Davenport, Nebraska |
1890's
1890---Taken from the Davenport Lancet, Feb. 14, 1890 "C. J. Lichty marketed 10 hogs, 10 1/2 months old, weighing 308 1/2 lbs each, bringing $3.30 a hundred. 1891---An opera house was built. It was used for meetings, elections, school programs, wild west and medicine shows. 1892---St. Peters Lutheran Church was organized on March 22. 1893---Christ Lutheran built a new church. The first pastor was Rev. C. W. Baker. His pay was $650.00, moving expenses paid, feed for 1 cow and 1 horse and cobs for fuel. 1894---Mr. W. H. Jennings organized the Jennings State Bank. It has been owned and operated by the Jennings family since. 1895---L. H. Surber was a pioneer barber here from 1895 to 1927 when he sold his shop to Robert Sein and moved to Denver. 1896---The first cement sidewalks were put in by Charlie Voigt. 1898---Mr. and Mrs. Charles Voigt from New York, bought the hotel and operated it until 1945. The first Gideon Bible in the world was placed in the Voigt Hotel. It is now in Gideon headquarters in Chicago.
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