Omaha time capsule

This year, The World-Herald celebrates its 125th birthday. Here’s a sampling of what’s been happening all these years from the pages of our newspaper.

Demonstration shows how little labor is needed for washing

Sept. 7, 1920: A Maytag Electric Washing Machine Demonstration and Sale at the Union Outfitting Co. promised to show “how a week’s washing can be done in an hour at a cost of only a few cents for electricity.”

1956: Listen to the “champagne music” of Lawrence Welk live in concert at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Tickets: $2 to $5.

1956: How can a career girl maintain her feminine charm while competing with men for jobs? Elizabeth Hill, the new dean of women at the University of Omaha, said the question was a big problem for modern girls. Hill said most of today’s college girls wanted to get some job or career training while in school, even though marriage is the main goal in life for most of them.

1985: The director of Nebraska’s Agriculture Department predicted that 10 percent to 15 percent, or 6,000 to 9,000 of Nebraska’s 60,000 farmers, would be “displaced by liquidation, bankruptcy or foreclosure in the next six to nine months.”

1985: Gas prices had declined in the past month for the first time in three months, the AAA Cornhusker Motor Club said. The club said its survey of 142 gas stations showed an average price for regular of $1.177 a gallon, down 2 cents from a month earlier; unleaded, $1.259, down 1.7 cents; and Gasohol, $1.243, down 2.5 cents.

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