Today my brother Dan sent a photo of a brief entry that he discovered in the 6 March 1920 issue of The Nebraska Farmer magazine. The entry, written by one Cornelius P. Buller, age 13, of Lushton, Nebraska, recounted an interesting story.
Further investigation revealed that each issue of The Nebraska Farmer contained a section titled Young People that typically contained five to eight such stories. It seems that the magazine invited Nebraska kids to send them brief stories for each issue. The best stories received some sort of prize; others were honored by being published for the magazine’s large readership.
No one familiar with Grandpa Chris’s storytelling prowess will be shocked that he showed it at an early age. Still, it is quite a surprise to learn that at least one of his stories was published when he was a young teen.
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