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July 11, 1935
RANDOLPH - Four applications have been made for the legal sale of package liquor in Randolph under the act passed by our state legislature. Whether these four applications have been filed with the state liquor commission we do not know. Applications have been made out for Buchanan Drug Store, Bowles Drug Co., J. L. Kessler and Rudolph Hickey.
In the case of package liquor sale under the law, local city councils have no say in the matter other than that their recommendation, if such is made, will be given consideration. But the actual issuance of the license is done by the commission at Lincoln. Package liquor licenses can be issued by the commission in any town and there is nothing the citizens of that town can do about it until 1937, and then the public by its vote has the right to say yes or no to the proposition.
In no case, the law says, will a dealer in beer be also allowed to sell package liquor in the same building.
It is important and we think the commission intends to place the sale of package liquor in the hands of responsible men who have regard for the strict letter of the law, and will see to it that all requirements of law are observed. The legal sale of hard liquor might be considered as an experiment, and great pains were taken to frame a law that would eliminate the bootlegging of illicit liquor. All legal liquor must carry the state stamp of approval. Strong penalties are provided for violations of the law.
July 11, 1935
RANDOLPH - Six tons of pure artificial ice is made every 24 hours by the Randolph Ice Company after a cool early season. The six tons daily is giving the plant a slight oversupply which is being stored in the large ice vaults that will hold close to one hundred tons.
Sam Reed, manager of the plant, is a real busy man these days and finds that caring for ice trade at the door and pulling the 300 pound cakes and refilling and properly aerating the big steel ice cans is plenty of work.
For the Fourth of July the local plant sold about 12 tons of ice, a good deal of the product going to surrounding towns. One truck load of 4 tons went to Hartington, another truck of 4 tons distributed ice to Belden, Wausa and Crofton, Bloomfield took 2½ tons and there was a large demand at the door for picnic, private and commercial use.
The company maintains small ice houses at Belden and Crofton where residents of these towns can buy ice at a reasonable price. So far, because of the early cool weather, these stations have sold only a limited supply. From now on until early fall a good demand for Randolph ice.
July 11, 1935
RANDOLPH -The Kuhl school house will be sold at auction on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
This building will be replaced by a new and larger building.
July 18, 1935
HARTINGTON - A bunch of gypsies in a big car stopped at the golf course Sunday, not to admire the newly cut fairways or the natural beauty of the course, but to tell a group of men players that they were “good papas,” “you live long time,” “you good man” and the usual palaver leading up to a chance to ply their graft. It did not work.
At Ponca the Mrs. J. M. O’Connell home was entered the other day and $25 stolen while the family sat on the front porch. A posse went to a gypsy camp demanded return of the money and it was handed over.
July 18, 1935
HARTINGTON - Louis G. Riibe of Hartington, member of the Cedar County old age pension board has received further rulings and instructions from B. F. Perry of Lincoln, state commissioner of old age pensions. Many questions are being asked about this new law.
It is important that if both husband and wife are more than 65, both must apply for pensions, and even though one is under 65 still both must apply.
The reason for this is: the husband may be over 65 and can qualify, but the wife, who may be under 65, may have a teaching or clerical position and receive a salary of $1,000 a year which would disqualify both. Unless both filled out applications cases of this kind might get by both county and state officers.
County boards are urged to be careful in taking applications, as indications are that applications will exceed the estimate and county boards are warned on being too liberal in the hope of bringing more money to the county.
No funds are yet available for old age pensions and no one can tell accurately when funds will be available. Persons with $300 or more in cash cannot qualify under the law for old age pension.
John Schrad has the old age pension matter in charge.
