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1929: Northwestern Railroad begins decommissioning local lines

Nov. 7, 1929

WYNOT — The Wynot branch of the Northwestern Railroad filed a petition with the State Railway Commission asking to discontinue one of two daily trains that operated on that line. Another petition was filed asking to close the Maskell depot.

Nov. 7, 1929

HARTINGTON — George A. Rose, Coleridge, celebrated his 82nd birthday.

Rose came to Fort Kearney (the site of present day Neb. City) with his parents in 1854, before the territory of Nebraska was organized.

Rose told the Cedar County News he used to play near John Brown’s cave in Nebraska City. The cave, which was a cellar under a log house, was said to be one of the stops on the underground railroad.

Nov. 9, 1939

HARTINGTON — Members of the Northern Six Conference, Belden, Dixon, Concord, Carroll, McLean and Magnet, have completed their schedule for the new season.

The first competition will take place Nov. 28 when Dixon travels to Magnet for a basketball game. The final game of the season will take place Feb. 2.

Nov. 9, 1939

HARTINGTON — Running of preliminary surveys for new Highway 15 south was started Wednesday when a crew of engineers from the Nebraska state highway department began work on the project.

While the engineers declined to make official comments on the proposed route of the highway general course of the survey extends from the St. Michael’s Cemetery corner on the southwest edge of Hartington, southward two miles to the M&O Railroad right-of-way. After paralleling the tracks for another mile, the survey will run southeast, following the general contour of the railroad into Coleridge.

The new roadbed will extend southward from Coleridge two-anda- half miles to a point directly west of the west end of the federal highway 20 pavement, two miles north of Laurel.

The survey is expected to take two months.

Nov. 9, 1939

HARTINGTON — The Purple and White grid machine of Hartington completely overwhelmed a fighting, but out-played Randolph eleven here Friday, 32-0. One of the largest and most colorful crowds of the season witnessed the onesided contest.

“Peewee” Garvin and Jack Stockwell provided the thrill for the afternoon by tearing off some unusually long sprints.


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