Cedar bank and store burned

The following is an excerpt from “Remembering Solon: a community and family history of Solon Township area, compiled by Carol Drzewiecki.

Electric pumps out of order, so crowd watched flames burn out. Loss $50,000.

Fire originating somewhere near the furnace, destroyed the two story brick building which housed the State Bank of Cedar and the general store of Sbonek and Skeba, at 5:30 this morning, with a loss estimated at $50,000.