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Oct. 7, 1920
HARTINGTON - Although the score would indicate a one sided contest, the first three quarters were hard rought periods of play.
In the last 15 minutes, however, the visitors weakened and the locals went across for three touchdowns.
The entire game was as clean a contest as has ever been played here, with only one penalty and that for five yards on HHS for being off side.
During the third quarter, Scoville who is Hartington’s plucky right end went out with an injury to his foot that will keep him out of the game for two or three weeks. Harold Olsen ably filled the place left vacant by Scoville’s injury.
The first score for the locals came after about six minutes of play when a pass by Robinson to Millard for 15 yards put the pigskin over the V. H. S. goal for six points. Robinson kicked goal. Before the quarter ended Nedrow went over on a “boner” for six more and Robinson again kicked goal. First quarter ended 14-0 in favor of the locals.
On a smash shortly after the second half opened, Robinson went over the top for a touchdown and added one with his toe. Before this period was over Tyler of Verdigre got away for a fluke run for a touchdown and kicked goal, thereby scoring the V. H. S. seven points. Third quarter ended 21-7 in favor of H. H. S.
Oct. 7, 1920
HARTINGTON - Miss Mildred Scoville, who has been engaged in Red Cross work for some time, has received a well deserved promotion and arrives at Minneapolis today to assume her new duties.
Miss Scoville will have charge of all Red Cross work to be done for service men suffering from nervous and mental diseases in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and will have her headquarters at Minneapolis.
Miss Scoville, who took a course in social and philanthropic work at Chicago, made a good record in Red Cross work during the war, and has fairly won her promotion.
Oct. 7, 1920
HARTINGTON - W. A. Grant, the local Buick dealer, has just received the following telegram from the Buick Motor Company: “In the event of any unexpected reduction in labor and material effecting the cost and justifying the lowering of the list price of Buick cars prior to May 1, 1921, we will refund to every purchaser during that period the amount of such reduction.”
Oct. 7, 1920
HARTINGTON - The fuel situation in this city at the present time is very serious. There is not a pound of coal in town and no immediate prospect of securing any.
The only fuel at all available in the city is a little slack at one of the elevators, and the other elevators have none.
The present fuel famine in Hartington appears to be due, not to any fault of the local dealers, nor to an actual shortage of coal, but to the inability of the railroads to get cars for shipment. The local coal dealers have all had orders in for a long time, and some of them have cars of fuel in transit, but at present they are unable to make any definite promises to their customers.
On the whole, the fuel situation in this city is more acute than it has ever been before at this time of the year. Not only are the coal dealers out of fuel at the present time, but coal has been scarce all the season, and comparatively few people have in their winter’s supply. Only a few cars of hard coal have come into the city during the summer and the soft coal supply has been very limited and, in consequence, there are a great many empty coal bins in town. A number of people who have furnaces in their homes have not a shovelful of coal on hand to supply their needs during the coming winter months.
Oct. 7, 1920
HARTINGTON - One of the most horrible accidents which have ever occurred in this community happened Friday evening at the J. F. Arens place when Elizabeth, the four year old daughter of the family was almost torn to pieces by an enraged sow.
The little girl and her sister, Caroline, were out in the barnyard gathering eggs, and as they were passing through the pig yard a small pig squealed. The old sow, hearing the noise, became excited and charged at the little girls. They ran to the gate, but, failing to get it open, attempted to climb over the fence. Caroline succeeded, but before her sister could escape, the enraged hog had seized her by the leg and dragged her down, attacking her in a ferocious manner.
Miss Emma Schulte, a young woman who is employed at the Arens home, was attracted to the scene by the noise and, through the combined efforts of her and Caroline, the angry sow was at last driven off and the child rescued.
