From Our Files

• June 23, 1949

A copy of The Hartley Sentinel was among the Iowa newspapers microfilmed and placed in a vault at Des Moines to be opened in 2049. The ceremony was part of the Des Moines Register’s centennial celebration.

The person or persons who robbed the local liquor store of $236 in cash were still at large. The robbery occurred when Henry Meehlhause, then on duty, went to the basement. When he went to make change for the next customer, the money was gone from the cash drawer.

Warm weather and abundant rain made the crop outlook for this part of Iowa very promising. Rains did much to aid...