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Three'sCompanyrules · 02-03-2003, 03:45 AM

I grew up in Holdrege and I have lived here all my life and the other day my Grandma gave me old news papers from are centennial year in 1980-1989 it looks back at Holdrege from 1884-1989 we also started a Holdrege scrap book about things from the 90's on. I though I would Share some head lines with you. Holdrege was founded by George W. Holdrege in 1883. Here are some headlinse from papers from 1883-1890. The edition name is Holdrege the stroy of a city.

1883- Town grows out of need for shortcut to Denver.
1883- Holdrege a bustling town by end of seven weeks.
1884- Startled Horses horse breaks up buggy ride.
1884-Wife sues husband's liquor provider.
1886- Night in cooler hotter than expected.
1886-Street post proves to be hazard.
1889- Insanity strikes Arlington guest. (next 1890-1910)
1891-Thoughtful speeches mark graduation (Holdrege's 1st grad qas in 1890)
1891-Poker,ham,chickens and Turkey.
1892- Couple suprise town with wedding.
1898-Town caught up in war fever.
1901-Customer wasn't always right.
1902-Drunkennes leads city crime report.
1908-Don't let your girl go to Hastings.
1900's brought high school sports they have score results from 1908.(next 1910-1929)
1910-value of athletics questioned.
1911-Keep kids out of Devils night school- deals with curfew
1919-Illness a serious problem.
1923-Loss of president saddens town.
1923-Have a reindeer for Christmas.
1924-Married Men beat up bachelors.
1924-Fire destroys cresent Theatre.
1925-Cagers win without coach.
1925-Bootleggers caught on streets. (next 1930-1939)
1930-Effects of Depression don't strike immediatley.
1930-Frog invasion keeps city hopping.
1933-Large snake eludes hunters.
1934-Twins can't get married in Holdrege.
1936-Rain doesn't stop famed conducter.
1937-Work of Rinmaker is a washout.
1938- Controversial book kept on shelf.(next 1940-1949)
1946-Post-war baby boom requires new schools.
1948-Suprise! Sweedestill dominate. (next1950-1980)
1957- strange one for HHS.
1967- Dazzling Dusters best in HHS history.

Most of the 1960-1980 stuff is in other news papers. I thought I would share you the history of Holdrege Nebraska and there are definitly things I never new reading these stories is exciting. If you want to find out about these headlines or other articles such as sports, war, crimes or anything else PM and I will tellyou the articles or if you want I can post them on this thread, but some might be to long,so PM might be better. These are very interesting articles, it is also intersting to see a twon grow from 1883-2003

Sorry this was so long,but there was a lot of headlines and there are a lot more.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 02-03-2003, 04:36 AM

Yup. Danville is a pretty small town. It used to be called (couple 100 years ago) Hawke. Then they switched it to Danville. While back when I was like, 12, they had a Danville tour. Went to the red school houses, the old town hall, cemeteries, some bee cave thing. It was pretty cool.

~*Belle N'Shawn forever~* · 02-03-2003, 11:32 AM

the town i live in , all i can say it's mad boring there aint nothing to do there .....I wish someday i can get out of there LOL and go some place fun to live at!

Three'sCompanyrules · 02-03-2003, 05:48 PM

I think its interesting to see the history of how your twon grew from when it started till now. They have awesome pictures inthese papers of what are town was like in 1884, I found out I live on one of the oldest streets in town. Here are some artlicles about the headlines above:

Insanity strikes Arlington guest-Another Arlington Hotel guest had more serious problems. He spent a night in a hotel room in September, 1889, but during the night he became insane.
His lamenations and prayers disturbed other guests, so the proprieter called the law enforcement officers.
The poor man firmley believed that he was appointed to the vacant seat in Congress occasioned by the death of Hon James Laird the paper reported.
The man was quieted, but instead of treatment, was put on the first train to Minden at Minden he got off again, and there he was pronounced insane and sent to the asylum.

Sometimes I think our town was more interesting then than it is now. lol

Hollow · 02-03-2003, 07:42 PM

1876- it was made. then it grew a lil. then a lil more.
2003- the mayor must be really lazy.

Babes_Cat · 02-03-2003, 07:43 PM

Hmm.... interesting.... I'll look for mine later

Hollow · 02-03-2003, 07:54 PM

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Originally posted by Three'sCompanyrules
1934-Twins can't get married in Holdrege.

wha...they wanted to marry eachother? i must be misundertsanding something lol.

Three'sCompanyrules · 02-03-2003, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kelly Osbourne

wha...they wanted to marry eachother? i must be misundertsanding something lol.

It has to do with siamese twins. Here is the article:

Twins can't get married in Holdrege- A pair of siamese twins found in October of 1934 that Holdrege officials were like other officials around the country.
They wouldn't perform a marriage ceromony for one of the sisters.
The Hilton sisters, Daisey and Violet, were in town to entertain at a dance sponsored by sod busters. They were born joined together at the base of the spines.
Daisey had fallen in love with a man, they had been searching all over the country for someone who would marry them, but no official wanted to preform the ceremony.
Appearently an unidentified official had expressed a willingness to perform the ceremony, but backed out at the last minute.
The girls preformed the dance anyway.
According to the paper, the girls wore beautiful frocks made alike and have the same taste and depositions, are also graceful dancers, sing harmoniously an play the saxaphone.
The twins left Holdrege early in the morning still single.

So thats the story of the twins.

Camillian · 02-03-2003, 09:04 PM

The Town I live in is famous for cutting wood U know and we have like sawdust days here

*PinkLady* · 02-03-2003, 09:09 PM

My town has less than 1,000 people and has been around since about 1830. It's not famous for anything as far as I know.

Three'sCompanyrules · 02-03-2003, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Camillian
The Town I live in is famous for cutting wood U know and we have like sawdust days here

In Holdrege we have Sweedish days. Its a fun time in the summer.

dawsongirl · 02-03-2003, 10:54 PM

I don't know a damn thing about this town. Except that right now it's buried in snow and ice.

AnaheimPMWitch · 02-04-2003, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Belle Black
the town i live in , all i can say it's mad boring there aint nothing to do there .....I wish someday i can get out of there LOL and go some place fun to live at!

thats exactly How I feel about Portland Oregon its soo boring here its not even funny thats why I go to California every summer for my fun
by the way is that Kristen Storm in your siggie? shes cool

JoPol_wannabe · 02-04-2003, 12:31 PM

Well here is the history of my town but since there is so much info it would take up alot of room I'm just going to post the link to the site and you can go there.
http://www.cityofsutton.org/sutton04.htm

~*Belle N'Shawn forever~* · 02-04-2003, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AnahiemPMWitch
thats exactly How I feel about Portland Oregon its soo boring here its not even funny thats why I go to California every summer for my fun
by the way is that Kristen Storm in your siggie? shes cool

Yes that is Kristen Storms , I am a big fan of Her and Jason Cook (Shawn Brady) On Days of our Lives! So u live in Portland Oregon, that's cool, i'm sure that they have more stuff to do there where i Live LOL! If u want u can PM me, and ill write u back

02-03-2003, 03:45 AM	#1
Three'sCompanyrules Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 14, 2002 Location: Holdrege, NE Posts: 1,233	Town History I grew up in Holdrege and I have lived here all my life and the other day my Grandma gave me old news papers from are centennial year in 1980-1989 it looks back at Holdrege from 1884-1989 we also started a Holdrege scrap book about things from the 90's on. I though I would Share some head lines with you. Holdrege was founded by George W. Holdrege in 1883. Here are some headlinse from papers from 1883-1890. The edition name is Holdrege the stroy of a city. 1883- Town grows out of need for shortcut to Denver. 1883- Holdrege a bustling town by end of seven weeks. 1884- Startled Horses horse breaks up buggy ride. 1884-Wife sues husband's liquor provider. 1886- Night in cooler hotter than expected. 1886-Street post proves to be hazard. 1889- Insanity strikes Arlington guest. (next 1890-1910) 1891-Thoughtful speeches mark graduation (Holdrege's 1st grad qas in 1890) 1891-Poker,ham,chickens and Turkey. 1892- Couple suprise town with wedding. 1898-Town caught up in war fever. 1901-Customer wasn't always right. 1902-Drunkennes leads city crime report. 1908-Don't let your girl go to Hastings. 1900's brought high school sports they have score results from 1908.(next 1910-1929) 1910-value of athletics questioned. 1911-Keep kids out of Devils night school- deals with curfew 1919-Illness a serious problem. 1923-Loss of president saddens town. 1923-Have a reindeer for Christmas. 1924-Married Men beat up bachelors. 1924-Fire destroys cresent Theatre. 1925-Cagers win without coach. 1925-Bootleggers caught on streets. (next 1930-1939) 1930-Effects of Depression don't strike immediatley. 1930-Frog invasion keeps city hopping. 1933-Large snake eludes hunters. 1934-Twins can't get married in Holdrege. 1936-Rain doesn't stop famed conducter. 1937-Work of Rinmaker is a washout. 1938- Controversial book kept on shelf.(next 1940-1949) 1946-Post-war baby boom requires new schools. 1948-Suprise! Sweedestill dominate. (next1950-1980) 1957- strange one for HHS. 1967- Dazzling Dusters best in HHS history. Most of the 1960-1980 stuff is in other news papers. I thought I would share you the history of Holdrege Nebraska and there are definitly things I never new reading these stories is exciting. If you want to find out about these headlines or other articles such as sports, war, crimes or anything else PM and I will tellyou the articles or if you want I can post them on this thread, but some might be to long,so PM might be better. These are very interesting articles, it is also intersting to see a twon grow from 1883-2003 Sorry this was so long,but there was a lot of headlines and there are a lot more.
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02-03-2003, 04:36 AM	#2
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02-03-2003, 11:32 AM	#3
~Belle N'Shawn forever~ Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 12, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 873	NO SUBJECT the town i live in , all i can say it's mad boring there aint nothing to do there .....I wish someday i can get out of there LOL and go some place fun to live at!

02-03-2003, 09:04 PM	#9
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02-04-2003, 12:31 PM	#14
JoPol_wannabe Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 3,036	Well here is the history of my town but since there is so much info it would take up alot of room I'm just going to post the link to the site and you can go there. http://www.cityofsutton.org/sutton04.htm
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02-03-2003, 05:48 PM	#4
Three'sCompanyrules Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 14, 2002 Location: Holdrege, NE Posts: 1,233	I think its interesting to see the history of how your twon grew from when it started till now. They have awesome pictures inthese papers of what are town was like in 1884, I found out I live on one of the oldest streets in town. Here are some artlicles about the headlines above: Insanity strikes Arlington guest-Another Arlington Hotel guest had more serious problems. He spent a night in a hotel room in September, 1889, but during the night he became insane. His lamenations and prayers disturbed other guests, so the proprieter called the law enforcement officers. The poor man firmley believed that he was appointed to the vacant seat in Congress occasioned by the death of Hon James Laird the paper reported. The man was quieted, but instead of treatment, was put on the first train to Minden at Minden he got off again, and there he was pronounced insane and sent to the asylum. Sometimes I think our town was more interesting then than it is now. lol

02-03-2003, 07:42 PM	#5
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	1876- it was made. then it grew a lil. then a lil more. 2003- the mayor must be really lazy.

02-03-2003, 07:43 PM	#6
Babes_Cat Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Oct 11, 2001 Location: massachusetts Posts: 34,145	Hmm.... interesting.... I'll look for mine later

02-03-2003, 09:09 PM	#10
PinkLady Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 04, 2002 Posts: 7,457	My town has less than 1,000 people and has been around since about 1830. It's not famous for anything as far as I know.

02-03-2003, 10:54 PM	#12
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	I don't know a damn thing about this town. Except that right now it's buried in snow and ice.