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Hot
weather & Home-made Ice Cream, does that make your mouth water? I found
this photo at the top of the newsletter and oh did the memories come
back to the old soda fountain at the drug store. I stopped there each
evening after I left work to have either a “Green River” or a small dish
of ice cream, naturally it had to have hot fudge sauce or just chocolate
syrup on it! When Emil & I dated, we would stop at the dairy store and
indulge in a banana split. All of the ice creams were home made there
and so-o-o good. I still make a good shake at least a couple times a
month. My secondary job? a soda jerk!! Primary job Clerk of the County
Court.
In
reviewing the old August 1868 newspaper, I found the old Fremont
Ordinances. No 1 was published in August of 2003, so it is fitting to
use Ordinance No 2
From the
Fremont Tribune 21 Aug 1868 2:5
Section 1
– It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to engage in the
business of an auctioneer, or to sell at public venue, or auction, any
property whatever, in the Town of Fremont, without first having obtained
a license therefore as auctioneer from the Board of Town Trustees.
Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to
persons or officers duly authorized to make judicial sale or the sale of
property for delinquent taxes.
Section 2
– The sums required to secure a license as auctioneer, shall be as
follows, to wit:
For the
term of one year, to commence either on the first day of January or the
first day of July $50.00
For the
term of six days or less $10.00 And $1 per day in advance, for each
succeeding day.
Section 3
– Any person applying for an auctioneer’s license for the term of one
year, shall present a petition to the Board of Trustees, signed b at
least five citizen free-holders of said Town, setting forth his
competency and good moral character; and shall make and deliver to the
Board a bond to the Town of Fremont in the sum of at least Two Thousand
Dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all the duties and
business of an auctioneer, and to account for and pay over all moneys
arising from sale of property entrusted to him for sale, to their
rightful owner. The bond must be signed by at least two freeholders of
said Town, and approved by the Board if in session, and by the Chairman
of the Board if not in session, and shall be for the benefit of persons
entrusting business to such auctioneer.
Section 4
– It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the occupation of
peddler, or to peddle goods in the Town of Fremont, without first
obtaining a license therefore, as peddler, from the Board of Town
Trustees, in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, as
may be fixed by the Board.
Section 5
– It shall be unlawful for any persons to open any show, theatre, or
other exhibition, in the Town of Fremont, other than exhibitions for
scientific, literary or benevolent purposes, without first obtaining a
license therefore from the Board of Town Trustees of said Town, in any
sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, as shall be fixed
upon by said Board.
Section 6
– Licenses requiring bonds may be obtained by presenting the petition
and bond to the Board if in session, and to the Chairman of the Board
when not in session; and if approved the Chairman shall note the same,
with the date of approval, upon the back of the bond and sign his name
thereto. The applicant may then pay over to the Treasurer of the Board
the amount required for the license, and take his receipt therefore, and
upon presentation and delivery of the receipt and other papers aforesaid
to the Clerk of the Board and the payment to him of a fee of one dollar,
the Clerk shall deliver to hi the said license.
Section 7
– Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
fined in any sum of not less than ten nor more than ninety-nine dollars,
upon conviction therefore before the Judge of Probate or any Justice of
the Peace of Dodge County, Nebraska, having his office in the said Town
of Fremont, together with the costs of prosecution and an attorney’s fee
of five dollars, as provided in Ordinance No 1.
Adopted
August 4th, 1868
/s/ S W HAYES,
Chairman of Board of Town Trustees of the
Town of Fremont, Nebraska
E H
BARNARD, Clerk of Board
AT LAST
For over
20 some years Claire has been searching for the Civil War records for a
Christopher Murtha, buried at Calvary cemetery in Fremont. He was in an
unmarked grave since his death in 1877. Thanks to Renee, who spotted
the records in the State of New York archives-they were sent in to Natl
Monuments in April and in July of 2004, Mr Murtha is recognized. It is
a lovely marker and his date of death was in March of 1877. According
to the records he was shoved off the train at the Fremont depot by the
conductor and caused his death-records were in the County & District
Court, but at last they were found. He will rest well! |
DODGE
COUNTY NEBRASKA MARRIAGES
100 Years
Ago – August 1904 Book 10
Samuel
Edwin Cruse to Katharine Suchy on 1 Aug
John Hall to Margaret Bell on 4 Aug
James M Cruickshank to Elizabeth Davidson on 4 Aug
LeRoy Phillips to Nellie Banghart on 10 Aug
Thomas Glasgow to Mrs Aldora Pruett on 12 Aug
Edward L Winston to Edna Furman on 13 Aug
Henry P Rexroth to Ruth E Sweet on 17 Aug
Harry Peters to Dagmar Andersen on 17 Aug
Henry J Russ to Sena Jacobs on 24 Aug
John Tharp to Olga Andersen on 24 Aug
Frank Knieriem to Mrs Mollie Shaffer on 24 Aug
Fred W Moller to Augusta Saeger on 31 Aug
THIS
WEDDING IS A SURPRISE
Quiet
Ceremony last Evening United
Miss
Davison and J M Cruickshank.
The
wedding of Miss Elizabeth Davison to J M Cruickshank, clerk of the Dodge
county district court, took place at 9 o’clock last night, at the First
Presbyterian parsonage, the Rev C W Weyer performing the ceremony. It
was quiet affair, attended only by the near relatives. The couple will
continue to make their home at 748 West Fourth street.
The
announcement of this marriage comes as a surprise to the majority of the
many friends of the parties concerned, only a very limited few of whom
had so much as an inkling of the intentions of the couple.
The
bride has long been an intimate friend of the Cruickshank family, and is
quite well known and highly respected here and at Webster – where she
formerly lived. Mr Cruickshank is one of the best known residents of
the county, and has a host of warm friends. He is now serving his
second term in his present office.
from
Fremont Tribune 5 Aug 1904 3:3
Scams
Back Then!
The
following appeared in the Council Bluffs department of the Omaha Bee of
Tuesday:
Yesterday afternoon a man named John Camden of Fremont, Neb., was the
victim of a confidence game. It appears that Camden met the sharper in
Omaha last Saturday, and by talking with him the sharper learned that he
had some money deposited with Richards & Keene of Fremont.
Yesterday Camden came to this side of the river and soon after arriving
met the sharper near the Drovers’ hotel and had another chat. The
sharper had a draft for $10 purporting to be signed by Mr Paxton, of
Paxton & Gallagher, Omaha, on Richards & Keene, Fremont.
He
wanted to borrow some money on it, and as the victim knew the firm of
Richards & Keene, and also knew Mr Paxton’s high financial standing, he
was induced to grant the loan, BUT only for one dollar.
The
fellow, of course, failed to redeem the draft, and the victim soon found
that it was a clumsy forgery.
The lesson cost Mr Camden only a dollar, which was cheap enough. It
indicates that the confidence game is getting worked for very small fish
and, yet it is being worked. The sharper is described as rather short
and thick set, with a stubby black moustache.
noted
in Fremont Tribune 18 Aug 1882 1:2
BACK IN
1904-100 Years
The
population of Las Vegas, NV was 30.
Most
women washed their hair only once a month and used borax or egg yolks
for shampoo.
The
tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
One 14
percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
Sugar
cost four cents a pound.
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