1892 Ad for the New York Bargain House in Sutton

 This ad appeared in The Sutton Advertiser on July 8, 1892.

Masthead of the Clay County Patriot Newspaper in 1900

 The Clay County Patriot newspaper proudly displayed this masthead on its weekly paper touting labor and populism. The paper's politics changed overtime. For a time at the end of its existence in 1921 the paper was named The Clay County Republican.

1920 Clay County Electon Results

 This account of Clay County election results in 1920 appeared in The Clay County Patriot - a Clay Center newspaper.

1970 County Election Results

 The 1970 election was held on November 3rd with these Clay County results.

David Maser Elected Clay County Attorney - 1970

Dave Maser defeated incumbent Jay Sullivan for Clay County Attorney in 1970.

1970 Sutton High Marching Band

The 1970 Sutton High Marching Band collected two significant awards.

The Band

Roster of supporting Sutton businesses:

 

New American Legion Building Dedicated 1970

The new building for Sutton's American Legion Argonne Post #61 was dedicated in November 1970 

1970 Meet a Mustang Feature(s)

 The Clay County News ran individual photos of the Sutton football players during the 1970 season.

More to follow

1970 Coast to Coast Hunters ad

 This was Francis Miller's 1970 Hunting Season firearm advertisement.

Ballots to be mailed to Voters on Sept. 12

This notice is from The Clay County News of Sept. 16th.

The County Clerk will be sending ballots to all registered voters 22 days before the election allowing plenty of time for voters to get their ballots back in the mail.

Easy peasy. 

Two years ago the state legislature authorized counties to opt into a full mail-in system of voting. Eleven counties, mostly rural and including Clay County, immediately took advantage of that for the 2018 midterms. Additional counties have joined.