Dorchester Times: CLASSIFIEDS: March 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

CLASSIFIEDS: March 2010

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7 comments:

Cleaning LadyMarch 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM
CLEANING SERVICE AVAILABLE

MY PHONE NUMBER IS 826-7036 AND I CLEAN IN THE DORCHESTER AREA PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
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AnonymousMarch 12, 2010 at 12:12 PM
NEW MEN'S JORDAN BASKETBALL SHOES - SIZE 13

Worn once, black and red colors. $25. They are the wrong size for me. They will make you dunk, nail 3-pointers and fly when no one is looking.

(402) 418-1021
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AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 7:03 PM
I am loooking for an ambitious individual(s) who would be available to rake a corner lot. Individual(s) would also be required to pick up and dispose of leaves/sticks, etc. Please call 402-641-2961 with your quote.
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AnonymousMarch 18, 2010 at 2:22 PM
4 bedroom 8 room 2 level apartment for rent. Available April 1st for occupancy. Call Cynthia 617-201-1633. Large unit, clean with hardwood floors and close to shopping, and public transportation.
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AnonymousMarch 18, 2010 at 2:40 PM
NEED MORE ROOM IN OUR HOUSE:

Dining Room Glass Table. Black Metal base. Seating for four, no chairs - - $50.00

Used outside Dog Kennel, Tall/Big - - $75.00

Used Treadmill, works great - - $75

Mary Kay skin care and makeup products - 20 % off till the end of April 2010

if interested in any of these items, please call Jessica 418-4840
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AnonymousMarch 18, 2010 at 4:04 PM
Looks like 617 area code above is from the Boston subburbs. That's a heck of a commute to Nebraska. At least I could catch the Red Sox, though.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Free service:
Will remove junk cars and scrap metal from town or farms in Dorchester area.
call 946-2120 and ask for Austin
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."