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Dec. 3, 1925
HARTINGTON - Mr. and Mrs.
C.J. Dendinger entertained at a family party on Thanksgiving Day.
The guests included his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dendinger, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lubeley and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dendinger and family, Lloyd Hansen of Omaha, and Miss Marvel Hansen of Wayne. Mrs. Chas. Nelson Sr. and daughter Mayme, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Samelson were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mrs. Chas.
Samelson.
Dec. 3, 1925
HARTINGTON - For several years auto license plate number 13-1 has perched fore and aft on the car driven by John Lorang of Laurel, and it’s a cinch that it is going to be there again next year, for Mr. Lorang has the honor of being the first auto owner in Cedar county to make a reservation of his auto license plates for next year. He ought to be entitled to that 13-1.
Many auto owners over the county who have become attached to a certain number in past years, are also reserving the same number for next year. This can be done in December, although the plates will probably not be issued until January. In the last year or two the treasurer’s office has accommodated Hartington people by issuing them licenses bearing their telephone numbers, so it would be more easy to remember the license number.
This practice will again be carried out next year, as all such numbers will be reserved until Jan. 1. Others who have such pet numbers as 1313 or 13-23 can reserve them this month.
The new plates for 1926 put in an appearance here Monday, and when they were examined, the county officials got an awful shock.
The plates were supposed to have a light green background on which black numbers were to be placed, but instead of that the numbers are white on a green background. The shade of green is about that of a person’s face who is deathly seasick, but at that the color combination isn’t so bad. It has plenty of individuality, as did the orange and black plates this year, so Nebraska cars will be recognized anywhere.
About 5,000 plates for cars, trucks and motorcycles have been received for distribution in 1926.
This is a greater number than for 1925. For this year there were about 4,200 auto license plates, but for next year that number has been increased to 4,500.
Dec. 3, 1925
HARTINGTON - Of course, things were somewhat slow and “backwoods’y” around here in 1888, according to the views of the swift-moving younger generation of today, but just the same Henry Stuckenhoff, well known contractor here in the earlier days, believes he set a record for moving a house back in that year which would hump some of the younger folks today to beat.
The house in question is the one occupied at present by the William Israelsen family. It was originally located on the Anton Beste homestead northeast of Bow Valley. In 1888 Mr. Beste and his family left the farm and moved to Hartington, and decided they would like to have the same house here, so Mr.
Stuckehoff was hired to move the building.
Four teams and four men besides himself were used by Stuckehoff. On the first day the roof of the building was taken off and brought into town by itself, using the four teams and wagons for the job.
On the second day, the rest of the house was loaded on the wagons and started to town. This wasn’t a very simple matter, for the roads then weren’t something to cause much boasting. Stuckehoff and his men brought the house “across lots” over the hills along the highest ridges and across the valleys, arriving at the creek near the Goetz bridge on the evening of the second day.
On the third day of the job, the force came to town, got lumber from a yard here, and proceeded to build two bridges over the creek, so the four wagons, one under each corner of the house, could cross.
The bridge was completed, the house was brought to town and set on its foundation and the lumber for the bridges was taken back to the yard all in that day.
Incidentally, Stuckehoff was paid the munificent sum of $45.
