Looking Back

May 23, 2023

5.24.23

1965The first Gage County Home Extension club scholarship, for $150, was awarded to Carol Novotny at Odell High School.Monsignor John…
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May 16, 2023

5.17.23

1941Sam Kelley, local Hested store manager, received an outstanding community service award presented by Mayor Homer S. Yeakle.The sixth annual…
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May 9, 2023

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1892E.E. Powell and Lew Davis of Fairbury designed and made a contrivance by which all locks in the new jail…
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May 2, 2023

Looking Back 5.3.23

1888The village of Thompson, first named Buckley, was founded on May 7, 1888.1919World War veterans organized locally, with E.S. Goodrich,…
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April 25, 2023

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1892Conrad Zimmerman, formerly of Fairbury, had taken over the hotel at Jansen.1922To take advantage of prevailing lower prices, work was…
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April 18, 2023

4.19.23

2018The Fairbury Journal-News took home 16 awards from the Nebraska Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, including six first place finishes…
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April 11, 2023

4.12.23

1903A telephone company was organized at Steele City.Word from Congressman Hinshaw of Fairbury was that there were to be several…
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April 4, 2023

4.5.23

1949The Johnny Fragers, owners of the Jefferson County Hatchery announced the hatching of a four-legged chicken.George Hackbarth was the new…
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March 28, 2023

Looking Back 3.29.23

1931Twenty-one Rock Island shop workers had been laid off at Fairbury. Superintendent W.H. Dick said the cutback had been 1…
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March 14, 2023

3.15.23

1964Patty Quigley was selected as Miss Fairbury in the Nebraska pageant sponsored by Fairbury Jaycees. Her attendants were Marietta Smith…
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