1924: Cold weather aids Lammers’ ice harvest

Jan. 21, 1909

HARTINGTON — The annual meeting of the Hartington Building and Loan Association was held at City Hall Wednesday night.

The following officers were elected: J. Schwabland, President; A. Lubely, vice president; W.S. Weston, trasurer; F.O. Robinson, secretary; J.G. Beste and Geo. Scoville were named to the Board of Directors.

Jan. 16, 1919

HARTINGTON — H. A. Harper, Laurel, was recently elected chairman of the Cedar County Board of Commissioners.

Jan. 16, 1919

HARTINGTON — Col. and Mrs. E. J. Roddewig and family arrived from Newcastle and will live at the farm formerly owned by William Burbach.

Jan. 17, 1924

HARTINGTON —While everyone else in Hartington with the possible exception of the coal man, is shivering and cussing the continued cold weather, J.M. Lammers wears a smile a mile wide on his face, for this sort of weather is ideal for his annual ice harvest, which is now in full swing.

At the present time, Mr. Lammers and his crew of men are filling the third of his six ice houses and the ice is of the unusually fine quality, running from 2 to 14 inches thick. The cold snap caused the ice to form quickly, and to a good depth, and the continued cold is helping the quality right along.

Because of the present weather conditions, Mr. Lammers believes he will have no trouble at all in filling all his ice houses this year. Last year’s harvest was interfered with considerably by a warm January when the thermometer never registered zero once and as a result, it was difficult to get good ice.

Jan. 16, 1934

WYNOT — A life-long resident of Wynot attained another milestone last week when the Wynot Tribune observed its 26th birthday. The paper was founded by H.A. McCormick Sr., in Wynot in 1907.

Jan. 19, 1939

HARTINGTON — Alphonse Wortmann, a Hartington farmer who resides in the Bow Valley community, was elected president of the Bow Valley Park Association.

Jan. 19, 1939

HARTINGTON — Carl Pedersen, Sr. recently left Hartington to become assistant property manager of Prudential Insurance in Omaha.

Jan. 19, 1939

HARTINGTON — While trucking wood across the river Rudolph Herfkens’ vehicle fell through the ice and was immersed up to the radiator cap.