no attention to anything but red. That makes them stop.” Why is it that red impresses men, and even the lower animals? Is it, perhaps, because men, for forty million years, and animals through hundreds of millions of years before man came, have known and inherited one great dread, the red blaze of a forest or prairie fire????????Claude Drury has a permanent smile nowadays. Why? Because the stork left a sweet little girl for him on February 26th, and she has been named Virginia Adele. Mrs. Drury is staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mae Lowry at the Irwin Store.
Suppose you heard about that Kentucky woman who is bringing suit against some guy for stealing 100 kisses. Seems to us it took her a long time to wake up to the fact that she was being robbed.
Ted Borders, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Borders, was operated on for appendicitis in Deadwood last week. He is now at the home of his sister, Mrs. R.M. Devine.
50 Years Ago - 1955
Earl Dohse drove his tractor and farmhand over to East Pride school Monday morning and cleaned the snow out of the driveway so the cars could get into the schoolyard.
Cinda Tryon celebrated her tenth birthday on Febr. 23rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Musfelt of Merriman are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Bonnie Mae, to Pvt. Charles A. Ladely Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ladely Sr. of Gordon. The bride-elect was graduated from Gordon high school with the class of 1954. Since her graduation she has been employed in the offices of Dr. W.G. Sittler. Following Pvt. Ladely’s graduation from Gordon high school in 1952, he attended Wesleyan University and Chadron State Teachers College. He joined the Air Force in May of 1954 and is now stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga. No date has been set for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Hardin of Rushville announce the marriage of their son, Pfc. Harold Hardin to Miss Betty Cushing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Cushing of Woodburn, Ore. The young couple will be at home in San Francisco, Calif., for the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Farmer are the parents of a daughter, Debra Ann, born Feb. 25, 1955
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Webster are the parents of a son, Kenneth Lynn, born Mar. 1, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hodgson entertained at dinner Sunday honoring the 75th birthday of Mrs. Hodgson’s father, Clarence Thayer. Guests included the honoree, Mrs. Clarence Thayer, Charles Closson, Mrs. Bill Shelly and Janet, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Thayer and Judy, Mr. and Mrs. James Thayer.
Jemima Wagner was born April 5, 1878 at Colfax, Ill. to David and Mary Wagner. She was united in marriage to John Henry Yardley in Bloomington, Ill. on Dec. 24, 1895. Three sons were born to them, Owen, David and Don. They moved to a farm ten miles northwest of Gordon in 1909 and lived there until Mr. Yardley died in Sept. 1943. After a year Mrs. Yardley moved to Gordon where she died in her home on Feb. 24th, 1955 at the age of 77. She was preceded in death by seven sisters and three brothers.
25 Years Ago - 1980
Mike Ford, a senior at Gordon High School, is looking toward his future as he has enlisted in the Nebraska National Guard. Not only will the Guard pay for 75 per cent of his college tuition next fall, but Mike will receive a $1,500 bonus on top of that. Mike, 17, lives in Gordon with his mother, Veda Dahlgren. Mike will go to basic training at Fort Sill, Okla. in June with the Big Red platoon, made up of western Nebraska guardsmen. He will return in 13 weeks and enroll at CSC at Chadron.
Barb Kime, daughter of Rose Kime of Gordon, has earned a place on the dean’s honor roll for scholastic achievement last semester at Kearney State College.
David Gran, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Willis Gran of Gordon, was one of three high school seniors honored recently for their outstanding achievements in careers both as students and as young citizens by the Soroptimnist club of Scotts Bluff county.
Barbara Buchan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchan, was installed as honored queen of Bethel 50 of Job’s Daughters on Dec. 31, 1979 at the Masonic temple. Her theme was Live for Today, and her ceremony was Light of the World.
Births at Gordon Memorial hospital were those babies born to:
* Donald and Kimberley Talbot, a son born Feb. 18, 1980.*Casey and Susan Lange, Oglala, S.D., a son born Feb. 19, 1980.
*Bernard and Carol Reitz, Rushville, a daughter born February 20, 1980.
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The two Gordon High School students chosen as GHS Athlete of the Week this week are Jim Connealy and Starla Sholl.--------------------------------------
OBITUARIES
Due to lack of space, the obituaries listed in the Journal for this week in 1980 are for the following people, listing only birth and death dates. Also included are those from the previous week.
*Luella E. Pittman, age 75, born 1905 and died Feb. 23, 1980.
*George William Purdy: born - March 6, 1888 and died Feb. 5, 1980.
*Leonard Claude Scott, born Oct. 28, 1905 and died Feb. 12, 1980.
*Katherine Glantz Yost: born Jan. 4, 1888, and died Feb. 24, 1980.
*Louis M. Altringer: born Feb. 8, 1946 and died Feb. 15, 1980.
*Fred R. Nelson: born June 8, 1907 and died Feb. 11, 1980.
*Kathleen Coleman Hawkins: born Jan. 27, 1914 and died on Feb. 7, 1980.
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