1918: Cedar County bankers elect Randolph man to guide group
Sept. 10, 1903
HARTINGTON — A heavy frost that hit the county Tuesday night has caused considerable damage to the crops in the area.
Sept. 10, 1903
HARTINGTON — The following people were some of the nominees at the Democratic convention held last week: for clerk, George Champion; for treasurer, Theodore Beste; for sheriff, Z. M. Baird; for judge, C. H. Whitney; and M. T. Woods, for assessor. John Goebel was elected county chairman and A. V. Parker was nominated to be the secretary.
Sept. 10, 1908
HARTINGTON — The largest crowd ever traveled to the northwest part of the county, St. James, to attend the Old Settlers picnic.
Sept. 10, 1908
HARTINGTON — Nelson Feauto, former editor of the Cedar County Bulletin, and formerly county judge of Cedar County, passed away Tuesday mo2home in Emerson. He is believed to be the oldest editor or ex-editor in northeast Nebraska.
Mr. Feauto was born in a log cabin in the city of Dubuque, Iowa in 1843, and was 80 years old at the time of his death. When a young man, he came west; and finally located at Ionia, in Dixon County, which was then a thriving town of The Missouri River northeast of where Newcastle is now located. He remained there from 1862 until 1867 when he sold his farm and went to the Black Hills hunting gold. He spent his entire fortune, about $3000, a great sum in those days, in developing a place claim, but was finally compelled to abandon it.
Returning to Dixon County, he remained there but a short time, when he was induced by Lewis E. Jones to locate in St. Helena, where he joined with a man named Johnston in the purchase of the Cedar County Bulletin from Mr. Jones.
The next year, they changed the name of the paper to the Nonpariel. At that time the subscription price of the paper was $2 a year, despite the fact that corn was worth only five cents a bushel and hogs were worth about three cents a pound. Advertising then cost about $10.00 a column, or almost double what it now costs.
While at St. Helena, Mr. Feauto was appointed county judge, and was later elected for a second term. He was admitted to the practice of law by District Judge Barnes.
Mr. Feauto disposed of his interests in the county in 1880 and located in Wayne where he was employed on the Logan Valley Courier.
Following a consolidation of the papers there, he went to Emerson and again engaged in the newspaper business for a few years.
Sept. 5, 1918
HARTINGTON — New officers were elected by the Cedar County Banker’s Association at the annual meeting held Monday at the Hartington Hotel, following a 7 o’clock dinner which was attended by about 50 bankers and their wives and employees.
The meeting marked the retirement of W.T. Graham, Laurel, who has officiated as president during the first year of the organization and who recently moved to Omaha.
W.R. Cain, Randolph, Charles Jordan, Laurel, Carl Peterson, Obert, and George Gray, Coleridge, were all elected directors of the association.
After a short meeting, the directors announced the selection of Mr.
Cain as president; Mr. Jordan, Vice President; and Mr. Kimball, secretary-Treasurer. Sept. 5, 1918
HARTINGTON — Under the provisions of a new manpower bill, every man between the ages of 18 and 45 who has not already registered, must do so on Sept. 12 at the voting place in his home precinct under penalty of arrest and imprisonment.
Sept. 5, 1918
HARTINGTON — Cedar County is now represented by 33 more boys who last week left for training camps.
Clarence Gilbertson, Obert, left last Friday for Camp Dodge. Phil and Alfred Plemleigh and William Hanika left Tuesday for Fort Riley and this morning 29 left for Camp Grant near Chicago.
Fred Edsen, Hartington, and Gustave Swanson, Randolph, replaced William Breening, Hartington, and Tony Schroeder, Wynot, who were originally called.
Sept. 5, 1918
HARTINGTON — S.E. Aikman, formerly of Clarinda, Iowa, arrived here Monday and assumed his new duties as manager of the local plant.