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1911: Mischief, misdemeanors are at an all-time low here

May 24, 1906

HARTINGTON — A Memorial Day program will be held in Hartington May 30 at 10 a.m.

A procession composed of G.A.R. members and citizens led by the Citizen’s Concert Band, will march to the cemeteries and decorate the graves of our soldier dead.

Dinner will be served in the Rankin Building at 12 noon. The proceeds of the meal will be used for improving the cemetery.

Exercises at the Courthouse will begin at 2 p.m. The Citizens Concert Band will provide the music and Rev. J.W. DeMerritt will give the invocation. Rev. Father Glauber and F.M. Druliner will give the addresses. Lunch will be served at the Rankin Building and an open air band concert will be held.

May 18, 1911

HARTINGTON — Something seems to have seriously discouraged devilment in Cedar County. Maybe State’s Attorney O‘Gara’s prosecutions or Judge Bryant’s decisions have been responsible, or possibly everyone is simply too busy in the fields to indulge in mischief. At any rate, Clerk of Courts John Albert Olsen says there is less business in his office than ever before.

May 18, 1911

HARTINGTON — Quay Burney is planting corn in the Pleasant Dale area for Elmer Parks.

May 18, 1911

HARTINGTON — At a recent meeting of the school board, the salaries of the grade teachers were raised to $55 per month and Miss Ita Bryant, who has been the teacher of the eighth grade, was advanced to a high school position at a salary of $70 per month. There are now but two grades in the school where the teachers are lacking.


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