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filmS BARTLETT, WHEELER, COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 B28n Wheeler County News. Bartlett, NE Est. , 1895 - Feb.4, 1897// Weekly. Absorbed by Wheeler County Independent. Feb.11, 1897. TITLE CHANGES: EDITORS & PUBLISHERS: B.A. Ward, (ed.), July 20, 1895 - Feb.11, 1897. REFERENCES: Chester J. Brown purchased the material and subscription list of the Wheeler County News and with this issue the News and Independent are consolidated. Feb.11,1897, 3:1. (In the Wheeler County News Feb.11,1897, 3:1). NSHS HAS ON MICROFILM: 1 film strip spliced on Roll #1 filmstrips. filmS December 9, 1896 (v.2, #21) Item #11 071 B28n
DISPOSITION OF ORIGINAL FILES: December 9, 1896 shipped to Clare Berney, Burwell Tribune, Burwell, NE 68823, 5/17/73
film BARTLETT (WHEELER COUNTY) 071 B28r Wheeler County Republican. Bartlett, Nebr. Est. June 3, 1886 - 1892//? Weekly. TITLE CHANGES: Wheeler County Advance June 3, 1886 - 1887? Wheeler County Republican, 1887 - 1896? EDITORS & PUBLISHERS: Hewitt & Leedom (pubs.), June 1886 - Boyd S. Leedom (ed. & pub.) , 1889 - 1890. REFERENCES: Rowell, George P., and Company. Rowell's American Newspaper Directory, 1889; Nebraska State Gazetteer, 1890-91. N.S.H.S. HAS ON MICROFILM: Reel 1 June 10, 1886 (v.1, #2) (#282) Oct. 6, 1887 (v.2,#18) Oct. 27, 1887 (v.2,#21) Feb. 9, 1888 (v.2,#36) July 26, 1888 (v.3,#8) - Aug.2, 1888 (v.3,#9) MUTILATIONS: Oct. 27, 1887 (v.2, #21) Feb. 9, 1888 (v.2,#36) Reel 1 positive rec'd 11/29/65. DISPOSITION OF FILES: June 10, 1886 (v.1,#2)-Aug.2, 1888 (v.3,#9) transferred to permanent collection of the Nebr. State Historical Society. 4/2/56. Wheeler County Republican, 1886-1888, 1 volume, sent to Clare Berney Wheeler Co. Ind. Bartlett, Nebr. 68622 Jan 15, 1973
film BARTLETT, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 B28w Wheeler County Independent. Bartlett, NE Est. January , 1891 - Weekly. TITLE CHANGES: Absorbed Wheeler County News Feb.11, 1897. EDITORS & PUBLISHERS: B.S. Leedom, (ed. & pub.), , 1891- Chester A. Brown, (ed.), John Berney, (ed.), ,1904 - ,1917. Nona Berney, (pub.), Clare Berney, (ed.), Robert Andersen, (co-pub.), Aug. , 1974 - Fred Reinhardt, (co-pub.), Aug. , 1974 - Byron & Helen Neiman, (co-pub.), Sept.18, 1985 - REFERENCES: Who's Who in Nebraska 1940, page 1132. Nebraska Blue Book 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952. Nebraska State Gazetteer, 1890-91, 1893, 1895. In the 1893 Nebraska State Gazetteer The Wheeler Advocate is cited as the only paper published in Bartlett. Wheeler County Independent - sold. (In Nebraska Newspaper, August 1974, page 20.) Assuming ownership and publication of the Burwell Tribune and Wheeler County Independent were Robert Andersen, 32, formerly with Sun Newspapers of Omaha and Fred Reinhardt also 32, with the Sidney Telegram. (Lincoln Star August 2, 1974, 28:5). Neimans Buy Burwell, Bartlett, Taylor Newspapers... (Nebraska Newspaper Sept./Oct., 1985, 25:1-3.)
film BARTLETT, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA sheet 2 071 28w Wheeler County Independent (cont.) Reel 1 Nov. 24, 1892 (v.2,#43) #283 Feb 11, 1897 (v.7, #3) - Sept.8, 1898 (v.8, #32) Oct. 20, 1898 (v.8, #38) - Oct. 27, 1898 (v.8, #39) Nov. 17, 1898 (v.8, #42) Dec. 1, 1898 (v.8, #44) Jan. 26, 1899 (v.8,#52) - Feb. 2, 1899 (v.9, #1) Feb. 16, 1899 (v.9, #3) - Feb. 23, 1899 (v.9, #4) Mar. 9, 1899 (v.9, #6) Mar. 23, 1899 (v.9, #8) - May 11, 1899 (v.9, #15) May 25, 1899 (v.9, #17) - June 22, 1899 (v.9, #21) July 6, 1899 (v.9, #23) July 20, 1899 (v.9, #25) - July 27, 1899 (v.9, #26) Aug. 10, 1899 (v.9, #28) - Sept.14, 1899 (v.9, #33) Sept. 28, 1899 (v.9, #35) - Oct. 12, 1899 (v.9, #37) Oct. 26, 1899 (v.9, #39) - Nov. 2, 1899 (v.9, #40) Nov. 16, 1899 (v.9, #42) - Feb. 15, 1900 (v.10, #3) Mar. 1, 1900 (v.10, #5) - Mar. 29, 1900 (v.10, #9) Apr. 12, 1900 (v.10, #11) - Apr. 26, 1900 (v.10, #13) May 10, 1900 (v.10, #15) - May 31, 1900 (v.10, #18) June 14, 1900 (v.10, #20) - July 5, 1900 (v.10, #28) July 19, 1900 (v.10, #30) - Aug. 2, 1900 (v.10, #32) Aug. 16, 1900 (v.10, #34) - Aug. 23, 1900 (v.10, #35) Sept. 6, 1900 (v.10, #37) - Nov. 15, 1900 (v.10, #47) (continued sheet -2A)
film BARTLETT, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA - sheet -2A 071 B28w Wheeler County Independent (cont.) Reel 2 Nov. 29, 1900 (v.10, #49) - Dec. 27, 1900 (v.11, #1) #284 Jan. 24, 1901 (v.11, #5) Apr. 25, 1901 (v.11, #18) - July 25, 1901 (v.11, #31) Aug. 15, 1901 (v.11, #34) - May 22, 1902 (v.12, #22) June 26, 1902 (v.12, #27) July 10, 1902 (v.12, #29) - July 17, 1902 (v.12, #30) July 31, 1902 (v.12, #32) - Aug. 7, 1902 (v.12, #33) Aug. 21, 1902 (v. 12, #35) - Sept. 25, 1902 (v.12, #40) Oct. 16, 1902 (v.12, #43) - Mar. 12, 1903 (v.13, #12) Mar. 26, 1903 (v.13, #14) - Dec. 10, 1903 (v.13, #51) Dec. 24, 1903 (v.14, #1) - Apr. 14, 1904 (v.14, #17) Apr. 28, 1904 (v.14, #19) - May 5, 1904 (v.14, #20) Reel 3 May 11, 1905 (v.15, #21) - Mar. 14, 1907 (v.15, #16) #285 July 23, 1908 (v.16, #35) Aug. 6, 1908 (v.16, #37) - Oct. 29, 1908 (v.16, #49) Nov. 12, 1908 (v.16, #51) - May 6, 1909 (v.17, #24) May 20, 1909 (v.17, #26) - June 17, 1909 (v.17, #30) July 8, 1909 (v.17, #33) July 22, 1909 (v.17, #35) July 7, 1910 (v.17, #35) sic - July 21, 1910 (v.17, #37) Aug. 11, 1910 (v.17, #40) - Jan. 26, 1911 (v.17, #11) Feb. 16, 1911 (v.17, #14) Apr. 6, 1911 (v.17, #21) - Apr. 13, 1911 (v.17, #22) June 15, 1911 (v.17, #31) - July 13, 1911 (v.17, #35) July 27, 1911 (v.17, #37) - Aug. 10, 1911 (v.17, #39) Aug. 31, 1911 (v.17, #42) Sept. 14, 1911 (v.17, #44) - Oct. 12, 1911 (v.17, #48) Nov. 2, 1911 (v.17, #51) Nov. 16, 1911 (v.17, #1) - Dec. 19, 1912 (v.18, #9) Reel 4 Dec. 26, 1912 (v.18, #10) - Mar. 13, 1913 (v.18, #_ ) #286 Mar. 27, 1913 (v.18) - Sept. 18, 1913 (v.18) Jan. 21, 1915 (v.18) - Feb. 3,1916 (v.18) Reel 5 Feb. 10, 1916 (v.18) - Mar. 9, 1916 (v.18) #287 Mar. 23, 1916 (v.18) - July 12, 1917(v.18) Aug. 2, 1917 (v.18) - Aug. 30, 1917 (v.18) Sept. 13, 1917 (v.18) - Jan. 3, 1918 (v.18) Jan. 17, 1918 (v.27) sic - Sept. 26,1918 (v.27) Oct. 17, 1918 (v.27) - Jan. 30,1919 (v.27) Feb. 13, 1919 (v.27) - Apr. 24,1919 (v.28) Reel 6 May 1, 1919 (v.28) #288 May 15, 1919 (v.28)-May 26,1921 (v.31) June 9, 1921 (v.31)-Nov. 9,1922 (v.31) Reel 7 Nov. 16, 1922 (v.31) - Dec. 18, 1924 (v.33) #289 Jan. 1, 1925 (v.33) - June 10, 1926 (v.33) June 24, 1926 (v.33) - Dec. 23, 1926 (v.33)
film BARTLETT, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 B28w Wheeler County Independent (cont.) Reel 8 Dec. 20, 1926 (v.33) - Jan. 17, 1929 (v.33) #290 Jan. 31, 1929 (v.33) - Mar. 20, 1930 (v.33) Apr. 3, 1930 (v.33) - May 22, 1930 (v.33) June 5, 1930 (v.33) - Mar. 12, 1931 (v.33) Reel 9 Mar. 19, 1931 (v.33) - Oct. 15, 1931 (v.33) #291 Oct. 29, 1931 (v.33) - Dec. 8, 1932 (v.33) Dec. 22, 1932 (v.33) - Apr. 5, 1934 (v.33) Apr. 19, 1934 (v.33) - Nov. 7, 1935 Reel 10 Nov. 14, 1935 #292 Nov. 28, 1935 - Dec. 19, 1935 Jan. 2, 1936 - July 2, 1936 July 16, 1936 - July 31, 1941 Reel 11 Aug. 7, 1941 - Oct. 22, 1942 #293 Nov. 12, 1942 - Apr. 22, 1943 (#13) sic May 6, 1943 (#15) - June 3, 1943 (#19) June 17, 1943 (#21) - Jan. 27, 1944 (#53) Feb. 10, 1944 (#55) - Mar. 16, 1944 (#60) Mar. 30, 1944 (#62) - June 22, 1944 (#79)sic July 6, 1944 (#27) - Aug. 5, 1945 (#31) Aug. 16, 1945 (#33) - Nov. 1, 1945 (#44) Nov. 22, 1945 (#47) - Jan. 17, 1946 (#3) Jan. 31, 1946 (#5) - Mar. 28, 1946 (#13) Apr. 11, 1946 (#15) - May 8, 1947 (#19) Reel 12 May 15, 1947 (#20) - May 25, 1950 (#21) #294 June 8, 1950 (#23) - July 20, 1950 (#29) Reel 13 July 27, 1950 (#30) - Nov. 9, 1950 (#48) #295 Nov. 23, 1950 (#50) - Dec. 10, 1953 (#42) Reel 14 Dec. 17, 1953 (#4) - Jan. 16, 1958 (#5) 724 Jan. 30, 1958 (#7) - July 16, 1959 (#5) expos. #296 Reel 15 July 23, 1959 (#33) - July 23, 1964 (#34) #297 Aug. 6, 1964 (#36) - Nov. 19, 1964 (#51) Reel 16 Nov.26, 1964 (#52) - May 27, 1965 (#26) 738 June 10, 1965 (#28) - May 29, 1969 (#25) expos. NOTE: Nov. 3, 1966 pages filmed out of order. #15,361
film BARTLETT, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 B28w Wheeler County Independent (cont.) Reel 17 June 6, 1969 (v._, #26) - May 16, 1974 (#23) 718 NOTE: expos. June 6, 1969 first page misdated, should be June 5, 1969 #15,363 Feb. 24, 1973, pp. 3 & 4 missing Mar. 26, 1969 pp filmed out of order Oct. 15, 1970 pp are misnumbered Nov. 5, 197O pp. filmed out of order Nov. 12, 1970, pp. filmed out of order Dec. 24, 1970 pp. are misnumbered. Reel 18 May 23, 1974 (v._, #25) - Dec. 29, 1977 (v._,#3) 739 expos. #17,733 Reel 19 Jan. 5, 1978 (v._, #4) - June 26, 1980 (v._, #29) 815 expos. #19,348 Reel 20 July 3, 1980 (v._, #30) - Aug. 26, 1982 (v._, #38) 783 expos. #20,200 Reel 21 Sept. 3, 1982 (v.91, #39) - Nov. 1, 1984 (v.93, #48) 793 expos. #20,695 Reel 22 Nov. 8, 1984 (v.93, #49) - Feb. 25, 1987 (v.97, #12) 653 expos. #22,135 Reel 23 Mar. 4, 1987 (v.97, #13) - Jan. 4, 1989 (v.99, #5) 621 expos. #23,377 Reel 24 Jan. 11, 1989 (v.99, #6) - Nov. 21, 1990 (v.100, #51) 639 NOTE: expos. May 17, 1989, pp. 6-10 sic #24,503 Apr. 11, 1990, title page missed initial filming, retake spliced at end of roll.
film BARTLETT, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 B28w Wheeler County Independent (cont.) Reel 25 Nov. 28, 1990 (v.100, #58) - July 29, 1992 (v.102, #35) 561 expos. #25,672 Inspec.8/18/92 Js Positive rec'd 9/21/92 Reel 26 Aug-5, 1992 (v.102,#36) - Sept. 21, 1994 (v.104,#42) 612 exp. NOTE: #26,43 May 19, 1993 & Oct.6, 1993 pgs. filmed out of sequence. Inspec.11/9/94 Positive rec'd 11/22/91 Reel 27 Sept. 28, 1994 (v.10, #43) - Sept. 25, 1996 (v.105,#3) 579 Exp. NOTE: #27,330 First title target incorrect. Inspec. 4/8/97 Reel 28 Oct. 2, 1996 (v.105,#44) - Mar. 26, 1997 (v.106, #17) 167 Exp. #27,416 Inspec.8/27/97
Inventory Supplement 071 Bartlett, Wheeler County, Nebraska B28w Wheeler County Independent NOTES: Reel Number: 3A Control Number: 0028414 Type: NP 6/13/1907 through 0/0/0 7/18/1907 through 0/0/0 8/1/1907 through 8/8/1907 9/26/1907 through 0/0/0 10/31/1907 through 11/7/1907 4/23/1908 through 0/0/0 6/11/1908 through 0/0/0 7/2/1908 through 0/0/0 7/16/1908 through 0/0/0 11/5/1908 through 0/0/0 9/2/1909 through 0/0/0 11/18/1909 through 0/0/0 6/2/1910 through 0/0/0 3/23/1911 through 0/0/0 5/11/1911 through 0/0/0 5/25/1911 through 6/1/1911 7/20/1911 through 0/0/0 8/24/1911 through 0/0/0 7/26/1917 through 0/0/0 1/10/1918 through 0/0/0 10/3/1918 through 10/10/1918 6/17/1926 through 0/0/0 Note Filmstrips are not shelved in town and title order. Please ask a staff member for assistance. Update Monday, June 12, 2000
film CUMMINSVILLE, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 C915g Wheeler County Gazette. Cumminsville, NE Est. Sept.6, 1883-Apr.5, 1888// Weekly. EDITORS & PUBLISHERS: A.L. Steward, (ed. & pub.), Sept.6, 1883 - May 21, 1885. F. Randall, (ed.), Oct.1, 1885 - ,1885. Cumins, (pub.), Oct.1, 1885 - Randall & Lowe, (eds. & pubs), July 29, 1886 - June 20, 1887. Douglas Hewitt, (ed. & prop.), July 28, 1887 - Apr.5, 1888. REFERENCES: Rowell, George P., and Company... Rowell's American Newspaper Directory. 1885, 1886, 1889. NSHS HAS ON MICROFILM: Reel 1 Sept. 13, 1883 (v.1, #2) - Oct. 18, l883 (v.1, #7) 141 Nov. 15, 1883 (v.1, #11) expos. Nov. 29, 1883 (v.1, #13) #14,749 Dec. 13, 1883 (v.1, #15) - Dec. 20, 1883 (v.1, #16) Jan. 10, 1884 (v.l, #19) - Jan. 24, 1884 (v.1, #21) Feb. 7, 1884 (v.1, #23) Feb. 21, 1884 (v.1, #25) - Mar. 13, 1884 (v.1, #28) May 1, 1884 (v.1, #35) - May 8, 1884 (v.1, #36) June 26, 1885 (v.1, #43) July 31, 1884 (v.1, #48) - Aug. 7, 1884 (v.1, #49) Sept.4, 1884 (v.2, #1) - Sept. 18, 1884 (v.2, #3) Oct. 2, 1884 (v.2, #4) sic Oct. 16, 1884 (v.2, #7) sic - Oct. 30, 1884 (v.2, #9) Nov. 13, 1884 (v.2, #11) Jan. 1, 1885 (v.2, #18) - Jan. 15, 1885 (v.2, #20) Feb. 5, 1885 (v.2, #23) Feb. 26, 1885 (v.2, #26) - Mar. 19, 1885 (v.2, #29) May 21, 1885 (v.2, #38) Oct. 1, 1885 (v.3, #5) Nov. 19, 1885 (v.3, #12) Feb. 18, 1886 (v.3, #25) May 13, 1886 (v.3, #37) July 29, 1886 (v.3, #48) Sept. 16, 1886 (v.4, #3) Oct. 21, 1886 (v.4, #8) Nov. 11, 1886 (v,4, #11) - Nov. 18, 1886 (v.4, #12) Dec. 9, 1886 (v.4, #15) Dec. 30, 1886 (v.4, #18) Jan. 13, 1887 (v.4, #20) - Jan. 20, 1887 (v.4, #21) July 28, 1887 (v.4, #48) Mar. 29, 1888 (v.5, #31) - Apr. 5, 1888 (v.5, #32)
film ERICSON, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 Er4j The Ericson Journal. Ericson, NE Est. ,1912-Aug.3, 1939// Weekly. EDITORS & PUBLISHERS: A.C. Bell (pub.), 1915- Rose Berney (pub.) ' 1917- Thomas P. Hardesty (pub.), -Mar. ,1922. O.D. Henyon (pub.), Lloyd Patrick (pub.), ' 1933-June 1, 1939. Carroll E. Thompson (ed.), June 8, 1929-Aug.3, 1939. REFERENCES: Nebraska State Gazetteer 1915, 1917. T.P. Hardesty sells Erickson(1). Journal to O.D. Henyon (Scott's Printer & Publisher Mar., 1922, pg.14). Patrick, Lloyd & Patrick (Mrs.) Lloyd. The Journal has new management. (The Ericson Journal June 8, 1939, 1:6). NSHS HAS ON MICROFILM: Reel 1 May 27, 1914 (v.2,#27) 722 June 10, 1914 (v.2,#29) Expos. June 24, 1914 (v.2,#31)-Jan. 27, 1915 (v.3,#10) #8809 Feb. 10, 1915 (v.3,#12)-Nov. 24, 1915 (v.4,#1) Jan. 5, 1916 (v.4,#7)-Jan. 12, 1916 (v.4,#8) Jan. 26, 1916 (v.4,#10)-June 28, 1917 (v.5,#32) July 12, 1917 (v.5,#34)-Aug. 30, 1917 (v.5,#41) Sept. 13, 1917 (v.5,#43)-Jan. 31, 1918 (v.6,#11) Reel 2 Feb.7, 1918 (v.6,#12)-Aug. 26, 1920 (v.8,#40) 682 Sept. 9, 1920 (v.8,#42)-Jan. 13, 1921 (v.9,#8) Expos. Feb. 10, 1921(v.9,#9)-Apr. 21, 1921 (v.9,#19) #8810 Reel 3 Apr. 28, 1921(v.9,#20)-Apr. 13, l922 (v.10,#17) 715 Apr. 27, 1922 (v.10,#17)sic Expos. May 11, 1922(v.10,#19)-July 20, 1922 (v.10,#29) #8811 Aug. 3, 1922(v.10,#31)-Aug. 30, 1923(v.10,#35) Sept. 13, 1923 (v.10,#37)-Oct. 16, 1924 (v.11,#42) Reel 4 Oct. 23, 1924 (v.11,#43)-Aug. 20, 1925 (v.12,#34) 614 Sept. 3, 1925 (v.12,#36)-Dec. 3, 1925 (v.12,#49) Expos. Dec. 17, 1925 (v.12,#51)-Apr. 15, 1926 (v.13,#16) #8812 Apr. 29, 1926 (v.13,#18)-Aug. 26, 1926 (v.13.#35) Sept. 9, 1926 (v.13,#37)-May 5, 1927 (v.14,#19) May 19, 1927 (v.14,#21)-May 17, 1928 (v.15,#21)
film ERICSON, WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA 071 Er4j The Ericson Journal. (cont.) Reel 5 May 24, 1928 (v.15,#22)-Dec. 13, 1928 (v.15,#51) 712 Dec. 27, 1928 (v.16,#1)-Sept. 17, 1931 (v.18,#38) Expos. #8813 Reel 6 Sept. 24, 1931 (v.18,#39)-July 27, 1933 (v.20,#31) 712 Aug. 10, 1933 (v.20,#33)-Aug. 8, 1935 (v.22,#33) Expos. Aug. 22, 1935(v.22,#35)-Oct.1, 1936 (v.23,#41) #8814 Oct. 15, 1936 (v.23,#43)-Feb. 18, 1937 (v.24,#9) Reel 7 Feb. 25,1937 (v.24,#10)-July 8, 1931 (v.24,#29) 284 July 22, 1937 (v.24,#31)-Sept. 22, 1938 (v.25,#39) Expos. Oct. 6, 1938 (v.25,#41)-Aug. 3, 1939 (v.26,#32) #8815
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