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Sidney Telegraph in Sidney, Nebraska

23 Dec 1963

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Sidney Telegraph

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Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1963

Page

18

Frontier Christmas in Nebraska Plains History

Records of Christmas observance on the Nebraska frontier are sparse. Early recognition began at Cantonment Bluff in 1820 and Fort Atkinson with a stop in troop leisure, but for decades emigrants focused on survival. Mollie Dorsey notes a modest 1857 Christmas in Nebraska City lacking gifts, while Brownville's 1859 Nebraska Advertiser mentions a Christmas ball at A. H. Barnes's home.

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Nebraska Plains Council Bluff Fort Atkinson Chambers Nebraska Mollie Dorsey Nebraska City Dorsey Cook Johnson County Mollie Santa Claus Nebraska Advertiser Brownville A. H. Barnes
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Irrigation Pumps Are Temperamental in Lincoln News

Lincoln residents recall one of the earliest Christmas parties in 1867 held at the unfinished Methodist Church on Tenth and O Street. The event funded schoolhouse furnishings and featured a substantial community dinner. University of Nebraska engineer John J. Sulek warns irrigation pumping plants waste fuel when impeller or carburetor adjustments are faulty, urging trained technicians for proper tuning.

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Barnes Lincoln Methodist Episcopal Church Tenth and O Street John J. Sulek University of Nebraska Agricultural Engineer
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