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Sept. 23, 1920
HARTINGTON - Nebraska will have a new constitution as returns from the Tuesday election indicate that all the amendments were carried, according to a telegram received this noon by The News from the Omaha election bureau.
Although the voting was light throughout the county, almost all of the amendments were carried by an overwhelming majority.
Women in the cities and towns took considerable interest in the election but in the rural districts they did little voting. This was probably due to lack of previous organization and to distance from the polls. In Hartington close to 100 women voted; it was a good turnout as compared with the 150 men votes from the two wards. In Fordyce not a woman’s vote was recorded. In Magnet, Laurel, and Randolph there was rather a high percentage of women’s votes. In precinct 2, in the northwest corner of the county and in precinct 6 there were no women’s votes recorded.
The greatest opposition in Cedar county to any of the amendments was registered against amendment No. 38, with 1085 votes for and 526 against. The amendment one of the most progressive features of the constitution enables the legislature to enact laws for the investigation and determination of controversies between employees and workers in any business or vocation affected with a public interest.
Sept. 23, 1925
HARTINGTON — “Our football team has a stiff schedule for this season,” said Supt. A. M. Nelson last week, “but we are hoping to repeat our record of last year when we won eight of the nine games that we played.
“The first game of the season will be played at Laurel on Friday. The team under the coaching of Mr. Tyson and the captaincy of Fred Barnhart has already had some hard practice and we hope to have an interesting game on Friday.”
The schedule for the season is as follows: * Sept. 24. Laurel at Laurel. * Oct. 1. Yankton at Hartington. * Oct. 8. Verdigre at Hartington. * Oct. 15. Randolph at Hartington. * Oct. 23. Vermillion at Vermillion.
* Oct. 29. Verdigre at Verdigre.
* Nov. 12. Randolph at Randolph.
* Nov. 19. Laurel at Hartington.
Sept. 24, 1925
HARTINGTON — Sunday dances in Cedar County will be stopped as contrary to law and public morals.
A crowd was gathered at the Henry Nohr place near Aten last Sunday night all ready for the fiddles to tune up, when the sheriff and county attorney appeared and postponed the jazzfest. From the Nohr place they drove to Homewood Park where a dance was in progress. Mr. Hoese, the manager, was asked to call the dance off, but as it was nearly Monday morning the dancers had almost their money’s worth when the officers came. No more Sunday dances at Homewood is the order. At the Vanderheiden farm near Laurel a Sunday dance will also be closed.
Sept. 24, 1925
LAUREL — A most deplorable accident occurred Wednesday when the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Johnson drowned in a tank of water at their home.
Evelyn Loretta was fourteen months and two days of age at her death and the funeral was held at the Johnson home Thursday morning and also at the Evangelical Lutheran church with the services conducted by the Rev. Neiderwimmer of Coleridge.
