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Oct. 27, 1920
LAUREL- A.F. Witt has sold his photograph business and fixtures and rented the building to Richard Richards of Hartington, possession to be given any time between now and the first of December--as soon as the latter can secure a suitable man to take charge. Witt and family expect to leave as soon as possession is given for Chicasha, Okla., where they will spend the winter.
Oct. 27, 1920
LAUREL- Ed Behrend has sold his planetarium to Messrs. H.L. Greenlee and A.W. Glasgow, two young men from Allen.
Oct. 27, 1920
LAUREL- Some time after midnight Friday, L.D. Bruggeman’s Peerless Eight touring car was taken from the garage in the rear of his home in the west part of town.
Oct. 27, 1920
DIXON- A deal was made last week whereby R.H. Tussey will become proprietor of the Dixon Cash Market.
Oct. 27, 1920
LAUREL- Mrs. H.H. Young, elder daughter of J.B. Felber, and children, arrived Tuesday from Montana. In their 80 miles auto drive to Baker, their nearest railroad station, they experienced much difficulty from the snow which they reported several feet deep in that locality.
Oct. 29, 1925
HARTINGTON - One of the very interesting and profitable projects used in a Cedar County school this year has been developed at one of the schools in District 38, where Miss Reta Kuhl is the teacher, as the pupils of the first, second and third grades there have finished building and furnishing a “Miniature Education Store.”
Pete Musander, an eighth grade boy, built the shelves for the store, while different companies and corporations sent, upon request, some school store provisions. Every Wednesday morning, time is allowed to play “store.” This project has not only created a great deal of interest among the pupils, but the parents and patrons have been helping in every way to make the “store” a success.
Excellent instruction is afforded thru the “store” in arithmetic, grammar, thrift, marketing, spelling, geography and safety instruction, so the project is considered very much worth while.
This school also has some unusually good autumn decorations, made by the pupils. The windows and curtains have been decorated with different colored leaves. Pumpkins, apples, black cats and owls have been cut out of paper and pasted on the windows. In one corner of the school room a small tent made of corn stalks and leaves is being erected. The children are bringing pumpkins, ears of corn, apples, potatoes and other things raised on their own farms to school, and all these will be scattered around the tent. The decorations certainly give the school the appearance of autumn.
Oct. 30, 1930
LAUREL- Dick Kramer, Cedar County corn husking champion, placed seventh in a field of 31 contestants at the state husking bee held at the J.A. Sides farm near Dakota City, turning in 34,273 bushels in the 80 minutes period. Highway patrolmen estimated the crowd at about 20,000 approximately 8,000 cars being present. The field, planted with Pfister hybrid seed corn, ran 75 bushels to the acre.
Oct. 30, 1940
LAUREL- Dean Brogden is walking on crutches as a result of injuries sustained in the Laurel-Stanton football game. His ligaments were torn.
Oct. 27, 1955
COLERIDGE - I. W. Cady, owner of the Cady Implement business here, announced this week that he has purchased the Beuck Implement at Hartington from John Beuck.
The sale includes the building housing the business and the inventory on hand.
Both businesses handle International Harvester farm equipment and Mr. Cady’s inventory here will be moved to Hartington and his business here will be discontinued.
Mr. Cady has been in business in Coleridge since 1946, first operating a restaurant and later going into the implement business. The Cadys will continue to reside here for the present time.
Oct. 27, 1955
COLERIDGE - Dean Specht, a Coleridge junior, and the offensive spark on the Coleridge football team, completed the season with an amazing scoring record.
While the number of touchdowns he scored was not fantastic, he scored 11, the distance he ran to score them was.
All told his touchdown runs totalled an amazing 489 yards, and that means each touchdown run averaged 44½ yards. His shortest attempt was from three yards out, while only one other for 12 yards, was under 35 yards.
He scored only two times in the first four games, then added nine touchdowns in the last four.
Dean was named one of the stars of the week in the Omaha World-Herald. The newspaper stated he “rambled 221 yards against Wausa, 212 against Osmond, 150 against Wayne Hahn. Three touchdowns against Hahn inc Oct. 29, 1970
LAUREL- Nearly 3,000 spectators were on hand at Wayne State College Stadium and watched the Laurel Bears cinch the West Husker Conference Championship Wednesday night with a 30-12 win over the Wayne High Blue Devils.
Oct. 29, 1970
CONCORD-Lonnie Swanson, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Swanson of Concord, fell from a corn crib Saturday and broke his arm.
Oct. 29, 1970
LAUREL- The children of the late Elmer and Mathilda Anderson presented Mr. Anderson’s veteran’s flag to Hillcrest Care Center.
Oct. 30, 1980
LAUREL- Verlin Jensen was honored for his retirement, after 31 years and one month with State Department of Roads.
Oct. 30, 1980
LAUREL- Winter entered the area Monday, October 27, by dumping 4 1/2 inches of snow in the area. This is the earliest the area has received this much snow since October 15, 1960, when over five inches fell in the Laurel area.
Oct. 30, 1980
LAUREL- Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson of Laurel are the parents of a son, Joel David born October 23.
Oct. 31, 1990
LAUREL- The Bulldogs of Creighton invaded Bear Country Wednesday night, October 24 in NENAC action but came up short,19-6 against the season-ending home team. Leading tacklers were Brian Lohse with 15 followed by Bruce Haisch with 10, Monson with nine and Pat Arens with eight. Leading rusher was Pat Arens with 23 carries and 118 yards, followed by Travis Monson with 13 and 80 and Kelly Arens with eight and 72.
Oct. 31, 1990
LAUREL- Although the season winds down this week, the Laurel-Concord volleyball team geared up for the NENAC and Sub-District tournaments. On Monday evening, October 22, Laurel hosted the NENAC Tournament.
The Lady Bears upset the number one seed in the first round defeating Creighton, 15-11, 13-15 and 15-11. The offense, led by Bree Bebee’s setting, put together a season high of 44 hits and 16 aces. Sherri Hangman led the way at the net with 11 hits and seven kills. Hitting close behind were Jennifer Fritz with eight, Erika Gregg and Stacy Nixon both with seven.
Oct. 27, 2010
HARTINGTON — Cedar County Clerk Dave Dowling is being challenged for another term in office by Brian Steffen.
Dowling is in his sixth term as the Cedar County Clerk.
Dowling has served as the County Clerk, Register of Deeds and Election Commissioner since taking office in 1987.
