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Feb. 3, 1916 RANDOLPH - Carriers out of Randolph Have Good January Count The counting and weighing of the mail handled by the five rural carriers out of Randolph for the month of January shows plenty of business. The totals are as follows: First class mail ....................... 8076 Newspapers ......................... 22089 Circulars ................................. 8517 Parcels ...................................... 695 Free matter ............................... 374 Total pieces ........................... 39741 The total weight of this mass of mail was not far from three tons hauled over the rural routes. The postage amounted to $317.23, not estimating newspapers except those carrying stamps. The postage bill for parcels alone was $64.24.
The carriers collected a total of 2945 pieces of mail that weighed 183 pounds and bore $56 worth of stamps.
Feb. 3, 1916
RANDOLPH -Last Friday editor Peck of Randolph attended the meet of the N. E. Nebraska editors at Wayne.
The extreme cold no doubt contributed to keep many editors at home, yet there was a fairly good company of the live ones and they felt repaid for the journey. Editors Huse and Gardner of the Wayne papers overlooked nothing that would contribute to the comfort or entertainment of the city’s guests.
Personally we were interested in the talk of Mr. Ahearn, a Wayne merchant and a big advertiser. He finds that publicity for his store pays him in dollars and cents, and declared the merchants and newspapers should work together for the good of the city. The newspaper needs the support of the business men to make it a better paper and therefore a better medium for the merchant to reach the buying public.
Short impromptu talks were made by Victor Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee; Hon. John L. Kennedy, republican candidate for U. S. senator, and Eugene O. Mayfield, editor of the Sunday World-Herald. Mr. Kennedy, without preparation, gave a talk that appealed to and was a valuable lesson for the pupils there assembled.
He instilled high ideals and pleaded for thoroughness and exactness in their work and showed them the necessity for laying a broad and secure foundation upon which to rest their education.
The visit to the state normal was a revelation to us. It was our first visit, and we want to say that the new buildings are grand.
The speakers were Mr. Mayfield, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. M. A. Phillips, of Wayne; N. A. Huse, of Norfolk; F. S. Berry, of Wayne; M. M. Warren, of Lyons; Mr. Rosewater and Rev. W. L. Gaston, of Wayne. Besides which there were some acceptable musical selections.
Cedar county was represented by Nevin of Laurel, Stone and O’Furey of Hartington and Peck of Randolph.
Feb. 3, 1916
RANDOLPH - Last Friday the Wakefield basket ball team was defeated on the local floor 12 to 31. The first half was close, 10 to 13, but in the last session our tossers romped away with the game.
Bowles was laid out for five minutes during the game by a hard kick in the stomach, and Waggoner got a hard knock on the head by colliding with a door jamb. In the second Agerter got back into the game and Ivol Fleury also played, Trump retiring.
Trump’s Methodist boys and the second high school team also played, the Trumps winning 14 to 2.
Feb. 3, 1916
RANDOLPH -The Randolph high school basket ball team has applied for a place in the state meet at Lincoln.
The entry blank is expected in a few days and will be filled and forwarded at once. It is expected that the local team may be entered in class B, a class in which teams from this size place compete with each other.
The boys are putting in all the practice they can and should their plans go through will do their best to give a good account of themselves and the school. They do not expect to win any championships or silver cups, but feel that the experience will be worth something.
Feb. 3, 1916
HARTINGTON — Vital statistics of the state indicate Cedar County did not make her usual flattering showing during the year 1915.
The increase in population will not be very great unless it comes from new families moving into the County.
There were 397 children born in the county in 1915, an increase of just seven from 1914. The number of boys born dropped from 200 to 195 and the number of girls born went from 190 to 202.
There were 104 deaths in 1915 against 91 the year previous, leaving a net gain of 293. The marriage statistics for 1914 show there were 116 marriages that year. County Judge Bryant issued just 107 marriage licenses throughout the year 1915.
Feb. 4, 1926
BELDEN - Miss Marie Lorge has resigned her position as stenographer at the First National bank, and Miss Lillian Troutman of Laurel has accepted the position.
Miss Lorge will leave about the first of February for Chicago.
Feb. 4, 1926
BELDEN - Marshal Carroll started out on Monday morning with a number of appearance cards in his pocket all ready to attach to the steering wheel of any auto found on the streets with a last year’s license number.
The old vintage seems to be pretty scarce, but should any be found the owner will be asked to tell it to the judge.
Feb. 4, 1926
HARTINGTON - Plans for the erection of a modern building to house the county jail and those ordinarily sent to a county poor farm, all under the direct management of one person, are now being considered by members of the board of county commissioners, according to A. J. Thoene, chairman of the board.
Feb. 4, 1926
HARTINGTON - Something new in postal cards is being issued by the government postal department, it being a 3-cent postal card which can be mailed in the United States and delivered in foreign countries.
