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Song written to commemorate the semi-centennial of Chadron by J.G.C. Akers in 1935

"Treating Disease With Faradic Currents Of Electricity" was written by J.J. Mackby M.D. and published by P.G. Williams in 1901. By inducing currents of electricity using a portable Faradic Battery, also known as an Electro-Medical Shocking Coil many…

Václav Karel's baptismal certificate. He was born in 1839 in a Bohemian village Nadryby in Pilsen region. He was baptized in the parish in Plana by priest František Piller.

His parents and grandparents came from Nadryby as well; they all were…

Weekly magazine devoted to Czech people living in the United States.

This issue informs about defeat of Germany in WWI and that the United States recognizes the independence of Czechoslovakia.

A history of the village of Opatov, Czech Republic focusing on members of the Duba family that resided in the village.

Marriage License between Václav Karel and Anna Kodým on February 2, 1864. They were united by George Schneider, a Catholic priest in Iowa City, Iowa.

Black and white postcard of early downtown Kearney, Nebraska, showing dirt roads as Central Ave.

A History of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Geranium Nebraska. St. Wenceslaus Church supported a Catholic congregation from 1882 until it closed in 1993. The Church building was purchased by local residents Gerald and Patricia Chulupsky in 2013. The…

A booklet of sheet music from the Kearney Normal School. The song is a March titled "Spirit of K.S.N."