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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
1
Local lines report Folletts offering holiday goods from dresses to dishes and watches with price cuts at Ladd's. Entries note births, visits, and social events in Angola and nearby towns, plus shop updates from McClue, Schaeffer, and Mundy. Community notices highlight social gatherings like a clothes-pin social and a moving lunch room.
Ross H. Miller of Angola wed Miss Zon Pifer of Fremont on Wednesday evening November 29 at the M E parsonage in Angola. Rev W K Watts officiated with Fred Morse of Angola and Miss Emma Wells of Fremont as witnesses. The bride, youngest daughter of Fred Pifer, has spent her life in Fremont. the groom is a young Angola businessman. The couple earns wide respect from friends who wish them a long and happy married life.
Druggist BR Cameron touts Vinci as a concentrated, palatable form of cod liver oil that strengthens digestion and builds red blood. He guarantees results and invites Fremont customers to try the medicine, insisting it contains all components listed on its label.
Our pen stock of fancy chinaware is on display with Christmas gifts in mind. Prices are advertised as the lowest available and early buyers receive the best selection as 60 items are snapped up quickly. O.Rt. Coox.
James Forman born February 22 1835 in Scotland died December 2 1905 at age 70 years 10 months and 20 days after living in Canada York State and Indiana He settled near Fre mont Indiana his wife died February 1901 and he lived alone His funeral was held Monday afternoon at Whipperwill school house conducted by Rev E M Renner His nearest relative an adopted daughter living in Michigan
J J VanAuken died November 27 at age 53 9 months and 19 days. He served as DeKalb county surveyor on reaching adulthood and was re elected several times. As a civil engineer and Auburn city engineer he directed water sewer and street projects and other towns work. He was known for public mindedness and steadfast friendship until his death.
A Wednesday evening cyclone struck North Bethel near Butcher school house demolishing the building, while the Free Will Baptist church frame structure valued at about 2000 was lifted and scattered. Barns, windmill frame, outbuildings, and chimneys were damaged on nearby farms as the tornado moved northeast. Sixty scholars were in the school that afternoon.
A letter from Alvin Goodwin in Big Fork Minnesota dated November 20 recounts a moose hunt and a 240 pound buck deer. He details travel, camp, a late-night storm, wolves near the tent, and plans to stop in Minneapolis and Duluth before returning home.
Transfers cover numerous properties in Angola and surrounding towns from individual sellers to buyers including Lulu Gale to Caroline Gale trustee and various日 land parcels in Jamestown Pleasant Lake Otsego and Jackson with prices ranging from 30 to 8000 dollars. Transactions include lake lots acreage and tax deed notes with multiple individuals and couples listed.
A Pennsylvania Dutch justice of the peace, famed for horse sense, presides over a case in which a man admits keeping seven women. The judge declaims the proof is blain and the man has too many “vimmens,” ordering him to leave court as the prosecutor protests for further action. The exchange ends with confusion over evidence and the judge’s final stance.
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