130 Years Ago -- 11/18/2007

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For the Lincoln Journal Star

   1867: Gov. David Butler designated Thursday "a day of Thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God by all the people of this state." Butler "earnestly" recommended that all people suspend their usual labors and assemble in their accustomed places of worship.

   1877: Nebraskans learned the Wyoming Territory opposed a plan to create the state of South Dakota from the area surrounding the Black Hills. It was suggested instead that the Black Hills be added to Wyoming.

   1887: Work on the Capitol, the second in Lincoln, was suspended for the winter. Stone work on the tower was almost complete.

   1897: An investigation of the state school at Kearney began after charges of irregularities in management were made.

   1907: For six months, the Nebraska State Penitentiary showed receipts almost large enough to pay operating expenses.

   1917: A huge war balloon escaped from Fort Omaha and traveled into Kansas, its 6,000 feet of steel cable playing havoc with telephone wires.

   1927: Damage was estimated at $250,000 from a fire in the Hardy Furniture Co. warehouses at Seventh and L streets.

   1937: Motorcycle patrols were added to the Lincoln police force to check parked cars in a crackdown on parking regulation violators.

   1947: Minden was preparing for an influx of 20,000 people for its annual Christmas pageant.

   1957: Nebraska had the lowest scholastic requirements to teach school and the lowest average teacher salaries of 48 states, according to the National and Nebraska State Education associations.

   1967: The Ralph J. Knobels of Jefferson County were recognized as Nebraska Honor Farm Family of the Year by the Sunday Journal Star.

   1977: Oklahoma quarterback Thomas Lott drove Nebraska to distraction with his scrambling and option pitchouts. Lott scored once, keyed two other touchdown drives in the first half and led Oklahoma into the Orange Bowl with a 38-7 victory over the Cornhuskers.

   1987: Lincoln Mayor Bill Harris returned from Japan confident his trip would help stimulate Japanese development and investment in Lincoln.

   1997: NET made a documentary of  "Torn  Notebook," the sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, which was erected in September 1996 at the corner of 12th and Q streets. In little over a year, the spiral notebook became a downtown Lincoln attraction.