Persons declared insane - I will continue to add articles to this page as I find them.

"Many Years Ago" - Bits and pieces of local news that was reprinted by The Journal in the early issues of 1900.

• 1870 News: June 15, 1870 - December 28, 1870
• 1871 News: December 28, 1870 - August 30, 1871
• 1872 News: March 6, 1872 - April 5, 1872
• 1877 News: June 15, 1877 - November 28, 1877
• 1878 News: December 5, 1877 - October 30, 1878
• 1879 News: October 30, 1878 - December 31, 1879
• 1880 News: February 18, 1880 - January 12, 1881
• 1881 News: January
• 1890 News; January

News from 100 years ago. More bits and pieces of local news.

• 1871 News: January
• 1898 News: May - December
• 1899 News: January - June; July - December
• 1900 News: January - June; July - December
• 1901 News: January - June; July - December
• 1902 News: January - June; July - December
• 1903 News: January - April; May - August; September - December
• 1904 News: January - April; May - August; September - December

Tarnov News - News mostly relating to Tarnov--a special thanks to Diane Lliteras (debryg@juno.com) for contributing these articles.

• 1905; 1906; 1907

Monroe Looking Glass - Select items--a special thanks to Charlotte Morton for loaning me these old newspapers. Please note that not all papers were available and some articles had been removed. Also, a special thanks to Shirley Martys who has been a huge help in transcribing these articles.

• 1895: June - July;
• 1896: January - March;
• 1898: April - November;
• 1899: January, June;
• 1900: August - October;
• 1901: April - June; July - September; October - December
• 1902: January - March; April - June; July - September; October - December
• 1903: January - March; April - September
• 1905: January - March; April - June; July - September; October - December;
• 1906: January - March; April - June; July - September; October - December;
• 1910: June 23, 1910 - phone don'ts
• 1911: January - February

The Monroe Republican - Select items - a special thanks to Charlotte Morton for loaning me these old newspapers. Please note that not all papers were available and some articles had been removed.

• 1905

Monroe News - Select items--a special thanks to Charlotte Morton for loaning me these old newspapers. Please note that not all papers were available and some articles had been removed.

• 1923: January - December
• 1925: April - June; July - September
• 1926: January - February;
• 1931: July - September; October - December
• 1932: January - March; April - June; July - September; October - December

Newspaper clippings collected by Elizabeth Macken Donoghue and submitted by her granddaughter, Janelle A. These include articles about her relatives, friends and other community members. The source of most are unknown.

• Newspaper Transcriptions:
  • Dates Unknown
  • 1878 - 1918
  • 1920 - 1975

• Miscellaneous Images (use your back button to return to this page). You may need to enlarge some of these to make reading easier:
  • Columbus High Play Program - 1912
  • Columbus High School Building
  • Poem Recalls Effort to Relocate District 24
  • "Little Buckshot", a Melodrama performed in Platte Center
  • Party Invitation
  • "A Prairie Rose", performed by the Platte Center Dramatic Club
  • Graduation Program - year unknown
  • Graduation Program - year unknown
  • Poem by Frank T. Walker

Unclaimed Letters Lists - Published in the Columbus Telegram

• 1878 Lists

Platte County Poor Farm Names; dates; places of birth and residency; miscellaneous information on those persons living at the Poor Farm

Recipients of the Platte County Aid Society - 1874 (As published in the Columbus Era in December)

Registered Voters Lists

• Columbus Precinct September, 1870
• Monroe and Lost Creek Precincts September, 1870
• Columbus Precinct September, 1871
• Monroe Precinct September, 1871
• Shell Creek Precinct September, 1871
• Bismarck Precinct September, 1872
• Columbus Precinct September, 1872 - contributed by Sandy Smith.
• Monroe Precinct September, 1872
• Shell Creek Precinct September, 1872
• Stearns Precinct September, 1872
• Walker Precinct September, 1872
• Columbus Precinct February, 1873

Polish Marek (with translation). Contributed by Thomas Lassek. (use your back button to return to this page)

• Side 1
• Side 2
• Translation

1863 letter from Edward Allen Gerrard to his brother, Frederick Henry Gerrard of Monroe, Nebraska. Contributed by Marilyn Gerrard-Hartman.

• Scanned copy - Page 1 and Page 2 (use your back button to return to this page)
• Transcribed copy

1890 Gazetteer (Offsite)

1902 Township Officers - As published in the Columbus Telegram, November 7, 1902