Early Days in Red Willow Co. Tales of 1870s Settlement
The article recalls Red Willow County's early settlers and Massacre Canyon. It describes Charles Hotze arriving in spring 1873 with a log dwelling on Coon Creek near Indianola and building sod stables, a dugout for winter storage, a sod smoke house, a chicken house, and other additions as families adapted to frontier life amid floods, blizzards, and threats of tornadoes.
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Red Willow Co
Nebraska
Republican River Valley
Massacre Canyon
Hitchcock County
Red Willow
Republican Valley
Highway 6
Burlington Railroad
McCook
Red Willow County
Charles Hotze
Coon Creek
Indianola
Hotze
Kentucky
Two Year Old Mary Beth Pyron Named 1960 March of Dimes Poster Girl
Florence Alabama girl Mary Beth Pyron, age two, named national poster girl for the 1960 March of Dimes campaign. Her image will appear on posters and canisters nationwide to support research against birth defects, arthritis and polio. Mary Beth has an open spine and hydrocephalus and relies on scientific advances funded by the charity.
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Mary Beth Pyron
James T. Pyron
Florence
Ala
U. S
Mary Be
Hope
New March of Dimes
Mary Beth
Tommy
Early Nebraska settler’s homestead blaze of industry
The narrative describes Mr. Hotze’s homestead featuring a house, a shed, a livestock shelter, pig pens, and a dug well. It highlights the thorough development of his farm yard, marking a level of enterprise that surpassed many 1870s pioneer homesteads in Western Nebraska and reflecting the era’s industrious push to settle new lands.
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Hotze
Nebraska
New Hoover Electric Floor Scrubber at Kepner's
Kepner's showcases the Hoover electric floor scrubber highlighting its features and availability for shoppers seeking efficient floor cleaning. The display emphasizes ease of use and modern design for home and small business use.
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Hoover
Kepner’s
Brooks Urges Single Nebraska Finance Department
Governor Ralph G. Brooks calls for a unified state finance department with a $15,000 director answerable to the governor. The plan would oversee the auditor, treasurer, central accounting, banking and insurance and possibly purchasing and the tax commissioner. Several offices are currently elected or operate independently.
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Lincoln
Ralph G. Brooks
Finance
Broooks
Brooks
Government reorganization proposals surface in Nebraska
A Callan chaired committee suggested separating the purchasing department and creating an administrative services department for tasks like microfilming and lithography. A state senate committee is also studying reorganizing for recommendations to the 1961 Legislature. Labor-management issues persist with opposition to a state labor relations law reflecting how many small firms operate.
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Brooks
Clair Callan
Odell
Department of Administrative Services
Nebraska
Donald E. Devries
Lincoln
Associated Industries of
General Motors
Steel
Devries
Mr and Mrs Anderson Visit Nyquist Guests
Mr and Mrs John Anderson were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr and Mrs Ernest Nyquist. See the new Hoover Electric.
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John Anderson
Ernest Nyquist
Hoover Electric
Kepner’s
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Wolke
Jnbukky
Trendtex
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Is ‘Dimes
Gordon Preble
Omaha
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Preble
Roy Cochran
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Cochran
28Th
Dodge Streets
Highway Department
Grand Island
North Platte
South Platte United Chambers of Commerce
Advisory
State Highway Commission
Power Commission
Ralph G.brooks
Dept. of Finance
Gorta
Osceola Cleaners
Ane
Osceola Record
McDonald’s
Red & White
Velveeta
Essex
Crisco
John
Rexall Drug Store
John’s Rexall
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