Paying for WWI, a nickel a day.

Every little bit helps...

The King Newspaper Story - 1968

The many, possibly as many as 80 different newspapers survived and consolidated into one company, The King Newspapers and eventually into one, The Clay County News.

Higgins Hardware - Harvard Incubator

The poultry business was huge in Clay County way back then. M. M. Johnson had a major manufacturing plant in Clay Center. Emil Ochsner made his version in Sutton. There were two fellows in Fairfield making incubators and another Sutton source was by the wife a bar owner.

And here is a 1918 ad from Higgins Hardware in Harvard with a model they were offering - though there doesn't seem to be any evidence Mr. Higgins was manufacturing his Queen Incubator

Dr. Nuss and his three, make that four baby deliveries in one night 75 years ago.

This item appeared on the front page of The Sutton News on June 24, 1943. The unnamed girl was Wanda Hornbacher. She, Bob and I all graduated with the Class of '61 at Sutton High School.

Dr. Nuss reminded us often of that night over the next 18 years.

Dr. Nuss was one of many small town doctors who provided the complete health care package to generations in their towns. Dr. Asa was a similar contributor in Ong and others developed their own reputations in their home towns.