History Articles

Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.17.1886
The post office at Ox Bow was moved to Angus, the new town on the Blue between Nelson and Edgar, on Tuesday.  It has been announced that the name of this town would be Elkton, but the authorities have changed their minds and call it  Angus.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.15.1886 page 4
The new town of Angus is coming to the front though the town lots were not placed on the market until recently.  She has a general merchandise store owned by Jewett Bros, two lumber yards, a blacksmith shop and a grain buyer who intends to erect an elevator soon.  Mr. Gunsaulis has also erected a fine residence on his quarter of land adjoining the town.  
Source:  Nelson Gazette 3.24.1887 pg 3
On petition of D.G. Mills and 28 others, it is ordered that the voting place of Sherman precinct be changed and the voting place is hereby established at the building on Lot No. 7, in block 4 in the town of Angus, in said precinct.
Source:  Superior Express  9.7.1967 re: Centennial
The people of Angus are amazed at the number of visitors who have signed the guest book in the Sod House.  There are over nine hundred names already. Almost every week there is a new addition to th house or its surroundings.  Last week someone hung out the wash after an old washing machine had been put on display.

Source:  The Superior Express Date unknown (partial)

Angus, located in the northern part of Nuckolls County not far from the Nebraska-Kansas line, was named after Mr. J.B. Angus, a railroad official of the B&Q Railroad.

In 1970 all eligible voters of this hamlet of 17 voted unanimously to abolish this towns status as an incorporated village. The last day of the Post Office was July 18, 1975. 

At one time the name of Angus was widely known for its mass production of the fuller car.  Over 600 cars were produced between the fall of 1907 and the Spring of 1909 in the factory founded by Charles Marion Fuller at the east edge of Angus, with dealerships as far distant as Denver.  The Fuller Car with a 4 cylinder motor was a best seller which sold for around $2500.00.  One of the cars still in existence, was featured at Lady Vesty days in Superior, Nebraska Memorial day 1996. 

At one time the population of Angus was 600-700 people.  It boasted a bank, hotel, lumberyard, livery stable, three general stores, two elevators, stockyard, blacksmith shop, telephone office, hardware store, depot and two Churches, one church which is still there.  Angus also ported a cement swimming pool just east of town from the early 1920's to the later 1940's, the first cement swimming pool in the county. (I believe this was then owned by the DeVore family). 

There was also a train that came through Angus.  The depot was closed in 1942 and torn down, but the track was still there until the 1980's and trains carried grains between Edgar and Superior. 

The grave of the famous Government Caravan Scout, Indian fighter, and foster father of the notorious Wild West figure Calamity Jane, Phillip Robert Landon, or P. Parson Bob, as he is more commonly known, is located on the lookout overlooking the Little Blue River approximately one and one half miles east of Angus.  The Oregon Trail passes through there.

Many deer now roam around in herds and lay around in the tall weeds and grasses in and around Angus. Also, large flocks of wild turkeys are evident as are great horned owls and bald eagles. There are a few bobcats and reports of mountain lions in the vicinity. In 1983 someone released two African Lion Cubs which were finally captured one mile west of Angus. They were transported to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. The Little Blue River flows as close as 1/4 mile from Angus and is a hot spot for catching a lot of catfish.

Source:  Omaha Evening Bee 4.23.1890 pg 5
Farmers Alliance Elevator Burned
Nelson, Neb., April 23 (Special to the Bee) The elevator built by the farmers alliance at Angus, Nuckolls county has burned.  It contained 2,000 bushels of corn and several hundred bushels of oats.  Insurance on the whole only $2000.  It is thought the fire was of incendiary origin.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 4.24.1890, page 3
The grain elevator at Angus burned down on Tuesday morning last.  It is rumored that it was the work of an incindiary.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.18.1900
Mack Comstock and Alf Erickson have purchased a lot and lumber to build on same, and will go into business in Angus as soon as the building is completed.
Source:  Oak News 3.30.1900
An incendiary fire at Angus, Sunday night, destroyed the billiard hall belonging to Mack Comstock.  His loss is only partially covered by insurance.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 3.30.1900
A fire at Angus Sunday night of this week destroyed the billiard hall and it's contents.  The building was owned by a a mr. Comstock of Oak.  A small insurance was carried. 
1900 Angus Fire

Source:  Oak News 5-4-1900
Between seven and eight o'clock Monday morning, our neighboring town Angus was again visited by fire which completely destroyed the General Merchandise store of F. Zeiger.  Nothing was saved but the Post Office which was located in the store building.  The origin of the fire is not known.
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald  5.4.1900
The fire friend got in his work again at Angus Monday of this week.  This time the building and stock belonging to Zieger, was entrely consumed.  Mr. Zieger was also postmaster and local manager of the Bell Telephone Co.  All the property belonging to the post office business and the telephone Co. was burned.  The loss was amply covered with insurance.
Source:  Hardy Herald 5.11.1900
The store building at Angus this county, and stock were burned last week.  Loss $4000 Ins. $3000.
 

1905 WH KINNISON BARN FIRE
Source: Nuckolls County Herald November 23, 1905
The barn on the W.H. Kinnison farm northeast of Angus was destroyed by fire last Friday morning.  Among the contents consumed were fifteen head of horses.  We understand Mr Kinnison had $2,800 insurance on the barn and horses.  The origin of the fire is unknown.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.16.1908
Carson Furnish's barn was struck by lightning Sunday night.  A horse and a mule was killed.
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Source: Edgar Sun 9.17.1909, page 4
Big Fire in Angus
The lightening struck the M.E. Church at Angus Sunday morning and in a few moments it was all ablaze.  The fire was communicated to the residence of Rev. C.M. Fuller and both buildings were burned to the ground.  The goods in Mr. Fuller's residence were  all saved from the flames.  The church was partly insured, so it will not be a total loss and Mr. Fullers' residence was also insured.
Source:  Edgar Post 9.14.1909
Methodist Church Struck Sunday morning and Burned to Ground - Fuller's Residence also destroyed.
During the severe rain and wind storm of last Sudnay morning a bolt of lightning struck the Methodist church at Angus and burned it to the ground.  The fire from the church set the Fuller residence ablaze and that was also destroyed.  The Fuller home was only sixteen feet from the church and owing to the lack of facilities for fighting the fire there was absolutely no hope of saving either the church or the building.
This fire is quite a serious loss for Angus is not a large town and the rebuilding of a church will mean a sacrifice for the limited congregation.  The church was not very old and when built cost about $1250.  The greater loss, however, came on Rev. Fuller, who had one of the best houses in the town costing between $2500 and $3000.  Most of the furniture from the later was saved but the some of it was destroyed.
The bolt struck at about 7 o'clock a.m. when the storm was almost over.  It struck the roof and seemed to spread so as to set the entire roof afire instantly.  There was absolutely no hope of saving either church or residence and the attention of those present was occupied with the furniture of the home.  most of this was saved but some of it was damaged by handling.  The church was insured for $500 and Rev. Fuller carried $1500 on his house and $500 on household goods.  
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1912 ELEVATOR Fire at Angus

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 7.19.1912

FIRE AT ANGUS
Last Saturday afternoon the south elevator at Angus, owned by Borin Bros., was burned to the ground. It is thought probable it was caused by sparks from the Burlington freight engine.  About three carloads of wheat were in the elevator at the time.  The total loss is not definitely known, but it is partly covered by insurance.   Some nearby coal sheds, containing about fifty tons of coal caught fire from the elevator and were burned.

Source:  The Weekly Tribune 7.16.1912, page 1
1912 FIRE AT ANGUS
Fire of unknown origin broke out in Borin Bros. Elevator at Angus Saturday Afternoon and destroyed the building with about 3000 bushels of grain.  The Proudfit Lumber Co. lost their coal sheds and over 100 tons of coal.
We understand that J.F. Montgomery is a member of the firm and that business will be resumed in the north elevator which the firm has leased.
*J.O. Moore was in Angus Saturday
* J. F. Montgomery was over from Angus Friday on business.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.3.1912
A Building at Angus owned by NH Burd and occupied by Wesley Thompson as a pool hall, was burned Monday.  It is not known how the fire originated.
Source  Nuckolls County Herald 10.4.1912
The pool hall building at Angus burned down Monday. 

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 1.10.1913
Frank Borin came down (to Nelson) from Angus, Tuesday.  Mr. Borin is now running the elevator at Angus.
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Source:  Edgar Post 6.23.1916
Store at Angus Destroyed by Fire.
A large stock of nearly all kinds of merchandise is reported to have burned in Angus early this morning.  The origin of the fire is not known, wherther lightning struck it and the fire smouldered for a time or whether it started some other way.
Source:  The Superior Express 6.29.1916
FIRE AT ANGUS
A Fire yesterday afternoon at three o'clock entirely destroyed the building and stock of the Angus Mercantile Co at Angus, Neb.  The cause of the fire is not known.  The property is valued at about 13,000 dollars and the insurance will cover the loss; the property is owned by Mr. Jake Bartel.
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1916 Store at Angus Burned Last Thursday

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 6.30.1916 pg. 1
Store at Angus Burned Last Thursday
The stock of the Angus Mercantile Company was entirely destroyed by fire last Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The origin of the fire is not known; however the property is covered by insurance and is estimated at $13000.  Mr. Jake Bortel is the property owner.
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1927 Angus Fire
Source Evening State Journal, Lincoln Nebraska September 27, 1927  
Angus Building Destroyed by Fire

Citizens Unable to fight Early Morning Blaze due to a lack of water system

ANGUS NEB. Sept 27 Fire starting in the Gerlock Brothers' General store at Angus early this morning presumably from an over heated flue destroyed three frame buildings and a contents at a total estimated damage of $10,000.  The frame buildings were owned by Rudolph Burress of Hastings and housed Gerlock Bros. Store, the Post Office Harding Cream Station, Joy Barber Shop, and Freuds Grocery Store.

Angus is without a water system and fire trucks called from Edgar were unable to reach Angus because of muddy roads.  The records in the post office were saved but a quantity of mail burned. A small amount of stock in the Frued Grocery was also saved. The loss is partially covered by insurance.

1927 Post office Destroyed by Fire at Angus

Source:   Fremont Evening Tribune 9.28.1927

            ANGUS NEBR. Sept 28 - Undelivered mail in the post office at Angus was destroyed Tuesday morning when the building was burned by a fire that started in the basement of an adjoining merchandise store and did damage estimated at $10,000.  Postal records were in a safe and were undamaged. 

The fire which was believed to have been started by an overheated flue, caused almost complete destruction to three frame buildings owned by Rudolph Bures of Hastings.  The loss was partly covered by insurance.
The building housed besides the post office and store, a cream station and barber shop.  It was believed fire damage was increased by the rain delayed fire fighters in getting to the scene after the fire was reported. 

1927 Angus Fire

Source: Newspaper Article Source Unknown, 1927

 Angus Stores Are Destroyed in Fire

 Fire of Unknown Origin destroys almost entire business block.

 Tuesday morning about three o'clock the fire whistle sounded the warning and the public was informed that the town of Angus was on fire.  The fire originated from unknown cause in Gerlack's store and spread rapidly to the Fruede Store.  Both stores were ruins but the Fruede stock was practically all saved by the heroic efforts of the citizens and the farmers living near Angus.  The post office burned, also the barber shop and the windows and doors of the bank burst from the intense heat. 

The Edgar fire truck manned by the five captains, CH Merrill, CH Moore, SL Denton, Ferd Schnitker and Harry Grossman and Chas. Todd started for Angus but had to give up the trip after having consumed a half hour in traveling four miles.  Other cars also had to give up on account of the heavy going but their help probably would not have availed much as the buildings were beyond saving in a short while after the fire was discovered bursting through the roof on the west side of the Gerlack building. 

At the time this is written the origin of the fire is unknown.  The fire truck made it back home under its own power and if you think riding the whip at the county fair has its thrills, ask any of the firemen who clung to the truck to and from their attempted destination
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FIRE LOSS AT ANGUS
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.29.1927
The citizens of Angus were suddenly aroused from their peaceful slumbers  early  Tuesday morning by the alarm of fire.  It was aabout 2:30 am when the fire was discovered in the Garlach  Brothers general store. The alarm was given out and help came to the rescue as soon as people could get there.
The fire is presumed to have been the result of an overheated flue and it destroyed three buildings - The Gerlach Brothers Store the Harding cream station and Joy barber shop, and the OW Freude store - owned by Rudolph Bures, a former resident of Angus, who now resides in Hastings.
Ther Gerlach stock  of general merchandise was a total loss, partially covered by insurance. A large part of the Freude stock was saved, the loss is estimated at about %500 and no insurance.  The adjustments have not yet been made, bu the losses will probably aggregate some $10,000.00.
Source:  Edgar Sun 9.30.1927
Four Business Houses burned to the ground.
The Gerlach Bros. Store , postoffice, Joy's barber shop and Freude's store were burned to the ground about three o'clock Tuesday morning.  The fire started in the back of Gerlach's store, but how it got started is unkonwn.  Freude and Joy got out most of their things but Gerlach's store was under such headway when it was first noticed, that nothing could be done to save the building or the stock.  The west side of the bank was damaged some. 


1928 Edgar Fire Truck called to Angus

Source:  The Edgar Sun 4.27.1928
EDGAR FIRE TRUCK CALLED TO ANGUS
            The fire truck from Edgar was called to the farm home of Henry Caulk's, west of Angus about 11:30 last Thursday night to help put out a fire.  It seems that it had started in a truck full of things upstairs that had belonged to a sister of Mrs. Caulk's and had been there for some time.  It was thought that it was caused by combustion.  It was thought for a time that the house would go but they had moved all the furniture  out doors to safety.  They got the fire out before it did very much damage. 

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1929 Angus Fire

Source:  Evening State Journal April 6, 1929
FIRE AT ANGUS

ANGUS Neb. - Fire did more than $7,000 damage in the post office, general store and cream station here Saturday when it destroyed the O W Freude Building.  The blaze started in an oil burner in the cream station.
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Source:  The Nelson Gazette 4.11.1929
ANGUS HAS FIRE
THE OW Freude store at Angus was destroyed by fire saturday morning about eight o'clock.  The fire started from an oil stove in the cream station in connection with the store, and when discovered it had gained such headway that it was beyond control.  The entire stock was consumed.  The post office was in this room and the fixtures and some supplies were destroyed.  The stamps on hand were in the safe, but got hot enough to "stick" the mucillage and they will be unfit for use.  Mr. Freude was without insurance.  This loss which will amount to near $2000 together with the one he sustained in the fire less than two years ago is quite a severe blow to him.  The postoffice is temporarily located the the Gerlach grain office.
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Source:  The Edgar Sun 4.12.1929
O.W. Fruede's Store Burns at Angus

Fire said to have started in the cream station of the O.W. Fruede store, destroyed the building and contents of his general store Saturday morning. The loss is estimated at $3000 and we understand the insurance had been allowed to lapse just a short time before.  This is the second fire Mr. Fruede has had in Angus in the last two years, both being total losses.  The post office was located in the Fruede building and all of the post office fixtures and a few other minor items were saved.  The Edgar Fire Department  was called who arrived on the scene in just twelve minutes from the time the alarm was sounded.  They arrived to see the building in ashes.


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1950 Fire Peters Farm Angus 

Source:  The Nelson Gazette, January 12, 1950

FIRE LOSS AT PETERS FARM NEAR ANGUS FRIDAY
Fire of undetermined origin did considerable damage to the Ray peters 7 room home a half mile west of Angus last Friday morning.  Originating on the porch or in the dining room, the flames were discovered about 8 a.m.
Both the Nelson and Edgar fire departments answered the call, the former holding the fire in check with hand equipment for about 10 minutes before the arrival of the Edgar rural fire fighting truck.  The latter with the 500 gallon water supply soon had the flames under control.  All but two or three pieces of the Peters' furniture was removed to safety and only a small amount of clothing was lost.  It will be necessary to rebuild three rooms and the porch .   The loss was partially covered by insurance.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.16.1957
The house on the farm, known as the Noah Burd place east of Angus, burned down last Wednesday afternoon.  The farm belongs to Kenneth Dohse.  
Card of Thanks - We want to take this means to thank the Edgar Fire Department and our neighbors in Angus for their efforts to extinguish the fire which burned our honey house near Angus last Wednesday, May 8.  Again, many thanks.  Kenneth L and Alice Dohse.
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Source:  Superior Express 2.25.1965
A fire of undetermined origin broke out in the bathroom at the KL Dohse farm home.  Luckily they were in the house and smelled the smoke.  With quick work and help of Joe and RL Culbertson, the fire was under control by the time the Nelson Fire Department arrived.  Damage was limited to the bathroom and the large supply cupboard and contents.

Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.15.1897
Charley Fuller drives the finest rig in town, composed of brand new buggy, horse and harness.
Source:  Edgar Post 9.25.1903
Charley Fuller took his wife and Mrs. Jewett to Edgar Wednesday in his automobile.
Source:  Hebron Journal 10.2.1903
BRUNING - Charley Fuller of Angus, neb. drover over in his automobile Sunday and visited the family of Sam Roberts, returning in the evening.  This automobile is the second one of his own make.  This one is two seated and looks almost as nice as one from the wholesale house.  He came over from Angus, a distance of thirty miles, in less than two hours.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.24.1905
Ben Scroggin, the Oak banker, a few days ago received his new automobile from the factory.  Charley Fuller, a former Angus boy, is now foreman of one of the big manufacturing concerns in Indiana.  He designed the machine and came to Oak with it to get mr. Scroggin started off right.  It is one of the latest machines out and is "just right" in every particular.  It is a 40 horse power and has a guaranteed speed of 60 miles per hour and climbs any hill in Nebraska with the utmost ease.  It has seating capacity for five people.  If you don't think Ben is going some now, just try to catch him. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.28.1907, pg 1
The Angus Auto Co., will begin business about the first of March.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 3.28.1907
Jimmy Olsen came in from McCook Friday. We understand Jimmy has the contract for the erection of the automobile factory building and also the bank building at Angus.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 4.11.1907
Chas. Fuller and wife arrived here Friday morning from Anderson Indiana.  Chas will be
superintendent of the Angus Auto Factory.  Their many friends are glad to have them back.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 5.9.1907
Trip to Angus
The editor made a trip to Angus Monday and while there visited the Angus Automobile works, which pending the erection of their new building is lcoated temporarily in the blacksmith shop where they have their lathe and other machinery installed.  The stocholders of the concern are very enthusiastic over the outlook of the business as they already have enough of the machines spoken for to keep them running steady all summer.  They expect to have the first machine ready for tesing in about ten days.  They have the material on hand for about fifty machines.  They expect to be able to move into their new building in about six weeks.  Should their efforts be crowned with success, which from present indications it will be, it will mean a great deal for our sister village on the north and will be a great tribute to the business energy and enterprise of it's citizents.  Angus is growing otherwise also as they are building a  new bank building and a new lumber office there and the town shows a general air of prosperity.
Source:  The Omaha Excelsior 7.20.1907 pg 7
Way down in the south central part of the street, has added the beautiful Mitchell machine provide the ranchers and Nebraska farmers with the self going vehicles to take the place of the old time broncho.  Bronchos buck, sometimes, and wile the same is often angrily charged against the automobile, the kind to be turned out by the Angus Automobile company at Angus, Nuckolls county, are going to travel o'er the prairies and village streets with a lower death rate and accident record than any other first class machine in the market, according to the prospectus, The new firm is a $20,000 affair, and a simplified transmission, four cylinder car is to be turned out to sell at $2,500.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.1.1907
One of the attractions at the county fair will be an auto race each day.  Charley Fuller, manager of the automobile works at Angus, and an expert of acknowledged ability, will attempt to lower the national record on half mile track.  Charley is one among a few of the swiftest drivers in the country with his new machine (he thinks the best on the market) he hopes to be able to smash the record. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 8.8.1907, pg 9
Mr. Keves of Wilsonville purchased the first auto, built by the Angus Auto Co.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald, 8.29.1907
If Nelson keeps on at her present rate she will be full of automobiles before the summer is over.  The first of the week FE Bottenfield purchased a new Jackosn touring car; on Sunday Olaf Jensen went to Lincoln and returned with a fine Glide touring car, and Abe Stahl has purchased a large touring car of the Angus Auto factory which will be delivered in a few days.  We understand that there are about three more cars ordered, to arrive shortly.
The Horseless Age: the Automobile Trade magazine, Volume 21, Page 304, 1908
An automobile Show opened in Lincoln, Neb., on February 26.  About a dozen local agents exhibited their cars and besides, a new Nebraska Manufacturer, the Angus Company, of Angus, Neb., which showed three of it's Fuller cars.
Source: The Nelson Gazette 4.30.1908
A number of our citizens went over to Angus Tuesday to see the fine new Fuller auto that was shipped to the Pacific coast that day.  
Source:   Lawrence Locomotive 8.14.1908
George Ewing, the Angus banker, at one time a pedagogue in the Lawrence public schools was in town on Monday morning on business.  George is also president treasurer of the Angus Automobile Co., and like the car they put out, ascends all hills easily and give the very best satisfaction to the end.  The company have been doing a very nice business, which is the result of merit alone as the market is full of modern, up to date cars and the Angus boys go right against the leaders with the best of success.
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 10.2.1908
Two auto loads from Lawrence, two from Angus, and one from Nelson was about the size of the attendance from Nuckolls county to the Bladen fair last Friday.  The parties had gone to witness an automobile race between Fuller, of Angus, and a reputed fast car over there, but the whole thing amounted to a farce, Fuller driving his race machine around the others, one from Angus, one from Nelson, both Fuller autos, at will.  it was this or nothing, as all outsiders kept clear of the race.
Source:  Fairfield Independent 2.19.1909
Mr. GH Nichols made a trip to Clay Center and return last Sunday and while on the way broke the low speed gear.  This accident caused him to run Sunday in the storm and on Monday with the high speed which is quite a test for a car on all kinds of roads.  He had one of the best make cars or he would never have been able to do it.  it was a Fuller, made at Angus, Neb. 
Source:  The Lawrence Locomotive 4.2.1909
GH Nicholls, manager of the Angus Automobile Company was in town a short time Monday morning, looking after a Lawrence prospect.  Gurt has always proven a hardworking , successful salesman in any line he has followed in the dozen years we have known him and the Angus people certainly used  excellent judgement in choosing so reliable a man to push their enterprise.  He tells us they will now sell cars at factory prices cutting out the middle man's profit and other expense, and their fine $2500 touring car can now be bought for $1650 right at the factory door.  This is the biggest inducement to buy we have yet  heard of.
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 4.10.1909
The Angus Automobile Company has rented the old Herman Klawitter blacksmith shop now owned by John Leeds and will use it as a store room (The present City Hall).
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 10.29.1909
A party from Angus consisting of JB McNew, Charley Fuller, and DDr. Thomas, of nelson, left for Oklahoma City in one of their automobiles last week.  Our infomant tells us a deal was on for a sale of a large part of the stock to Oklahoma parties.
John McNew who was traveling in a Fuller automobile with a party from Angus headed for Oklahoma City, dropped a card the first of the week stating they had encountered some very muddy roads.
Source:  Stanton Register 3.25.1910, pg 5
August Zander returned last week from Angus, Nebraska where he purchased a Fuller automobile.  He has the agency for the Fuller auto and it is the finest machine ever brought to Stanton.  The Fuller auto is a Nebraska machine and is an excellent car in every way.  It is a machine that anyone would be proud to own.  Mr. Zander is a practical machinist, and in handling machines can always make good anything that happens to the auto.
Source:  Norfolk Daily News 7.26.1910 pg 5
The first automobile back license ever issued in Norfolk was made out by City Clerk Ed Harter Saturday night and given to henry Hasenpflug who recently purchased a Fuller automobile, with which he will carry passengers to and from the depots and for other passenger service.
Source: The Creighton News 8.18.1910, pg 4
Geo. A. Meyers returned home from Norfolk Saturday afternoon where he traded his Jackson car for a new 24 HP Fuller Auto. 
Source:  The Lincoln Star 9.27.1910 pg 8 (partial article)
GOVERNOR's PROCLAMATION State of Nebraska Executive Office
In accordance with the report of the Secretary of State, filed in my office, pursuant to Senate File 10,  enacted by the Legislature of 1909, the following named corporations have become delinquent in the payment of the corporation fee, as provided in Section 2 of said act:
Angus  Automobile Co. Angus Neb.
Source:  The Lincoln Star 1.9.1911
Suit was filed in the federal court Monday afternoon by the Covert  Motor Company of New York against the Angus Automobile Company praying judgment for $2,400 an amount alleged to be due on nine promissory notes.
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 5.26.1911, pg. 1
We are reliably informed that the Angus Automobile Company will move to Nelson.  The building will be torn down and moved.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herlad 6.7.1912
TO AUTO MEN
The Angus Auto Co., of Nelson has purchased one of Muley Rolf Company's auto elevators, the first one in this part of the state, showing them to be wide awake and up to date garage men, and on the watch for anything for the interest of their customers.  By having this elevator they can get your car in a position to fix it for you in about half the time as in the old way of lying under the car, To be convinced call and have Mr. Fuller demonstrate it to you.
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 3.14.1913

ANGUS AUTO FACTORY SOLD
The Angus Automobile Company sold its factory in Nelson this week to Messars Stelton and Jones of Brewster.  The factory has been doing a general repair and garage business here for the three years and this business will continue under the new management.
The company was organized about seven years ago by Angus and Nelson Businessmen and began the manufacture of "Fuller" automobiles in Angus.  The company control was later secure by Nelson men and  ????? was given the company to move the factory here.  The company  was never able to make the business pay, and hasn't manufactured any cars for several years - Nuckolls County Herald
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 10.7.1915
TO OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS
Having purchased the old Angus Automobile Company building, we moved our stock of Auto Supplies and machine ship October 1st.  We wish at this time to thank our patrons for their patronage, and we will be glad to welcome them and anyone else who needs our services at our new place.  We will be better prepared to take care of the automobile trade, When in trouble, see the ELY GARAGE.
Source:  Omaha Daily Bee 2.24.1916 pg 18
FOR TRADE - Two cylinder Fuller automobile in running order; a bargain Earl Detwiler, Woodbine, IA
Source:  The Hastings Daily Tribune 1.27.1941
This small Nuckolls County Town once Boasted Automobile Factory
ANGUS - This small Nuckolls county town once had hopes of becoming the Detroit of the trans Mississippi region, and the name of the town was to  become famous because the automobile manufactured here bore it's name.
The Fuller Brothers, CE and CM, were manufacturers of buggies and wagons in Angus in the early 1900's.  The advent of the automobile gave them an  idea - they would motorize their better buggies and build a new business.
First they purchased a 1 cylinder motor from a St. Louis manufacturer and installed it in a carriage.  The result was a chugging, puffing automobile.  This first car was sold to Dr. Redfield of Wood River.
The brothers had built a car; now they found a demand to be filled.  They commenced to make more, and as orders poured in they found it necessary to enlarge their factory.  The result was a new building and the Angus Automobile Company, Inc.  At one time it employed almost 50 men.
During the boom years the firm made 400 automobiles which sold for $2500 each.  They also developed a luxury model  six cylinders - that sold for $3000. The $2500 models were 4 cylinder jobs. 
One of the two brothers CE Fuller is now in the automobile business in Hastings.  The other, CM died November 4 in California where he had made his home for many years.
Nelson Gazette 4.3.1947
The Angus Automobile Company has rented the old Herman Klawitter blacksmith shop now owned by John Leeds and will use it as a store room.  (The present City Hall)
Source:  Hastings Daily Tribune 7.10.1961
Manufactured Car
The Fuller Brothers, CE and CM ran a buggy and wagon shop at Angus and in 1904 they built their first automobile.  Two years later they went into production and in the next three years manufactured over 350 automobiles called the Fuller.  They were the first to drive a gasoline powered automobile in Hastings.
CE Fuller, one of the brothers, was the father of Home Fuller.  The other brother, Charles M., was also the inventor of a machine to extract gold by the placer method without the use of water. 
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Known Employees:  Will Taylor

Source:  The Oak News Dec 14, 1905, page 2
The Bank of Angus of the town of Angus, Nuckolls county, has received a charter from the state banking board.
Source: Nuckolls County Herald 12.21.1905 (partial)
A new bank has been established in the town and now the business men of the town and farmers of that vicinity can do their banking strictly at home. JH Reichenbach and F. Jouvenat, of Lincoln, are president and vice president, and DL Jouvenat has charge of the new institution.  It is known as the Bank of Angus, and is temporarily located in the old barber shop building just east of Bures Bros. Store.  It was opened for business on monday of last week.  The new enterprise should meet with success.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 11.1.1906, page 8
The Angus bank has changed hands, George Ewing having bought out D. L. Jouvenant.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 11.1.1906, pg 5
George Ewing has bought D. L. Jouvenat's interest in the Angus bank.
Source Lincoln Journal Star 10.27.1906
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP AT BANK AT ANGUS
Angus Neb. Oct 27
Special to the News
A Change in the ownership of the bank of Angus took place this week, all the old officers retiring and new ones being elected.  JA Retchenbach, F. Jourvenat and DL Jouvenat, respectively  president, vice president and cashier have sold their interest to Percy Baird of Ruskin and George Ewing of Nelson.  Baird after November 1 will be president and Ewing cashier.  MI Aitkin, of Lincoln, who holds some of the stock, will be vice president.
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 3.28.1907
Jimmy Olsen Came in from McCook Friday.  We understand Jimmy has the contract for the erection of the automobile factory building and also the bank building at Angus.
NEW BANK BUILDING
The Angus bank will soon have a new home of their own.  They have purchased a lot just east of where the bank is now located and will within a few days commence erecting a brick building thereon.  Jim Olsen was up Monday figuring on the work.  The new building will fill in a gap on the north side of the street that will add greatly to the appearance of the main street of the town.
Source Nuckolls County Herald 5.30.1907
The Bank of Angus was reorganized this week and the capital stock increased.  GA Felton was elected president.  He together with WH Kinnison, Lee Carlon and Mack Littrell were taken in as new stockholders. 
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.12.1907
Report of the Condition of The Bank of Angus of Angus, Nebraska Charter No. 892 , Incorporated in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business August 31, 1907.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts $21332.82
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured $413.00
Banking House furniture and fixtures 1687.79
Current expenses and taxes paid $700.63
Dur from national, state and private banks and bankers $6091.86
Cash $2058.06
TOTAL RESOURCES:  $32283.96
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $5000.00
Undivided profits $911.10
Individual deposits subject to check $21702.83
Demand Certificates of deposit $1027.00
Time Certificates of deposit $3643.05
TOTAL LIABILITIES $33383.96
I, GW Ewing, Cashier of the above named bank, do hereby swear that the above statement is a correct and true copy of the report made to the State Banking Board.   GW Ewing>
Attest:  GA Felton, Director  WH Kinnison, Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of September 1907 NH Burd, Notary Public. 
Source:   Lawrence Locomotive 8.14.1908
George Ewing, the Angus banker, at one time a pedagogue in the Lawrence public schools was in town in Monday morning on business.  George is also president treasurer of the Angus Automobile Co., and like the car they put out, ascends all hills easily and give the very best satisfaction to the end.  The company have been doing a very nice business, which is the result of merit alone as the market is full of modern, up to date cars and the Angus boys go right against the leaders with the best of success.
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive  2.25.1910 pg 1
George Ewing, formerly clerk of the court of Nuckolls county, lately in the banking business at Angus, is preparing to locate new Laramie, Wyo.
Source:  The Weekly Tribune 3.4.1913
John Montgomery has, we are told, sold his bank at Angus to Fairfield parties, who have taken possession. We are not informed just what Mr. Montgomery will do.
Source:  Superior Express 3.24.1910
SUPERIOR - John McNew, the Angus banker, was in the city last night, and went home this morning. 
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 10.21.1921
We notice that SA Lapp has taken charge of the Angus bank as Cashier succeeding DJ Skyrme, who resigned.  Mr. Lapp has had a wide experience in finance having served as county treasurer, Cashier, and State Bank Examiner, always closing accounts with clean balances wherever he had charge and we are inclined to think that the new Angus Bank  pilot will keep his craft out of the turbulent waters that sometimes rise high and threatening, when corn is cheap, and democrats are out of office.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.22.1925
SUMMARY OF THE CONDITION OF NUCKOLLS COUNTY BANK As reported to the State Banking Board December 31, 1924 (Partial.)
Bank of Angus, Angus
Loans:  $44781.87
Cash  and Sight Ex. -  $4519.22
Deposits  - $39674.68
Capital - $10000.00
Surplus and Profits: $2500.00
Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.15.1925
R.A. Bures, Cashier
W.H. Kinnison, Director
G.A. Felton, Director
Source:  Nelson Gazette 2.5.1925 pg 5
George Ewing, who worked at the Nelson post office for several years, left his position in January. He will now dedicate his time fully to his role at the Angus Bank. George's friendly presence at the mail window will be missed by many.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 3.5.1925
Art Reeve is assisting George Ewing in the Angus Bank.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.30.1925 (partial)
Report on the Condition of the Bank of Angus of Angus in the State of nebraska, at the close of business June 30, 1925
TOTAL RESOURCES:  $57588.59
TOTAL Liabilities: $57588.59
Depositor's guaranty fund 168.40
R.A. Bures - Cashier
G.A. Felton - Director
W.H. Kinnison - Director
Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.15.1926, pg5
Report on the Condition of the Bank of Angus of Angus, in the state of nebraska, at the eclose of business September 27, 1926
Total Resources:  $61328.17
Total Liabilities: $61328.17
G.W. Ewing, Assistant Cashier
W.H. Kinnison - Director
H.A. DeVore - Director

Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.13.1927 pg 4
The State Bank of Angus was taken over by the state banking department on Saturday and is currently closed to the public pending further arrangements.
Source:  The Lincoln Star Jan. 12, 1927, page 1
STATE CLOSES AN ANGUS BANK

The Bank of Angus was closed Monday by the state department of trade and commerce and was turned over to the bank guaranty fund commission for the appointment of a receiver. The deposits of the bank amounted to $48,122.44 and the capital stock was $10000.  The surplus was $2500 according to Trade and Commerce Secretary Kirk Griggs.  GA Felton was president of the bank, WH Kinnison was vice president, and RA Bures was cashier.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.26.1927
August 25, 1927:  A phone message to this office on Monday gave the news that depositors of the Bank of Angus were being paid their claims.  The bank was closed last January.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 7.28.1928
In the District Court of Nuckolls County Nebraska
Sate of Nebraska, ex rel., OS Spillman, Attorney General. Plaintiff
Bank of Angus, Angus, Nebraska Defendant
Notice of Sale of remaining Assets of Bank of Angus, Angus, Nebraska.
Notice is hereby given by virtue of an order of sale duly made and entered in the above entitled cause by the Honorable William Jefferson moss.  Judge of the District Court of the 18th Judicial District presiding in the Seventh Judicial District of nebraska held within and for Nuckolls County on the 10th day of July 1928, the undersigned receiver will sell at the East door of the Court House in the City of Nelson, in the County of Nuckolls, nebraska at 1 o'clock PM on the 6th day of August 1928, the following described property, being the entire remaining assets of said bank, (save and except the liability of stockholders after assets are exhausted), to wit:
BILLS RECEIVABLE, being notes against various persons for the approximate aggregate amount of $8220.42
OVERDRAFTS, in the aggregate amount of $194.28
JUDGMENTS:
Receiver vs. C.a. * I.W. Jordan, in Justice Court of Thayer County, Nebr. (Balance due) 62.54
Ora Carroll, Co Court Nuckolls Co. 68-27, 10% and costs $8.25   926.55
Elvin Carroll, Co. Court, Nuckolls Co., 68-8-27 10% and costs $8.20  385.72
O I Hunt, Co. Court, Nuckolls Co., dated March 29, 1921 $85.83
Nye W. Thompson, County Court Nuckolls Co., dated Feb 3, 1923 210.80
Chas. E. Ball  & WS Lamends, District court Nuckolls Co., dated 5.22.22 $1754.10
WS Lapp District Court, Nuckolls Co., dated Nov 11, 1925 $2347.46
Snell Estate claim due from NL Moore, Memo says claim filed $60.37
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES:
Nest 20 boxes, safety deposits, single key
1 Wooden filing device
1 Pencil Sharpener
1 Bookkeeper's stand
1 Cummins perforator (Small)
1 Waste Paper basket
1 Todd Protectograph
1 Bookkeeper's stool
1 Three in one, Eclipse Heating stove
1 Chair
1 Acme Letter Tray
OTHER ASSETS:
Personal property purchased from GC Hutchinson and sold a few articles remaining located on farm of GA Felton, Angus, Nebraska.
One horse at farm of WH Kinnison, Angus, Nebr
Bankers Conservation fund $89.46
The above assets will be offered separately and also as a  whole
Full list of notes and other assets will be found in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of said county.
Said sale is to be for cash, or as by law provided, should the Guarantee Fund Commission see fit to submit bid or bids.
Dated this 10th day of July 1928 EJ Dempster, Receiver of Bank of Angus, Angus, Nebraska.
Source:  The Superior Express 10.14.1929
Receiver of Bank of Angus vs. WH Kinnison; Equity; Judgement for plaintiff
Source;  Nuckolls County Herald 10.18.1929
The State of Nebraska vs the Bank of Angus, report of receiver.
Dempster, receiver of Bank of Angus vs W.H. Kinnison, equitable relief and enforcement of double liability.

Source:  Nuckolls  County Herald 2.28.1907, pg 1
WH Kinnison returned Monday from St. Joe where he had taken three car load of cattle.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 4.4.1907
WH Kinnison was down from Angus Monday and called at this office for the purpose of renewing his subscription to this paper.  In speaking of the fruit prospects Mr. Kinnison does not think the recent cold snap has injured peaches any owing to the dry weather, but thinks apricots are damaged.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 11.20.1914, page 7
Our sister city on the south, now has a newspaper, as The Sun just finished printing a neat little four-page monthly store paper for WH Kinnison & Son.  It contains a lot of store news and a nice lot of local news.
Source  Edgar Sun 12.4.1914
Special singing was given at Kinnison's store Saturday night by Will Peters and Children.
JE Bennett of St. Louis MO, is assisting WH Kinnison and Son during their big Booster sale. 
Source:  The Edgar Sun, 2.26.1915
Everett Kinnison of Angus was a business visitor in Edgar, Tuesday. Mr. Kinnison has disposed of his interest in the firm of W.H. Kinnison & Son to his brother, Cleve.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 4.1.1926
For Sale— Several head of work horses and mules, all broke and good work animals Inquire of  W. H. Kinnison two miles northeast of Angus.
Source:  Edgar Sun 10.15.1926
WH Kinnison came home from Hemingford, nebr. where he went to buy a carload of potatoes last Friday. 

Source:  The Lincoln Evening News, February 5, 1901

The M. W. A. band of Angus and several outsiders went to Hastings to hear Sousa's Band concert on Friday Night.
Source  Nelson Gazette 6.18.1903
The Angus Band will play at Nelson on July 4th.  They are under Mr. Scherzinger's leadership again.
Source:  Edgar Weekly Sun 2.12.1915
Angus is talkng of organzing a band.  Push the good work along. 

Edgar Post 4.17.1903
Bures Bros. are fixing up a building for a barber shop.
Our new barber, Mr. Herrick will soon move into his office on Main Street. 

Source:  Edgar Post 10.25.1901
A Hot Game
Angus Oct. 17, 1901
The Woodmen of Edgar and Angus crossed bats here today in a game of base ball which was a jolly and hotly contested game from start to finish.  As the hour drew nigh for commencing, great crowds came from Edgar and north of town to cheer up the Woodman from Edgar.  After a few preliminaries, umpire John Cook, says "Play Ball."  The Edgar boys went to the bat and struck them hard, and this brought forth a storm of applause from Edgar, and as the game became interesting Lee hill saw that his throat was not going to hold out he called on John Taylor to cut loose with both first and secondary batteries, which John responded to with a teriffic yell that set the ball to rolling.  It soon became Angus's time to cheer her Woodmen, which she did with great credit to herself.  Great runs were made on both sides; too many for a first class game.  At the seventh inning they tied up with 20 scores a piece.  About this point in the game Uncle Joe Hart entered into the Angus line of yellers, and A. Wiggins told Joe to yell once, so Joe yelled and it happened to be in favor of an Angus man.  It so cheered up the Angus players that they closed the game with three in their favor.  Anyone could see that Uncle Joe was sorry.  It was a jolly crowd and the best of good feeling on both sides.    ----A. YELLER
Source: The Oak News 9.10.1909, pg 1
The Angus Auto's came over this afternoon and played Oak the quickest cleanest game of the season Score - Oak 4, Angus 2.
Source;  Nelson Gazette 7.5.1917
NORA WINS FROM ANGUS
Nora won a game of baseball from Angus Sunday last.  The score was 7 to 8.  Following is the score by Innings:
Nora: 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 --8
Angus:  1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 --7
Batteries:  Angus, Taylor and Taylor; Nora, Grafford and Kramer
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.8.1927
Oak and Angus played baseball at Angus Sunday.  Angus had the long end of a 4 to 0 score.
Source:  Edgar Sun 7.13.1928
The Angus second team played ball with the Edgar team Sunday.  The score stood 8 to 6 in favor of Angus.
Source:  Fairfield Auxiliary 5.5.1932
Locals win opening Game from Angus
The Fairfield baseball team defeated the Angus baseball team at Angus last Sunday afternoon in the opening game of the Tri County League Schedule.  The locals were the first to score, and made a single counter in the second inning.  During the next inning they nicked the Angus pitcher for four safe hits, which together with a base of balls, were good for four more runs.  Fairfield also scored one run in both the fourth and sixth innings and two runs in the seventh and ninth.
Angus was unable to get a runner past second until the fifth inning when they took advantage of several errors and one safe hit to bring them in four tallies.  They did not score again until the eighth inning when the first man up for Angus drove a hard one into right field for a home run. A Davis held the Angus batters for five innings, allowing them but four safe hits.  Hoevet pitched the final four innings.
Partial...
Fairfield -
Hoevet 2b-p, Stephens, SS, Bell 1B, Krueger 3b, Price LF, Heckenlively CF, Shultz C, HIll RF, A Davis P-RF, O Davis 2b, Black C.
Angus -
Elifritz SS, Horner CF, E Freude 1B, M McCartney 3B, C Freude P, O Devore RF, E Stahl LF, C Peters 2B, O Stah C, Frazier RF.

Source:  Edgar Sun 6.3.1932

Edgar and Angus played baseball on the Angus diamond Sunday, Edgar taking the long end of the score, 24-5.  Edgar garnered enough scores in the first inning to win the ball game, running six men across the home plate.  Edgar faced three Angus pitchers, McLaughlin going for the whole game for Edgar.
-Source:  Edgar Sun 4.26.35 pg 4
The Angus baseball players met and organized a ball team Wednesday night.
Source:  Fairfield Auxiliary 5.5.1932
Locals WIN OPENING GAME FROM ANGUS
The Fairfield baseball team defeated the Angus baseball team at Angus last Sunday afternoon in the opening game of the Tri County League Schedule.  The locals were the first to score, and made a single counter in the second inning.  During the next inning they nicked the Angus pitcher for four safe hits, which together with a base on balls, were good for four more runs.  Fairfield also scored one runin both the fourth and sixth innings and two runs in the seventh and ninth.
Angus was unable to get a runner past second until the fifth inning when they took advantage of several errors and one safe hit to bring them in four tallies.  They did not score again until the eighth inning when the first man up for Angus drove a hard one into right field for a home run. 
A. Davis held the Angus batters for five innings, allowing them but four safe hits.  Hoevet pitched the final four innings.
ANGUS PLAYERS FOR THIS GAME:
Elifritz - Short stop
Horner, Center Field
E. Freude , 1st base
M. McCartney , 3rd base
C. Freude, pitcher
O. Devore, Right Field
E. Stahl, Left Field
C. Peters, 2nd base
O. Stahl, Catcher
Frazier,  Right field

Source:  Edgar Sun 10.5.1934, page 4
The Angus baseball fans are very much interested in the series and are listening in at the Ivan King garage.
Source:  Edgar Sun 4.26.1935
The Angus baseball players met and organized a ball team Wednesday night. 

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 3.17.1907
Mr. Moss is having an addition built on the east side of his blacksmith shop.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.19.1907
L. Moss has sold his blacksmith shop to some parties from the north.  We haven't  heard their names.  
Source: Nelson Gazette 4.1.1926 
M. Grossman has bought the Angus blacksmith shop and has taken possession. 

Source Daily Nebraska State Journal August 12, 1884

 Fairfield Herald.  Mr. Hamilton Who resides near the old overland trail at the Blue Bluffs Mills while plowing last week unearthed 4 one dollar pieces, 2 two and a half, 1 five, and 2 five franc pieces.  The money was doubtless hid by some one during perilous times of frontier life.
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Source:  Sutton news 7.18.1919
BOYS HERE IS CHANCE FOR SPLENDED OUTING
ASSOCIATIONS OF TWO COUNTIES PROMOTE FIVE DAY CAMP ON BLUE ONLY SMALL EXPENSE, YOU SUTTON BOYS.
Attention - boys of Clay County.  Also mothers of the boys of Clay County.  The Young Men's Christian Associations of Clay and Nuckolls counties are asking for recruits for Camp Lyon on the Blue river, which will be mobilized August 20th and mustered out August 25th.  This is entirely for the physical, mental and moral welfare of the youth of the two counties and advantage of this splendid outing can be taken at a small expense, only $6.00.  Here is your chance boys of Sutton, for a nice vacation.
Camp Lyon is being established for one purpose, to give recreation that will develop character.  Every boy.  Camp Lyon is located on the ranch of Col. Lyon. On the Blue River just south of the Blue Bluff Mill.  Camp Lyon is not at Deweese.  To get there, take the road one mile east of Clay Center, go south until  you come to the river road, go one mile east, turn south and go a short distance to the camp right near the Blue Bluff Mill.  Close by are Col. Lyon's farmhouses, where good water, eggs, milk and butter may be obtained.  The camp itself will be so located that there will be good drainage, good athletic grounds and good swimming with spring board for diving. 
Boys will be permitted to go in swimming only at specified times.  During these periods, there will be enough adult supervision to safeguard every boy.
The food will be camp fare, plenty of good wholesome food.
In each tent there will be seven or eight boys and one adult leader.  The following is a partial list of the camp and tent leaders:
LC Oberlies, lincoln,
HF Smith, Omaha
Rev. IRA E Carney, Harvard
Dr. ID Gartrell, Clay Center
Rev VE Shirley, Nelson
Rev RL Purdy, Ruskin
FR Schweitzer, nelson
George A Percival, Clay Center>
Daily Program
MORNING
6:45 Reveille
650-700 Flag Raising, Setting up Exercises
715-800 Breakfast
800-830 Cam Duties and Tent Inspection
830-900 Tent Bible Study
915-1015 First Aid
1015-1100 Games and hiking
100-1140 Swimming
1200-1245 Dinner
AFTERNOON
1245-200 Rest Period
430-515 Swimming
515-600 Clean up period
600-645 Supper
645-700 Flag Lowering
700-830 Camp Fire
935-Tatoe
945 Taps
Who may go
Any boy, between twelve and eighteen years of age, who lives in Nuckollls or Clay county and who is willing to conform to regulations, will be welcome.   Parents or guardians must consent to boys coming to camp.  Any boy who attends camp must arrive not later than dinner time Thursday August 21 and remain until Monday morning August 25.
The use of tobacco and firearms are forbidden.
The camp is held solely for the purpose of giving the boys and outing which will be helpful and entertaining.  However, the two County YMCA's wish to have the camp self supporting.  For this reason a fee will be charged, small enough to place the camp within reach of all.
Boys coming to camp will pay $6.00 for board and lodging for the six days.  If there is any surplus after all expenses have been paid, each boy will have his share refunded.
A Deposit of $2.00 must accompany each application.  This will be credited on account and the balance must be paid upon arrival at cam.  Each boy must provide his own transportation to and from the camp.  It is suggested that boys from the same locality come together.
Necessary articles: Two pair of heavy blankets, straw tick, pillow, change of underwear, extra pair of pants, soft shirts, bathing suit, stockings flannel night gown or pajamas, soap that floats, towels, brush, comb, tooth brush, and powder, drinking cup , tin plate,  knife, fork spoon, dish cloth, small frying pan  (To be used on hikes). Notebook, pencil, bible and a cheerful disposition.
useful, but not necessary, track suit, rain coa, needle thread, pins, etc. clothes, brush, coat and pant hangers, sweater, rubbers, musical instruments, small mirror, camera and films, joke book, bag with draw stiring to protect clothing and fishing tackle.
A trunk will not be needed, use two suit cases or a suit case and a bed roll.
Straw will be furnished to fill ticks.  All persons interested in this work are invited to visit the camp Friday afternoon, August 22nd.  It is desired that all except immediate relatives and members of boards of directors confine their visits to Friday Afternoon.
Parents will be welcomed Sunday afternoon August 24th.
Information.   For further information address FR Schweitzer, nelson Nebr or George A Percival, Clay Center Nebraska.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 5.28.1925
Two troops comprising fifty one Boy Scouts from Superior, are holding forth near Blue Bluff Mill northwest of Nelson this week.  The boys are under the supervision of BF Henry, pastor of the First Presbyterian church; EM Kendall of the Methodist; and Elroy  Lash of the United Presbyterian church; and Prof. Scott.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.18.1925 (Partial)
More than fifty were present at the Eqpwroth league devotional service at the Blue Bluff mill last Sunday afternoon.  Because of the storm clouds, they drove to the Nelson Park for lunch, where forty six were lined up for supper.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 3.18.1926
AV Oldham, formerly connected with the Blue Bluff Mills, has located at Eckley, Colo.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.15.1926
Mr. and Mrs. JA Roberts of Sanger, California, are here on a visit with old acquaintances.  They are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. RM Aikin.  Mr. Roberts was proprietor of the Blue Bluff Mill about fifteen years ago.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.29.1927
SE Roberts will sell his personal property at Blue Bluff Mill on October 5th.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.13.1927
Vernie Roberts of Selma, California was calling on old acquaintances in the Angus vicinity last week.  He formerly resided in that neighborhood, where his father owned the Blue Bluff Mill.
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Source:  Letter July 23, 1977 to Mr. and Mrs. Dohse  from Harold E. Fleckenstein 2902 Oak Street Hays kansas 67601

Harold E. Fleckenstein
2902 Oak Street

Hays Kansas 67601

 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dohse

 Attached hereto please find your book we borrowed "From Hoppers to Copters" and the four pictures of the old BLUE BLUFF MILL.

     I want you to know that your trust and cooperation is sincerely appreciated.  This is the first time any of our family has ever seen a picture of the old mill built by my Great Grandfather Martin Smith.  We generally believed it to be lost in time and history and to find a picture has been a delightful experience for all.

     The last day I was in Ruskin, we finished our work early so I drove to Edgar, Nebraska to see if I could find where my great grandfather Martin Smith was buried.  After contacting the lady at Edgar who keeps the burial records, it was found that my Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother are both buried in the Edgar Cemetery.  In addition the Nelson weekly newspaper just that week came out with a section giving the events that happened 75 years ago and there was an article telling about the death of my great grandmother.  We do not have pictures of these two or at least I do not know of any, so it is my hope that we can make a trip to Edgar and Angus and search the area for a picture.

     I have recorded some of the events, dates and history of my mother's family several years ago before my Mother and My Aunt passed away and for your information I will give you what is recorded.

     Martin Smith was born February 1, 1824.  He formerly lived in Pittsburg, Penn., before moving to Nebraska.  Where he was born is not known at this time. On November the 3rd (year unknown) he was united in Matrimony to Margrett Stover.  The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. L. Link of Pittsburg, Penn.  To this union one child was born Leander Henry Smith.

     In the year 1871Martin Smith moved to Clay County, Nebraska near the town of Fairfield where the family took a homestead between Fairfield and Harvard. 

     Martin Smith being a miller by trade owned and operated a mill in Pittsburg, Penn.  before moving to Nebraska.  Later after farming for a time, Martin smith built a mill at Angus, Nebraska on the Little Blue River.  The mill was known as the BLUE BLUFF MILL.   This business enterprise was operated in partnership with his only son, Leander, and was operated between the years of 1880 and 1888.

     Martin Smith died on November the 16th, 1884 at Angus, Nebraska at the age of 60 years, 9 months and 15 days and it is assumed that he is buried somewhere near that town.

     My Grandfather Leander Smith continued to operate the mill after the death of his father until the year 1888 at which time it was sold.  He did however continue to work at the Mill until 1896.  he then moved to a farm located on the Ox Bow Creek and known as the Ox Bow Farm.  He lived there until 1903 and traded it for a farm near Willsonville, Nebraska where he lived for the next two years.

    Again I want to thank you for the use of the pictures and book and in the event we get to Angus or Edgar we will certainly get in touch with you.

 Sincerely

Harold E. Fleckenstein

Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 2.25.1910
JH McNew departed for Oklahoma city Saturday morning.  He and his brother John sold out their merchandise store at Angus to Charley Borin and the latter's brother, Frank who are now in charge.  Charley has resigned as auditor for the Updike Grain Co.  The Borin boys are rustlers and are not unacquainted with the merchandise business and will give Angus a first class business house.  The senior member of the firm, Charley, has worked both in Mt Clare and Lawrence in the mercantile business and has an army of friends here who wish him the greatest possible success in their new ventures.
Source Nuckolls County Herald 10.11.1912

Borin Bros have sold their store in Angus to Henry Kinnison who will take possession the 15th of October. 

Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 10.18.1912
Borin Bros. have sold their merchandise store in Angus to Mr. Kinnison, so we are informed.  The boys operate an elevator there.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 11.12.1915
Joe Taylor is now employed in WH Kinnison's store, as Miss Josie Elliott has resigned.
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 1.6.1916
Clarence Fuller was down from Hastings Monday.  He has sold his residence in Angus to Jacob C. Bartel of Beatrice.  Mr. Bartel also bought the W.H. Kinnison Store.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.23.1917
Notice of Dissolution
The partnership existing between F.W. Borin and Charley Borin under the name of Borin Brothers , has been dissolved by mutual agreement.  The business will be continued by F. W. Borin who will pay all bills against the firm and collect all accounts due it.  All persons knowing themselvesindebted to the above firm will please call and settle their accounts at once by cash or bankable note.
FW Borin
Charley Boriin
Dated at Angus, Nebraska, January 30, 1917

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Source:  Superior weekly Journal August 5 1937
Boys Camp at Angus is Successful Outing
Forty Three boys between the ages of ten and fifteen attended the county recreation camp at Angus from Thursday until Saturday.
The boys represented five towns in the county, and were chaperoned by seven supervisors.  An excellent camping site and swimming facilities at Angus helped to make the outing an exceptionally enjoyable one for all those that attended.  The Superior Chamber of Commerce made a donation which was used in purchasing food supplies for the camp.  Local boys are already talking about the camp for next year. 

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 1.28.1904
The Royal neighbors of the Blue Valley Camp will give an oyster supper at the Angus hall Saturday evening, Feb 6.  The Angus band will furnish music.  Adults 20 cents, children 10 cents, Everybody welcome. 

Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.1.1886, page 3
Commissioner Proceedings (Partial)
Petition of Samual Dean and others having  been heretofore granted, it is hereby ordered that the Clerk advertise for bids for the construction of a Combination Truss bridge 20 feet long, 12 feet high above low water mark and 16 feet wide in clear of roadway, across the Little Blue River between Sections 34 in Town. 4, Range 6, at the village of Angus. 
Source:  The Edgar Post  4.17.1903
The bridge south of town (Angus) will soon be open to the public.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.18.1903
The commissioners were here Wednesday morning to look after the bridges washed out by the recent flood along the Blue river.  Most of them are being repaired as fast as possible.  
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 9.17.1909 pg 6
Accidents have occurred at two of the bridges across the Blue the past week.  The one across the Blue near where the Edgar mills used to stand went down while Mr. Geo. Marlett was driving over it.  Mr. Marlett was not seriously injured, but the buggy was badly damaged  and one of the horses had a foot ruined.  At the Angus bridge, Mr. John King in attempting to drive on to the bridge, the approach gave away having been washed out under by the river and his horse dropped into the water.  No serious damage resulted.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.5.1913
Last evening as Rev. and mrs. W. M. Brooks were returning from hardy, after the rain, their car skidded as they turned to come under the B.&M. railroad bridge south of town.  The car landed against one of the piling which kept it from turning over, but the top and one wheel were broken.  Fortunately the occupants of the car were not injured, but they had to walk through the mud a mile and a quarter to town.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.12.1916
The Bridge Gang is here doing some work on the Railroad bridge south of Angus.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.19.1916
There is some talk of putting in a good cement culvert in east Angus, the old bridge that is there now has caused the water to run uphill onto Mr. L. Moss'es potato field causing lots of damage to him, we all hope this will be cheerfully considered as it is a place that needs attention and should be fixed.
Source:  Edgar Sun  6.2.1916 pg 6
The County Commissioners were up last week and had a good bridge put in on Elkton Ave. where the creek has been causing lots of trouble. 
Source:  The Edgar Sun 10.27.1916
Workman are putting in a new bridge just south of Angus. 
Source: Nuckolls County Herald 6.1.1917 pg 5
The County Commissioners made an inspection of the Blue river bridges Tuesday afternoon and found all, with the exception of the Angus bridge in good condition.  The Angus bridge has been condemned.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 5.15.1930
As a natural consequence of continuous rains of the past two or three weeks, the floods following are doing considerable damage along the streets.  The Angus bridge, one near Deweese and the Hein Smith bridge on the Blue were tested to the limit.  The bridge a mile east of the mill was damaged.  many of the approaches were washed out more or less, at different places.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 12.14.1934 pg 5
Mr. Joe Williams had the misfortune to get hurt last Thursday while working on the Angus bridge.  A large crow bar fell about fifteen feet striking and cutting a large gash  in his right foot.
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 4.25.1935 - Partial article
BLUE RIVER ON RAMPAGE
The intermittent dust storms that have been ragin throughout the Middle West for months, were supllanted by torrential rains. Tuesday in some parts of Nebraska.  Adams  and the northwest portion of Clay county seemed to be in the center of the "rain belt"
........Nuckolls county was in the midst of a terrific dust storm throughout Wednesday, while the flood waters of the Blue river had filled the stream to overflowing.
At the Watts bridge north of here on Highway No. 14 the water was running over the approach, and the approach to the bridge west of the  Watts place was washed out.  The approach to the new bridge , two miles east of No. 14 on No. 4 was damaged to some extennt.  The bridge near the Stone School house is out; the Angus bridge badly damaged. Much damage was done to bridges, culverts, and the roads in the area where the rain all was the greatest.
Source: Edgar Sun 5.3.1935
The Blue river was quite an attraction Wednesday as it was out of its banks and overflowed the lowlands.  The bridge just west of Angus was washed out so it was impassable for a day.
Source Nuckolls County Herald 3.26.1948
High water stopped traffic on highway 4 last week fro a day, and the BLue at Oak was on a real rampage. Water came to the rails on the Angus bridge.  The approach was out on the Superior bridge on Hy. 14.  The wonderful spring weather of this week is drying up roads and calming down the flood water. 

Source:  Edgar Post 11.16.1900 pg 5
The Bures boys have finished moving their stock of groceries to Angus.
Source:  Edgar Post 4.17.1903
Bures Bros. are going to enlarge their store building this spring.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.12.1916
Rudolph Bures is going to handle the Chicago Blade and Ledger and if you are looking for something good to read talk to Mr. Bures as he will have the agency for Sherman precinct in Nuckolls County.  

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 4.7.1899
Paul Buchholz & Co. will open up a general merchandise store at Angus about the 15th of the month.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 5.18.1900 pg 5
P.E. Buchholz & Co. have decided to put up a new brick store building in Angus in the place of the one which burned a short time ago.  Wallace Pharris is loading a car of brick for them today. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 6.8.1905
We wish to thank all our many friends for their kind patronage during the past six years of our stay in the Village of Angus and trust they will all come to the old place as usual as Mr. Moss will treat you well, with justice to all, malice to none.
PE Buchholz
Josephine Buchholz

Source Nuckolls County Herald 3.23.1894
Statement of the Condition of the Business of the Angus Business Association for the year ending Dece 31 1893
RESOURCES
Notes and Accounts $714.05
Cash $608.21
Invoice $1822.82
Real Estate $1608.18
LIABILITIES
Personal accounts 4234.60
Notes $1513.70
Stock $2261.00
Net Gain $743.88
Sam Doan, President    JH Perryman, Secretary
Directors:  GA Felton, Thomas Taylor, David Portwood, WH Kinnison
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 5.10.1895
Statement of the Angus Business Association for the year Ending December 31, 1894
RESOURCES
Personal Account $807.30
Cash & Notes $300.96
Invoice $1838.38
Building $1335.89
Fixtures $278.99
TTOAL 4601.96
LIABILITIES
Personal Account $73.62
Interest $301.10
Notes $1945.00
Stock $2241.00
TOTAL $4601.96
GA Felton, Pres. JH Perryman, Secy.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.22.1920 pg 5
CLUB PICNIC
The Busy Bee Sewing Club of Angus, had a picnic at the river Thursday afternoon and invited several neighboring clubs to join them.  About thirty girls with their leaders gathered at the picnic grounds near the bridge just west of Angus, and the afternoon was spent in games and in getting acquainted.  A swing out over the river proved most inviting and a number of the girls went wading.
About five o'clock all gathered on the bank of the river for a sing and for club yells. After that the lunch baskets were opened and everyone one did full justice to the delicious eats set forth.  Of course, with so many Cooking CLub girls present, good things to eat were expected, and the Sewing Club girls showed that they had not used all their time in learning to sew either.
After supper and a few more songs and yells all departed, after expressing their thanks to the Busy Bees and to their leader, Mrs. Neal Wehrman for their splendid hospiltality.  Those present, were: the Sunshine Cooking Club with their leader Mrs. Drake; the Jolly Bunch and their leader Mrs. Frank Ruttman, and the Faithful Girls Club with their leader Miss Mildred Mauck.
The Nelson Club had a special treat for they stopped on their way home at the Frank Ruttman farm to see the Shetland ponies, and were all permitted to take a ride.  The Club surely enjoyed this pleasure and found it hard, indeed, to tear themselves away from the fascinating ponies. 

Source:  Nelson Gazette 3.14.1895
A SURPRISE
On last Thursday evening Angus Camp No. 1898 MWofA, while instructing a candidate in the mysteries of Woodcraft was interrupted by a rustling and jostling noise outside and in a  moment the Sentry was over powered and bound, the inner door forced open and the Camp was in possession of a host of wives, sisters, brothers and children of the neighbors, carrying with them chickens, pies, cakes and everything good to eat.  As the intruders burst open the door neighbor Taylor made an unusual escape out the back door and failed to return until he had gone after his Sunday clothes.  Neighbor Kinnison had to sit all night with his overcoat on because he had not worn a coat, and many others were lamenting the fact that they had eaten as much a hearty supper at home before coming to lodge which rendered them incapable of doing justice to the chicken.  Augus Muliger wants to resign as Sentry.  He never fails to stop a man without the word, but he says he would rather be suspended than to try to get the password from a party of women.  The Venerable Consul tried to make a speech, but to do this after such a grand spread was too much for him and he was excused.  The surprise was a complete one and will long be remembered by all who participated, and it is the opinion of some who claim to know that the trouble is all due to previous arrangements mad by DC Mills. 
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.1.1897
At the last meeting of the Woodmen, CH Marshall resigned his position as clerk of the camp and JA Blauvelt was elected to fill the vacancy.
Angus Camp No. 1898 MWA Angus, nebraska, meets first and third Thursday of each month in the Angus hall.   CH Marshall, Clerk, JC Chamberlain VC
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 7.9.1897, pg5
Angus Camp No 1898 M. W. A. Angus nebr., meets first and third Thursdays each month at Angus Hall. CH Marshall-Clerk, JC Chamberlain VC
Source:  Oak News 11.17.1899
An even dozen of the members of the local lodge of Woodmen went to Angus last night, and assisted the Angus lodge in  initiating a couple of candidates.  They report having had a good time.

Note:  does anyone know any information on Camp Lyon?
Source:  The Sutton News 7.18.1919
Associations of two counties promote five day camp on blue:  only small expense, you Sutton boys!!
Attention boys of Clay County, Also mothers of the boys of  Clay County.  The Young Men's Christian Associations of Clay and Nuckolls counties are asking for  recruits for Camp Lyon on the Blue river, which will be mobilized August 20th and mustered out August 25th.  This is entirely for the physical, mental and moral welfare of the youth of the two counties and advantage of this ???? did outing can tbe taken at a small expense, only $6.  Here is your chance boys of Sutton, for a nice vacation. 

Camp Lyon is being established  for one purpose, to give recreation that will develop character for Every boy.
Camp Lyon is located on the ranch of Col. Lyon on the Blue River, just south of the Blue Bluff Mill.  Camp Lyon is not at Deweese.   To get there, take the road one mile east of Clay Center, go south until come to the river road, go one mile east, turn south and go a short distance to the camp right near the Blue Bluff Mill.  Close by are Col. Lyon's farm houses, where good water,, eggs, milk and butter may be obtained.  The  camp itself will be so located that there will be good drainage, good athletic grounds, and good swimming with spring board for diving.
Boys will be permitted to go in swimming only at specified times.  During these periods, there will be enough adult supervision to safe guard every boy.
The food will be camp fare,  plenty of good wholesome food.
In each tent  there will be seven or eight boys and one adult leader. 
The following is a partial list of the camp and tent leaders:
LC Oberlies, Lincoln
HF Smith, Omaha
Rev. Ira E Carney, Harvard
Dr. ID  Gartrell, Clay Center
Rev. VE Shirley, Nelson
Rev. RL Purdy, Ruskin
FR Schweitzer, Nelson
George A Percival, Clay Center
..........partial article


Source:  Superior Express 5.20.1920
Y.M.C.A. NOTES
Camp Lyon, the joint County camp June 9 to 14th at the Blue Bluff Mill will be the County U.M.C.A. Camp, Clay and Nuckolls Counties are cooperating together in this camp as they did last year.  The Camp folders are printed and any one interested in Camp may secure one from either Raymond price of Harvard or from the County Office at Nelson.   In order to be as economiical as it is consistant it is proposed that the Old Mill be used for a Barracks and the house near by for kitchen and kining room.  Dr. Cats has kindly consented to let the Y.M.C.A. use them.  ...............partial article.  

Source:  https://nebraskadeedsonline.us/archives.aspx?county=42
General Deed transfer info regarding  Block 3, Lot 1 OT ANGUS
1887 - Lincoln Land Company to Trustees little Blue Church of Evans. Assocn.
1887  to Trustees M.E. Church
1918 Methodist Episcopal Church to First Christian Church
1918 Methodist Episcopal to the Church of Christ
1994 Church Of Christ to Gordon Shuck then Gordon Shuck to Deana
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.16.1886
The Evangelical Association is preparing to build a church at Angus 30 by 40 feet.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.7.1886
Work began this week on a new church building at Angus 28 x 42 feet.  It is being built by the Evangelical Association.
Source nelson Gazette 3.24.1887
The Little Blue Mission of the Evangelical Church in this county, has been divided into two missions which are called the Nelson and Angus missions.  Rev. Ash of Holdrege, has been assigned to nelson and Rev. S.I. Shupp, of Odessa, to Angus.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.3.1897
The Methodists have purchased the Evangelical church and held their first service in it last Sunday.
Source:  Edgar Post 9.25.1903
The ladies  of the ME church will give a supper in the hall Saturday evening October 2.  The proceeds are to go to repair the church.
Source:  Edgar Post 9.14.1909
Methodist Church Struck Sunday morning and Burned to Ground - Fuller's Residence also destroyed.
During the severe rain and wind storm of last Sudnay morning a bolt of lightning struck the Methodist church at Angus and burned it to the ground.  The fire from the church set the Fuller residence ablaze and that was also destroyed.  The Fuller home was only sixteen feet from the church and owing to the lack of facilities for fighting the fire there was absolutely no hope of saving either the church or the building.
This fire is quite a serious loss for Angus is not a large town and the rebuilding of a church will mean a sacrifice for the limited congregation.  The church was not very old and when built cost about $1250.  The greater loss, however, came on Rev. Fuller, who had one of the best houses in the town costing between $2500 and $3000.  Most of the furniture from the later was saved but the some of it was destroyed.
The bolt struck at about 7 o'clock a.m. when the storm was almost over.  It struck the roof and seemed to spread so as to set the entire roof afire instantly.  There was absolutely no hope of saving either church or residence and the attention of those present was occumpied with the furniture of the home.  most of this was saved but some of it was damaged by handling.  The church was insured for $500 and Rev. Fuller carried $1500 on his house and $500 on household goods. 
Source:  Edgar Sun 3.11.1910
The Angus M.E. Church at Angus is completed and will be dedicated next Sunday, March 13.  Presideing Elder N. A. Martin and Rev. E.N. Tomplkins and Rev. A. Brooks off Superior will be present.  The presiding elder will preach the morning sermon and Rev. A. Brooks of Superior will preach the dedication sermon at 2 oclock pm the choir of the Edgar M.E. church will sing on the occasion and Rev. Tompkins will exercise general supervision of the services.  Those who come before dinner will be taken to Mrs. Jos. Culbertson's for dinner.
Source:  Edgar Post 3.15.1910 pg 1
Dedicate Angus M. E. Church
Immediately afer the fire last fall which destroyed the Methodist church in Angus, the people there began the building of a new church, and just last week completed it, having been delayed by the severe weather of the winter.  To help them dedicate the building three auto loads of Edgar people, mainly those of the local Methodist choir went down Sunday afternoon and assisted the ceremony. 
The twelve members of the choir from Edgar together with the Angus singers made the muscial part of the service worth going far to hear.  The main sermon was preached by Rev. Tompkins of Edgar, and the dedicatory service were in charge of District Superintendent Martin.  Before the congregation was dismissed the entire amount of the indebtedness of the church was subscribed, some $1600.
The new church is a frame building, 28 x 42 and is ample and appropriatein every particular for the present needs of the congregation. They did not choose to go deeply into debt to build a larger or more elaborate church than was needed or they could afford, and all connected with the organization are very well satisfied.  The Edgar people returned in the late afternoon and attended the regular services here in the evening.
Source: Nelson Gazette 8.13.1925 (Partial)
Christian Church Notes WR Arnold Minister Nelson
One evening last week we spent a pleasant evening with the brothren at Angus.  Bro. Hagee who was formerly a student pastor of Angus, returned for a short visit on his vacation.  Bro. Hagee is now located at Barnard, Mo. There accompanied Bro Hagee and his family, Bro. Logan, now a student from the Christian Bible College of Colorado.  We were very glad to make the acquaintance of these fine people and to learn that Mr. Logan is to locate with the brethren in Angus. We are very much interested in this field and we shall hope for some real live activity for the people of Angus under the leadership of Bro. Logan.
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The Angus Christian church gave a reception to their former pastor, Bro. Hagee, at the church last Friday evening.  Bro. Arnold and wife of nelson, were over and all enjoyed a pleasant evening.  Mr. McDrew of Denver, will be the new minister and has located in Angus.
Edgar Sun 7.9.1926
The Sunday School of the Christian Church went with well filled baskets to the river by Earl Bassey's last Sunday. 
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.4.1928
Rev. and Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. and mrs. DeVore and son, Marvin, and Dorkis Kinnison drove to Hastings Tuesday and purchased a piano for the UB Church.  The Hastings man brought it down Thursday and took the old one back with him.

Source:  Edgar Sun 11.1.1929
The Christian church has installed electric lights.  The Cal Judy store and residence, the Angus UB Church, Ivan King's residence and garage are all lit up now with the electric lights.
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 3.6.1941
Fiftieth Anniversary of Angus U.B. Church September 25, 1940
The Angus United Brethren Church in Christ property was purchased from the Lincoln Land Co. Addition November 5, 1890, and was recorded January 5, 1891.
Mr. Wm. Druge, Mr. De Long and Mr. Potarf were instrumental in organizing our church.
The church was built in 1889-1890.  It was dedicated September 25, 1890.  TB Canonn was pastor and A. Boyd Presididing Elder.  Mrs. Jack DeHart, formerly Miss Emma Phillips, now residing northwest of Angus about nine miles, was organist at the dedication services.  She informs us there was a very large attendance - more than could get in the church, and there was enough money taken in to pay for the church.  The east wing of the church was not built at this time.
At the first conference of the Angus charge November  26, 1892, seven members were present.  The church trustees were J. Potarf, James Jay, JR Kincannon.  The pastor was CM Fuller and he was also S.S. Superintendent.  The Conference Secretary was A.A. Jackson.  Pleasant View, Garfield and Angus were in the circuit.  The pastor's salary was $350. Pleasant View was to pay $150, Angus $100, and Garfield $100. ......(partial article).....This closed a most eventful program in observance of the 50th anniversary of our little church. Eighty five persons registered during the day.
THE EARLY DAYS (Paper written by Jason A. Adams and read at the Fiftieth Anniversay of the United Brethren Church of Angus.  This paper and the above  program are printed, at this late date, for the first time, because of the historic value they contain.)
The history of the united Brethren Churhc in Angus, is more or less tied up with the Evangelical Church. Here is the way it began.  The preachers of the Evangelical church began coming into the communitey in the early eighties, preaching in the various school houses of the territory.  This ran on until 1886 when the Burlington Railroad built a branch line extending from Superior to Edgar, and selected a town site on the north side of the Little Blue river , about a half a mile west of the old Heasley school house.  Soon the ambitious dreams of the community began to  take shape and a few little buildings were erected.   The farmers organized a Farmers' Co-operative Store and elected John Jewett to conduct it.  The Evangelical people decided to buiild a church and erected a building about a couple blocks north of the main street of the town. Rev. SB Dillow was the pator.  During the winter of 1886 he conducted an evangelistic meeting in the new church which reached many of the leading families for several miles around.  The meeting ran from early February to the middle of march.  When that meeting closed there were something over eighty members belonging to the church.  Those converts who desired to be baptized by immersion were not baptized until the warmer spring or summer weather.
That year the annual conference session was held at Aurora, late in March, and Rev. Mr. Dillow was transferred to the pasatorate at Lexington, and Rev. SJ Schupp was appointed to Angus. During the early summer, Mr. Schupp conducted a baptisimal service at the old river ford just east of the old Edgar Mill, up the river two miles from Angus at which time this writier was baptized.  In June of that year (1887) was held the first children's day sercice ever held in Angus and community.  Such a service was just then coming into vogue among the churches of the day.  The Angus church did not have a musical instrrument, so one of the families loaded their littlel parlor organ for the occasion.  After the children's day serves was over, this family offered to let the church keep the organ for a while as an accomodation, and in the meantime the church might be able to secrue one of their own.  The offer was accepted by some of the leaders.  Others, who were influential members, objected to an instrument in the church, contending it was an unholy practice, and unbecoming to a religiuos service.  Some even went so far as to say, "The devil is in the organ just the same as he is in the fiddle." So sharp was the contention that about half of the members withdrew from the church, saying they would have nothing to do with it.  The group then secure some of the United Brethren preachers to come in and preach at the school house.  This writer recalls the names of but two of them. Rev. mr. Cannon being the first, After some time Rev. C. E. Fuller came for a time and later moved his family to Angus where he established a carriage shop and blacksmith shop.  Mr. Fuller was quite an able preacher, being evangelistic in turn, and afterward served his conference as presiding elder.  After his retirement, and he was quite along in years,  it was our privilege to be his neighbor for six years in Hastings.
About the time of Mr. Fuller's coming to Angus, the United Brethren church was built.  Needless to say they put an organ in the church and our good friends who could not worship with an organ in the other church, had become reconciled to that form of worship, and as brother Fuller once said; "They can stand up there beside the organ and sing like a nightingale."  All unpleasant feelings soon subsided, and a fine fellowship was enjoyed.  It was my privilege to teach a Sunday School class in the Evangelical Church in the morning, and often go over to the U.B. Church and teach a class in the afternoon.  There can be no doubt that within a few years the United Brethren and Evaangelical denominations will have merged into one church.  All the signs seem to point that way.  There seems to be no good reason why we should remain separate bodies. It has been forty  six years on the 16th of next month since I left the Angus community.  Forty two of those years have been spent in the ministry of the Evangelical church.  Happy years, indeed.!
I congratulate you on your fifty years of service for our Lord. Fifty Years!! Only forty such  periods if placed end to end, would take us back to a cradle in a manger, over which angels sang. Or to a cross erected on a hill outside the holy city.  Those forty periods such as your church has lived, would take us back to fresh foot tracks on the sandy beach of Gallilee, and we could hear a voice saying, "Follow me and I'll make you fishers of men." I trust you are successfully fishing for men in the old community where I spent my boyhood days.  Am sorry I cannot be with you today. God bless you!!. 
Source:  The Edgar Sun 3.19.1953, pg 4
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Daly and twin daughters, nine years old, of Ottumwa, Iowa. have moved into the Christian parsonage at Angus where Mr. Daly is the new pastor.  Mr. Daly brought his household goods to Angus from ottumwa in the Art Brennfoerder truck Friday.  
Source:  The Nelson Gazette  10.27.1960
ANGUS EV. UB Church Observing 70th Anniversary
The Angus Ev. U.B. Church will hold their annual birthday dinner in connection with the 70th anniversary of the church on Nov. 6.  This is also Roll-Clal sunday, with Sunday School at 10am and church at 11:00.
A Free will offering will be taken for the 12:30 dinner.  The anniversary sercie will be at 2:30pm.  Dr. Wm. P Watkins will bring the message.  Everyone is welcome.
Source:  Superior Express 7.11.1968
Sunday noon the United Methodist Church was the meeting place for a church picnic. Spe cial guests at the picnic were Mr. and Mrs. Merle Frazer of Eustis, Neb. About 35 years ago the Frazers lived in Angus. Mr. Frazer operated the grocery store at that time. In the afternoon the Local Conference meeting was presided over by the class leader, Wayne McClure. Devotions were lead by Merle Shafer, prayer by Mrs. Wayne McClure.
Source:  The Superior Express 06-02-1992

Angus Church of Christ Closed Sunday
Angus --  The Church of Christ in the old townsite of Angus held it's last service on Sunday, May 24.  Attendance had dwindled and the question was whether it was worthwhile to continue.  Not whether members could continue, but whether it was good stewardship of the Lord's time, money and assets to do so. 

The decision to close was made. Much of the physical property was to be turned over to new and young congregations in need of such furniture with payment, when those congregations are able to pay, given to Nebraska Christian College in Norfolk, and placed in a fund as a memorial to the Angus Church.  Other movable property was sold in a silent auction with the proceeds to be placed in that same fund.  The building is yet to be disposed of, so the physical property of the church will go on serving the Lord. 

With the closing of the church in Angus, members will continue other congregations, where their potential for productive service will be greater.  The occasion, though tears were shed, was seen by all, not as a time of mourning, but of rejoicing.  The morning service was held as usual, followed by a fellowship dinner at noon and a rally starting at 2:00pm.  Several former ministers spoke briefly, with the main address given by Ray Stites, the President of the Nebraska Christian College in Norfolk.  Attendance was excellent and enthusiastic on the part of members, former members, and friends.
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Source:   The Superior Express  October 1, 1992

FORMER ANGUS E.U.B. HOLDS 24th REUNION   NELSON-
The annual reunion of the former Angus E.U. B. church was held Sunday, September 20,at the Nelson Senior Citizens' Center.      These reunions began four years after the church disbanded in 1968 and the get-togethers have continued each year since.
    Thirty people attended Sunday's gathering and they all agreed to continue the reunions.  Next year will be the 25th anniversary of the closing of the church and plans are already being made for what will be a special day of remembrance and fellowship.   
After a potluck dinner shortly after noon on Sunday a business meeting was conducted by acting president, Tom Jensen.  After the secretary's report, Wayne McClure was elected president and Ruth Watts was elected secretary.
    Following the meeting, the group was entertained by the harmonica playing of Gene Jensen who was accompanied by Tom Jensen on guitar.  Ruth Watts also performed for the group with a vocal solo.  Pastor Bod Wieduwilt of Fairview, Kansas who ministered at the church in 1947, also played two harmonica solos and later performed an impromptu duet with Jensen.     
A time was also set aside for each of those who attended to share favorite memories of the former church.  Finding those memories was not difficult for the group which simply served to remind everyone of how special it was to have been part of the church known as the Angus E.U. B.
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IOOF Banquet on Monday
The I.O.O.F. banquetted on Monday evening at the Cliff hotel celebrating the consolidation of the Blue River lodge 332 I.O.O.F. of Angus with Nelson Lodge 77.

Covers were laid for sixty eight including the Odd Fellows of both lodges and their ladies, also the electvie officers from Superior and Ruskin.
The Grand Mast, JW McKissick of the Nebraska jurisdiction was here for the purpose of effecting the consolidation.
The following menu was enjoyed:  Oyster osup, pickles, celery, creamed chichken, mashed potatoes, June peas.  Park house rolls, Oxford salad, ice cream cake and coffee.
PA Peterson was toastmaster for the occassion:

DS Dusenbery welcomed the guests with well chosen remarks and Frank Borin of Angus responded on behalf of Blue river lodge,
Welfare and general work of the order was the subject to Mr. McKissick's talk.
George Jackson responded to "The relationship of Odd Fellows and the Community."

Rev. Shirly talked on "The work of the Order in nelson.
Remoarks on behalf of the Rebeccas by President Duwe of Superior, also Mrs. CE Jensen for the Nelson ladies.
Will Spohn of Superior responded on the Encampment branch.
Music furnished part of the evening's entertainment, withal the occasion was an enjoyable event. 

Source  nelson Gazette 3.24.1898
GW Stubbs passed thorugh nelson yesterday morning.  He was going to Angus to conduct a lawsuit
Source:  Edgar post 9.16.1898
A Terrible Accident
A disastrous accident, resulting in the death of one child and the serious injury of another, occured in the family of Mr. Lover of Angus last Saturday.  A shotgun in the hands of the twelve year old son of Mr. Lover did the mischief.  The dead  child, aged two years, was the son of Mrs. Wright who was visiting at Lover's the other, aged four, was the son of Mr and Mrs Lover.
It appears that there had been a shotgun standing in the house for some time and that the older Lover Boy had been in the habit of taking it  and snapping the hammer down.  The night before the accident an older member of the family had taken the gun to shoot a skunk, and when he returned it he neglected to draw the load.  The next day the twelve year old brother got the gun, not knowing that it was laoded, and cocked it and pulled the trigger.  The gun was discharged and the two little boys were directly in range, the little Wright boy being the  nearer to the gun.  They were neither more than a dozen feet away and got the full charge of shot.  The little boy was shot in the back, some of the shot passing through his right lung.  The other was struck in the side and hand and will probably recover. 
The Wright child lingered til Monday evening when he died. 
Dr. Anderson was called and rendered such assistance as was possible.
Source:  Superior Sun 2.9.1899
Last week two boys about fifteen years old were taken in custody by Marshal Slocum, they having run away from home in Sherman precinct, and they were started back to the paternal roof.  The names of the two lads were Kinneson and Portsmouth.  They said they were  going to hunt Indians down near Concordia where a band of red men had been reported to them as camped.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 12.12.1902 pg8
A gentleman burglar relieved Mr. Underwood of three revolvers and two boxes of No. 32 shells Saturday night.  He evidently had a key that just fitted the door, as no entrance was forced.  No doubt the same chap spent the night in the Angus School house, as the screen had been cut, and rubbish and shells found around the door on Monday morning.
Cy. Billups and F.F. Zieger indulged in a fist fight yesterday which Cy. go the worst of it, going home with a broken nose.
Source:  Edgar Post 4.17.1903
The show Thursday night given by the Wilson and Harper company was poorly attended.  Friday two of the actresses engaged in a fight at the hotel.  Strong language and hair pulling were indulged in.   
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.4.1904, page 8
NOTICE:
Whoever said that I charged thirty dollars for a confinement case, has willfully and maliciously lied.  I never charged more than ten dollars for a confinement case since I came to Angus.  I challenge anyone to prove that I ever did such a thing.  Those who are lying about me simply to ruin my reputation and business must take hed, as there is a law which will protect a man from malicous slander.
M. Mesropian M.D.  Angus Nebr. Jan. 22,  1904
Source:   Nuckolls County Herald  4.7.1904
Sometime during last night a team and buggy was taken from the livery barn at Angus.  Mr. littrell, the propietor of the barn, was in our city  (nelson) this afternoon consulting the sheriff about the affair.
Source;  Nuckolls County Herald 7.24.1908
In County Court (Partial article)
This has been a busy week for County Judge Hall.........
On Tuesday afternoon the case of the state vs. Ross Brooks, Gus and Harry Grossman, they being charged with the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor in Angus on July 4th, came up.
This case has caused much excitement and comment around the neighborhood and as a consequence, a large crowd was in attendance at the trial.  After the evidence was all in the judge released harry Grossman as the evidence was not found sufficient to convict.  Ross Brooks was bound over to appear at the next term of the district court.
Service could not be obtained upon Gus Grossman, as he was out of the county and could not be found.
Source:  Nebraska State Journal 6.23.1908 (Partial)
Nelson Neb.  The second case today was the one of bootlegging at Angus, a small town north of nelson, on the fourth of July.  Harry Grossman, Ross Brooks and Gus Grossman were the accused.   Gus Grossman when hearing that charges were about  to be made against him, left for parts unkown and the officers have failed to locate him.  Harry Grossman was acquitted as enough evidence could not be produced to bind him over to a higher court.  Ross Brooks told a story that conflicted with other testimony and also contradicted himself several times.  He was bound over to the district court.  Bonds to the amount of $500 were furnished.  The court room was filled with spectators and considerable feeling is aroused over the case.  County Attorney Dysart and HH Mauck were the atttorneys for the state and Attorney Christy for the defense.
Source  Nuckolls County Herald 12.8.1911
Accused of Chicken Sniping
Chas. McNew, a young man living near Angus, was given a hearing Friday by Justice of the Peace Bottenfield on charges of chicken hooking, preferred by Angus citizens.  It seems the accused had locked up a couple of chickens which he had caught trespassing on his employer's place, and later the chickens had sort o followed him home.  He was a ccused of staealing and killing chickens around town gernally, but proof of specific cases of theft was not over abundant.  mcNew paid the costs of $31 and the hearing was continued on his own recognizance until Monday, at which time he failed to show up  - as was expected.  Report has it that he has gone for good,,,or worse,,, and all's quite again on the Little Blue.
Source:  Nuckolls County Gazette 12.30.1926
The county jail will be in charge of a new custodian.  Worth B. Wood retires and Neal Peters assumes the duties of Sheriff.  Mr. Peters comes from Angus Sherman precint, and he is no stranger to Nelson, as he has been a long time resident of the county and well known here.  
Source:  Norlk Daily News 4.20.1938
TWO ANGUS BOYS PUT ON PROBATION
Friend Neb. April 20 District judge R M Proudfit suspended sentence and place Eldon judy 17, and Garth melvin 17, of Angus, on probation for two years after the youths pleaded guilty to a burglary at Angus April 10.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 4.22.1938
SENTENCE PASSED ON TWO ANGUS YOUTHS
Eldon Judy and Garth Melvin, Angus high school youths plead guilty in County Court before Judge Kiechel Saturday morning to burglary, having broken into the Bures residence in Angus.
They were taken before Judge Proudfit at Friend Tuesday morning by Sheriff Walden and County Attorney Brubaker.  The Judge placed them under suspended sentence on parole to W.A> Peters of Angus as probation officer.
Source:  Superior Weekly Journal May 16, 1946
Angus Robbery Nets Yeggs $400 Monday Night
Two Safes Broken Open in Ivan King Store - Post Office; Missed some of the cash.
A robbery at the post office and general store in Angus, in the north part of this county, Monday night netted the robbers about $400.
Combinations had been knocked off the two safes in the place, and the safe doors pounded until they could be pried open.  Both of the safes were badly damaged.
Postmaster and store owner is Ivan King and most of the money stolen belonged to him.  The two safes were also his property.  About $50 of post office money was overlooked.
Angus people saw a car speeding south out of town about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning and this may have been the robber car.  The robbery was not discoved however until Mr. King went to the store to open for business Tuesday morning.
Deputy Sheriff McKinley Adamson and men from the state sheriff's office were at Angus Tuesday to investigate the crime.  A post office inspector was also there.
Source:  Superior Express 5.17.1946
A Burglary at the Angus General Store and post Office Monday netted the yeggs $400, most of which belonged to the store owner, Ivan King.
Source:  Tulsa Times 6.24.1950
Oklahoma, Arkansas GIs Fined $25 Each in East
ABERDEEN MD, June 28 (AP)  Six  Fort lewis soldiers were fined $25 each today in Justice court on charges of disorderly conduct.  They were arrested in June 15 and held for questioning in connection with a rape case.
A  seventh soldier, arrested with the others is held in lieu of $4500 bail.  He is Marvin Langston of Batesville, Ark., and prosecutor Stanley J. Krause said a charge in his case would be filed later.
The six men fined were Larry O Spurling of Angus, neb., Maske J Gammon of Batist, OK, Carl E Holllifield Garret, KY, Paul LaBorde new Orleans, Lorene Nelson Aurora, Neb. and Raymond R Cabren.  Three Rivers Texas.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 12.18.1958
Edgar Thieves Jailed at Clay Center
Two men who burglarized the West side Service station at Edgar Wednesday night are in jail at Clay Center.  They are Gene Dunn and ......Redicker of Red Clous, both about 44.
The stolen property, which included anti freeze, tire chains, tools and alarge cigarette vending machine , was recovered. 
The pair was apprehended by an alert highway patrolman, Dale Blankenship, who had stopped them for a routine check east of Lawrence and spotted the stolen goods in the car.  He brought them to the jail in Nelson where they were picked up by Sheriff Hoyt of Clay Center.
The station is oned and operated by DC Anderson of Edgar.
Burglarized the same night was the store in Angus belonging to Ivan King.  Missing were a gun and a quantity of shells.  They gained entrance by breaking a hole in the front door glass.
There was no apparent connection between the two incidents.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.1.1959
December 17, 1958 Thieves entered the Ivan King store and Angus at Angus and the West side service station at Edgar. 
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Source:  Omaha World Herald 12.19.1959 (Partial)
ILLEGAL HUNTING FINES GIVEN ANGUS, ELGIN, KEARNEY MEN
Lincoln (UPI) - Four more deer hunting violations were reported in the State game Commission's latest violations report released Friday.
Two involved attempts of persons to conceal carcasses of their illegal kills, brining the total cases closed to seven for 1959.
The latest case involved a 16 year old Angus youth.  Charles W. Carllson, who attempted to bury a white tailed buck deer after he shot it with a .22 caliber rifle December 6.  The offense led to a one hundred dollar fine, three hundred dollars liquidated damages and a confiscated gun.
Source:  Fairfield Auxiliary 12.24.1959
Angus Youth Convicted of Poaching Deer
Charles Carllson, 15, paid a fine of $100 and costs in county court at Nelson, Dec 15, and had his 22 single shot rifle confiscated for shooting a deer in the north part of Nucholls county.
There is also a state liquidation fee assessed against the boy, although it is very doubtful if the state will attempt to collect at this time.  He paid his fine at Nelson and was released.  The boy is a son of Clarence Carlson of Angus.  The deer, a 350 pound buck was killed on the Overturf farm a half mile west of Angus on Sunday, Dec. 6.
Game Warden Bruce Wiebe of Hastings and Supt. NJ Kampsnyder of Lincoln were the conservation officers assigned to the investigation.  Sheriff Emil Klawitter and his deputy H. MC Adamson assisted the conservation officers. 

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 1.27.1928
Mr  Cross of Spring Ranch has opened a new store in Angus this week.  He erected a new building east of the bank building.
Source;  Edgar Sun 10.19.28
L.N. Cross is having a closing out sale. 

_____Before Angus_____
Source:  The Hastings Tribune 8.17.1927, pg 8
SPRING RANCH - L.N. Cross has had his store building remodeled and a small ware house built at the rear.  He expects to be open for business in a few days.
Source:  The Hastings Democrat 7.21.1927
Spring Ranch - L.N. Cross has purchased the pool hall building formerly occupied by C.L. Athey.  he is having it remodeled and enlarged and expects to start a store. 

Note;  Block 4, Lot 11
Source:  Hebron Register 6.1.1906
Hans  Eggerss has purchased a general merchandise store at Angus, Nebraska and left yesterday to take possession.  We wish Mr. Eggerss abundant success in his new location.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.7.1906
Charles H. Mills & w to Hans G Eggerss and Lyell P. Hadley Lot 11, block 4 Angus
Source:  Omaha World herald 6.27.1908
For Sale - A well selected stock of general mdse; will invoice about $8500.  We have a large automobile factory here; no trades considered.  Reasons for selling owner is going into other business. H.G. Eggerss, Angus, Neb.
Source   Lawrence Locomotive 8.21.1908
JH McNew of Alliance, dropped into town Saturday evening.  He succeeded in trading his quarter of land northwest of town (Lawrence)  to Mr. Eggerss, for a building and stock of merchandise at Angus.  John McNew and mother now located at Salem will move to Angus and take charge of the place.

Source:  Superior Express 3.28.1935
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Goesch and children of Fairfield moved to Angus Friday.  Mr. Goesch is preparing to start a grocery store in Angus in the near future.
Source:  Superior Express 4.11.1935
Percy Goesch opened his grocery store in Angus Tuesday. 

Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.25.1917
RC Goodrich of this place and Grant Sanburg of Nora have purchased the stock of merchandise at Angus that was recently sold under mortgage.  They will open the store again in a few days.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.14.1917
Grant Sanburg of Angus was in Nelson yesterday between trains.
Source:  Lincoln State journal 7.24.1917
A First Class opportunity - for the man wanting a new clean stock of dry goods, shoes, and groceries, located at Angus, Neb.  Only one other store in town.  Good location, good business. Low rent.  Will sell 95 cents on the dollar invoice price.  Stock approximately $4000.  no trades. Act at once as this will soon go. Sanburg & Goodrich, Angus, NEb.
- $4000 New Stock, our business only run 9 months.  For sale 95 cents on the dollar invoice price.   All new and clean, consists of dry goods, shoes, and groceries.  Reason for selling wish to dissolve partnership.  No trades.  If interested act quck as this offer will only be open a short time.  Sanburg & Goodrich, Angus Neb.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 8.17.1917
Dick Goodrich and Grant Sanburg disposed of their General Merchandise store at Angus to the HC Portwood. 

Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.16.1890 pg 4
Commissioners Proceedings (Partial)
Board opened bids for bridge over Republican River as per advertisement there being several bidders.  After due consideration and examination of plans contract was awarded to Geo. King Bridge Co of Des Moines, IA   .  Board ordred that election for Sherman precinct be held at the John McEachem Grain office, in town of Angus, Neb. Board met as per adjournment and proceeded to county line between Thayer and Nuckolls counties where they will meet Thayer county board and arrange to fix bridge on said line.  Bear returned and reported that they met Thayer Co board and arranged to put on a new floor and fix banisters.  Board adjourned to Oct 11th 1890 8am.
Source Nuckolls County Herald 2.4.1904
Angus grain buyers are paying 33 cents for corn, today. Hogs 5 and 5-1/2.

Source:  Nelson Gazette 3.4.1886
WS Norwood the gentemanly clerk of Jewett's store of ox Box has been with friends in town for some days.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.17.1886
Porter Jewett, the P.M. at Angus, formerly of Ox Bow, has built himself a good store room and is now occupying it, having moved in Tuesday.

Source:  Edgar Sun 12.4.1936 pg 4
The post office was moved into the J C Judy store Saturday.  Miss Bernice Judy is the new postmistress.

Source:  Edgar Post 1.30.1903
Phil Moorehouse, one of our (Edgar's) former citizens, works in the Angus livery stable.
Source:  Edgar Post 3.6.1903
Dave Rife, who has been working for our liveryman, left Friday.  
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 1.28.1904
Mac Littrel and Geo. Furnish are the present proprietors of the Angus livery barn.
Source:  Nuckolls County herald 9.21.1905
The livery barn of Angus has changed hands again, this time going into the care of Gerry Hatton.  Mr. Hatton is an honorable man and one who has the best wishes of the community.  He purchased CM Fullers property.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 12.20.1906
John Shill, liveryman, is having the livery barn moved on the lots between the hotel and blacksmith shop.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald
Gerra Hatten has sold his livery barn to John Shill.  Mr. Hatten will move on a farm. 
Source:  Nuckolls COunty Herald 6.18.1909
John Shill has sold his livery stable to Mr. Martin of Oak.  Mr. Martin took possession Tuesday. 

Mrs. Francis Lee, mother of our sister Mrs. Turner, member of Angus Lodge.
Grace M. Barrows
Lora V Parker
Grace O Marion

Source:  Edgar Post 1.30.1903
Deweeseits suppose the band boys must have got lost between here (Deweese) and Angus, for up to 8pm Saturday evening they were reported coming.  Any one going to or from Angus, or in that direction, should watch out for them.   They may be along the road somewhere yet.  Only one arrived here safely and it is said that that can only be accounted for by the fact that Phil Moorehouse, one of our former citizens, who works in the Angus livery stable was doing the driving, and he was pretty well acquainted with the road.  It would probably been much better if Phil had had charge of the whole crowd. 

dates are known dates.  If you can help out with Mayors please contact me!!
Source:  Lincoln Journal Star 10.26.1970
1970 Wayne Wroughton
Source:  Superior Express 7.22.1965
Wayne McClure

Source   Lawrence Locomotive 8.21.1908
JH McNew of Alliance, dropped into town Saturday evening.  He succeeded in trading his quarter of land northwest of town to mr. Eggerss, for a building and stock of merchandise at Angus.  John McNew and mother now located at Salem will move to Angus and take charge of the place.
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 2.25.1910
JH McNew departed for Oklahoma City Saturday morning.  He and his brother John sold out their merchandise store at Angus to Chrley Borin and the latter's brother, Frank, who are now in charge.  Charley has resigned as auditor for the Updike Grain Co.  The Borin boys are rustlers and are not unacquainted with the merchandise business and will give Angus a first class business house.  The senior member of the firm, Charley, has worked both in Mt. Clare and Lawrence in the mercantile busines and has an army of friends here who wish him the greatest possible success in their new venture. 

Source:  The Edgar Sun 1.7.1916 page 5
W. H. Kinnison and Son have sold their store to a firm of Fairbury which will go under the name of Angus Mercantile Company.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.12.1916
The Angus Merc. Company are painting their house and store building. 
Source:  The Edgar Sun 5.19.1916
The Angus Mer Co. almost have their building covered in paint which puts in a very attractive appearance.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 6.2.1916, pg 6
William horner who has been in Angus painting for the Angus merc Co., returned to his his home in Fairbury the first of the week. 

Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.29.1916 pg 1
*  Fire destroyed the entire building and the stock of the Angus Mercantile Company at Angus early Friday morning.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 6.30.1916 pg. 1
Store at Angus Burned Last Thursday
The stock of the Angus Mercantile Company was entirely destroyed by fire last Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The origin of the fire is not known; however the property is covered by insurance and is estimated at $13000.  Mr. Jake Bortel is the property owner.  
Source:  Omaha Daily Bee December 31, 1916 pg 25
*  Trustee's Sale of General Merchandise stock and fixtures.  To be sold at Angus, Neb. on January 4 1917, at 10 o'clock a.m. by public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the stock of merchandise, consisting of groceries, dry goods, shoes, etc., and fixtures of the Angus Mercantile Company, in bankruptcy.  JOHN DUFF, Trustee, 217 Karbach Block, Omaha Neb.
Source:  Lincoln Nebraska State Journal 1.21.1917
Portwood Bros. have bought the bankrupt stock of the Angus Mercantile Co. and will open it as soon as adjustments are made.
Source:  The Glenvil Globe 1.19.1917
The Portwood Company are now owners of the bankrupt stock of the Angus mercantile Co. and will have it opened for business in due time. 

Source:  Hastings Weekly Tribune  2.2.1917
*  Referee Norberg held a hearing today on the federal court in the Affairs of the  Angus  Mercantile Company of Angus.  The attorneys present concerned in this case were Bernard McNeny and J. M. Gilliam of Red Cloud and Keeler of Omaha.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.2.1917 pg 1
*  International Shoe Company vs Jacob C. Bartel, formerly doing business under the name and style of Angus Mercantile Company, account.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.9.1917
Dick Goodrich has moved his family to Angus and will open up the stock of general merchandise of the Angus Mercantile Co. which he recently became interested in.  The big opening will be held Saturday.
Source:  The Hastings Tribune 3.2.1917 pg 3
Federal Judge Munger has filed an order in the United States court hereby overruling the objections of attorneys of the Wheeler motor Company to the report of the special master in the Angus Mercantile Company's case.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 8.12.1917
Dick Goodrich and Grant Senburg disposed of the General Merchandise Store at Angus to the H.C. Portwood.  
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 11.30.1917
*  Bar Docket for December Term of District Court.  District Court will convene Monday, December 3rd.  There is one criminal and fifty one civil cases to come up for  hearing.  The list of cases follow:
International Shoe Company vs Jacob C Bartel, as Angus Mercantile Company, on account.
* 

Source:  Nelson gazette 6.3.1897
Jewett & Seaman have their new scales and grain office completed and the office is quite an ornament to the town.
Source:  Edgar Post 1.30.1903
Holland & Moore, owners of the elvators in Angus, were here Monday for the purpose of selling one or the other to the farmers and merchants grain association.  They failed to make a deal, so that means another elevator in our city.
Source:  Edgar post 4.17.1903
Harry Marshall has been appointed to look after the elevator oand lumber yard of Moore & Company.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald May 12, 1904, Page 5
John Harveston of Edgar is filling the vacancy in the north elevator in Angus during Elmer Hatten's absence.

Source:  Edgar Post 4.17.1903, page 4
Angus News:  The North Elevator will be closed or rented.
Source: Nuckolls County Herald 1.21.1904, Page 8
Angus News:  Halton Bros. have bought out the north grain elevator of Mr. Delaney. 

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 1.10.1913
Frank Borin came down (to Nelson) from Angus, Tuesday.  Mr. Borin is now running the elevator at Angus.  (Note:  I believe this to be the North Elevator as the South Elevator burnt down in 1912.)
Source:  The Edgar Sun 6.24.1938
FOR SLAE - Grain elevator at Angus, nebraska, $500 cash. H.D. Bentley, 617 Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha Nebraska.

Source:  Edgar Post 1.30.1903
There is to be a social dance in the opera house Friday night. A good time is anticipated.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.4.1904
Grenard's Entertainers will be in the Angus Opera House monday and Tuesday, Feb 8 & 9.  Funny comedy, good singing mystifying magic and sensational novelties presented in a clean and wholesome manner.  Don't miss it.  Popular prices. 

Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.26.1886, pg 3
The railroad has reached Angus and the tie and truck layers are putting in the switches, the Citizens of Angus will please shake hands with Nelson.
Source Nelson Gazette 9.2.1886 pg 3
The boarding cars of the float gang were removed to Angus Wednesday morning.
Work has begun on the B&M depot at this place at last, the foundation is 24 x 90 feet, and 45 feet of it is to be a two story building.
Track laying is about completed to Edgar at this writing, Wednesday, and we learn trains will begin to run from that point some time next week.  
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 3.2.1894
Oak and vicinity
..Several of our farmers improved the late cold weather by breaking their corn stalks.  Sam Stankey and family left Monday for their future home in western Nebraska....Owing to the high rates demanded by the Northwestern, Mr. Stankey laoded his goods on the B&M at Angus.  The railroad here is the worst enemy the farmers have to contend with.  The shipping rates are outrageous.....John Burdette and family will move on the farm made vacant by  Stankey's removal.  Feed in this locality is getting scarce.  The stalk fields have been pastured until not a husk remains, the straw is mosttly consumed and there is but very little prairie hay in the country.  However if we are favored with an early spring stock will not suffer.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.3.1897
Station Agent Blauvelt bought two lots of the Lincoln land Co. this week.  They join the Bales property which he purchased some time ago.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.1.1897
Auditor Currie of the B&M was here a few days and checked up on the agent.
Source: Nelson Gazette 6.18.1903
A request by the commissioners habeen sent to the Bulrlington people to open up a road through their grade west of Angus, which has been blockaded by them ever since the track was built seventeen years ago, compelling people to go around under the R.R. bridge.  We hope the road will be quickly straightened and put in shape to travel. 
Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 2.20.1904
Sidney Moody and family are now living at Angus where Sid has charge of the Burlington section.
Source  Nuckolls County Herald 1.26.1905
Mr. Shaw, the regular agent at the B&M office in Angus, has gone to Kansas City for medical treatment.
Twenty men are at work on the B&M bridge putting in a steel expansion across the river. 
Source Nuckolls County Herald 4.5.1906
Mr. McNew who has been station agent here for a number of months, returned to his home in lawrence Monday.
Angus now has a new station agent whose name is Mr. Ferrior.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 5.30.1907
Improvements at the Vurlington Depot
McAnderson's Burlington bridge crew were here the first of the week, and the result of their being here, is that a new brick platform now adorns the front of the Burlington Depot. 
Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.29.1907, page 8
The railroad has reached Angus, and the tie and track layers are putting in the switches.  The citizens of Angus will please shake hands with nelson.
Source: Edgar Post 8.27.1909
Edgar Visists Neighbor Town
Large Crowds attend Odd Fellow Picnic at Angus Wednesay and Harvest House at Ong Yesterday (Partial article)
Wednesday the crowd was divided, the large portion going to the Odd Fellows picnic at Angus, reserving yesterday for their celebration at the Harvest Home at Ong.  There were almost thirty people from here who either took the morning train to Angus, or drove down later and joined with the Odd Fellows of that district in their big annual picnic.  The location and accommodations there were good but the program was not as large nor varied as was advertised.  However, those from Edgar say they had a good time and are ready to in te even again next year. The Angus picnic committee was somewhat handicapped in their preparations and some of the things they had planned for could not be secured.  There were two pretty good ball games the music was good and other attractions kept  the crowd amused and entertained.
Source:  Superior Express 3.7.1912
D J Skyrme To Go To Angus
D J Skyrme who has for some time been night agent at the Burlington depot has accepted the position as agent at Angus to take the place of Luther Craig who has been transferred to Firth, Nebr. Mr. Skyrme has made good down here and is well liked by patrons of the road as well as by those with whom he has been associated at the depot, and we are sorry to see him leave the community.  His new position is an advancement along railroad lines and we are glad this his efforts are being rewarded by the Company.
He expects to leave Wednesday morning for his new home.  G A Workman, an extra man, is in the city and will take the place left vacant here (Superior).
Source:  Oak Leaf 3.14.1918
March 18-19 the County Sunday School Convention will be held north of Nelson at the UB Church.  Arraingments have been made to entertain everybody that will come.  You will be met at the depot at Angus and Nelson andand given a joy ride an dplenty to eat, esides the spiritual food. 
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.12.1916
Mr. Ben Hays, our depot agent here is going to move out of the depot into which was known as the Lon Fuller property, but now belonging to Mr. Gress of Nelson.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.1.1920
B&M MOVES BACK
Nelson again has two depots.  Auditors of the Burlington, the Rock Island and the Express company have been here checking up the business at the union station.  John Pope has been again put in charge of the Burlington Depot.  Ben Hayes now the agent at Angus, will be the operator here and will take that position as soon as he can be relieved at Angus.
Source: Nuckolls County Gazette 10.20.1927
Ben Hayes who has bee in the employ of the Burlington at Guide Rock, has been transferred to Johnson.  Mr. Hayes has served this company in previous years at Smyrna, Angus and Nelson. 
Source:  Superior Express 3.6.1941 (Partial article)
On July 18 1879 another petition was signed by 253 citizens of the county and presented to the county commissioners asking them to submit to the voters the question of issuing bonds to the amount of $78000.00 to aid in the construction of the Nebraska and kansas railroad from Superior to Edgar through Nelson.  The election was held on the 28th of August 1879.  416 in favor and 316 against.  It was defeated beause of the necessary constitutional majority.
The railroad was built from Superior to Edgar in 1886 and is known as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.  The main line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad was built through Superior to Hardy coming from the west. 
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Source:  Superior Weekly Journal 3.26.1942
Angus Depot to Be Closed
The Burlington was authorized Monday by the railway commission to close its station at Angus, Nuckolls County, April 1, revenues being insufficient to even pay the $15 a month wage for the caretaker now in charge.  The commission with Commission Swanson dissenting, refused to give a rehearing to the Northwester railway whose application to substitute a caretaker for agent at Emmet, holt County, had previously been denied - State Journal
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Source:  The Edgar Sun  6.19.1942
Carl Wintersteen of Shickley has purchased the depot in Angus and commenced tearing it down Friday.
***my note: Wintersteen operated a Furniture and hardware store at Shickley...
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Source:  The Superior Express, date unknown.

Nuckolls County had six railroads , that went to these towns

1.    Missouri-Pacific 1888 Superior, Mt. Clare, Abdal, Lawrence

2.    Chicago and Northwestern 1880 Superior, Nora, Cadams, Angus, Oak

3.      Santa Fe 1888 Superior (the only town in Nebraska)

4.    Rock Island 1887 Ruskin , Nora Nelson

5.    Union Pacific 1872 Sedan

6.    Burlington Northern 1880 largest railroad in Nuckolls County with three lines:

        1.  Bostwick, Superior, Hardy

        2.    Lawrence

        3.    Angus, Nelson, Smyrna, Superior

March 1958 was the last passenger train that traveled in Nuckolls County
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.19.09
Mr. Richards of Edgar has opened a new hardware store in angus. 

SOURCE:  The Nebraska Signal 7.6.1933
McGraw Has Narrow Escape (Edgar Sun)

Howard McGraw, Edgar butcher, nearly lost his life by drowing in a sandpit near Angus Monday afternoon.  he was attempting to swim against the current, became tired and sank.
Bill Stahl heard his cries and shouted for Marland McLaughlin and larry Walters, who hurried up to get McGraw out of the water.  They found him helpless on the bottom but pulled him out. 
He was getting around Tuesday none the worse for his experience. 

Source Nelson Gazette 7.2.1896
At the school meeting on the 29th, it was decided to erect a chool building on the Angus school site, to cost eight hundred dollars.  Mr. S. Doane was elected treasurer of school district. 
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.1.1897 pg 3
At the Angus school meeting Monday a 15 mill tax was levied and Squire Burd elected Moderator.
Source Nuckolls County Herald 3.25.1898
Gertrude Buchholtz will close her term of school tomorrow.
The school exhibition last Saturday night was a decided success.  The last number on the program, a drama entitled "An Unconditional Surrender." was presented in an able manner. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 10.14.1898, pg 5
Report of Angus school, District No. 23, Nuckolls county, Neb., for the month ending Sept. 30, 1898:
School opened Sept 5 1898 with 27 pupils enrolled.  Pupils enrolled during month 38; number of days all pupils attended, 563; number days taught, 30; average attendnace, 28; pupils not absent: Walter Boring, Rosco Seaman, Edward Brooks, Charley Kelley.
The book-keeping class are each in business and keep their own books. T he following is the business directory:  Grace Burd, jeweler; Rosco Seaman, Music and furniture store;, Ona Spear, Dry Goods; Mae Gillette, glass and hardware; Barbara Buchholtz, furniture store; Edward Kelley, dry goods.
The class in current events meets every Friday morning. 
The pupils will give a short program, Friday Oct 28, 1898. 
Parents and friends are invited to visit the school.
ADDIE E HARRIT, Teacher
Source:  Edgar Index 1.27.1899
Miss Addie harris, who taught the Angus school until January 1, started to her home in Lincoln Saturday, expecting to visit friends at Fairfield and york on her way home.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 12.12.1902 pg8
A gentleman burglar relieved Mr. Underwood of three revolvers and two boxes of No. 32 shells Saturday night.  He evidently had a key that just fitted the door, as no entrance was forced.  No doubt the same chap spent the night in the Angus School house, as the screen had been cut, and rubbish and shells found around the door on Monday morning
Source: Nelson Gazette 10.2.1903, pg 5
Mr. larson, the Angus School teacher, took his flock to the far Tuesday and all seemed to have had a joyful time.
Source:  Nuckolls COunty herald 2.1.1906
The teachers of the north half of Nuckolls county are arranginto have a big blow out Saturday in Angus. 
Nuckolls COunty Herald 4.5.1906
Vera Register is now attending the Angus school.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.23.1909
Nuckolls County Teachers Directory (Partial)
District 7 - Kathryne Boyd, Angus
District 23 - Sue B. Kirk, Nelson
Source:  Edgar Sun 1.9.1920
ANGUS SCHOOL NEWS
Our Hot Lunch Club  was organized Nov 17 with the following officers.
Lola Kinnison, Pres.
Ethel DeVore, Vice Pres.
Kenneth Jackosn, secretary
Pansy Grossman, Treas.
Nellie A. Drake, Local leader.
We began serving the hot lunch December 1
Different onees of the district furnished everything that we needed to use in preparing our lunch.
This did away with all expenses to our club.  Every one enjoyes his hot lunch immensely.  It is also arousing great interest and the attendance has been much better than it has ever been before.
The girls have also organized a sewing club, they use one Friday afternoon after the last recess of each month for their work.  They are using the lessons sent out by the Extension Service of Lincoln, Nebr. We are planning to put on several demonstrations the coming session.
Miss Mary Ellen Brown, assistant club leader of Lincoln has promised us a visit csome time during January.
At this time she intends showing us how to put on our demonstrations.
The club songs which the Extension Srvice sent us are very much enjoyed as well as made use of by each one of us.
An organ has been purchased with the proceeds of the box social.
the school is very thankful to the board for the three fine swings they placed on the school grounds.  This adds  considerably to the playground apparatus.
Some of the grades have modeled maps of salt and flour.
The little people are greatly enjyoying their plasticine.  They like to mold the different objeects which the imagine from a story that is told  them.  .........
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 7.22.1921
Angus High School Consolidation Completed
TheAngus high School consolidation is now completed.  A meeting was recently held completing the arrangements.  Districts 67, 16, and Angus formed this consolidation.  Oxbow will hold a meeting Tuesday evening and if a favorable vote ensures will petition into this consolidation.
The board officers elected were AC Childers, President:;  Henry Peters, secretary; and JH Caulk, treasurer.
Ninth and tenth High School work wil be put in.
Clive Ferebee is employed as the High School Teacher.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.14.1923
The annual meeting of the Angus High School was held at the Christian church Monday evening.  The purpose of the meeting was to decide on whether to continue or discontinue High School.  It was decided by a vote of 43 to 19 to discontinue.
Source:  Hastings Daily Tribune 6.29.1921
At The annual school meetings Districts 16, 23 and 67 voted to consolidate for high school purposes.  The new high school will be known as the Angus high School. 
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.14.1923
Source:  Burwell Tribune 7.12.1923
TAUGHT SUCCESSFUL TERM
Angus High School closed Friday to show their appreciation of the work done this year, the patrons of the community prepared to surprise the teacher with a picnic.  In spite of the fact that it rained hard all day, more than fifty people gathered at school house with well filled lunch baskets and after spreading the contents on tables decorated with vases of beautiful flowers they partook of the good things to eat, while music and other entertainment made the Closing Day a pleasant one for both teachers and pupils.  Miss Kate Boyle who has been teaching in the Angus High School, left for her home at Burwell Monday morning.  Miss Boyle has done a great deal toward making the High School a  success this year and she has made may friends in this community who regret she is not to return next year - Angus Gazette   
Source:  Nelson Gazette 5.27.1926
Eighth Grade promotion  (Partial)
The Eighth Grade Promotion Exercises will be held at the high School Auditorium in Nelson, Saturday May 29, 1926 at 2:30 o'clock.
District No. 23
Paulin Timbrook, Angus
Clifford Freude, Angus
Elvin Freude, Angus
Bernice Judy, Angus
Nelson Gazette 1927
Teacher for 1927-1928 School Year:  Paul Hatten
Source:  Edgar Sun 11.1.1929
A carnival was held at the Angus school house Wednesday evening.
Source:  Edgar Sun 2.3.1939
The Angus school held their PTA meeting Thursday evening, Jan 26.  The business meeting was called to order by the president Mrs. JL Cox, and minutes of the last meeting read by the secretary, Miss WIlliams, followed by a miscellaneous program given by the committee, who reeived much praise by all present.  Refreshments of sandwiches and coffee were served to a very large crowd. 

Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 7.31.2024   100 Years Ago Column so this would have been an article from 7.31.1924

The Blue Valley Swimming Pool located a half mile east of Angus was supplied by spring water.  It had a cement floor, slide and spring boards.  It was electrically lighted and had plenty of shade.
Bert Hart suffered an attack of heart trouble at the Angus swimming pool, but he soon recovered and was taken home to Edgar.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.18.1924
The WMB Club held a picnic Supper last Wednesday evening at the Angus Swimming pool.  
Source:  The Edgar sun 6.18.1937
Wm. DeVore of the Angus swimming pool has made a group rate of ten cents per person to be paid here to the person in charge of the swimming before the group leaves.  The boys pay Clayborn Mort and the girls pay Mrs. Lila Poston.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 6.24.1938
Picnic and Swim at the Angus pool. Rates (Except Sundays) on groups of at least 15 persons, children under 12 - 8¢; adults - 15¢; Regular prices, Children under 12 - 10¢; adults - 20¢  Life guard furnished for recreation groups.
Source:  The Superior Express September 2, 2010, Tonya R. Paddock
Angus was home to first swimming Pool in County

With temperatures soaring into the 100s or close in recent days area residents are looking for ways to keep cool.  One popular way is a visit to the swimming pools in Edgar, Nelson, Lawrence and Superior.  There was a time before air condition was common in Nuckolls County when the way for many to beat the heat was a trip to Angus and visit to the first swimming pool in Nuckolls County.

According to records at the Nuckolls County Museum, the first cement swimming pool was built in 1920 on a farm owned by William and Pearle Devore just east of Angus.  The Devore family built and ran the pool.  it is reported to have been larger but more crude than the pools now found in the area. 

The Angus pool had a slide on the west side, diving boards on the south east end and a teete-totter which came straight out from the bath house.  The pool operated for more than 20 years.  It was closed in 1949 or 1950.  The pool used spring water.  A Water powered ram pump moved the water from the spring to the pool.  

In museum records it is recorded that Betty Koontz told how Elmer shuck pulled her out of the pool and saved her from drowning.  From 1933 to 1945, the Edgar Women's Club sponsored free swimming lessons given at the pool by Celia Hunter.  Her father, Bruce merril, made a small automobile with a spring buggy seat that Hunter drove to Angus for the lessons.  

Roger Mountford told of how his mother, Mrs. Doc (Irene) Mountford, would load her car up with all the children after the jobs she had lined up for them were done and they would all drive to the pool in Angus.   B.J. Culbertson and Charley Devore were among the boys who served as lifeguards.

The pool was part of a large park with ponds, oaks and picnic tables.  It was reportedly popular with children and residents of Davenport, Angus, Oak, Edgar, Nelson and Deweese.

Jack and Barbara Cox, current residents of Edgar have fond memories of visiting the Angus pool.  "It was always full of people and the water was green," said Mrs. Cox.  She remembers being at the pool frequently from the time was a small child.  She was born in Angus and her parents, D.A. and Nellie Jackson, worked at the pool.  "It was beautiful there," said Cox, "There were big shady trees and a lot of people went for picnics, especially on Sundays." Admission was a dime and bathing suits were available for rent.  There were dressing rooms where those renting suits could change.

The property where the pool was located is now owned by Ruth McLaughlin, Edgar.  Jack Cox said he and his brother have attempted to locate the pool in recent years but the area has been overgrown by trees and they have been unsuccessful.  he recalls, "I used to go down there all the time when I was younger, but I'm 78 now."

Source:  The Superior Express 3.25.1920 pg 3
Real Estate Transfers
FW Borin and wife to John L. Tidball et al lot 10, block 10 in Angus....$2000.00
FW Borin and wife to JL Tidball lots 9,10,11,12 in block 9 Angus $5000.00
Source:  Holdrege Daily Citizen 9.2.1920
Miss Ruth Goodwin of Angus has accepted a position as bookkeeper for the Tidball Lumber Co.
Source The Edgar Sun 2.11.1921 pg5
Angus Notes
Mr. Tidball from Holdrege came up to invoice this week at the Tidball dry goods and grocery Store.
Source:  Franklin County Tribune 7.14.1921, pg 1
BIG DEAL IN LAND IS CLOSED THIS WEEK
JJ Clopine this week made a deal whereby he has disposed of his home place, the farm where he lives, and the Gardner eighty across the road, to Mr. Tidball of Angus, nuckolls County Nebraska.  Mr. Clopine received valuation at the rate of $175 per acre.  In the transaction Mr. Clopine becomes the owner of the lumber yard at Angus, also a general merchandise stock, elevator, coal yards, cream station and other property.
Possession of both the farm and the business properties at Angus is to be given July 25th. 
The transaction was made through the agency of Wm. Meyer of this city.

This is going to be a mix of old newspaper articles about Angus businesses that I don't know where to file them on here yet. 

Source Nelson Gazette 7.1.1897
Our People are supplied with meat every Tuesday from Edgar.
Source:  Nebraska State Journal August 28, 1897
COUNTY LOG ROLLING

Nelson, Neb. Aug 27, The Modern Woodmen of America held a county log rolling here yesterday.   Large delegations of Woodmen were present from Angus, Lawrence, Nora, Superior, Bostwick, Mt. Clare and Ruskin.  Two hundred and fifty Woodmen were in the parade and fully 1,000 people were on the grounds.  Congressman Sutherland was the principal speaker and he delivered a neat and well time address on fraternal insurance.  A county log rolling association was formed, which will hold an annual picnic.  The Ruskin and Nelson bands furnished the music.
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Source:  Edgar Index 1.30.1898
F.  Zeiger, one of Angus' enterprising merchants was in town a few hours Saturday while on his way to kansas City to Bring up a large stock of merchandise he had exchanged his farm near Angus for.
SOURCE:  NUCKOLLS COUNTY HERALD 3.25.1898
Our new merchant, Mr. Zeiger is  gradually stocking up and getting ready for spring trade.
Work is being pushed rapidly on the new elevator.
The Woodmen dance last Friday night was a great success.
Chas. Bock has quit his job as elevator boy for John Jewett and had gone to work for his father.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 4.7.1898 pg 3
Prosperity has surely struck Angus, by the way that farm implements, organs, sewing machines and other goods are being unloaded daily here..>John Whitten's new ten thousand bushel elevator is nearing completion. Contractor Chandler and a force of six men are doing the work...The Lincoln Land Comapny's agent, j. F. Jewett, sold two town lots this week.  Ben Scroggin of Oak, sold John Whitten four thousand bushels of his rent corn at 18 cents per bushel...Uncle Bill Cramer went down into Kansas last week..>George Rouse of nelson  visited friends here last week..>Rev. Walker of Oak, is holding revival meetings at the M.E. Church and is having good success.  Our new merchant, Fred Zeiger, is kept busy catering to the needs of his customers...Charley Fuller has just finished a new addition to his house.  This makes him a very nice home.
Source:  Edgar Index 11.25.1898
Mr. Zieger our enterprising merchant, is said to be a fine auctioneer by those who attended the sale last Friday.  But as a star singer his light in the concert was somewhat hidden, not under a bushel, but under a thin coat of burnt cork.
Mr. Speer and family are moving to Des Moines.  Rev. Fuller will move into the house just vacated.  Angus is in need of a few more buildings.
Source:  Oak News 1.12.1900
Mack Comstock and Alf Erickson have purchased a lot and lumber to build on same, and will go into business in Angus as soon as the building is completed.
Source:  Oak News 3.30.1900 pg 1
C.W. Hicks, adjuster for the German Mutual Insurance Co. of Omaha was in Oak yesterday, adjusting the claim of mack Comstock for the loss of his property, by fire, at Angus.  The business was completed in short order and Mack now carries his billiard hall around in his hip pocket.
Source:  The Oak News 4.13.1900
Mack Comstock started today for Kallispel Montana.  His family will remain here until he gets settled when they will join him.
Source:  Edgar Post 1.30.1903
Charlie Fuller has his automobile almost completed.
Holland & Moore, owners of the elvators in Angus, were here Monday for the purpose of selling one or the other to the farmers and merchants grain association.  They failed to make a deal, so that means another elevator in our city. 
Source:  Edgar Post 2.6.1903
It is rumored there will be some business changes in Angus in the near future.
Source Edgar post 1903
John Seaman came up from nelson Monday monring, He came up to get his fine colt.  He says he has quit Angus for good, but we hope he will not forget his old friends. 
Fred Zieger is now traveling for a reaper company.  He was home Tuesday. 
Source:  Edgar Post 4.17.1903
Bures Bros. are fixing up a building for a barber shop.
Mr. Pool returned from Hastings Saturday.  He has been looking up  a location and contemplates leaving Angus soon.
Harry Marshall has been appointed to look after the elevator and lumber yard of Moore & Co.
Our new barber, Mr. Harrick, will soon move into his office on Main Street.
The north elevator will be closed or rented.
Bures Bros. are going to enlarge their store building this spring.
The bridge south of town will soon be open to the public.
NH Burd was building a barn for Judge Grossman this week.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 6.26.1903
C.E. Moore is putting up a new lumber shed.
The ladies of the UB church will give an ice cream supper in the hall, the proceeds to go to buy lamps and window lights for the church.
Glen Beavers of Oak bought the livery barn, He takes possession Monday. 
Source: Nuckolls County Herald 7.2.1903
Mr. and Mrs. W Pool left today for their new home at Warthington, Indiana.  Mr. Pool has been in the elevator and lumber business here for over a year as a partner of DC Moore. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 7.16.1903, pg8
Laverne Hoover who has been at Angus for some time working at D. Mills returned home this week.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald  1.12.1905
Angus has a new physician in the person of M.D. Pass.  He is a regularly graduated physician and said to be a successful practioner.
Source;  Nuckolls County Herald 4.4.1907
Louie Bohling of Coy and J W Taylor of Edgar drove down to Nelson Monday to attend the meeting of the stockholders of the Nuckolls Co Independent Telephone Co While in the city they called at this office.  Mr. Bohling renewing his subscriptin and Mr. Taylor adding his name to our list.
Source:  Nuckolls COunty Herald 1.26.1905
Ice Houses are all filled in our vicinity, ready for summer use.
Chad Mills of Angus is having a clearing out sale of winter goods.
Horse shoeing has proven a profitable thing for the blacksmith at present.  Clarence Fuller put shoes on eleven horses feet one day last week.
Sim Reed had a fainting spell Friday in front of Mills store in Angus.  The cause was too much gas that te young man had inhaled in the elevator.  Dr. Pass was called immediately and by his aid strength was restored.
Tuesday night was the coldest night we have had this winter, 20 below zero.
Mr. Harzell of Wymore is relieving Mr. Shaw, the B&M agen until his return from Kansas City. 
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Source  Nuckolls County Herald 3.9.1905, pg 7
Frank Thompson of Edgar is building a machine shed at Angus.
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 6.8.1905
We wish to thank all our many friends for their kind patronage during the past six years of our stay in the Village of Angus and trust they will all come to the old place as usual as Mr. Moss will treat you well, with justice to all, malice to none.
PE Buchholz
Josephine Buchholz
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Source:  Edgar post 2.16.1906
The phone men have been putting in several new phones here lately
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 4.19.1906
Lucele Hoover is helping Miss Fair this week.  They are getting Mr. Moss' store at Angus in readiness for the new goods that will be in next week.
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Source:  Edgar Post 5.22.1906, page 4
It is reported that Charles Mills has sold his store and merchandise business here.  We will have plenty of fresh fish now. (??)
Angus merchants are stocked up well on crockery again as a car load came in this week.
A Car load of telephone poles came in Tuesday.
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Source Nuckolls County Herald 4.11.1907
NH Burd is putting a new roof on his store building.
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 6.13.1907
A number of the Angus business men are expecting to have new cement side walks in the near future.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 8.27.1908
Lawrence Nebr - JH McNew of Alliance dropped into town Saturday evening.  He succeeded in trading his quarter of land northwest of town to Mr. Eggers for a building and stock of merchandise at Angus, John McNew and mother now located at Salem will move to Angus and take charge of the place.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 9.4.1908
Miss Maggie Crandell is preparing to open a Millinery store in Angus.
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Source  Nelson Gazette 10.15.1908
Lawrence Nebr - John McNew came up from Angus Sunday and took Edmond Barrett back with him to work in their store at that place.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 4.23.1914
New Millinery Stock
Our Stock of Millinery  is up to date; is being replenished with new creation from time to time; and the prices are in keeping with the quality.  Come  and see.  Mrs. Edgar Moore, Angus, Nebraska
Source:  Edgar Sun 12.4.1914
Mr. Powell, thelumberman spent part of the past week at Geneva.
Another load of hogs was shipped out of Angus Monday.
Source:  Tobias Express 326.1915
Mrs. Dave Skyrme arrived from Angus last Friday for a short stay with friends.  Mr. Skyrme, who has been railroading for several years since moving away from Tobias, has quit the company and taken a position in the Bank at Angus. 
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Source: Glenvil Globe 6.11.1915
Our enterprising road boss had finished dragging the roads east of Angus
And still it rains.  The Little Blue is out of it'sbanks and has destroyed the farmers' wheat and corn.
Folks from the west had to walk over the railroad bridge to get to town Saturday.
There was a dance in the Angus hall Saturday night.
Sam King has sold his stock of notions to Mr. Klinnatter. He took charge of it Friday.

Source:  Edgar Sun 5.12.1916
Messers Taylor and King have recently made a Power Washer that will do the work every Monday morning before daylight and expect a great thing out of his new invention.
It will be a credit to our little village if our town's people would get up early some of these fine morning and make it a clea up day by getting all of the old tin cans and rubbish hauled out of their back yards.  Let's get busy and show the public in and around Angus we can have as clean a town as any in the  south Nebraska.
Rudolph Bures is going to handle the Chicago Blade  and Ledger and if you are looking for something good to read talk to Mr. Bures as he will have the agency for Sherman precinct in Nuckolls County.
If you are going to ship stock you can get results by shipping with the Angus Shipping Association of which  JE Devore is Mgr.
Borin Brothers just got in a shipment of Iowa Steel Gates and has one on demonstration in front of the Lumber yard.
Mr. NH Burd is quite busy these days looking after his office affairs and taking care of the ranch east of town.
Mr. DAJ Skyrme has bought the carlton property in Angus and expects to move there in a short time.
Mr. Bures received his new saw, and you can hear them sawing out lumber down on the river.
There is a picture show in Angus all this week, you had better come and see something good.
Mr. NH Burd is passing around some of his fine Rhubarb that he has grown east of Angus.
Jake Bartell has returned form Jansen, Nebr, where he has been the past week.
Frank Modica is building a nice residence on his property in south Angus.
Mr. L  Moss is busy these days turning out cement blocks.
D.C. Mills returned from Kansas Mo, Monday.
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Source:  Edgar Sun 5.19.1916
Cal Judy is building a fine building for machinery on his place in Angus, Cal believes in keeping his machinery out of the weather.
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Source:  Edgar Sun 6.2.1916, pg6
William DeVore is building a nice garage on E.W. Grossman's place in Angus
The Barber shop changed hands this week. Mr. Moon selling out to  a gentleman from Litchfield, Nebr.
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Source  Edgar Sun 7.28.1916
Bartels will soon have their new stock of goods ready for business the 1st of August.  It will be in what was known as the Hardware.
Source:  Edgar Sun 8.18.1916
Bartels Bros. had their opening Saturday night.
Source:  The Nelson Gazette 1.25.1917
*  Edward Portwood went to Angus Monday morning to look after business pertaining to his stock of merchandise at that place.
*  R.C. Goodrich of this place (Nelson), and Grant Sanburg of nora have purchase the stock of merchandise at Angus, that was recently sold under mortgage.  They will open up the store again in a few days. 

Source:  Edgar Post 8.5.1910 pg 4
The stock of good at Angus recently owned by the Bures Bros is certainly being slashed to pieces.  The men who purchased the stock have to sell at once and they are cutting the prices all to pieces.
Don't fail to attend the big closing out sale at Angus.  Better Hurry.
All calicoes at 5 cent at the closing out sale at Angus.
Just think of it!  Your choice of over 100 pairs of men's shoes for 95 cents at the big closing out sale at Angus.
Your choice of over 100 pairs of women's and children's shoes for 95 cents.  Think of it.  Good shoes at 95 cents.  At the big closing out sale at Angus.
People for miles around are taking advantage of the big closing out sale fo the Bures Bros. Stock of general merchandise at Angus.  That stock is being closed out regardless of price.
Source:  Oak News 1.13.1911
Southwest Hammond - Messers Montgomery and Borin  of Angus put in a new cream seperator for Will Devore, Tuesday.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 5.19.1918
Local Farm Labor Bureaus Established (Partial)
A free farm labor bureau has been established at the Cream Station, Edw. Bischoff, in charge Farm hands wanting work will be referred to Edw. Bishoff and farmers needing help can always find out from him whether any  help is available or not.  If at some time Mr. Bishoff finds a common city shortage of labor, he will communicate with the Emergency Dist. Agricultural Agent, Mr. Samuelson at Hebron, Nebr., who will attempt to get help from communities or counties.  The district agent is in close touch with the state department of labor and the Federal Employment Service, and can get help  whenever it is available.  Farmers can also get in touch with this bureau by applying to the rural carriers.
Early listing of labor needs encourage success in getting help.
Other labor bureaus have been established as follows:
F.W. Borin - Postmaster, Angus
People living in those precincts having no village within their border, may refer to the man in charge of the Exchange bureau for assistance.   - S.E. Samuelson
Source:  Superior Express 6.15.1922
D J Skyrme of Angus, came down and left over the Burlington Saturday night for Casper, Wyo., near where he is taking a job with the railroad as agent.  Mr. Skyrme was with the Burlington here a number of years ago.  He has been in the banking business at Angus as of late.
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Source:  Nebraska State Journal Wednesday August 22, 1923 

OIL PIPELINE BEING LAID:  Gang of More than 700 men with Cooks and Supplies Expected in Vicinity of Deweese. Fifty carloads of heavy iron pipe from Ohio have arrived here to date and fifteen at Angus, just southeast of here, consigned to the Sinclair Pipe Line Company and will be used in construction of the oil pipe line running from Tea Pot Dome, near Casper, Wyo. to the Chicago main.  The pipe line is being laid rapidly from the northwest counties of this state and the gang of over 700 men with their own cooks, camp and supplies is expected to enter the county in the near future .  The line will pass a mile east of here where it will cross the burlington tracks and pass south of Angus running to Deshler Neb. where the first pumping station south of here is under construction.  The second pump station south will be at Washington Kan where much work has also been started.  The closest pump station north is at Ayr, near Hastings.
Source:  Edgar Sun 7.9.1926
Otto Gerlach shipped his first car of new wheat the 30th of June.
Charley Taylor clerked ain Gerlach Bros. Store a few days last week, as Ed was out west threshing.
Source:  Edgar Sun 10.15.1926
The Freudes have bought the dray business from W E Thompson  They took it over Saturday.
Source:  Edgar Sun 10.22.1926
WH Kinnison had a carload  of potatoes on the track last week, and otto Gerlach a car load of coal.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.22.1927
Telephone Hearing Oct 11
The information given our readers last week in reference to the hearing to be held here by the Railway Commission as to telephone charges, was in part erroneous because of an error in the information sent us by the Commission.  The hearing has now been postponed and will be held here October 11th.  The propsed increase in rates is for the exchange at Hardy.  The Telephone Company is not asking for  change in rates for Nelson, but it is asking to discontinue free service between Nelson, Angus, Nora, Ruskin, Oak, and mt. Clare., and proposes to establish a toll charge as follows:  5¢ to first exchange, 10¢ to the second, 15¢ to the third, or give a flat tall by the month, business rate 50¢, residence or rural 25¢ to all exchanges.  If interested you are invited to be present, as an opportunity will be afforded any one to appear for  or against the granting of the application.
Source: The Edgar Sun 12.2.1927, pg4
Cal Judy has bought the corner lot next to his garage and has commenced to build a store.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 12.9.1927
Cal Judy's store building is showing up nicely.  Plenty of room for more.  Keep the good work going.  Don't let Angus be a sore eye anymore.
Source:  Edgar Sun 12.23.1927
Wil Culbertson is helping Cal Judy shingle his new store Tuesday.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 1.20.1928, pg 8
Cecil Sheets of Nelson did the plastering of Cal Judy's store. 

Source: The Edgar Sun 1.27.1928, pg8
Mr. Frasier, the new clerk in Cal Judy store, moved in Tuesday in Mrs. Rouse's house.
Source:  The Edgar Sun 4.6.1928, pg 8
Cal Judy is fixing up his store by putting up an awning.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.4.1928
Will Devore got the gas pump that stood in front of Gerlach's store and moved it down to his place.
Elbridge Boynton is giving the central office a new shingle roof. 
Source:  Edgar Sun 11.1.1929
The Christian church has installed electric lights.  The Cal Judy store and residence, the Angus UB Church, Ivan King's residence and garage are all lit up now with the electric lights.
Source Edgar Sun 10.11.1929
The Angus exchange is being discontinued and the subscribers are being placed on the nelson, Oak, and Edgar lines.  Angus had always did as much business according to its size of any other station and just as good service.  Why does it have to give up its office?  It is not the will of the people to lose the station and their central as they were satisfied the way it was.  Think the Angus people might have had something to say about it, when they have to help pay the price for their part of the service.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 11.16.1944 (Partial)
Precinct Officers Elected
Sherman - WA Peters, Assessor; I. King, Justice of the Peace; M. McCartney, Road Overseer.

Source:  Omaha World herald 10.16.1975 pg 9
Angus or Angora?
Q My dish has on it "Christmas 1911 Borin Bros." at Ongur Neb., or Ongus, Neb. Any idea where it is from? - Mrs. Dwight Wuster, Box 516 Walnut Iowa.
A - Likely possibilities are Angus in Nuckolls County or Angora in Morrill County.  Can one of our readers be more specific. ?

Source:  Nelson Gazette 2.24.1898
The new store keeper and good have arrived at Angus
Source:  Nelson Gazette 12.29.1898
Cheap farm for sale, South-east quarter 30-4-6, 6 1/2 miles from nelson; 1 1/2 miles from Angus; The TK Norwood place, good buildings, fine will and wind mill, fine orchard, whole farm fenced.
NELSON - Be sure and bring your best looks with you when you come to Nelson to get stamp photos and good ones will be guaranteed DW Wright.
The Dr. Clark Johnson Unitilla Indian medicine Company passed through here Tuesday morning.  They go to Angus where they will rehearse for ashort time before starting on the road.
Source  Nelson Gazette 6.8.1905
John F Jewett & w to Charles H Mills WD Lot 11 block 4 Angus $600
Paul E Buchholz to Luther Moss WD und 1/2 int lots 15, 16, Block 4 Angus $1000
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 3.15.1906
GS Hatten and wife to JH Shill lots 5 & 6, Block 4 Angus $150
John L Crandell and wife to JH Shill Lot 12, block 11, Angus $150
JB Kincannon and wife to WH Kinnison SW 1/4 and W1/4, NW 1/4 36-4-7 $7000
WH Kinnison and wife to HA Devore SE 1/4 26-4-6 $6000
Source:  Nelson Gazette 9.12.1907
Lincoln Land Co to CH Marshall Lot 2, Block 4, Angus  $5.00
Source:  Omaha World Herald 2.5.1910 pg 15
$80  An acre buys a good 120 acre farm just one mile west of Anugs, Neb. Improvements consist of a good 7 room 2 story house, barn, double corncrib, etc., wind ill.  Owner has just died and his widow who lives on the place, is very anxious to sell at once.  For particulars write E.W. Stoltenberg, 436 B. of T. Bldg., or EM Buchholz, Angus, Neb.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.15.1906
John Pritts of near Angus, last week purchased the farm known as the Wiltmuth place, south of Davenport, from the Wagner Sisters. The consideration was $9500.00
Source:  Edgar Post 2.16.1906, pg 4
For sale - A livery business,, hotel, and general merchandise stock, store and residence.  Write or see E.C. Moore, Angus, Nebr.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 12.21.1905
Susan R. Mayfield to Betsy A. Wilcox Lot 7, block 11, Angus, $300
William H. Kinnison and wife to David C. Wilcox W1/2, SE 1/4, 22-4-6, $2400
Joseph J. Hall and wife to William H. Kinnison E1/2, SW1/2, 25-4-6 $2800
Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.7.1906
Charles H. Mills & w to Hans G Eggerss and Lyell P. Hadley Lot 11, block 4 Angus
Source:  Nelson Gazette  1.3.1907
John H. Shill to John King lots 5,6 Block 4 Angus
Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.31.1907
Lincoln Land Co. to John H Shill Lots 2,3 Blk 9 Angus $175.00
Source Nuckolls County Herald 4.11.1907
The county surveyor was surveying lots in Angus the first of the week.
Source:  Nebraska State Journal September 25, 1908

We Have buyers for cheap farms, ranches and wild lands; list your bargains with the Angus Land Co. Angus, Neb.
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Source:  Lincoln Daily News, June 12, 1912

 Nuckolls County Land List Free.  No. 185. All purpose 240, 65 alfalfa - 80 pasture - Balance Plow.  Good Improvements and location. $75 E. Moore, Angus Nebr.
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 10-18-1912
CS Borin to William H Kinnison Lot 11, Block 4, Angus $2500
WH Kinnison to CS and FW Borin SE1/2NO1/2 and W1/2 SW 1//2 NE 1/2 25-4-6  $6000
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Source:  Nebraska Farmer 10.23.1912
60 acre farm in Nuckolls county, 3 miles from Angus, 39 acres perfectly smooth farmland, 12 acres alfalfa, 3 acre bearing orchard balance in pasture.  Improvements:  House, barn, granary, henhouse, cave, windmill; all fenced, some hog tight.  You can pay for this farm as easy as renting $2,000 cash, balance very easy terms.  Borin Bros., Angus, Neb.
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Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 3.14.1913
Ethel L Kincannon to Elsie V Montgomery, lots 5&7, block 9, Angus $3000
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Source:  Nuckolls COunty Herald 4.17.1914
L.O. Bures to Bank of Angus, Lot 18, Block 4 $1000
Harry White to Charles M. Grossman, lots 36 & 37 Angus 1st Addition, $75.00
Source  Nelson Gazette 4.23.1914
Daniel Taylor, widower, to Frank E Kincannon, Lot 8, Block 10, Angus W.D. $250.00
Source:  Edgar Sun 12.4.1914
Austin Hoover has moved on the farm owned by lentis Cox.
Source  Nuckolls County herald 9.14.1917
CS Borin and wife to FW Borin, lots 9, 10, 11, 12 blk 9 Angus $5000
Morgan Grossman and wife to FW Borin, Part NE1/4, SE 1/4 27-4-6 $40
Source Nelson Gazette 6.8.1922
Ollie M. Grossman et. al to Calvin J Judy, lots 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, first addition to Angus. $300.00
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Source:  Omaha World Herald 5.20.1921
For Sale - One blacksmith outfit, complete, in a good rural community; terms reasonable.  Plenty of work in sight.  Inquire of D J Skyrme, Angus, Neb.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.9.1925
Clarence E Illiff and wife to MF Grossman, lots 3,4,5,6 in Block 4 Angus $75.00
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 12.9.1926 pg 2
WANTED—Reliable man to rent 320-acre grain and stock farm for cash. Call Cherry 2, Angus. A. E. Bures, Nelson, Nebr.
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Nelson Gazette September 1927

Farm for Sale 240 Acre Farm, three miles south of Angus, Four miles west of oak, Good improvements, 75 acres in pasture, balance farm land, price $77.00 per acre.   Herman E. Klawitter, Angus, Nebraska

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Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.13.1927
Public Sale
Garage and Blacksmith shop and equipment, Tuesday October 18 at one o'clock at the place in Angus, Lots 7 & 8 located in Angus, consisting of one garage and blacksmith shop combined; cement block building, 24 feet by 88 feet, garage equipment, tools hoist, compressor, tank, 8 horse engine, trip hammer, emery mantle, disc sharpener, tire shrinker, power drill, two vises, anvil forge, and all auto accessories.  Will sell building and all equipment together if wanted.  Will accept half down day of sale balance February 15, 1928, at six percent.  M. F. Grossman Owner
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Source;  Nelson Gazette 10.27.1927
Cal Judy of Angus, bought the garage and blacksmith shop equipment sold by MF Grossman at Angus last week.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.7.1927
William H. Kinnison and wife to John R. Kinnison N.E. 1/4 26-4-6
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Source:  Guide Rock Signal 6.27.1935, pg 5
Kate Horky to Frances Rhoads PT . SW1/4SE1/4 27-4-6 & Lot 8 to 12, Bl. 12 all in Angus.
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Source:  The Edgar Sun 6.24.1938
FOR SLAE - Grain elevator at Angus, nebraska, $500 cash. H.D. Bentley, 617 Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha Nebraska.
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Source   Stockmans Journal 9.17.1949
Exchage
Dear Household Friends:  I would like to exchange chair sets for feed sacks.  I have lots of these patterns and found that last time everyone was better pleased when they sent me the clipping from a paper of the patttern they preferred, including color and size of thread.  I'd like to hear from anyone who would liek to exchange with me.  Mrs. C W Carllson, Box 15, Angus Neb.
Source Nelson Gazette 7.18.1946 (Partial)
TAX CLEAN UP SALE JULY 30
This newspaper's Job Department has just completed the printing of the large bills announcing the annual Tax Sale to be held at the Courhouse here at 2pm Tuesday July 30th.  This will be the only tax sale held by the county during 1946:
Angus, 4 vacant, 1 improved.
Source:  The Superior Express 8.1.1946
Lots 12 and 14, Block 4, OT Angus, Ivan King $2
Lots 15 and 16, Block 4 OT Angus, Ivan King, $7
Lot 7, Block 11, OT Angus, Improved, Ivan King $130
Lots 4,5,&8, Block 9, OT Angus, Frank Lindville, $9
Lots 8,9 and W 1/2 of 10, Block 11, OT Angus, Ivan King $10
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Source:  The Edgar Sun 4.30.1953
For Sale - 3 lots and 1 3/4 acres besides: 5 room house - 2 bedrooms, large front room, dining room, kitchen, screened porch, all REA wired and fixtures new, 300 gallon fuel tank connected to large oil stove in front room all ready to move into  Garage 14 x 18.  hen house 18 x 10 with laying and scratching shed attached.  Brooder house.  Good granary 8 x 10.  Good electric pump, Plenty of good shade trees and fruit trees planted.  All outside building are wired.  Located two blocks south of store in Angus.  $1200.00 for quick sale. RJ White, Edgar
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Source:  Lawrence Locomotive 9.6.1962
Eldon LaVerle Judy et al., to Rollan L and Mary Culbertson, lots 6 & 7, Blk 9, Lot 12, Blk 11 and Lot 7, Blk 12 OT Angus; Lots 10-15 inch. Lots 19-20 Incl. Lots 27-32 Incl & Lots 33-42 incl. in 1st Add to Angus; and pt. E1/2SE1/4 27-4-6.
Rollan Lee and Mary Ellen Culbertson to Commerical Bank Pt E1/2 SE1/4 27-4-6; Lots 10-15 Incl; Lots 19-32 Incl. all in 1st Add to Angus Lots 6 & 7 Blk 9, Lot 7 Blk 12, all in OT Angus.

I am only listing those names for Angus from this Directory.
ADAMSON M  A
ADAMSON M J
ADAMSON WM H
BANKER, L C
BERKET, PETER
BERRIER G G
BERRIER W D
BETCHER, SAM
BLING N H
BOWMAN, JOHN
BROOKS L H
BROOKS D W
BROOKS E R
BROOKS O M
BUVHOLZ  EDWARD
CRANDELL G W
DELONG T R
ELIFRITZ MARTIN
FEAR J R
FEIRNISH, JOHN
FICKEN, JOHN H
FRENCH, GEO E
GUNSALUS J C
HAMMOND, C
HAMMOND, J P
HARRIS, W
HARRITT, C E
HARRITT, J C
HARRITT, W S
HOFFMAN, DAVID
JEWETT, J F
KINCANNON, J C
KINCANNON, J W
KINNISON, W H 
KLINE, J H
LOCH, J W
LOCH, W M
MALLORY, W W
MARSHALL , J W
MILEGAR, AUG
MINER, W S
NORRIS, C T
PALMER, E C
PERRYMAN, J H
PETER, C
PETER, F H
PITTULO, L
POTORP, E U
POTORP, L H
RICHARDS, A
ROBERTS C
ROBERTS, S E
SCHATZLEY, C C
SMITH, T F
SMITH, L H
STACKHOUSE, J A
STAYER, J T
STRAYER, LUCY
TAYLOR, J M
TAYLOR, JOHN
TAYLOR, W A
TAYLOR , W MTAYLOR, W T
THORLTON, R L
TODD, G W
TRITT, M F
TURNER, JAMES

Source:  Edgar Post 1.28.1901
Smallpox at Angus
EDGAR, Neb. Jan 28 - At Angus, a little town six miles south of here, there are several families ill with the smallpox.  With exception of two persons the cases are of the mild type.  No cases have developed here since more than a month ago.
Source:  The Lincoln Evening News, February 5, 1901

ANGUS, Neb. Feb 1 - The smallpox scare had died out.  Up to the present time there have been ten cases all of mild form and if no new cases develop, the quarantine will be raised this week.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 2.22.1906
There was no preaching in Angus Sunday on account of the small pox scare.
The Angus School has closed for two weeks. 

Source:  Hastings Tribune July 5, 1983
Lion Cub Captured
NELSON (TNS) - An African lion cub was picked up this morning by Nuckolls County authorites on a country road about two miles west of Angus.

 The brownish-gold cub apparently was abandoned by an area farmer who no longer wanted it, said Jim Marr, Nuckolls County deputy.  The animal is about six months old and weighs about 80 pounds.  It appeared to be hungry and malnourished when it was found this morning, he added.

 The state game commissioner could press charges over the incident, Marr said.

 An area farmer reported the animal today about 7:30am.  It was within 100 feet of a farm house when it was captured, Marr said.  The animal had fangs and claws, but appeared more playful than dangerous, he said. 

 Authorities used a rope and a cage to capture the animal.  it took less than an hour to complete the task, Marr said.

 The lion has been taken to the Lincoln Zoo.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette July 14, 1983
Authorities Find Abandoned Lion

 Tuesday morning, July 5, Nuckolls County Sheriff, Donald Squires, captured an African lion cub, about a mile west of Angus.  The sheriff's department had been receiving many reports, that lions were roaming loose in the Angus area.

 During the capture, the cat, about six months old, put several scratches on the sheriff's car door in an attempt to get into the auto.

 After R. L. Culbertson arrived with a steel dog trap, which was in the back of his pickup, the lion cub jumped up into the pickup and was easily coaxed into the trap.  This animal apparently hadn't had much to eat as it seemed weak and didn't look very healthy.

 A Nebraska game commission officer came Tuesday morning and took the cat to Omaha to the zoo.  Squires reported this week that the cat is doing fine now and gaining weight.

 Late Friday evening, Sheriff Squires and Deputy Sheriff Jim Marr captured another lion cub, five miles north and one and a half miles East of of Nelson.

 This cub was not as easily caught as the first one, as it was healthy and more active.  They got the cub into a brick building and Deputy Marr threw a rope over its head and held on while Sheriff Squires carefully slipped a cage over the cat.  This cat jumped and roared if one got near the cage.

 A Nebraska game commission officer came later that evening and took the lion cub to the Animal Hospital in Hebron.

 What will be captured next in the wilderness of Nuckolls County?
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Source:  Newspaper Article Superior Express July 1983
SECOND LION CUB CAPTURED

 With the capture of a second African Lion cub Friday evening Nebraska's most experienced lion hunters hope to retire.

 Area law enforcement officers and residents kept both eyes open following the capture of the first cub just west of Angus last Tuesday morning.

 With the capture of the second cub, Nebraska Game and parks Commission officers are reported to be stepping up the investigation of the animal's origin. 

 Conservation officer Dale Johnson, Hebron, who assisted with the capture of both cubs, said the pair, believed to be litter mates, apparently were released in the wild intentionally.

 "We have a pretty good idea who did it but we don't know why," said Johnson.  "We are confident however that there are no other lions around."

 The second cub was found at a vacant farmstead about 2 1/2 miles west of Angus.

 Squires, who had been patrolling the general area in search of the cub, went to the farm after receiving a report the lion had been seen around the buildings.

 He found the cub nestling in a plastic chemical tank.  it appeared the cub had been calling the tank home for some time.  The tank was cut in half and filled with cloth sacks.  A Bucket of water and grain were nearby.

 The second capture was more difficult than the first.  The cub appeared to be in much better health and was not nearly as playful.  In fact, Squires said "He was pretty feisty."

 Squires enticed the lion into a shed and then waited for reinforcements to arrive.  The capture wasn't completed until Deputy Sheriff Jim Marr and his brother, Joe,  a part time Superior police officer and Burlington Northern worker arrived.

 Like the first capture, they were able to place a rope around the lion's neck and then drug the animal into a cage.

 The undernourished first lion, which was captured on a road had shown no hostility.  In fact it was quite playful and willing to be caught.

 The second was in much better physical condition and appeared to weigh 10 to 15 pounds more than the first.

 The second lion was housed at the Valley View Animal Clinic, Hebron, until Monday when it was transferred to the Henry Doorly Zoo.

 The operator of the Hebron Clinic said the lion was pretty growly and would definitely bite.

The cub was described by officers as a "potentially dangerous animal, especially to small children."

 Initially there was some question if the second cub was a male or female.  The capturing officers said a close  up analysis wasn't worth the effort.

 Randy Stutheit, a game biologist with the state game commission, said "his roar sounds like a male and that's good enough for me."

 Stutheit, told Lincoln Star reporter Dean Terrill, "What's the difference whether it's a male or female - it's a lion."

 The feisty animal earned enough respect that four men were called to transport it from Hebron to the Omaha Zoo.

 Lee Simmons Jr., zoo director, cleared the question about the lion's sex.  He said it was definitely also a female.

 The cub was reported to have "settled down pretty nicely" when placed in a pen with the first cub.  Both will be kept temporarily until they can be placed in another zoo or similar facility.

 The Omaha zoo is short of cage space and doesn't want a pair of hand-raised lions.  Simmons said putting them in with the zoo's pride - three adults, would be like throwing Christians to the lions".
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 6.17.1886
The post office at Ox Bow was moved to Angus, the new town on the Blue between Nelson and Edgar, on Tuesday.  It has been announced that the name of this town would be Elkton, but the authorities have changed their minds and call it Angus.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 2.5.1903
D.C. Mills has been nominated for postmaster at Angus to succeed Fred Zeiger who has tendered his resignation.
Source Edgar Sun 9.17.1915 (Partial)
TIME TABLE
EDGAR BURLINGTON ROUTE NEBR
Postal Regulations
Time for making up mails at the Edgar nebraska Postoffice:
(Burlington)
Pouch for Angus, No. 130 9:10 Am
Pouch for Angus No 129, 4:05pm
Mail for Angus, nelson and Superior must be brought to the office, as this is what is termed as "Closed Pouch Service" and no mail is taken at car.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.21.1927 (Partial)
Postmaster Examination.
The United states Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to be held at Superior, Nebraska, as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourth class postmaster at Angus Nebraska,  and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement.  The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $513 for the last fiscal year.  Receipt of applications will close August 10, 1927.  Applications must be property executed and on file with the Commission at Washington, DC Prior to the hour of closing business on the date suspecified. 
Source:  Edgar Sun 12.4.1936 pg 4
The post office was moved into the J C Judy store Saturday.  Miss Bernice Judy is the new postmistress.
Source:  Superior Express 7.25.1968
COUNTY TO LOSE TWO POST OFFICES
Nuckolls County will soon lose two post offices, by orders of the deputy director of the Wichita Regional Post Office.
The deputy director said that the two post offices in this county, Nora and Angus are among six fourth class post offices to be closed in Nebraska.
An earlier announcement from Washington listed closing orders for all but the Angus Post Office.
Earl Lanham is the acting postmaster at Nora, replacing Jesse Hamel who retired several months ago after many years of service at Nora.  There are 105 rural and 22 local boxes at the Nora post office.
Ivan King is the postmaster at Angus and had mad plans to retire soon.  There are 21 boxes in the Angus post office but no rural routes out of the town, Mr. King has been postmaster at Angus for 25 years. 
Both post offices were established when the railroads were built across the country in the later 1880's.  The Angus office has been located in the King Grocery store at Angus. 
How the services of the two offices are to be divided among the other offices of the area,  has not yet been determined.  It is certain that the service will be missed greatly in both the Nora and Angus communities.  Both offices will close their doors on Aug 30.  
Source:  The Lincoln Star, July 25, 1975

 Postoffice Closing Attracts Many

Angus - A number of residents, former residents and three former postmasters gathered here to witness the last pouch of mail to be carried out of the Angus Post Office, marking the close of the station.  The former postmasters on hand were Ivan King. Bernice Wise and Florence Jorgensen, all of Edgar.  Roy Burkett, the longest continuous patron of the post office, was the last patron to make a purchase.

Note:  Does anyone know of or have any information on the WPA Recreation Camp/Angus or old Indian Village north of Angus? 

Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 8.6.1937
WPA RECREATION CAMP A SUCCESS
The Nuckolls county WPA Recreation Camp held on the Angus camping ground was a big success.  Fifty were in the camp and it was one of the best behaved camps you ever saw.  The cooking was the best, appetising and done up so everybody wanted to eat.  Swimming hike to the old indian Village north of Angus, ball game and calisthentics made it worth the efforts of the whole camp.  Then to top the program off, Mr. JE Portwood of Nelson made the boys a fine talk in the Oregon Trail and the Indian Village as he remembered it.  having grown up in that neighborhood, he made it especially interesting. He kept the attention of all and asked questions which the boys answered.
Not an accident, injury or a sick one in all the camp.  The experience the boys had and some of the suervisors also, will never be forgotten.  It was a training that was worth while.  The boys learned many songs that they can use.  Also the respect for the American Flag will be remembered. 

Source:  The Nelson Gazette, June 27, 1996, by TaeRee Sellers

 I am from the small rural town of Angus, Nebraska. The population is twelve and has been for quite a few years. Instead of telling you of the town in today's view, a view that is just about completely erased from the land, I want to share with you the Angus, Nebraska, that once existed a s a thriving community. I thought I knew my town's history but when reading into old newspaper articles and publications I found a town full of exciting stories. Although Angus is almost physically erased from the land, it's name will always live on in the pages of history.

Around 1870 pioneers wandered into the Little Blue River Valley of Nuckolls County. The valley was beautiful with its groves of oak trees lining the river and streams entering the valley. The pioneers would let their livestock graze on the lush prairie grass and drink from the river or from the several artisan springs in the valley. These springs flow year round, and the coldest winter will not freeze them over. Many of the pioneers arrived to this valley with almost nothing. My great, great, grandfather, like many of the early pioneers, lived in what they called dug outs. These dug ours were caves made into he side of a bank or hill. Sod blocks were then made and stacked to make and complete the walls. Some of these dug outs had plastered walls and wooden floors, but quite a few, like my great, great, grandfather's had dirt floors and walls. one of the dug outs was the first local school house. However, this cave life was about to change. In 1886 the Nebraska and Colorado Railroad decided on making a railroad from Edgar to Superior. After viewing the green and lush Little Blue Valley, the Lincoln Land Company decided to lay out a town called Angus, named after Mr. J. B. Angus, the railroad official. The town instantly started to grow. By 1890 Angus had two general stores, two churches, a post office, blacksmith shop, railroad depot, hotel, stock yard, and a real school house. all seemed to be going well until 1889 when Angus had its first disaster. In the spring of that year a tornado struck the community destroying the school and several of the homes. One of the homes destroyed was the home of the Elifritz's. According to my grandmother's recollection, one of the sons, name Walter, was out in the yard cutting on little twigs and branches with the new knife he had gotten for his birthday. he noticed dark thick thunderhead clouds moving quickly towards him. In minutes the wind started whipping fast, and the clouds above him were moving in and out of each other with great speed. he stopped as if petrified, looking up with wide eyes and open mouth. Suddenly the gusts of wind stopped and all was deathly still and quiet. Walter tilted his head to listen. he though he could hear the roar of a train, yet it wasn't the scheduled time for the train to come through town. straining his neck and looking southwest towards the roaring sound he saw a long black pillar reaching down from the sky. With his heart in the throat and with legs that felt like custard, he clumsily ran towards the house. Bargain in the front door he yelled to the family, "We're in for a real old Jimmy Cain". The family which obviously had not been taught tornado safety, ran to all the doors leading the outside and with great effort tried to hold the doors hut. this plan did not work. While everyone was concentrating on doors, Gertie, one of the daughters, was sucked out the south window and sent into the air taking along with her a patch work quilt. Mr. Elifritz suddenly seeing his flying daughter, yelled over the roar of the wind, "Come down from there at once!" Gertie eventually came down, unharmed, a quarter of a mile away. Later that day a pair of Mr. Elifritz's trousers were found hanging from a fence a mile away from his home. When retrieving them he discovered that the three dimes and two pennies were still in his pockets.

A tornado was not going to slow down this town's determinations, and in 1907 Angus boasted of its Angus Automobile Company. This factory produced the Fuller Cars. It began with Charles Fuller, who when he was only twenty-four years old, built the first car in the state of Nebraska. He headed east and for a couple of years he worked at different car factories learning new techniques and contributing his ideas to the factories. In 1907 he brought two Lambert cars to Angus. The town loved the cars and decided to build a car factory if Charles would run it. when he consented to operating the factory, the town collected money for erecting the building by selling shares for $10.00. It was a small building made from concrete blocks. A door and seven windows lined the front of it and above these were painted the words, Angus Automobile Company inc. The inside appeared the size of a basketball court with a twelve foot ceiling and a cement floor. only thirteen cars could be assembled at one time by the factory's forty workers. Between the fall of 1907 and the spring of 1909 the factory produced around six hundred cars. These cars were elaborate and could only be bought by the wealthy. the upholstery was made from genuine leather, and on leaving the factory all the cars required no less than sixteen to eighteen coats of paint. The cars ranged from an elaborate 4 cylinder touring car with a 35 to 40 horsepower engine. It was called the Model A and was sold for $2,000. The factory also mad the runabout or roadster which only had a 24 horsepower engine. it was called the Model C and sold for $1,600. next, the factory came up with a powerful 6 cylinder car with a 60 horsepower engine. This car was sold for $3,50-0. One of these 60 horsepowered cars was given a test run on the half-mile circular racetrack at the Nuckolls County Fairgrounds in 1908. The car circled the dusty track twice in only sixty seconds. When a group of men in Omaha heard of this outstanding car, they offered to buy out the factory and move it to Omaha where they could easily ship out the cars. The men offered $100 for each of the $10.00 shares that were put into the factory. Charles Fuller was ready to accept the offer from Omaha, but the Angus stockholders would not forgive up their factory. Seeing what a valuable factory they really had, they decided to keep the factory in Angus. When Charles saw that Angus had rejected the offer from Omaha, which would have meant a promising future for him, he left the factory. The following morning the Angus Automobile Company closed its doors for without Charles the factory was useless.

The town would still not give up. In the early 1920's Angus decided on having the first swimming pool in the county. The pool was built on a farm just east of town. Large limestone blocks lined the bottom and sides of the pool. A warm spring fed the pool constantly for the twenty years it was in operation. Behind the pool Was grove of oak trees with cool shady grassy spots ideal for family picnics. A couple of years ago I went hiking east of town to research for the old swimming pool. What I found was an impression of a pool. the warm spring had just about run dry, and the limestone floor of the pool was cracked and buckled where little saplings had forced themselves up through the cracked floor and had grown into might oaks.

In 1931 Angus proved to have wealthy fossil deposits. many years later national Geographic would put the most famous of these fossil finds in its September 1979 issue. Mr. Ross Brooks working with Mr. A. M. G. Brooking, Director of the Hastings Museum, uncovered the world's largest mastodon ever found up to that time. Upon digging further they discovered that all of its bones were intact in what appeared to be a wall of sand. Apparently the mastodon had fallen into a sand pit and had died there, unable to get out. Because of his massive size of 147 inches at his shoulder and his fossilized ivory tusks with a diameter of 10 inches, he was sent to the Denver Museum of Natural History where he remains on display today.

Southeast of Angus contains another historical site. This site is the Boy Scout cabin where Parson Bob lived and is buried. He is know for his scouting and moral character. He was named a parson after he conducted a funeral service for a pioneer woman who had been killed by and Indian raid. Since there was no one left in her family to care for her little baby girl, Parson Bob took the child in and raised her calling her, as we know her, Calamity Jane. Before he died he spoke these word of Angus, "her was the happiest time of my life. I had my little girl with me , my little Calamity Jane. I loved here as a father loves his daughter. Yes, she was a good woman whatever men may say." He requested to be buried by the cabin. I have hiked the woods around the cabin many times and have seen his grave. The valley where the cabin sits is beautiful. the dense oak trees grow right to the edge of the Little Blue River creating a peaceful wilderness for the deer, wild turkeys, bob cats, raccoons, opossums, and squirrels. Taking a walk through these quiet woods and listening to the sound of the flowing river nearby one can realize why Parson Bob loved his life there so much.

Angus which is now only desolate beauty and peaceful surrounding may someday completely disappear but its name and history will never die. Many lives have grown and died there and yet that pattern of life still goes on. The town where I live and knew nothing about has been opened up to me in a special new way.

Source:  Edgar Sun 5.19.1916
The shipping assocition had a car of hogs on the St. Joseph market the first of the week and their manager reported that they would have another car for shipment next  Monday.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 1.25.1917
The Farmers Shipping Association of Angus will hold it's annual meeting in the Hall at 3:00 pm Saturday, February 3, 1917
-G. A. Felton, Shipper
Source:  The Edgar Sun 2.11.1921, pg 5
The members of the stock shippers association met Saturday afternoon and elected Mr. Frudie for stock shipper.   MY note.  this may be Fruede, not Frudie
Source: Nelson Gazette 4.2.1925
STOCK SHIPMENTS
JB Wehrman sent two cars of cattle to kansas City Tuesday.  He went with the shipment.  The Farmers Union had a car of hogs for St. Joe. Lyon and Childers went out with eight cars of cattle from Angus, for Kansas City.
Source:  Nuckolls County Gazette 2.3.1927
Thomas Hammond shipped two cars of hogs and one car of cattle to kansas City Monday.  John Chamberlain shipped one car of cattle from Angus the same day.  Both went with their stock and returned home Wednesday. 

Source:  Sunday World Herald, November 8, 1970, by Tom Allan

Angus, Neb. - This tiny Nuckolls County Village that some said isn't any more definitely is.

    Mrs. Marion Devitt, Village Clerk, wishes reporters who said Angus voted itself off the Nebraska map in Tuesday's elections would tend to their knitting.

    That's what she intends to do.

    What actually happened was that all of the 11 eligible voters in this hamlet of 17 voted unanimously to abolish the town's status as an incorporated community.

    But please, unless you want to face Mrs. Devitt and her knitting needles, Angus will remain on the map.

    Actually, the vote means the folks here were tired of government red tape.  Mayor Wayne Wroughton, who took time out from helping harvest milo, and Mrs. Devitt explained.   "I'm done being called your honor" his honor said.  "It'll be up to the county commissioners from now on.

A RELIEF

    "As of Jan 1 we just won't have any more city business to transact," added the white haired city clerk.  "It'll all be done over at the county seat at Nelson, 10 miles Southwest.  And I'll have more time for my crocheting and knitting.  It'll be a relief."

    The mayor blamed a population decline from 35 in the 1960 census as well as the government red tape for stepping out of the incorporated ranks.  "We don't have a sewer, power, or water system so what difference does it really make?" He said.

    It was the way the state kept sending us new forms to fill out, asking us to make estimates of what were we going to do with streets and sewers and the like six years ahead,"  Mrs. Devitt added "why, for months we don't even have a bill coming in and they want estimates six years in advance.

"It was a headache.  Well now the county can grade our gravel streets (her husband operates a county road maintainer).  If not, we'll do it ourselves or wade in the mud."  Both officials said there was another major factor --no youth.

HUNTING AREA

    They said the youngest citizens are 45-50.  The board, besides Mayor Wroughton, Mrs. Devitt and her husband, includes Frank Lindville, 85.  his wife is city treasurer the sixth member is Mrs. Bonnie Springer.

    Mrs. Devitt said she had told the mayor she was going to resign before the election.  Then he went down and got together with the county attorney and we put the dissolution of the incorporation of Angus on the ballot,"  she said.  "it was getting to the point where when you are all as old as we are on the board, it was getting nerve-racking."  Farmer - General Store Operator, Kenneth Dohse said Angus is definitely on the map as one of the states best hunting headquarter.

    Two hunters from Oklahoma moved in Thursday for the pheasant season opening Saturday and he expects 10 to 15 more hunting season residents as well as scores of others who stop off at the store for supplies, his artistry as a licenses shell loader, and hunting tips.

NO FEDERAL AID

    Dohse is upset that maybe the voting residents "jumped the gun" in the eelction.  he claimed the business people had no vote.  He and his wife live outside of town.  So does the operator of the only garage and Mrs. Pansy Overtuf, Postmaster.

    "We wish they had waited until they had to "  Dohse said.  "As I understand it, we now are no longer eligible for federal aid funds, low-cost housing and the like and I imagine it will be more difficult for us to get bank loans.  I think they out to have waited until they saw what happens when the Angus Dam goes in.  That could mean a lot of new people in here.

    Angus Dam is part of the Little Blue Project of the Missouri Basin Plan.  The proposed dam would be two to three miles upstream from the town.  The mayor and Mrs. Devitt concede a touch of sadness over the declining forthunes of the village.  The town, named for a Burlington Railroad official, once had a bustling economy.

    Neal wehrman 89, the oldest resident, remembers it as a boy when the Burlington first lured settlers.

    We used to have a railroad depot, two elevators, lumberyard, blacksmith shop, a hotel, and a bank,"  Mrs. Devitt said.  "we had two churches but they moved ou the united Brethren.  now all we have left is the store, garage, post office and the Church of Christ where we voted and a rural school out in the county.  Oh, yes we still have our sod house we built for the state centennial three years ago.

    Asked about Angus's Future, Mrs. Devitt said she wouldn't tempt to say."

    If we don't get young people in and if the old people all pass on I suppose we might just become a spot on the road" she said.  "but until we do we are certainly going to be on the map.

Source:  Evening World Herald 8.13.1903
Omahan Buys edgar mill
Edgar, Neb., August 13, The Edgar milling company has sold the entire stock of the Edgar rolling mills to PH Updyke of Omaha.  mr. Updyke will add additional facilities so that the mill can be run day and night up to it's full capacity which is fifty barrels of flour.  The stock was sold at face value and amounted to $4,800.
Source:  Edgar Post 8.26.1904
The Edgar Mill has put up a large storage bin just north of the mill.  It's capacity is 5,000 bushels.  With what wheat the mill will hold this gives a storage capacity of almost 8,000 bushels.  This is been an improvement that the mill has needed for some time., and we are pleased to note that it has been added to the plant.
Source:  The Edgar Sun  8.8.1913
EDGAR MILL BURNED.
The fire alarm Sunday morning about 2:30 startled the people in their beds and they arose to find that the Edar Mill was on fire.  From appearances the fire started in the east end of the mill, probably in the south east corner.  The fire company and hundreds of people were soon on the ground but the fire had progressed to such an extent that all efforts to save the mill were unavailing.  The coal sheds of the Chichago Lumber company were found to be on fire and all efforts were turned to saving as much of the sheds as possible and the coal in them.  By vigorous efforts on the part of the fire company the sheds were partly saved and all the coal, which was really a wonderful achievement, considering the awful heat in such close proximity.
The Woods Bros. Inform us that they estimate their loss at about $8,000.  This includes the mill, the steam engine and, perhaps, the old roller flour machinery, about 1,000 bushels of wheat and nearly car load of flour.  The Midget machinery for grinding flour was also in the mill, but it had only been placed there on trial, and the company had beennotified that it did not prove satisfactory and to remove it.  This machinery was invoiced at $8,000 making the total about $16,000.  The roigin of the fire is unknown but it is believed to be incendiary.
Nuckolls County Herald 8.8.1913 pg 3
Edgar Flour Mill Destroyed by Fire.
Edgar, Neb., Aug 5 - The Edgar flour mill was burned to the ground and all the machinery ruined or greatly damaged.  in the bins were stored 1,000 bushels of wheat and a carload of flour.  The mill and it's contents were valued at about $12,000.  The insurance will not cover half the loss.  The origin of the fire is believed to be incendiary.
Source;  Nuckolls County herald 8.8.1913 pg1
Edgar mill is Destroyed.
Edgar, Sunday .  The Edgar flour mill was discoved on fire this morning about 2 o'clock.  The alarm was given and the fire company was soon on the ground but hte flames had gained such headway that all efforts to save the building and contents were unavailing.  The entire building was burned to the ground and all the machinery was ruined or damaged so as to be rendered useless.  There were stored in the bins 1000 bushels of wheat and a carload of flour, besides a quantity of chop stuff, bran and shorts.  No correct estimate can as yet be made of the loss, but it is certain that the mill and it's contents were valued at about $12000.  The loss is only partly covered by insurance.  The origin of the fire, the owners allege was incendiary, but as yet no clue to the perpetrators has been obtained. - State Journal. 
Source:  The Edgar Sun 8.15.1913
Montgomery Bros. bought the iron of the Edgar mill and have sold part of it to Jensens of Nelson.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 9.11.1914 pg 5
Lost - Gold watch and fob, on the Blue River near the Old Edgar Mill Site.  "Dorring" engraved on inside of case.  Finder will please return to this office and receive reward. 18-20
Source:  Nelson Gazette 10.22.1925
Mr. and mrs. Frank Schuyler were visitors at the home of Mr. and mrs. Geo Felton this week.  Mr. Schuyler lived in that vicinity when a boy, but now resides in California.  They had a most enjoyable visit with friends of former days.  mr. Schuyler's father built the Edgar Mill years ago. 

SOURCE:  NELSON GAZETTE 8.1.1912

Mrs. Leonard Gibson Leaped from Burlington Train into the Blue River.
Mrs. Leonard Gibson jumped from the rear end of the Burlington passenger train Friday evening as it was crossing the bridge south of Angus over the Blue River.  The fall was a distance of about forty feet.  The train was going at about a 25 mile speed and the only wonder was that the woman was not instantly killed.  Mrs. Gibson had come from Lincoln where she had been in a sanitarium, and stopped off to see her mother.  The two were on their way to Nelson and as the train pulled out of Angus, Mrs. Gibson asked her mother to do some errand for her at the other end of the car.  As the train approached the bridge she ran to the rear platform and jumped off. As soon as the train could be stopped the crew went to the rescue and the woman was taken from the water.  She was badly bruised about the head, shoulder and one arm, and it was thought at first she was dead.  But a careful examination showed that there was still some signs of life.  There being no doctor at Angas at the time, the train was hurried to nelson where a physician was in waiting at the depot.  The unfortunate woman was taken to the home of LA Reynolds and cared for as best they could, but the injury had been too severe, and the woman died Sunday morning.  There is no doubt that the woman was temporarily demented, and she was being watched by relatives as she had previously shown some indications of self destruction.  She had been in poor health for some years and it is likely that this was the cause of her rash act which was a severe shock to her family.
Addie Thomas Gibson was born in Lewis County MO., August 24, 1882, and died in nelson July 28th, 1912, at the age of 29 yers 11 months and 4 days.  She united with the Evangelical church about fifteen years ago and lived a Christian life to the time of her death.  She was united in marriage to Leonard Gibson march 18th, 1903 and to this union one child was born which died in infancy.  Her life during the past eight years was accompanied with great affliction in the shape of bodily suffering from which death brought her blessed relief.  She leaves to mourn her death a husband , mother, five brothers, one sister and a host of friends and relatives.  Her last words were that she would soon see her little baby that preceded her some years ago.
The funeral occurred from the Presbyterian churhc Monday morning at half past ten o'clock.  re. WP Bancroft and Rev JF Green conducted the services. 

Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 16, 1888, page 501

 If you only knew how much good you are doing me by the Home talks you would rejoice.  it is just what I need to help me walk uprightly before God.  Oh, if all the young christians could have the Home talks to help them along!  I wish GLEANINGS were a weekly, for it does me so much good.  may God spare you and bless you for the good you are doing.

Angus, Neb.    - Daniel Miner -

Source:  Nelson  Gazette 9.16.1897
EM Bucholtz lost a valuable horse a few days ago.
Charlie Fuller has sold his fine bunch of hogs to WH Kinnison
Several Dago peddlers have been selling  their wares to our people for the past few days.
'Squire Burd has been clerking with a pitchfork for Sam Doane, the past few days.
Source:  Edgar Post 10-29-1897
A seventeen pound daughter was born to Mr & Mrs Melvin Gildersleeve of Angus on the 26th.
Source:  Superior Sun 2.9.1899
WH Kinnison, the wide awake politician of the "Little Blue" was down from Angus Monday on business.
Source  Edgar Post 9.25.1903
The insurance adjuster came to adjust the Dan Taylor's loss in the buning of his house.  The insurance he received was $350.00.
Ernie Perryman has been laid up for  a few weeks on account of a lame foot.  He mashed his foot while working with the bridge gang.
John Johnson was in town Thursday to have his hand treated by the doctor. 
Source:  Nuckolls COunty Herald 12.15.1905
Elmer Hatton of Angus shipped out a car load of cattle and hogs Tuesday to St. Joe.
Source:  Nuckolls COunty Herald 2.1.1906
WH Kinnison's little daughter is criticall ill.
The red flag is waving over Angus now a days.
Dr. Anderson of Edgar was called to Angus Saturday.
Will Adamson is rerecting some very substantial fence on his beautiful farm north of Angus. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 4.11.1907
The County surveyor was surveying lots in Angus the first of the week.
NH Burd is putting a new roof on his store building.
Source:  Edgar Weekly Sun 2.12.1915
Grippe and pneumonia seem to be everywhere.
Angus has plenty of mud.
Some of the men went out hunting Thursday and had the luck of getting two coons.
Some in the neighborhood are taking advantage of the nice weather and doing their butchering.
Measles are still in the Marshall school neighborhood.
The wolf hunt was well attended Friday but no wolves were captured.
Telephone service is not very good during such inclement weather.
John Judy and wife have moved back on the farm from Edgar. 
Source:  The Edgar Sun 5.19.1916 pg 6
There is some talk of putting in a good cement culvert, in east of Angus, the old bridge that is there now has caused the water to run uphill onto Mr. L. Moss'es potato field causing lots of damage to him, we all hope this will be cheerfully considered as it is a place that needs attention and should be fixed.
If you are figuring on building this Spring it will pay you to see the stock of Lumber and Borin Bros. carry as it is all new lumber and the prices are right, come to Angus and be assured of this fact.  They always pay the highest market price for grain and sell the lumber and coal the cheapest by fiving good quality stuff for the least money.
Cal Judy is building a fine building for machinery on his place in Angus, Cal believes in keeping his machinery out of the weather.
Charley Chamberlin is hauling wheat to Angus with his tractor.
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Source:  Nelson Gazette

·       8.13.1925  One evening last week we spent a pleasant evening with 'the brethren at A ngus. Bro. Hagee who was fo rmerly a student pastor of Angus, returned for a short visit on his vacation. Bro. Bagee is now located a t B arnard, Mo. There accompanied Bro. Hagee and his family, Bro. Logan, now a student from the Christian Bible College of Colorado. We were very glad to make the acquaintance of these fine people and to learn that M r. Logan is to locate with the brethren in Angus. We are very much interested in this field and we shall hope for some real live activity for the people of Angus under the leadership of Bro. Logan.

·       2.18.26  The county jail will be in charge of a new custodian. Worthy B. Wood retires and Neal Peters assumes the duties of Sheriff. Mr. Peters comes from Angus, Sherman precinct, and he is no stranger to Nelson, as he has been a long time resident of the county and well known here.

·       2.18.26 N E W S FROM A N G U S. The Hattan families held their Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John D. King. Miss Lila had decorated the house for the occasion and a fine Christmas tree was placed in the parlor. The dinner consisted of turkey, chicken, salad, pie, cake, whip cream, ice cream, and all of the good things that go to make up the Christmas dinner. Those present, were: Mr. and Mrs. John Harvison, M r. and Mrs. John Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, Elmer Hattan, Francis M. Hattan, John L. Hattan Mr .and Mrs. Otis Sigman and children Pauline and Buddy, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kollman and daughter Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hattan and children Wilbur Dean and Arnita May, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank King.

·       2.18.26 Monday evening sixty-five neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mr«. Neal Peters surprised them about seven o’clock, bringing with them a bounteous supply of oysters, crackers and fresh milk so that the evening was spent in eating oyster soup and visiting with one another Those p resent expressed their regrets that the P e te rs were moving to Nelson w here M r. Peters takes up his work as sheriff of Nuckolls county, but at the same tim e they wished them the best o f success. All are in hopes that Mr. Peters will not return the .compliment by feeding them thirty days on bread and water.

·       12.9.26  W ANTED— A reliable man to ren t 320-acre grain and stock farm fac Cash. Phone Cherry 2, Angus. 39-41 A. E. Bures Nelson, Nebr.

·       3.10.27 L.C. Banker who has been working for the Jensens at the mill, has moved back home, over at the Blue Bluff Mill. 

·       4.21.06 Charley Herrick and Grace Burd of Angus were married last week at Clay Center.

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Source:  EDGAR POST

4.17.1903    Bures Bros. are fixing up a building for a barber shop.

4.17.1903    Harry Marshall has been appointed to look after the elevator and lumber yard of Moore & company.

4.17.1903    Our new barber, Mr. Harrick, will soon move into his office on Main Street.

4.17.1903    Timothy Kane is erecting a new house on his farm south of town. Littrell, Marshall & Piles are doing the work.

4.17.1903    The north elevator will be closed or rented.

4.17.1903    The show Thursday night given by the Wilson and Harper company was poorly attended.  Friday two of the actresses engaged in a fight at the hotel.  Strong language and hair pulling were indulged in.

4.17.1903    Bures Bros. are going to enlarge their store building this spring.

4.17.1903    The bridge south of town will soon be open to the public.
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Source:  Edgar Post 7.10.1903
At school meeting, June 30, Noah Burd was elected director and Tom Taylor moderator.
Charles Fuller took his "auto" to Edgar the Fourth.  It was in the parade.
Two carriage loads of young people drove down from Edgar Sudnay evening and called on John Billips who was selling lemonade and cool drinks in the barber shop.
Glen Beavers and wife are moving into the home vacated by Mr. Pools.
Judge Grossman and Anna Taylor were married at nelson the Fourth. It was a surprise to some who didn't expect it so soon.
Mr. Lester, the Oak butcher, came up from oak Wednesday morning, he runs a meat wagon to Angus every Wednesday. 

Source:  Nuckolls County herald 1.22.1906
The rat killing on John Jewett's farm east of Angus the first of this week was a success.  Tom Taylor reports 230 rats dead when he went home and there were more killed after but we ar not able to learn the exact number.
Source:  Edgar Sun 5.12.1916
Frank Medica is building a nice residence on his property in south Angus.
Mr. AD Scott of Edgar was in our city yesterday placing some pianos
Mr. NH Burd is passing around some of his fine Rhubarb that he has grown east of AngusThere is a picture show in Angus all this week, you had better come and see something good.
Mr. Bures received his new saw, and you canhear them sawing out lumber down on the river.
Mr. NH Burd is quite busy these days looking after his office affairs and taking care of the ranch east of town.
Mr. DAJ Skyrme has bought the Carlton property in Angus and expects to move there in a short time.
Borin Brothers just got in a shipment of Iowa Steel Gates and has one on demonstration in front of the Lumber yard.
If you are going to ship stock you can get results by shipping with the Angus Shipping Association of which JE Devore is Mgt.
It will be a credit to our little village if our town's people would get up early some of these fine mornings and make it a clean up day by getting all of the old tin cans and rubbish hauled out of their back yards.  Let's get busy and show the public in and around Angus we can have a clean town as any in the south.
Source:  Edgar Sun 10.22.1926
WH Kinnison had a carload of potatoes on the track last week, and Otto Gerlach a car load of coal.
This community was saddened to learn of the death of Alma Melvin, who passed away at her home northwest of Angus Friday night.  The funeral was held from the home Sunday afternoon.
Art Jackson hauled in $6.00 worth of alfalfa seed one day last week from the Tim Kane farm south of town to be sent to the May Seed Co. at Shenandoah Iowa. 
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 11.22.1929 pg 5
While hunting squirrels near Angus recently, Lafe Cox, retired farmer of Angus, observed a huge bird soaring above the tree tops and shot at it. When it came down with a broken left wing it was found to be a grey eagle, the first one seen in this vicinity as far as can be learned.  The eagle measured seven feet from tip to tip and was in a fighting mood after brought to town by Cox.  It grabbed at anything that came near it.  A leather glove worn by one man was snatched in the beak of the bird and several holes punched through it by the curved beak.  Cox shot it while it was flying, using the 12 gauge shot gun with which he was hunting squirrels along the Little Blue River about one and one half miles northwest of Angus.  He expects to stuff and mount the  bird.
Source:  Nuckolls County Herald 11.29.1929 pg 2
Not long ago Jim Dunken had the honor of obtaining a golden eagle and on Friday afternoon Lafe Cox of Angus brot down a big gray eagle, with a broken wing.  This is the first of its kind ever seen here to anyone's knowledge and measured seven feet from tip to tip.  Cox shot it with a 12 gauge shot gun while hunting squirrels along the Little Blue about one and one half miles north west of Angus.  He expects to stuff and mount the bird.
Source :  Edgar Sun 2.3.1939
Mrs. Margaret Wise and brother, Paul Taylor, moved to the Noah Burd farm Friday.
Source  Nelson Gazette 3.9.1939
FORMER RESIDENTS SEND GREETINGS FROM NEAR AND FAR (Partial)
Words from Old Neighbors and Friends to the Gazette Family as We Reach Another Milestone.
Mr. Scherzinger:
I came to Nebraska with my parents in 1874, from Richland county, Wisconsin, where I was born February 5, 1863.  My father took a homestead on the Little Blue River, south of where Angus is now situated.  The grasshoppers ate up completely the fruits of our first efforts, when the good people of Iowa sent car loads of food and clothing to the needy.
How well I remember the first celebration they had at nelson, and the second Fourth of July we were down on the Blue River at the DW Motgomery farm.  The Carlon girls, my two sisters and myself did the singing.  We did not havesheet music then; we took our Sunday school books and sang from them.  My we thought we were somebody. We wore the dresses we got from the Iowa aid.
MRS. HANNAH KINNISON , Angus, February 25
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Dear Scherzy:
By way of a little autobiography, I took my first glance at this fine land of ours in Franklin county, Vermont, June 8, 1854.   I was the youngest of six children in our family.  I moved to Overland Ohio with my parents when about 12 years of age.  About a year later my father passed away, and the home was broken up.  In the spring of 1874 I came to Nuckolls county.  In 1875 I went to Superior and bought two yoke of oxen and drove them to my brother George's homestead two miles west and a half mile south of what is now known as Angus, and started farming on the Ox Bow near the No 8 school house, where I attended school.
I Was married to Miss Harriett Kincannon September 5 1878.  We began housekeeping in a little dugout on the Ox Bow.  We used a dry goods box for a dresser and small boxes for chairs.  Our bed consisted of two sticks driven into the sod walls and two posts to hold up the opposite end, and a straw tick for a mattress.
Since that date wwe have farmed and worked in different occupations, and have resided in Nuckolls county almost continuously all of this time.
In the year of 1878 I rode "a horse back" to Beatrice and bought our engagement ring, and September 5th 1938, we celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary at the Angus UB Church.  We have so far enjoyed life's journey very much, and we look forward to our experience in that Heavenly home where the cares of life are over.
Mrs. Hattie Felton was born in Richland county, Wisconsin, in 1857.  She came to Nuckolls county in 1874 with her parents, in a covered wagon, taking 21 days to make the journey.
WILLIAM FELTON, Angus, February 23d
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Source:  Nelson Gazette 12.21.1950
Births - Mr. and Mrs. C W Carllson of Angus are the parents of an 8 1/2 pound daughter, Marge Clara, born December 9 at the Nelson Maternity Home.
Source:  Superior Express 6.29.1967
Oak and Angus Plan Joint Celebration.
Plans are being made for a joint Centennial Celebration by the Oak and Angus communities.  The date for the celebration has been set for Set 23 and 24.  William Ferguson of Oak is chairman of the committee in charge, and Albert Samsula, secretary -treasurer.  There will be a barbecue and entertainment of various kinds.  A metting will be held July 10 at 8pm in the basement of the Oak school to make further plans for the affair.  The public is invited to attend this meeting and assist in formulating plans for the joint celebration. 
Source:  Harvard Courier 12.17.1970
Hunting accident woulds Sutton man near Angus
A Sutton man, Dean Kissler, 36 was taken to a Hastings hospital Tuesday  following a hunting accident about 12:30pm 2 or three miles west of Angus in Nuckolls county.  Kissler was struck in the right eye and body by shot shell pellets from a hunting companions gun.  it was described as an accident.  They were quail hunting.
Kissler's companions were identified as Don Bruns 2, of Sutton and Equgene McLaughling, 22 of Sutton.
Kissler was treated by Dr. HC Nuss at Sutton then taken to the hospital by Sutton ambulance.
Details of the accident could not be deteremined immediately but it is being investigated.  Conservation Officer Norbert Kampsnider of Hastings said it is the first hunting casualty in the area this year.
Source:  Nelson Gazette 7.21.1927
Wheat Reports (Partial)
Ray Devore, Angus 28 bu
Ollie Grossman, Angus 22 bu
Emery Grossman, Angus 25 bu
Roy DeVore who was injured three weeks ago while cutting wheat on his farm near Angus, was brought home from the hospital at york last week.  his arm is mending and the doctors feel sure he will have full use of his entire hand again.
Source Nelson Gazette 11.28.1963
Mrs. Herbert Howard brought his sister, Mrs. Dale Moore and Martha Ann to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lilburn Howard.
The Fairfield Saddle Club enjoyed a trail ride along the river last Saturday.  Fred Stahnke is president of the club.  Horses were brought in trailers and trucks and unloaded in the Dohse corrals east of Angus.
Source:  Superior Express 2.13.1964
Car ROlls Near Angus
A Car driven by Ronnie Linville 29 of hastings rolled end over end when the driver lost control a mile west of Angus Saturday afternoon.  Linville was not hurt, but his car was demolished.  He had been at Angus visiting his grandparents, Mr and Mrs Frank Linville.
Source Superior Express 12.10.1964
Seven Injured in Collision on Highway 4
Car Driven by Ruth Dohse of Angus hit Broadside Sunday by Car Driven by Mrs. John Lang
An automobile collision on Highway 4, two miles north of Angus about 10am Snday resulted in injuries to seven persons.
Mrs. John lang, 26, of the Edgar vicinity, was headed east on the highway, near the overpass when a car driven by Ruth Dohse, 17, started across the highway., headed north on a county road.  The Dohse car was hit broadside and rolled over in a grader ditch on the north side of the highway.  The driver was thrown out of the car.
Mrs. Lang was accompanied by her two children, Tommy 4, and Bradley 2, and MRs. Stanley Lang, 26, and two children, Brenda 7 and Cindy 6.
Miss Dohse, mrs. John Land and son Bradley, and Mrs Stanley Lang were hospitalized at Hastings, and the others were treated for minor injuries and released.  Mrs. John Lang suffered a broken arm and ankle and numerous cuts and bruises.  Mrs. Stanley Lang received cuts that required 50 stitches to close.  The Dohse girl received deep cuts on one leg, also back and chest injuries.
Both Lang families live in the Edgar Vicinity and were on their way to Sunday school at the time of the accident.  Miss Dohse lives at Angus.
The Dohse car a 1957 Ford Tudor, is a total loss, and the Lang car, a 1958 fordor was badly damaged in the collision.
The accident was investigated by Sheriff Emil Klawitter and Deputy McKinley Adamson.  County Attorney WE Garrison was also at the scene. 
Source:  Superior Express 7.25.1968
WIND DAMAGE AT ANGUS MONDAY
Two car Garge demolished at merton McCartney Farm; other damage.
A two car garage was demolished, and many fruit trees broken down at the Merton McCartney home two miles south of Angus at about 8'oclock Monday evening. 
At the JOhn Corman farm two miles east of the McCartney place a grain bin was damaged and a number of light poles broken.  The storm had all the armarks of a twister, although no funnel cloud was sighted.
About half an inch of rain fell at the time of the windstorm and another .30 of an inch later in the night.  Wind damage was reported at the Lester Schleufer farm on Highway 136 northeast of Superior on Tuesday night of last week. About half of the roof was torn off the barn and several trees were blown down.