Hitchcock County News History

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   Another nice rain visited this section of the country, last Friday morning and the ground is in the very finest condition for farming. The small grain is coming in elegant scape and the prospects for the largest crop ever raised in this…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   A Surprise party was given at the home of J.M. Little, just north of town, Thursday evening, May 11, 1905, in honor of Mrs. J.M. Little and her son, John, it being their birthday, her 77th and John’s, well – the same.…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   It rained all day long, last Friday, and one would naturally have thought that with the amount of rain we have had before this spring that it would have been too wet for the farmers to be in their fields on Saturday,…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton Local News   Married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Powers in this village, Tuesday, May 2nd, 1905, William Cobb, of Pleasant View precinct and Edith E. Davis of Stratton, Judge J.M. Williams officiating. The groom is a son of of W.C. Cobb…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   Born to Mr. and Mrs. August Swanson, a fine baby girl, Monday, April 24th, 1905, and Grandpa Flansburg says that he feels quite old since the event. Dr. A.H. Thomas was the attending physician. ***   Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton Local News   There has been more mud so far this year than we have ever experienced before in the same length of time. ***   A.W. Olds erected a new windmill the fore part of this week on his residence property in the east…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton Local News   Another one of the sudden changes in the weather, Sunday night and Monday morning, making a fire feel good. ***   We are pleased to note that our worthy and popular county superintendent Jas. O’Connell, was honored by being elected vice president…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes   While cutting kindling last Saturday, B.E. Bowersox, the gentlemanly manager for the Beatrice Creamery Company at this place, had the misfortune to run a nail in his knee from which he suffered considerable. Cal Morey assisted with the work in the creamery…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Note   Between two and three o’clock on Monday afternoon a most terrific wind storm swooped down upon us and for an hour or more made life very unpleasant for those who had to be out of doors and to make matters worse, a…

News of 1905 The Trenton Register 120 Years Ago Trenton News Notes The sun showed his beaming face, Sunday, for the first time in eleven days. ***   Charley Moore and Wilhelmine Barth, of Culbertson, were married by Judge Williams, Wednesday. ***   Quite a novelty in the shape of a mud throwing contest took…