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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
4
The column argues the wireless telephone will surpass the talking machine and motion pictures in impact. It predicts a profound societal shift, citing advertising as key to guiding consumer choices and endorsing local dealers and stores through ongoing ads.
A columnist extols wireless potential to connect farmers with distant regions and broaden access to music and information. It foresees benefits for agriculture, health, sanitation, and education, arguing government should seize this service and appoint a U.S. Secretary of Communications within five years.
Readers urge local merchants Duguid Company and Chas Gier to advertise in the Fremont Eagle citing frequent bargains from Co-Ops and trust in First State Bank. The paper notes several reader letters praising ads and a Write a Letter Game with no entry cost.
A man identified as Frank Morse at Goshen and Frank McMorris at the Herald office in Angola fled south after leaving a Goshen hotel via the fire escape without settling his bill. He is described as posing as a United States revenue collector. Sorosis Notes met with Mrs. Maud Taylor last Friday. bad weather kept some speakers away. Agnes McCain spoke on Glacier Park, Effie Hall on the Origin of All Fools Day, and current events. Mrs. Taylor provided refreshments.
Notes from 28 years ago recount ill health of W L Scott and Crete Daugherty, Nellie Wilder in Fort Wayne, James Bassett driving the Coldwater stage, A H Gleason repairing his farm east of town, Sadie Schaeffer aiding in the Eagle office, Ed Mansfield going to Chicago for Lake Shore work, Frank Dewey and wife’s 1244 pound daughter, Bricker family moving near Kinderhook, Hastings starting Milwaukee Harvester job, Dunkel in freight office during medical college vacation, Emory Brownell and Ida Tillotson wed March 31 1894, a dog poisoning case with a $25 reward, Will Crawford and Minnie Anderson wed March 28 1894, L D Caswell resigning from McKeehen drug store with Charlie Moore succeeding.
Readers are urged to send multiple letters to advertisers for a chance to win the Write-a-Letter Game. Each letter or postal card counts as a chance, with no limit on how many can be submitted at once before the game closes. Non-subscribers can win, but subscribers may trigger prize doubling if a yearly subscription is bought before the end.
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