Hitchcock County News History

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes While playing, Tuesday evening, Rex Dalrymple had the misfortune to have his left arm dislocated at the elbow. Dr. A.H. Thomas reduced the fracture and Rex is getting along nicely. *** A fine little rain visited this section of the country, Monday night.…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   There was no school in this village Monday, owing to so many lights having been broken out during the hail storm Sunday night. *** J.H. Whittaker commenced work on the pump and engine house for our water works Tuesday and the same…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes The weather was all that could be asked for last Saturday for the lawn social given by the M.E. Ladies Aid Society at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Shurtleff in the east part of town. The brand of ice cream and…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Humphrey, of Havelock, son-in-law and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. O.B;. Hugg of this village, are the proud parents of a fine baby boy since Tuesday, August 29, 1905. *** A ten pound son arrived at the home of…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   A number of kicks have been registered at this office in regard to the small boys playing under the bridge south of town and scaring teams when they cross the bridge. A serious accident will befall someone if this practice is not…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   A nice little shower of rain came this way, Monday evening, and had the effect of laying the dust and cooling off the atmosphere for a time at least. *** J.M. Little who lives just north of town, met with an accident,…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton Local News The rain, last Friday night, fixed things so that the farmers could not thresh or do much of anything else on the farm and consequently everybody and his neighbor came to town and a better natured or more good looking crowd never before…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton Local News   Quite a severe electrical storm visited this county, last Friday and Saturday nights, and both times nice showers of rain fell. No particular damage was done that we have heard of. *** Born to Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Powers Thursday, August 3rd,…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago   It rained hard all over this county on Friday night of last week, then it did some more of the same thing on Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon for a few minutes, it repeated the dose. This is alright, just the thing for corn and…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   L.L. Felker purchased the lunch room and confectionary business of Wilbur Dillman, Monday of this week and assumed charge of the same at once. Wilbur expects to go to Indiana in a short time where he will go to school the coming…