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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
5
A lone hunter recalls thirty years of hunting across diverse grounds and praises the Great Altai mountains for a month spent pursuing the Ovis ammon. He notes the absence of native guides, the Domad Hassack reluctance to walk, and the unusual challenge of stalking the big sheep without local assistance.
A narrator recounts a arduous day amid a Mongol escort chasing fine white rams in a rugged high valley. He braves ice, snow, and sheer boulder slopes, nearly losing the herd, then finalizes a large ram after a long pursuit and dramatic chase across Nalas and ridges.
The Union Saving and Trust company of Bluffton was appointed receiver for the Marion Bluffton and Eastern traction line by Judge C E Sturgis after a head on collision at Marion killed four and injured sixty. The line, 31 miles, was insolvent and may be sold. Bluffton businessmen own most stock.
Peru July 22. Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana interurban car carrying Peru Walther league delegates to Fort Wayne collided with a work train near the Wabash line. Miss Clara Berker was badly jarred but not seriously hurt and is hospital patient at Lutheran. She is expected to leave soon. One other passenger, Mike Berker, was uninjured. The impact was slight as both trains moved slowly during the wire-stringing work. Hartford City July 22. School board raises Superintendent Myers salary to 1900 annually, higher than peers in similar districts.
Logansport reports Frank Bolen, 74, felled on the road six miles north of Logansport while walking from Cook County Illinois to Oceola. Rochester notes Frank Freel, 21, drowned near Kewanna after stepping into a fifteen foot hole in Bruce Lake. his body recovered. Bedford reports smallpox in the Oolitic area, Grace Terrell the patient, visiting from Jasonville. Anderson notes a rapid divorce followed by remarriage as Carrie Drake, 82, wed Grover Daweon the same day. Rochester announces the Redpath Chautauqua opened, with $1,500 in advance ticket sales by the Commercial Club. Muncie questions wine sales without license as Patrick Hall faces a “blind tiger” charge. Terre Haute reports Leo Deming, 400 pounds, died of acute alcoholism. Judge Hart allows a charge of malicious destruction of an automobile against Everett Dickerson to proceed. Pittsboro notes Eighteenth Battery Indians light artillery to meet August 7 at Lafayette’s State Soldiers’ Home, marking the unit’s fiftieth anniversary. Eli Lilly chaired muster work. Rushville reports Charles Sweeney seriously injured after falling from a Pennsylvania railroad engine. expectant prognosis poor. Evansville notes an anonymous letter threatening Kidnap of Denby Cadick’s children. Cadick will watch closely. Hartford City reports Silas Vickers, arrested for running a blind tiger in Upland and jailed sixty days in Marion after prior convictions. Fort Wayne recounts a lunch-time explosion at Fort Wayne Foundry, injuring none due to lunch break timing. Charlottesville notes Rev. Miss Zona Williams of Westfield as featured speaker.
Struck at a bee and swatted it, grocery salesman Henry Forst loses control near Bluffton on the Rochester road. His car veered into a ditch with minor injuries and slight damage. the bee escaped. Separate item recalls Alex Cross meeting George W. Bird in Geary, noting Harpers Ferry ties to John Brown era.
At the Warsaw city council meeting W C Cronon chair of the street and alley committee announced a traffic ordinance proposal to tax automobiles drugs and other vehicles. The plan would introduce a city tax to fund street and alley maintenance and related needs.
Audits filed against Miss Leah Little owner and manager of one of Auburns moving picture theaters after she ignored a Sunday closing warning. A local trio of showhouses faced enforcement actions amid the Sunday law dispute.
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