The Omaha World-Herald is a daily newspaper in the midwestern United States,the primary newspaper of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
The Liberty Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between Columbia University and Fordham University,two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football programs in New York City. The cup was awarded annually from 2002 to 2015,but the two teams have not met since then.
Stromsburg High School was a public high school located in the community of Stromsburg,Nebraska,United States. It was founded in 1887 and closed in 2002,after consolidation with Benedict,Nebraska. The school's mascot was the Vikings. In 1999,the Stromsburg Vikings football team won the Nebraska Class C-2 football championship against Randolph.
The Omaha Daily Bee,in Nebraska,United States,was a leading Republican newspaper that was active in the late 19th and early 20th century. The paper's editorial slant frequently pitted it against the Omaha Herald,the Omaha Republican and other local papers. After a 1927 merger,it was published as the Bee-News until folding in 1937.
Larry Donovan is an American former gridiron football coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Montana from 1980 to 195 and as head coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League from 1987 to 1989. Donovan's coaching career spanned 52 years,working with teams in the United States,Canada,and Japan.
John Albert Williams was a minister,journalist,and political activist in Omaha,Nebraska. He was born to an escaped slave and spoke from the pulpit and the newspapers on issues of civil rights,equality,and racial harmony. He was a highly respected minister,journalist,and civic leader. He served on many committees and boards among Omaha's black community and in the Omaha and Nebraska Episcopal Church.
Alfred S. Barnett was an American journalist and civil rights activist in Omaha,Nebraska,Des Moines,Iowa,and Chicago,Illinois. In Des Moines,Barnett created and ran the newspaper,The Weekly Avalanche from 1891 to 1894. Before moving to Des Moines,he contributed to his brother,Ferdinand L. Barnett's Omaha paper,The Progress. He worked for civil rights also a member and an officer of numerous civil rights organizations,including the Nebraska branch of the National Afro-American League and the Afro-American Protective Association of Iowa. Barnett was described as a "pleasing speaker".
Henry Vinton Plummer,Jr. was an American lawyer,real estate agent,civil rights activist,and black nationalist. In the 1920s he became involved in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA),leading the organizations publicity and propaganda wings,Garvey's secret service,and its militia.
Zanzye Herterzena A. Hill was Nebraska's first African American female lawyer.
The 1914 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1914.
The 1912 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1912.
The 1908 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1908.
The 1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1900.
The 1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1898. Incumbent Populist Governor Silas A. Holcomb did not stand for re-election. Populist and Democratic fusion nominee William A. Poynter defeated Republican nominee Monroe Hayward with 50.19% of the vote.
Ethel Wisner Evans was an American impressionist painter who in the nineteenth century supervised art instruction for the Omaha Public Schools,wrote art criticism for the Omaha Bee,and exhibited in Paris.
Helen Martanie Snowden was a professional artist working in Omaha,Nebraska,in the 1890s and early twentieth century,known for her still life painting,including trompe l'oeil trophy pictures.
Alice E. Cleaver (1870-1944) was an American artist known for impressionistic oil paintings depicting women,music,and still life,as well as for her scenes of daily life and landscapes in the American Southwest.
Keith Martin was an American abstract and surrealist painter and collagist during the 20th century. His paintings are in a multitude of art museums and collections,including the Smithsonian American Art Museum,The National Gallery of Art,and the Museum of Modern Art.
