Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

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1947: All bids rejected for Hartley’s sewage plant

• April 3, 1947

The town council decided to reject all bids submitted for construction of a sewage disposal plant for Hartley. An advertisement for the letting of bids was ordered republished. It was hoped that any new bids would be such that the council would contract for construction of the necessary project.

Ed Meehlhause brought an egg of unusual proportion to the Sentinel office. The egg measured 7-3/4 inches around the short way and 9-1/4 inches in circumference. The shell was cracked, the egg apparently being too large for the hen.

Once again the Hartley kids proved they could hold thei...