1929: Board hires Ralph Brooks to guide local school
Feb. 28, 1929
HARTINGTON — Ralph G. Brooks, who has been a superintendent at the Cedar Rapids school the past three years, has been named superintendent at Hartington Public School following a personal interview.
Supt. Brooks is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Lincoln.
He has had eight years of experience in the public schools of the state, having served four years in the rural schools of Custer County, one year as debate coach and English instructor at Superior High School and three years as superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Public Schools.
Feb. 28, 1929
HARTINGTON — Those participating in the high school declamatory contest are Loren Moran, Lowell Morten, Ardith Hitchcock, Pauline Jenny, Edith Livermore, Lucille Garvin, Vernice Lind, Irene Rolf, Velma Mae Schantell and Edgar Ewing.
Feb. 28, 1929
HARTINGTON- Paper is now a byproduct of the cornfield. This may mean a new source of profit for farmers in the corn belt.
That paper pulp could be made in the laboratory from corn stalks and other waste farm products has been known for many years. But until recently, no process has been developed for large-scale commercial adaptation for the paper industry.
The Cornstalk Products Co., of Danville, Ill., has been making regular shipments of pulp to paper manufacturers since last October.
It is now producing about eight tons of pulp paper today.
This newspaper does not know what farmers get for their stalks, but the director of the Bureau of Standards says there were 200 tons of stalks bought for the experimental station at Ames, Iowa at $7.50 a ton.
In order to help promote the perfection and stimulate the general use of paper made from cornstalk, the Hartington Herald has ordered a shipment of paper to be used for letterhead, envelopes and business stationery made from cornstalks.
Feb. 28, 1929
HARTINGTON- Bernard and Art Uhing, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry. Uhing, living northeast of this city, shot two coyotes Saturday.
The Uhing neighborhood has been frequented by wolves for some time , now and at night, the people there hear many of them howl.
Saturday, the Uhing boys shot a gray wolf and a coyote. Another wolf has been heard in the vicinity and they expect to get him soon.