Frederick Geis and the Geis Ranch Pioneer Life
Frederick Geis born in Germany 1865 came to Cheyenne County Nebraska in 1886 under the Home Stead Act filed on 160 acres near Potter and later expanded to form the Geis Ranch. He built sod and frame homes, ran a cattle operation, hauled water, and lived through the Blizzard of 1888 and evolving rail links to Simla and Sidney. The Geis family helped establish schooling and church life, joined by neighbors and community events as Morrill County formed, with ongoing local notices of auxiliary meetings and regional activities.
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Geis
Morrill County
Cheyenne County
Frederick Geis
Germany
Omaha
Potter
Dalton
John Sanders
Ed Walsh
Huffman
Lawrence Fork
Sideny
As Neubauer
Sidney
Washburn
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Anna Barbara Mack
Greenwood Creek
Frederick
Anna Geis
Ickes
Davidsons
Burlington
Mud Springs
Simla
Bill Ritchie
Jort
Union Pacific
Burlington Railroad
Center Church
Milo Webster
Otto Perso
Birdwell
Hart
Raymond
Kinkaid
Greenwood
Fred Geis Ar
Banquet Planned for Dix Lions Pond Fund Drive
Dix news notes a Mother-Daughter Banquet set for Thursday April 30 at 6 30 p.m. at the school with tickets from the office to raise funds for the Dix Lions Club skating pond. Also details the Cub Scouts pinewood derby, local visits, pageant in Kimball, flower show school, and Legion Auxiliary events with multiple local residents and clubs involved.
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Dix Lions Club Skating Pond Fund
Dix Legion Hall
Adolph Brandt
John Isaacs
Gibbon
Paul Brewer
Long Beach
Calif
Lawrence Tobdler
Laramie
Tobler’s
Dennis
Deane Tobdler
Lawrence Toblers
Neva Shaw
Lonnie
Kathy Scheele
Lincoln
Dean Scheele
Dick Wistrom
Kimball
Lawrence Tobvler
Duane Tob Smidge
Rosenthal
Delynn Peterson
Jack Lockwood
Irene Reynolds
Pleasanton
Neb
Schmolt
Loren Tisdale
Reynolds
Bridgeport
Albert Peterson
Eldon Halstead
Potter
Harry Greathouse
Erwin Wilkie
Arthur Kenton
Lyle Shaw
Melvin Campbell
Carl Johnson
Alex Eckhardt
L. P. Johnson
Dalton
Frank
Dix American Legion Auxiliary
Ledge Mall
Blanche Ray
Hemingford
Irma Groeshans
Ray
Clyde Gerih
Unemployment at 4.4 Percent in March US economy
The March labor report shows unemployment rising to 4.4 percent with 3.7 million jobless and total employment up 468000 to 78 million. Most gains were part time while jobless grew among adults mostly seeking full time work. Living costs erode wage gains amid inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
White House
Nixon
Ronald J. Ziegler
George Meany
Edward R. Waite Rites Held in Lodgepole
Funeral services for Edward R. Waite 74 were held April 7 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Lodgepole. Rev Raymond Thiel officiated. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery with Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge. Masonic rites were given by Goldenrod Lodge AF AM, Lodgepole. Pallbearers included Art Peters Ernie Namath Earl Gerber Kenneth Henzel Marion Dickinson Lew Quinn. Honorary pallbearers listed H W Quinn Joe Henzl Floyd Treblik Har-
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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Lodgepole
Edward R. Waite
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Thiel
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Holechek
Goldenrod Lodge
Af&am
Art Peters
Ernie Namath
Earl Gerber
Kenneth Henzel
Marion Dickinson
Lew Quinn
H.W. Quinn
Joe Henzl
Floyd Treblik
Har
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Bob Wistrom
Elwell
Denver Art Museum
Temple Buell College
Larimer Square
John Novotny
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George A. Mulligan
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Gamma Phi Sorority
Vernon Southard
Dennis Tobler
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William Proxmire
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Colter Iteir
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Ceenay
Bob Roderick
Osage
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