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Dec. 1, 1910
BELDEN — W.E. Wingett of near Belden, lost his left arm Tuesday in a corn sheller accident when his sleeve caught in the gears and resulted in injuries necessitating the amputation of his arm.
Dec. 2, 1915
HARTINGTON — A brief little news item in the Cedar County News last week stating that Sheriff McFadden had a warrant for Wm. C. Fox, Laurel, who is charged with wife desertion, came under the eye of Mr. Fox as he was reading his copy of the News last Friday.
He immediately phoned Sheriff McFadden asking when he should report.
Fox said he had work over in Dixon County and was going back and forth every morning and evening, but was always at Laurel otherwise.
When the matter was brought to the attention of County Attorney O’Gara, the action was promptly dismissed.
Dec. 9, 1915
COLERIDGE—George Siebert, aged 50, a prominent farmer east of Coleridge, is dead and John Burns, 35, a carpenter from Laurel, is suffering from a broken arm and several broken ribs, while Frank Faulk of Coleridge has a badly sprained hip as a result of the breaking of a scaffold Tuesday afternoon on the Siebert farm.
Dec. 1, 1920
DIXON — A.W. Glasgow was down from Laurel Wednesday. He reports a good business in their dry cleaning work and has made arrangements with the Dixon and Concord barbershops to act as agents and any work left at these shops will be collected on Tuesdays and returned on Fridays.
Dec. 1, 1920
LAUREL — Misses Mildred Waite and Ethel Bell, who are attending Van Sant’s School of Business in Omaha returned to their work Tuesday.
Dec. 1, 1920
LAUREL — Harry McDaniel of Faulkton, S.D., was here renewing old acquaintances.Hewasatonetimevillage marshal of Laurel and lived here for several yearsbeforemovingtoSouthDakota.
Dec. 3, 1925
RANDOLPH — Fire has reportedly caused severe damage to the home of John Albers.
Dec. 3, 1925
RANDOLPH — A gas car accident last week on the M&O tracks caused severe injuries for Carl Trautman, who hails from Carroll.
Dec. 4, 1940 LAUREL — A rambling old wooden building, Laurel’s first general store building and incidentally, Laurel’s first building, is being razed as a fire hazard.
The building was moved here from Claremont together with others in 1893 to form a nucleus for the present city of Laurel.
The old structure housed Laurel’s first general store and was then operated by Everett and Waite, who also ran the store at Claremont before its removal here. The Laurel Mill, another old landmark, burned to the ground about a year ago.
Dec. 4, 1940
LAUREL — Frances Paulsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Paulsen, now in the Navy, is home on a three-week leave. During his year at sea, he has visited many islands of the Pacific.
