Pioneer era recollections near Louisville Nebraska 1873 account
Mary Heim Group recalls her family moving from Wisconsin to Nebraska in 1873 by covered wagon. She describes Louisville as a small town with a ferry, depot, post office, and Sunday school at the depot, plus early Cass and Lancaster county ranching and the 1875 grasshopper invasion that stripped wheat fields.
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Mary Heim
Louisville
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Missouri
Plattsmouth
Burlington
Lincoln
Capitol
Group
Cass
Lancaster
Cass County
Sundbergs and neighbors share meals and visits across town
West Side residents Carl Sundberg and family plus Carolyn and Eldon joined Covenant Cedars services. Howard Sundberg and Lynn shared Sunday dinner with Richard Boyd and Ricky. Haverland accompanied to York and later hosted circle guests. Families gathered at Nyffeler home for a birthday dinner with Clark Lusche Ingolds, and many other local reunion and visit scenes occur across Columbus, York, Monroe, and Omaha.
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Carl Sundberg
Carolyn
Eldon
Covanent Cedars
Howard Sundberg
Lynn
Richard Boyd
Ricky
H. F. Haverland
E. J. Allison
York
Francis Donelison
Raymond Nyffler
Nyffeler
Chester Clark
Wesley Lusche
Columbus
Fred Ingolds
Bradshaw
Frank
Jennie Anderson
John ‘Folk
B. W. Gertsch
Margret Schupbach
Harold Gigax
Modern gas incinerators and household ease ad
A 1950s style ad cluster touts automatic gas incinerators for quick waste disposal with minimal odor. It blends kitchen tips with safety pitches and urges readers to visit local gas companies to see appliances. Also features household gas benefits from Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha Nebraska and a short family vignette.
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Omaha, Nebraska
Wisconsin to Kentucky Family Farm Saga Ends in 1892
The passage recalls a Wisconsin to Kentucky migration and a 1885 marriage between Mary Heim and John Group. They farmed across several properties before settling circa 1892 two miles southeast of Louisville, enduring a grasshopper plague and surviving by tending rows with brushes.
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Wisconsin
Mary Heim
John Group
Louisville
Landgraf Family Heads Home From Osceola Visit
Mr and Mrs Edward A Landgraf and daughters Joan and Kathie have left Osceola after visiting relatives in Nebraska for their return trip to Porterville California.
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Edward A. Landgraf
Joan
Kathie
Osceola
Nebraska Points
Porterville
Calif
Hillsboro couple visits prior to move to Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Duris and their two daughters of Hillsboro Oregon spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the Thomas Hofbauer home as they travel to a new residence in Annandale Virginia. Other visitors included Agnes Rich Valerian James Anderly and Mrs. Donald Squal and family from Omaha and David City. Friday guests at Mrs. Jay McDonald’s included Holly Grossnicklaus Jill Gondringer Mildred Snodgrass and Milan Snodgrass. Edith Russell of Topaz California visits with her parents Ed Almstrom and family. Her father is hospitalized in Annie Jeffrey Hospital for two weeks.
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Miller Duris
Hillsboro
Oregon
Thomas Hofbauer
Annandale
Agnes Rich
Valerian
James Anderly
David City
Joseph Samek
Larry
Abu
Donald Squal
Omaha
Jay McDonald
Holly Grossnicklaus
Jill
Dorothy Gondringer
Mildred Snodgrass
Milan Snodgrass
Edith Russel
Topaz
Calif
Ed Almstrom
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
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Jerry Hauk
Polk County Soil and Wee Conservation Dist
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District
Anderson
Bruce
Stromsburg
Bryan
Robert
Polk Co. Soil & Water Conservation District Office
Osceola Polk C. Extension Office
Osceola Lone Star
Columbus Farmers Co-op
Polk Farmers Co-op
Stromsburg Farmers Co-op
Osceola Farmers Co-op
Shelby
Raymond Burke
State Soil & Water Conservation Committee
Warren D. Fairchild
Polk County
Robert C. Finley
Hazel Hewitt
J. E. Steeple
W. D. Arschba Sart
West Side
Mrs. Homer Green
Mrs
Loris Neal
Central City
Federal Land Bank Loan
National Farm Loan Association
Alvin M. Grubaugh
Sec-Treas
Connie’s
Mom
Pop
Osceola Feed Mill& Elevator
Thos. Hofbauer, JR
Foxbilt
Garlock Studio
York, Nebraska
North Side Sq
Dairy Queen
Discount
York, Nebr
Stromsburg, Nebraska
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