Show Business in Clay Center - 1926

 Sutton Musicians on KMMJ

Radio station KMMJ in Clay Center drew on local talent for much of its programming day. 

On this occasion in January 1926, these Sutton folks took over the station for a two-hour show.

Our family folklore (from reliable accounts) includes stories of my uncle Ted R. Nelson singing on KMMJ shows during its time in Clay Center before moving to Grand Island in 1939. KMMJ, Clay Center began broadcasting in November 1925.

Ads in The Sutton Register & The Sutton News - January 1920

These are ads that appeared in The Sutton Register and The Sutton News in January 1920. Note the Lincoln ads from department stores and a hotel that were in the News.

Ads in The Sutton Register & The Sutton News - January 1910

 These ads are from the two Sutton newspapers in January 1910.

And from The Sutton News, renamed from The Advertiser-News

Ads in The Sutton Register & the Advertiser-News - January 1900

The Sutton Register and the Advertiser-News were competing Sutton Newspapers beginning in September 1895 (it appears based on newspaper.com copies. The Register began publication in 1880 and was purchased by F.M. Brown in 1886. E.P. Burnett started the Advertiser-News which became The Sutton News later. Those two papers merged and the ensuing paper became The Clay County News.

And the second Sutton newspaper during this era was The Advertiser-News:

The First Sutton News after the World War Ended - 11/15/1918

This issue of The Sutton News came four days after the armistice on November 11, 1918. The editor of the paper could not pass up the opportunity to take a jab at his cross-town rival in the story's first paragraph.