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Madison county newspaper

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Evolution of a Country Newspaper

             January 1927 will be the fifty-third anniversary of the first newspaper published in Madison county.  It was on that foundation that the Star-Mail has grown in continuous line to the present time.  At a time when Madison county was very new and sparsely settled T. M. Blakely began the publication of the Madison County Review at the place that later became the city of Madison.  Different editors helped to keep it going till it passed to other ownership and in December 1878 its name changed to Madison Chronicle.  The Chronicle was published in Madison until 1921 when it was combined with the Star-Mail by Conley and Silletto under the name of the Star-Mail and Chronicle Combined.

Other newspaper attempts were made at different times.  A small cyclone smeared the Chronicle office all over the surrounding territory in 1881 and the outlook was dark, but it lived.  Editors and publishers changed but the ancestor of the Star-Mail lives on and on.

In 1889 J. B. Donovan appeared and started the Madison Reporter to fill what printers called a long felt want.  He soon found that it wanted something itself and that was a place to earn its bread and it was moved to Newman Grove.  Then in 1893 Donovan & Wright stared a new paper and named it The Star.  In 1902 Senator Allen started the Madison Mail.  Of course there was but one result and that was that three papers could not live where only one could make a grub stake.  Allen withdrew and Donovan united the Star-Mail and gave it the name of the Star and Mail.  All this time the Chronicle was published.  The two papers went on till 1921 when the progressive people of Madison tiring of a continued warfare and supporting two papers by giving the publishers credit for something to live on and making it compulsory to buy advertising space, by a great effort succeeded in having the papers united as had become the usual custom in other towns.

Thus it seems that the Star-Mail is the direct descendent of the first Madison county paper and some of the old equipment and files may still be found packed away in corners of the Star-Mail quarters.

It takes years to start and bring to a successful maturity any newspaper, whether in the country or city.  It may be strengthened by uniting as the Star and Mail did and later by uniting with the Chronicle that had been remained from the Review during the seventies.  It may have gained by accretion from other undertakings that failed but the failures were only tilling the soil for the more worth while newspaper.

A newspaper grows like a tree.  It starts small and if it escapes the dangers that lie in wait for it after may years buffeting the storms that it must pass through, it become a more or less strong tree.

A somewhat irreverent story was once told of a boy who was seeking to widen his information by asking his father questions about the power of God.  His questions were searching and father was troubled and inclined to seek safety by evasion.  The boy wanted his father to substantiate reports he had heard that God could do anything and make anything.  The father assured his son that he had been correctly informed and that nothing was impossible to God.  Can God make a two year old steer, father.  Certainly my son he can.  But father, could he make it in a minute.  The answer like the first was an affirmative.  But father, the boy persisted would the steer be two years old.

That is the idea people sometimes get about newspapers.  They see a paper grow and grow but it takes years to plant its roots firmly and even then some storm may uproot it and destroy it.  But they think if a tree has taken forty years to grow they can start a twig and make it overshadow the forty year old tree in one year.  But would it be forty years old?

Fifty years ago a country newspaper could start with little effort and little equipment.  The Star-Mail forbears was meagerly equipped.  Soon after postal laws did not permit newspapers to be admitted to the mails till they showed a bona fide circulation of subscribers who had paid for the paper themselves.  State laws defined a legal newspaper as one having 200 legitimate subscribers and only after it had been published 52 weeks.  Nebraska laws now make it mandatory that before a newspaper can become a legal paper and publish official or legal notices it would have 300 bona fide paid up subscribers and have been published 52 weeks.

The U. S. Postal laws bear harder on newspapers at each time congress tampers with them.  Since the last change four cents postage is exacted on a ten page Star-Mail and on a 16 page, eight cents.  The same enclosure will go to England with a two cent stamp, the former rate holding good on international mails.

The evolution of the Star-Mail and its advancement has not been checked.  It is stronger and never had a better year than the year 1926.  More improvements have long been contemplated but have been held back because of unsettled local conditions.  It may materialize and the drags on public advancement be ignored, and again the voice of prudence may restraint it.  The signs in the economic world point toward a time when people engaged in business begin to take in sail and not assume too many new undertakings.  The panics of 1873, of 1893, 1907 left warnings that were not heeded.  The same marks our now visible on the world’s sky.                                                        Source:  Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, January 6, 1927, page 1.

 

 New Newspaper at Madison

            Otto Metschke, proprietor of the Art Printery at Madison will start a new newspaper at Madison opening sometime next month.  For sometime he has been issuing a monthly advertising sheet and according to reports has secured the backing of several Madison merchants who have put $2,000 apiece into the new venture.

The new paper will be called the Madison News.  Mr. Metschke has purchased the Allen building in the rear of the Madison County Building and Loan Association office and is remodeling it for the new plant.

About five years ago Frank Conley purchased the Star-Mail plant and shortly afterward it and the Madison Chronicle the other weekly newspaper published in Madison, were merged together forming one newspaper.  Under the management of Mr. Conley the combined newspapers prospered and everything apparently ran smoothly.  About three years ago he sold the plant to Dr. Cass G. Barns of Albion.  Dr. Barns is a newspaper man of the old school.  He is a brilliant editorial writer but being utterly fearless in the expression of his opinion has apparently been unable to harmonize with the divergent elements of the place and the reopening of another newspaper as the result.

Opinions differ as to the outcome of the new venture.  Madison being a county seat town will no doubt be able to support two newspapers although it is doubtful if either one will prosper.  Neither will be able to completely cover the field in their circulation and the result will be added expense to Madison merchants in their advertising especially when conducting sales as it will be necessary to use both papers in order to have complete coverage.

Mr. Metschke is an experienced newspaper man having formerly operated a newspaper at Wisner.—Newman Grove Reporter.

The Reporter has not been fully advised.  Dr. Barns is not a newspaper man of the old school but of the school of journalism and acting in harmony with journalism instead of working for a grub stake, with some one’s collar around his neck. Conditions have not changed since Conley’s time.  There is a bolshevic element here but are far outnumbered by a higher class of people.  Dr. Barns has not tried to harmonize the two elements.  It would be just as easy to harmonize the Almighty with Satan.  Editorial feed must be held high for the most of the people and it has been too high for the other class.  Happily the new proposition can buy boiler plate brain food to feed his sheep.

After all, while there are signs of decadence in all country towns is it not a sign of a live community when some one has sand enough to start a fight.  If Dr. Barns has been unable to harmonize one class what is there wrong in some one coming to their keep out opposition and it dont play rescue?  It was wholly impossible to try to.  Mr. Price should realize that another paper could start up in his town.

So far as covering the field is concerned, it is covered now thoroughly by the Star-Mail, with local papers in our different neighboring towns.  The world is open to advertisers and the sky is the limit.  The Star-Mail will not change its policy nor will any disciplinary measures tried by any one make as much difference to the ownership as to the employes.  A lessening of support only means a lessening of jobs.  As the income grows less the pay roll will keep pace with it.

Don’t feel sorry for the Star-Mail and don’t feel sorry for the merchants if they have to patronize two papers.  If it hurts them they have only themselves to blame.  In fact don’t feel sorry for any one.  It isn’t half as bad as it looks and is only a sign that there is still live in Madison.  If not now, there will be.                                                 Source:  Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, January 6, 1927, page 1.

 

Early Churches in Kalamazoo township

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Early Churches of Kalamazoo Township in Madison County

Compiled by Charlton Ryan and Nancy Zaruba

The Iowa Valley Church grew from modest beginnings, meeting at first in the Iowa Valley schoolhouse or in private homes. It was a good distance to any other church at that time; and since the Methodists had no church nearby, they met with a United Brethren congregation. In the beginning, denominational lines between the two groups were dim. In the little schoolhouse, one Sunday’s service format would follow that of the United Brethren, and the next Sunday’s would be that of the Methodists.

On the 28th of May 1882, formalization of the congregation began in the home of Rev. John Hotskin, where the first trustees for the Iowa Valley United Brethren Church were chosen. These were A. A. Webster, President; John Hotskin, Vice President; and Julian Hatch, Secretary. Charles Olson and Cyrus Barnes were also present. Later that year, when a church building was constructed, it was actually in the adjoining township of Schoolcraft, but its cemetery was in the township of Kalamazoo, just as was the Iowa Valley schoolhouse. Although the new church was officially listed as belonging to the United Brethren denomination, the early congregation was still composed of many Methodists and some from other denominations as well.

One early resident recalls that Mr. Chapman and Mr. Jonas Throckmorton did much of the painting on the new church. The first minister was Rev. Hotskin; the second was Rev. Hatch. Charter members of the new church were: Rev. Hotskin and his wife, Cynthia Ann (James); Rev. and Mrs. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Barns; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barns; Mrs. Louisa Kaufman, Mrs. Maggie Kaufman, Mrs. Mary Olson (who was the daughter of Rev. Hotskin and who married Charles Olson), and Mrs. Lily Hatch. Other names of early members were: Jimmie and Julia Willie; Bertie Hatch; Mrs. Lewis James (sister to Rev. Hotskin); and the McNeelys.

In the years 1884 and 1885, five more families and two single men arrived, increasing the congregation’s size. These new members were the families of W. D. Sterner, J. H. Fichter, Arthur Rumery, S. F. Woods, and S. M. Dowling. The single men were B. F. Brannian, who married Ida Sterner; and Charles Sprout, who married Mary Fichter. Later a Mr. Baldwin and his sister arrived.

Sometimes services were conducted by the Presbyterian minister, Rev. Kimball, from Madison. When an organ was purchased, Rose Sterner led the choir and Ida Sterner was the first organist. The Sunday school was lead by Arthur Rumery and  subsequently by Mr. Baldwin. During those years the little church was frequently filled to capacity–which was estimated to be 75 people. Eventually, sheds were built to shelter the horses ridden or driven to church.

Other early ministers were Revs. Diltz, Cotton, and Cole. There was also a Rev. H. C. Copsey, who came from England with his wife and baby.

This church is gone now. It was dissolved in 1920. The structure was moved to the homestead of Frank and Frances Pospisil and their eleven children where it served as a summer kitchen and wash house. —Ryan

Sources: Centennial Book Committee. Bryan Smith, Representative. Newman Grove Centennial: Our First Hundred Years. Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 1988. 89-90, 93-94, 104, 189.  Miscellaneous unpublished notes from members of the Madison County Genealogical Society.  Marquette, Rev. David D. D., A History of Nebraska Methodism: First Half-Century 1854-1904. Cincinnati: Western Methodist Book Concern Press, 1904. 261-267.

Early Churches of Kalamazoo Township in Madison County

Compiled by Charlton Ryan and Nancy Zaruba

The origin of the German Evangelical Lutheran Zion-Wedekind Church dates back to the 21st of November 1885 when Fredrick and Dorthea Schoepflin sold land for five dollars to people wishing to build a church, parsonage, and cemetery. At an 1888 meeting chaired by Rev. C. Burchers, with Theodor Beltz, serving as secretary, the following officers were elected: Rev. C. Burchers, August Eucker, Frederick Schoepflin, Christian Wollin, and Theodor Beltz. Their newly adopted name for the church was The German Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Ohio Synod.

The first pastor to serve the church was Rev. George Bohn, from 1890 to 1891. A longer pastorate occurred from 1896 to 1914 when Rev. John Weber served. Prior to 1932, services were held in both German and English, but after that year, two English Sundays were followed by a third German Sunday. According to one account, the congregation was hit hard by the Great Depression. One minister, Rev. C. M. Hollensen, who served from 1929 to 1933, was fully compensated in 1960. It was also in 1960 that the lumber from the church was donated to the Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home. Its baptismal font was given to the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Omaha—Ryan

Sources: Centennial Book Committee. Bryan Smith, Representative. Newman Grove Centennial: Our First Hundred Years. Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 1988. 89-90, 93-94, 104, 189.   Miscellaneous unpublished notes from members of the Madison County Genealogical Society.  Marquette, Rev. David D. D., A History of Nebraska Methodism: First Half-Century 1854-1904. Cincinnati: Western Methodist Book Concern Press, 1904. 261-267.

Early Churches of Kalamazoo Township in Madison County

Compiled by Charlton Ryan and Nancy Zaruba

There was a Methodist Church located on the Edward and Margaret (Boysen) Kohl family farm in Kalamazoo Precinct. The church is no longer there. Some who attended the church believe that it was moved to the site of the Old Home Café north of Madison and east of Enola where it is now used as a home. This has not been verified.

There was a cemetery associated with the church, and it is still in use today and known as the Kohl cemetery. In 1876, the Rev. Jabez Charles was appointed to the Madison Circuit. This included Madison, Union Creek, Fairview, Kalamazoo, Newmans Grove, and Tracy Creek. There was no church on this circuit at that time.

Jabez Charles was born in England, September 6, 1836, converted at the age of fifteen, and licensed to preach in the Primitive Methodist Church in 1864. In March, 1857, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Powles, and in June 1868, they came to America, and he became a local preacher on the Charters Circuit, Pittsburg Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1872, he came to Omaha, not intending to preach but rather to secure a homestead and to make a home for himself and family. However, he was persuaded to take charge of the work in Madison County.

He began his career on September 18, 1872, and continued without a break until the conference of 1902 when at the age of sixty-six, worn out by thirty years of incessant toil on large circuits with small salaries, he requested, and was granted retirement—Zaruba

Sources: Centennial Book Committee. Bryan Smith, Representative. Newman Grove Centennial: Our First Hundred Years. Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 1988. 89-90, 93-94, 104, 189.   Miscellaneous unpublished notes from members of the Madison County Genealogical Society.  Marquette, Rev. David D. D., A History of Nebraska Methodism: First Half-Century 1854-1904. Cincinnati: Western Methodist Book Concern Press, 1904. 261-267.

Early Churches of Kalamazoo Township in Madison County

Compiled by Charlton Ryan and Nancy Zaruba

The Z. C. B. J. Jan Hus 50 lodge (Bohemian Hall) was organized January 2, 1898. It was located five miles north and five and one half miles east of Newman Grove. (Jan Hus means leader of the protestant religions of Czech country.)  By belonging to this organization, it was each members duty to be helpful and take care of its members, especially in times of trouble.

Joseph Storek was chosen president with Karel Vancura as secretary, and Thomas Panek as treasurer. There were fourteen founding members. Members met monthly on Sunday afternoons. On December 24, 1898, it was decided to build a hall for Bohemian families to come together for weddings, funerals or other occasions.

Reverend Phillipi of Clarkson, NE, officiated at many of these events. Karel Vancura financed the hall until funds could be raised to reimburse him. One acre of land was leased from Joseph Choutka. Eventually, the building began to deteriorate and extensive flooding caused damage to the interior of the hall. In 1964, it was decided to tear the hall down. Members once again began meeting in homes.

The highest membership of this lodge totaled 156 members. At present, there are 103 members with Della Strand currently serving as president, Donald Novotny as secretary, and Ed Choutka as treasurer.—Zaruba

Sources: Centennial Book Committee. Bryan Smith, Representative. Newman Grove Centennial: Our First Hundred Years. Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 1988. 89-90, 93-94, 104, 189.  Miscellaneous unpublished notes from members of the Madison County Genealogical Society.  Marquette, Rev. David D. D., A History of Nebraska Methodism: First Half-Century 1854-1904. Cincinnati: Western Methodist Book Concern Press, 1904. 261-267.

Emerick, Nebraska

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Emerick Methodist Church

C. G. Rouse, a very successful supply pastor, began his ministry at this place. His homestead was at St. Clair Valley not far from Emerick. The Emerick Methodist Church was built in 1891 with John Cruse being the pastor at that time. He was appointed to this charge in 1890 and built the church after the first of the year. He was followed by Wm. Stanner, then J. A. Roads, then W.A. Wilson. At that time it was said that this charge was located in a very rich section of the country, was convenient to work and had the making of one of the best appointments. In 1898 A. E. Fowler and in 1899 W. R. Phelps served this desirable charge. The parsonage which had been buildt nearly a mile away was moved to the church lots and remodeled at a cost of $200. H. A. Hornady served the next two years and Charles Sterner supplied in 1902. G. A. Barker was next, followed by H. P. Williams and W. D. Smith. The last regular supply was Geo. Hill in 1916. After that guests and visitors preached for several years. After the church was no longer used regularly on Sundays, it was still maintained for a number of years and used for funerals. Several Methodists in that community now attend church in Meadow Grove. The parsonage burned to the ground in 1923. In 1947 Paul Green purchased the Emerick Church and moved it to Meadow Grove just east of the White Way Café. It is now a home.

Sources: Centennial Book Committee. Bryan Smith, Representative. Newman Grove Centennial: Our First Hundred Years. Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 1988. 89-90, 93-94, 104, 189.   Miscellaneous unpublished notes from members of the Madison County Genealogical Society.    Marquette, Rev. David D. D., A History of Nebraska Methodism: First Half-Century 1854-1904. Cincinnati: Western Methodist Book Concern Press, 1904. 261-267.

Fairview School

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Fairview School

Fairview School District 9 now District 88

The following names are listed below a picture on page 85 in the Madison 125 year history book.  The date of the picture is unknown.

Teacher: Hattie Twist.

Children: Mary Echtenkamp, Edna Schulz, Maude Hetrick, Otto Kinkle, Betty Reeves, William Reeves, Ellen (Reigle) Anding, Sarah (Moore) Anding, Gertrude Schulz, George Kinkle, Albert Echtenkamp, Carl Echtenkamp, Carl Kindle, Lottie Kinkle, Louis Schulz, Betty Epler, Lizzie Volk, Allie Duphey, Iola Hetrick, John Reeves, Clara Echtenkamp, George Volk, Clifford – ?-, John Kinkle, Paul Moore, Anna Echtenkamp, Maggie Volk, Leo Moore, Mary Volk, Jessie Reeves.   Source: 125 Years Madison, Nebraska 1867-1992 book page 85.  [Please note a typing error may have been made in the Centennial book for Carl Kindle.   Should the spelling have been Carl Kinkle?]

Best Cemetery Mortuary Records

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Mortuary Records from Norfolk, Madison Co. Nebraska 1887 — 1904

Home for Funerals Records of Burials at Best Cemetery

Date                  Deceased           Age            Resided            Ordered By

21 Feb 1887  Gertrude Ommerman 8 mo.                        A. Ommerman

11 Jan 1888    Child                  4 mo.                                John Ray

3 Feb 1890    Wm. Craig         79                                     John R. Craig

7 Feb 1890   Saml. V. Lowe                                            Alvin Lowe

9 Apr 1891  Geo. Deuel         1 mo.                                Frank Deuel

8 Dec 1891  James Buffington 25                                    L. J. Lowe

29 Dec 1891  Etta Wiltse        21                                     Joe Martin

12 Jul 1892   Infant Girl                                                  Al Ommerman

3 Feb 1893   Jane Best    30             8 mi. East          Gene Best

9 Feb 1893  Lloyd Deuel    8              7 mi. West        Frank Deuel

13 Mar 1894  Surilda Carrabini             Norfolk              Owen Carrabini

28 Sept 1894   Mrs. Anna Craig   24                               Adrian Craig

10 May 1895  Chas. Miller    88          6 mi. North        Robert McKibbon

20 Aug 1897  Frank Lulow   13          6 ½ mi. NW       Henry Lulow

22 Dec 1897  Mother of Mrs. Hattie Craig 91      Penn.     John Craig

28 Dec 1897   Otto Buffington                                          W. Lowe

22 Jan 1898   A. C. Buffington   69       St. Paul, Ne.    John Buffington

4 Jul 1898     Chas. Fitch      56                                   Wm. Fitch

17 Jul 1899    Hattie Best    25                                    Eugene Best

4 Mar 1901  Frank M. Holbrook   3 mo. Ommerman farm   Al Holbrook

14 Apr 1901   John Best Sr.                  Oklahoma       Madison Best

19 Sept 1901   Infant Girl     2 day         Valley Prec.     A. B. McKibbon

Best Cemetery History

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Best Cemetery is located at T 24 N, R 2 W Section 23.  It is located 1/2 mile north of  Hwy. 275 on 61st St., 1 mile west and 1/2 mile north.  It is located on a hilltop and is quite visible with a new sign and flagpole.

History of Best Cemetery by Cleo Deuel

A brief history of the Best Cemetery, as told to me by my father Erwin Deuel and as I remember it during my life time which so far has been 87 years.

It was organized in 1891. There had been people buried there before that. My grandparents Frank and Cyntha Deuel lost 3 children before that and a 7 year old son in the 1890s. The story goes, I don’t know the date, that a man traveling through the county on horseback stayed over night at someone’s place and died during the night and I guess he must have been the first person to be buried there but I’m sure no one knows just where.

I think the name Best Cemetery came from the people owning the land at that time. There are quite of number of Bests buried there, some just recently.

Shortly after World War II my father and others purchased extra land on the east and south so there could be a road all the way around. The fence was moved and replaced and I think some grading done on the south side. There also was a tool shed and two outhouses in the south west corner. My grandpa Hunter and some other old fellows tore these buildings down as they were no longer needed like they were in the horse and buggy days. The tool shed had contained shovels, scythes and push lawn mowers, the reel type. For years no one bothered these things, then they started to come up missing. One sad thing happened when grandpa and the others were working on the buildings. One old fellow fell and was hurt. He later died from his injuries.

There had been cedar trees and pine trees planted about the cemetery. The cedars have been dying off. Bob Groninger and I planted a row of pines on the north and east side. All but a very few have survived.

Several years ago my late wife Lurene said we needed a sign with the name of the cemetery. We looked into and discarded the idea of a metal sign over the entry gate. We heard of a fellow who made white letters from cement and were mounted on a metal frame. We looked into it and it seemed to be what we needed. Several people donated to the cost. Dan Flanigan, my daughter’s husband, built a frame and he and others poured a cement platform. I purchased a flag pole and flag. Bob Groninger and I installed it. We fly it during Memorial Day weekend and also during a funeral.

We have seven Civil War veterans, all Union vets, one Spanish American war veteran, two World War I, six World War II, one Korean War, and one Vietnam war veteran buried here.

We have an annual meeting in the Spring before Memorial Day. We have investments drawing interest and receive donations from time to time. We also have a cemetery board. It varies in number. I have been president for some time. Bob and Shirley Groninger take care of the finances and Bob also looks after the mowing. I have also been putting flags on Veteran’s graves for Memorial Day weekend. The half mile county road leading to the cemetery is now shared by two households and a bunch of trucks hauling clay from south of the cemetery.

I remember as a child we had annual meetings in the Born Schoolhouse on Decoration Day as it was known then. There was always a large crowd. If someone could make it up the hill to the cemetery without having to change gears from high they really bragged about their car. Al Ommerman usually ran the meeting, we sang songs and someone might give a talk. Also Clyde Best played the piano. At least one meeting I remember three Civil War soldiers were up on the stage. After World War II the meetings sort of petered out.

I was always a little surprised my grandpa Deuel was not one of the original board members, as he was one of the early school teachers in Madison County. They lived one half mile west of the north end of the cemetery. It is a section line but no road was ever opened. Also one half mile east of the cemetery a farm owned by Duane Sellin was homesteaded by Martin Brubaker. His wife was grandpa Deuel’s sister.

There had been a lot of volunteer cedars growing in the fence around the cemetery. No one had taken the time to take them out. Someone came up to the cemetery and they were all gone. Ernest Sellin, Dwain’s father and some of his grandsons had come up from their farm just east of the cemetery and had cut and removed them.

Cemetery Board, June 20, 1891: Robert McKibbon, John Ray, Joseph Foak, Alvin Low, John S. Craig, D. A. Ommerman, Marisee Best, David Best, Martin Brubaker.

Some of the Veterans buried here are: Bill Craig, WW II, Joann Craig, Legion Auxiliary, Francis Henderson 1861-1865, William Low, War of the Republic, William Moxley, WW I, John Wessel, WW II, Valma Light, Cuba-Spanish American, Joseph Light, Civil War 1861-1865, John Ray, WW II, Harold Groninger, WW II, Frank Best, WW I, Robert McKibbon 1861-1865, John Wollert, 1861-1865, Charles Fitch, 1861-1865, John Flennken, 1861-1865, Reuben Best, WW II, Jack E. Best, Korean War?, and Leonard Houfek, ?, and Floyd “Bud” Ray, WW II.

I have a list of the original board members and also a list of the names of all of the veterans. There are thirty people buried at the Best Cemetery that are of my blood relations. There are at least one or two burials a year.

1896 Battle Creek, NE. Business

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Battle Creek, Nebraska Business Directory 1896

Compiled by Richard R. Strenge

 

The following is written as shown in the Battle Creek Enterprise Friday, Jan. 31, 1896, on page 7.  The spellings are copied as found in the paper.

Avery, J. L., real estate

Baker, L. B., lumber, grain, elevator,   coal

Barnes, Wm. A., dry goods, groceries, etc.

Bates & Maas, (Wm. Bates, Otto H. Maas), real estate

Battle Creek Creamery and Live Stock Co., officers mentioned elsewhere

Battle Creek Enterprise,  R. D. Scott, pub.

Battle Creek House, D. L. Best, prop.

Battle Creek Republican, O. F. Montross, pub.

Battle Creek Sugar Beet Co., officers mentioned elsewhere

Beck, Phil, constable

Blohm, Henry, beekeeper

Braisher, J. S., harness maker

Brechler & Merz, hardware, prop  mentioned elsewhere

Clark & Kent, (Miss Daisie Clark, Miss Agnes Kent), dressmakers

Claus, Herman, shoemaker

Curas, Thomas, janitor public school bldgs.

Craig, W. W., carpenter

Connelly, M. J., carpenter

Daniel, I. J., physician

Day, W. C., station tel and ex agt.

Dennis, E. G., justice of the peace

Dittrick, Joseph, blacksmith and wagon shop

Doering, M. G., Prof, teacher Lutheran school

Dugher, Thomas, dry goods, groceries

Dufphy, J. H., livery barn

Edens, Henry, carpenter

Flood, Jennie Miss, milliner

Fuerst, W. B., groceries

Gardels, J. R., constable and well digger

Giblin, C. R., city marshall

Hale, F. J., live stock shipper

Hedman, Charles A., hardware

Hichborn, Charles, watchmaker

Hoffman, J., Rev., Pastor Lutheran Church

Hoover, W. _, house painter and decorator

Ingoldsby & Co., (P. H. Ingoldsby, P. Brecheisen), liquor dealers

Inkley, S. C., breeder of hogs and horses

Jardee, John, carpenter

Kilburn, Hiram H., attorney

Klindt & Gosch, (Wm. Klindt, Chris Gosch), liquor dealers

Knesel, J. L., real estate

Knesel, M. E., Mrs., milliner

Livingston, Chris, barber

Maas & Haman, (Otto H. Maas, Chas. T. Haman), drugs

Maher, W. J., barber

Martin, S. E., Mrs., grocery, restaurant

Miller, Howard Co., lumber, coal, grain

McFarland, A. M., Rev., Pastor Baptist Church

Moyer, A. G., mayor, meat market

Neagele & Zimann, meat market

Neely & Eaton, roller mills

Reavis, W. F., agricultural implements

Reif, Henry, Mrs., milliner

Rhynn, F. F., mail carrier

Scott, R. D., postmaster

Shown, Thomas L., restaurant

Steffen, August, furniture, undertaker

Schocker, John, brickmason

St. Lawrence, Father Rev., Pastor Roman Catholic Church

Taylor, W. R., deputy postmaster

Tanner, Edward, physician

Thomsen, M. L., dry goods, groceries

Venable, Geo. S., collection agent

Venable, W. A., brickmason

Walker, J. N., livery stable

White Drug Co., T. L. White, prop.

Wilcox, J. H., Rev., Pastor M. E. Church

Werner, Herman, carpenter

Wink, Henry, carpenter

Young, Wm., harness maker

Zimmerman, Geo., agricultural implements

 

Meadow Grove Teachers

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Meadow Grove Teachers 1925—1926

Meadow Grove public schools will open for a nine month term on Monday, Aug. 31st. The rooms in the building are being thoroughly cleaned, paint applied where necessary, so that the entire building will be in first-class shape when school opens. There is nothing gained in letting a building run down, and it should be noted that the Board of Education is taking good care of the building entrusted to their keeping and thereby saving money for the taxpayers. The following is a list of the teachers for the ensuing school year: Supt. L. L. Spotts, Meadow Grove, Nebr.; Prin. High School Clarence J. Rosenau, Hastings, Nebr.; Normal Training and Domestic Science Mary Roach, Maywood, Nebr.; English, Latin, French Ruth Ringland, Wayne, Nebr.; 7th and 8th Grades Beatrice Higbee, Meadow Grove, Nebr.; 5th and 6th Grades Frances Snimonek, Wilber, Nebr.; 3rd and 4th Grades Charlotte Hayden, Meadow Grove, Nebr.; Primary Aleda Eggleston, Elgin, Nebr.

Source: Meadow Grove News, August 21, 1925, page 1.

Madison County Public Schools

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Madison County Public Schools

Mrs. Alice Hall, County Superintendent

Rural School Board Officers 1931–1932

The listing below is by last name, first name and then the District Number associated with each person.

Surname        Dist. No.

Albracht, Aloys  70
Altschuler, Charles  6
Anderson, Arthur  49
Anderson, C. O.  45
Anderson, John M.  67
Anderson, Leo  67

Barnes, James  75
Beaty, George, Jr. 30
Bennett, Will E.  14
Berg, C. F.   44
Besk, William  46
Best, Clyde 73
Bickley, Arthur 30
Bierman, Leo  14
Blair, Lem  65
Blehyl, Art  16
Boe, Albert  21
Boyer, Fred  33
Boysen, August  56
Braun, Lewis  10
Brockemeier, Henry  4
Brosh, V. J.   61
Brosh, William   9

Carpenter, Amos 3
Catron, Ernest  41
Choutka, Frank  40
Classen, Peter  36
Collins, E. T.  52
Congram, Phil   55
Conway, T. O.  83
Cook, J. C., Mrs.  74
Cook, John C. 74
Craig, Everett  83
Cunningham, A. E.  22

Dahl, W. E.  27
Dahlhouser, Michael  49
Daniel, Carl    61
Dederman, A. H.   24
Dederman, Harry  24
Diefenderfer, W. H.  65
Dieter, Otto   78
Dieter, William    6
Dittberner, Theodore   42
Dittrick, William   23
Doering, Arnold   3
Dover, Clifford   46
Dover, R. N.   42

Ellis, Frank   25
Etling, John   67

Feldman, Carl  54
Fender, Will   79
Finkral, J. G.   28
Forre, Gunder  62
Foss, Henry  34
Fowlkes, Lester 10
Fowlkes, Walter  85
Freudenburg, Ed  63
Freudenburg, Otto  63
Frey, W. H. 19
Friedrich, Herman  20
Fundum, J. H.  31

Gabelman, Fred   40
Gall, Gus  11
Gall, Otto   11
Gillespie, Charles  44
Ginn, P. H.  56
Grant, J. I.   50
Grant, L. P.   50
Gross, Daniel   40
Gustafson, H.  15

Hanke, Herman  26
Harms, R.  7
Hash, John H.   41
Henderson, Ora  43
Herda, John      28
Higbee, W. T.   77
Hintz, Emil   48
Hofferber, Jack  65
Hofmann, Paul   51
Horrocks, J. G.  52
Horrocks, S. H.  44
Huebner, J. C., Mrs.  75
Huelle, Herman  74
Huelle, O. G.  18
Hughes, Joseph  23

Jacobsen, Herman  58
Johnson, Casper  68
Johnson, John G.  14

Kaufman, Ralph   59
Kent, John  16
Kielty, James   4
Kierstead, G. A.  82
King, Eddie, Mrs. 29
King, Ernest   29
Klein, George  79
Klein, Henry   73
Knapp, George  85
Knebel, Ernest  37
Knebel, Sophie, Mrs.  37
Knull, Frank   66
Kohl, William, Jr.  70
Kohlhoff, Paul   430
Kohlund, Frank.  7

Larson, John   76
Larson, L. W.   76
Lauver, John   22
Leu, Fred   30
Lindahl, Raymond   54
Lindner, Joe   78
Linn, Myron   47
Luebeke, William  17
Lutjen, Herman  33
Lyons, C. F.   45

Marquardt, Henry  20
Matheson, Earl  26
Maurer, John, Jr.  7
McKibbon, J. W.  8
Meisinger, Ernest  15
Michales, Bert  36
Miller, George   51
Miller, Israel  75
Minkler, Fred   33
Moehnert, Fred  36
Mollhoff, J. F.    50
Morris, Will, Mrs.  16
Moses, Joseph   28

Nathan, Otto H.  70
Neidig, E. J.  48

O’Banion, Ross  77
O’Brien, J. P.   76
Oleson, Hilmer  59
Osborn, C. C.  57
Oschner, Honor  78

Petersen, M. J.   4
Peterson, C. F.  22
Pettitt, M. B.  25
Piskac, Charles   47
Pobanz, Emma, Mrs. 11
Pojar, Joseph   66
Pojar, R. J.   47
Prauner, Walter   9
Preuss, Ed   42
Purdy, Walter  6

Raasch, Darius   3
Ray, Ina   73
Reeves, G. C.  57
Reigle, J. C.   53
Reitz, Fred  86
Renner, Charles  26
Renner, Robert  66
Risor, Ray   64
Rix, H. B.   38
Roberts, F. O.  21
Roewert, Paul  71
Roewert, Walter  34
Rottler, Emil  43
Rottler, William  19

Sandin, Emanuel  54
Sattler, Fred  59
Scbastian, F. L.  86
Scheer, F. P.    53
Scheer, W. J.   27
Scheerger, F. A.  18
Scheffler, C. E.  86
Schlender, Ernest  85
Schmidt, William John 15
Schmitt, George  19
Schott, Otto 38
Schwager, John  62
Schwank, Ed   56
Schwartz, Raymond  35
Seckel, Fred  51
Severson, Henry, Mrs.  68
Sherlock, G. C.  77
Shipley, John   31
Stanek, Steve   55
Steward, J. B.  71
Stewart, S. M.   8
Stirk, G. E.   17
Suckstorf, August  23
Sullivan, Emma   21
Sunderman, Emil  35
Sunderman, Louis  63
Sunderman, Walter  53
Switzer, S. M.  27
Swoboda, R. G.  45

Tannehill, Earl   69
Tannehill, George  69
Tegeler, Walter  61
Terry, Clyde   18
Terry, F. J.   71
Texley, N. H.  62
Thomas, Herman  58
Thomas, W. C.  69
Tillotson, Ed   64
Timperly, Van   24
Trine, S. M.    83

Unkel, Albert  17

Vaage, Adolph   58
Vaage, Richard   68
Volk, Elmer    64

Wacker, Conrad   8
Walldeen, C. A.  49
Walmsley, H. E.  82
Walmsley, James  82
Walters, J. J.   31
Warner, E. C.   25
Wedekind, Henry  55
Weertx, John  52
Weiand, Frank   29
Weiting, Carl   41
Wetjen, William  46
White, Frank, Mrs. 48
Willems, R. U., Mrs.  37
Winter, Frank  20
Wisch, Henry  10
Wohlfeil, O. J.   34
0Wright, Ella, Mrs.  79

Young, H. O.   9
Young, J. C.   57

Zessin, Oscar   35
Zohner, John   38

Madison, NE. school

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Schoolmates Hold Fifteenth Annual Picnic On Sunday

The fifteenth annual picnic of old schoolmates of the Madison school of 1870 to 1895 was held last Sunday at the Hoyt Osborn home in East Emerick. Mrs. A. K. Robinson of Newman Grove was elected president and Mrs. Hoyt Osborn of Meadow Grove was named secretary-treasurer.

Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Robinson, Newman Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Upton, all of Meadow Grove; Mrs. Alice Stevenson, Broken Bow; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fricke, Pender; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hosford, Albion.

Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Neidig, Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Chittenden, Mrs. Nellie V. Yeazel, and Mrs. Gussie Wright, all of Madison.

Mrs. Grace Osborn and Miss Abbie Thomas, both of Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Wager and daughter, Nona, Newman Grove; Virgil Bickley, Green Garden; and Miss Ava Osborn, Meadow Grove, who was co-hostess with her mother, Mrs. Hoyt Osborn.

Source: Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, September 9, 1937, page 4.