1923: Football injuries are starting to stack up
Oct. 3, 1918
HARTINGTON — Electric street lights will illuminate every street intersection in Hartington before the first snow, according to plans made by the Hartington City Council.
Oct. 3, 1918
HARTINGTON — A shipment of 3,000 sheep for E. E. Shaffner, his son Clyde and his brother, J. M. Shaffner arrived this week.
Oct. 3, 1918
HARTINGTON — Dick Puttner, who recently purchased the farm machinery and stock of A. H. Giles has now sold it all to Emil Hoefer.
Oct. 3, 1918
HARTINGTON — Will Bayne, who farms near Magnet, had 200 chickens stolen from his farm last week.
Oct. 4, 1923
HARTINGTON — Dr. P. H. Gillespie has remodeled the Reed building on north Broadway Avenue where his eye care clinic is located.
Oct. 4, 1923
HARTINGTON — Football is getting to be a pretty strenuous proposition for the boys on the Hartington High School team and their opponents, judging by the number of casualties which have occurred during the past week, especially as a result of the game with Ponca Saturday afternoon.
Hartington’s victory over Ponca was rather dearly won, for on the very first play of the game after the initial kick off, Lester “Sleepy” Aspen had his left leg broken just above the knee. when a heavyweight in the Ponca line fell on him. The fracture was a clean break. After it was set, Lester was relieved of a great deal of pain. He is getting along in good shape now, but will be out of the game for some time, although he vows he’s going to play in the Thanksgiving game. Lester is one of the lettermen on the team, and was one of the strongest men on the line.
In the same game, John Davis, a member of the Ponca team, suffered a slight concussion of the brain which resulted from a hard fall when he was tackled. He was taken to the Hartington hospital for treatment but was released that evening.
Everett Clausen, scrappy little end for the Hartington eleven, was also considerably manhandled during the Ponca game and had a hard time telling the difference between his football shoes and his cap when he was changing clothes after the game, but he is again fit and ready for more action.
The latest casualty to be reported from the popular fall sport was in te case of John Thoene, son of Fred Thoene.
He dislocated his left shoulder Monday morning while scrimmaging around with some school mates over a football at the Holy Trinity school grounds.
Arthur Sabin, a member of the Laurel High School football team, is also out of the game for some time as the result of a broken shoulder blade received in the game against Randolph.
Oct. 4, 1923
HARTINGTON — Grover Barnt and Elmer Gau, both of Randolph, have purchased the Boyd Cafe in Hartington.
Oct. 12, 1928
HARTINGTON — About $17,000 will be spent in building a high tension electric line from Bloomfield to Hartington and the installation of new street lighting, according to Local Manager S. B. Aikman.
Sept. 28, 1933
COLERIDGE — The Coleridge ball team finished their season on a winning note as they beat Company F., of Hartington, 14-11.
Oct. 6, 1938
HARTINGTON — For the third consecutive term, Otto Wiley, who is clerk of the district court, has been reappointed Red Cross roll call chairman in Cedar County.
Sept. 29, 1938
COLERIDGE — A petition rejecting the idea of building cement curbs and gutters and graveling streets in town has been presented to the Coleridge Village Board. Fourteen property owners in District 2 signed the document.