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Editorial

A Haunted House In Omaha:

“Does superstition embarrass investment in real estate?” asked the Omaha Sunday Bee on September 24th, 1899. “There never was a landlord or rental agent who managed many estates or properties but had to contend with this more or less knotty problem.” The tale told to a Bee reporter by an unnamed Omaha real estate agent who had faced such a quandary, may be of special interest as Halloween approaches:

Flashbacks:

October 1961

Flashbacks:

September 1961

Cozad’s new, modern street sweeper moved into operation here this week. The huge machine, that is designed not only for speed, but efficient operation was assembled and tested Monday and Tuesday and began immediate work about 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. Melvin Block, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin

Melvin Block, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Block was injured in an accident that occurred late Tuesday evening, October 3rd, while he was hunting rabbits with three other boys-Gordon Muirhead, Roger Fenstermacher and Lonnie Buckley.

THE LOOMING CLIFF

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This week the House of Representatives passed a bill which would raise the debt limit to allow unlimited new spending through most of 2022 and provide short-term funding for the government until December 3. The bill, which was passed on a partyline vote, now heads to the Senate without a bipartisan agreement in place to ensure passage. Meanwhile, Democrats’ primary focus remains their arbitrary deadline to ram through President Biden’s expansive tax and spending package. These factors are quickly colliding with economic reality.

Flashbacks:

September 1961

THE GARDEN OVERFLOWETH

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Once again the garden at Hof Batie is experiencing an end of the season surge in produce. This year most of the bounty can be attributed to Hubby’s green thumb as after July 21 I didn’t set foot in the garden for a month and since then only on occasion.

FAMILY FARMS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

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As Nebraskans know, I serve on the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives. The Third District is both an economic powerhouse and one of the most rural districts in our country. I initially sought to join the committee to provide a voice for Nebraska on tax and trade issues which are critical to our rural communities. These issues are still front and center now.

A Question Of Business: Will Machines Replace Stenographers?

In 1877 Thomas A. Edison invented a machine that could record and reproduce the human voice using a tinfoil-covered cylinder. Edison’s phonograph, his trade name for his device, was followed in 1886 by Alexander Graham Bell’s graphophone that used wax cylinders. The possible use of such devices as business machines and the effect this might have on stenographers, was widely debated during the latter 1880s and 1890s.

20 YEARS LATER

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On September 11, 2001, the United States of America was changed forever. The world watched and held its breath as terrorists attacked our nation. In New York City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, Americans lost their lives at the hands of ruthlessness. While we commemorate that terrible day annually, it is receiving special attention this year, on its twentieth anniversary.

Flashbacks:

September 1961

.A. Stewart Jr., Lexington this week Wreported that a total of $665,-517 Series E and H savings bonds were purchased in Dawson County during the first eight months this year. This is 62.6 percent of the county quota for 1961.

Norman Wilkins has been named special gifts chairman for the 1961 Cozad Community Boy Scout Fund Campaign. The announcement was made by general chairman, Bob Hime.

September 1971