Looking Back

9.16.20

Published by admin on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 10:20am
1904
B.G. Dawson of Centerville, Illinois, bought the Messmore farm of 240 acres north of Fairbury, paying $11,500.
Diller organized an acetylene gas company to procure light for that village.
A Hastings firm was buying potatoes at Powell to ship and paying 25 cents a bushel. Hannibal Helvey had 1500 bushels.
1914
Elmo Hadley of near Diller harvested three acres of onions, 60 years ago, and got 700 bushels.
1924

9.2.20

Published by admin on Wed, 09/02/2020 - 7:31am

1871

A post office was established at Bryant, Jefferson county, Neb., 100 years ago, with Jas. J. Lawrence, postmaster. The Fairbury Gazette does not state where Bryant was located. George Cross was appointed postmaster at Fairbury. He was the second postmaster of the town. The first postmaster, according to Charles Dawson's history, was Capt. J.R. Brown.

Rev. C.W. Comstock, pastor of the Methodist church in Fairbury published a notice asking all those who were indebted to the church to settle with the trustees at once.

8.26.20

Published by admin on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 8:00am
1955
The Rock Island was substituting tri-weekly for daily service on its lines between Fairbury and Ruskin, and from Fairbury east to the state line Dubois. The 30-year-old announcement claimed a loss of $35.318 the previous year.
The Fairbury Methodist Church, built after the 1903 fire, was used for the final time with Sunday morning services, a wedding and a congregational meeting to authorize up to $70,000 in bonds to finance completion of the new building.

8.19.20

Published by admin on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 8:52am
1955
Theme of the County Fair parade in Fairbury was “Panorama of Progress.”
At the Diller picnic parade the theme was “Echoes of Indian Creek.”

8.5.20

Published by admin on Tue, 08/04/2020 - 8:54am
1940
Bindweed was the target of a weed eradication district being formed, in Gibson and Plymouth Precincts, and the north part of Cub Creek. Signatures of 81 percent of the landowners had been secured by Ed Nispel in Gibson Precinct, Elmer Heiliger in Plymouth Precinct and William Selk in the proposed area of Cub Creek.

7.29.20

Published by admin on Tue, 07/28/2020 - 9:41am
1898
Farmers were told to ease the pain of a partial failure of the corn crop with the thought that the price would be higher on what they did harvest.
Sells & Forepaugh's Circus was billed for Fairbury, with show grounds to be north of the standpipe (probably in the 11th block between D and E).
The store at Powell owned by Joe Butterbaugh was destroyed by fire.
E.W. Thomas advertised his new horse-drawn "funeral car" in The Fairbury Journal.
1908

7.15.20

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 12:00pm
1882
The new Fairbury bank was called Farmers & Merchants. Later it was changed to The First National.
1884
The Democratic Convention nominated Grover Cleveland and The Fairbury Gazette described him as, “A slick looking fellow, dressed in a gray suit and sporting a cane and white hat, wearing a Cleveland badge and carrying a small grip.”
1894
The Fairbury Gun Club was organized.
1904
Prof. M. H. Barringer moved from Beatrice and started the Fairbury Business College.

6.24.20

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 10:00am
1915
High water on the Little Blue did considerable damage. Jack Hughes, living between Endicott and Steele City, lost several acres of valuable land.
1935
On account of continued rain in this vicinity for six weeks, the Fourth of July celebration at Fairbury was given up.
1945
The Gamble store moved into the Galbraith building on the north side of the square which had been occupied by the USO. Walter Gamble was manager of the store.

6.17.20

Published by admin on Tue, 06/16/2020 - 10:54am
1895
The Rock Island offered a round-trip rate of 50 cents for Fairburians wishing to hear the Rev. Thomas DeWitt Talmage preach at Beatrice.
The Rock Creek vicinity Fourth of July celebration was to include speeches by C.H. Denney and W.F. Cramb of Fairbury.
1905  
A new depot and larger yards with a viaduct over the tracks were planned at Fairbury by the Rock Island at a cost of $50,000.
1930

6.10.20

Published by admin on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 12:20pm
1875
T.J. Kirk and “Mr. Marks” (possibly the Rev. Ives Mark?) each had a store at Rose Creek City, one on either side of the road. There are no “remains” of the mill and store on the east.
Fairbury school district issued five-year bonds in 1870 to pay for a school building  but didn't make provision for paying them when due. The school meeting adopted a resolution asking bond holders to defer claims until a tax levy could raise the money.
1886

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