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1910: Cedar County Court is filled with divorce cases

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March 10, 1910

HARTINGTON - Fred Wilson, teacher in district 88 was forced to close his school last week when a family of polecats took up residence in the building.

The teacher and pupils did not care for the new association.

March 10, 1910

HARTINGTON - A pipe organ costing $1,400 was purchased in St. Louis and will be installed in Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington.

March 10, 1910

HARTINGTON - The annual municipal election will be held here Tuesday, April 5. At this time all of the present city officers’ terms will expire excepting only that of Alderman H.D. Spork.

There are to be selected three aldermen to succeed R.N. Hurlburt, F.O. Robinson and J. Albert Olsen, mayor to succeed Geo. Beste, a successor for clerk B. Ready, and police judge. B. Ready now acts as police judge.

At this time will also come the matter of adopting or rejecting the initiate and referendum law. This law provides that the voters may settle any question at an election.

The people may initiate an ordinance or they may demand that it be referred to them after the Council has passed it, or if the Council wishes to do so, they may voluntarily refer any proposed action to the vote of the people.

It is a good law and is being adopted all over the United States. Hardly a man who was approached with the petition for the vote on this law refused to sign it. It will probably carry as people are not generally afraid to trust their own judgement.

March 10, 1910

HARTINGTON - There are a batch of divorce cases set for the Cedar County Court.

Theresia Reuter of the Wynot neighborhood, sues her husband Rudolph E. for separation on account of incompatibility of temper.

The husband, who is in Wyoming mining, is not expected to deny the truth of the allegation.

Maggie Davis, who lives near Coleridge, wants a divorce from her husband, an Ohio man, on account of non-support.

Chas. J. Hutchinson says his wife, Emma, treats him in a cruel and inhuman manner.

C.B. Perfect wants to be relieved of the company of his helpmate, Marie.

Mrs. Ottilia Pockrant thinks she can get along without the further assistance of her husband, Emel.

Florence E. Chapman, better known by her maiden name of Florence Elliot, wants a divorce from her husband, Hiram T., who already has a divorce from her. It seems that he went away off up into North Dakota and obtained a divorce. She sued him for maintenance in the Nebraska courts and the Supreme Court held that the Dakota divorce was fraudulent and he must come across for the support of the lady who was still his wife.

Clara Brogden wants leave to quit her husband, Alfred.

Lena Obermeyer would be relieved of the alleged cruelty of her husband, Henry.

March 11, 1920

RANDOLPH- Governor McKelvie is the speaker at the annual Community Club banquet at Randolph.