1919: St. Helena man honored for bravery on the battlefield
A Look Back
April 7, 1904
HARTINGTON — Herman Oswald started working this week as a cashier at First National Bank.
April 7, 1904
HARTINGTON — Marriage licenses have been issued to Jasper McMurphy and Helen Furness, Anton Wuestewald and Anna Hegge, and Henry Howe and Ida Farnam.
April 7, 1904
HARTINGTON — The following city officials were elected this week: A. B. Gable, mayor; B. Ready, clerk; R. G. Mason, treasurer; D. C. Clark, police judge; and J. H. Feebler and C. H. Whitney, councilmen.
April 8, 1909
HARTINGTON — A fire, in the Will Schaeffer barn, caused $3,000 in damage.
April 3, 1919
HARTINGTON — Ed A. Korff, well known businessman, has been chosen to manage the Basket Store, which will open here Saturday. Mr. Korff spent last week in Omaha learning the system in use in the 62 stores operated by the company.
April 3, 1919
HARTINGTON — Private William L. Hausman of St. Helena, is the latest Cedar County boy to be honored by the government for extraordinary heroism on the battlefields of France. The announcement of the award was made at Washington last Monday and was telephoned to the modest young soldier by The News.
Of the eight Nebraskans who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, three were officers and five were privates.
All of the awards were made for unusual heroism in the line of action.
Describing the act of gallantry which was deserving of the special award, the official notice says: Pvt. William L. Hausman, Company A Fourth Infantry - for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Ballious Farm, France, July 14-15, 1918. Under a heavy gas and shell bombardment, Pvt. Hausmann repeatedly volunteered and delivered messages over routes other than his own when the runners assigned to those routes had been killed or wounded.
April 4, 1929
HARTINGTON — Joseph and George Schrempp have purchased about a hundred barrels of cement. They are laying it in the hog houses on their farms near St. Helena.
April 4, 1929
HARTINGTON — Howard Norris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Norris, is believed to be the first in Cedar County to own a four-row corn planter.
April 4, 1929
HARTINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Peter Israelson, along with about 200 other people, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Emanuel Lutheran Church.