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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
2
A nostalgic guide to decorating Christmas trees with homemade ornaments like popcorn strings cranberries and tinseled garlands. It highlights placing a bright Star of Bethlehem or an infant Jesus at the top and notes safety concerns with tree candles versus electric lights for children and family cheer.
The piece laments shrinking old fashioned Christmas observances and urges reviving family reunions carols and small festive games. It suggests shadow shows, masking parties, indoor games, and simple refreshments as affordable ways to keep holiday merriment alive.
A reflective Christmas scene shows Edwin L. Sabio and companions debating gifts and remembrances. The narrator plans to send cards or collars and ponders giving a pin, a towel, or a letter to relatives as a mix of frugality and sentiment. Virginia, Winifred, Nettie, Aunt Georgia, Lois, and others appear as potential recipients or inspirations.
The piece argues Jesus brought a new principle of life, the law of love, replacing eye for an eye. It urges blessing enemies, loving all, and letting unselfish love guide actions. Christmas joy comes from serving others and applying love any time.
A festive note on the growing spread of Christmas spirit as the season approaches, describing how the contagious cheer elevates moods and inspires generous, communal cheer among readers and neighbors.
Senator Fall of New Mexico charges revolutionary propaganda by the Mexican embassy and Carranza officials in the United States and calls for withdrawal of recognition and severance of relations. Senator Ashurst proposes military use to protect Americans near the border from Mexican outlaws and belligerents.
Washington reports 8,697 train related deaths and 64,144 injuries in 1918, plus 589 lawsuits and 110,431 non train injuries. Employee fatalities reached 164 with 2,332 injuries from coupling and uncoupling cars. Overhead and side obstructions and falls caused 680 deaths and 14,533 injuries.
Gov. Frank C. Lowden told a Chicago meeting of the United States Association of Fairs and Expositions that farmers are the country’s greatest stabilizer and that the nation’s future depends on them. He noted there are 6,000,000 farmers and implied he would prefer governing a state of only farmers to avoid current troubles.
New York residents on Ridge street reported a haunting groan for days. Detectives and firemen opened a chimney and found David Cohen a pushcart peddler who said he planned to end his life by leaping down the five story shaft Monday morning.
Fargo N D Dec 6 The jury in the H J Hagen case president of the Scandinavian American Bank of Fargo found him guilty of making false statements to the state bank examiner and returned no verdict of guilty
Washington reads question of constitutional prohibition on American passenger liners as dry ships. Shipping board legal department to decide while bar fixtures go into the Leviathan between New York and England. Craft due about a year to be ready for service. soon former German liners to enter South American trade.
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin stresses accurate bookkeeping and double entry as essential for fair profits in cooperative ventures. It urges proper audits, bonded officers, clear duties, and simple organizational forms to prevent losses and profiteering while detailing cash safeguards and depreciation reserves.
Secretary Baker praised the complete Panama canal equipment and smooth operation at a public reception in his honor. He conveyed the administration and American gratitude for canal zone workers and their wartime role. He called the canal a first view of American wonder and said wartime changes would extend freedom worldwide.
Three persons were burned to death and eleven injured when a motor bus jumped the rails of the Muscatine Burlington and Southern line at Hahn crossing near Muscatine. The bus, adapted for rail use, was involved with the rail crash and two persons remain unaccounted for.
Private dispatches from Mexico say Carranza forces at Fachuca Hidalgo opened fire on Obregon followers during his public address campaigning for the presidency. No further details were provided.
The Anaconda Standard, one of Montana’s oldest dailies, announces suspension due to a complete printer walkout over a wage dispute. The Dec 4 notice cites labor strife as the cause and notes the paper will halt publication until further resolution.
Advice to keep strong, healthy breeding cocks and hens as valuable breeders for the next season, not discarding them due to age. Emphasizes worth of proven birds that remain productive when mature.
Farmers in Orange County Florida grouped orders for carbon bisulfide via their county agent. A 1000 pound purchase saved 88 cents per pound, totaling 380 dollars, reducing costs versus individual short quantity buys. The chemical will fumigate corn to kill weevils, with losses sometimes reaching 20 percent as they update cribs for airtight storage.
The note stresses seed quality and winter storage, urging farmers to save seed for next year, bed digging with dry straw, storing manure undercover, and preparing for next season. It warns poor seed leads to poor crops and emphasizes efficient use of cow manure and general farm readiness.
Miitory for Suffrage in Biecarck North Dakota reports the state senate passed the federal suffrage amendment by a 48 to 8 vote. The action aligns with national calls for equal voting rights amid ongoing discussions across states.
Geese need soft food with abundant greens at all times. On good pasture they require little attention. In confinement they should not be fed too heavily on grain.
Health bulletin reports six influenza deaths in Chicago last week and warns of a possible severe wave as colder weather nears. Dr. Evans and Dr. Brady stress prevention over cure, urging hygiene to stop germ spread and recommending Turpo as a preventive germicide to use regularly.
A fragment notes a vaudeville stage with a chorus described as butchers and oakers. It hints the performers feed the star, suggesting backstage dynamics and roles in the act.
Constipation invites troubles which speedily come unless checked by Green's August Flower a laxative that regulates digestion in stomach and intestines cleanses the stomach and canal and stimulates the liver to secrete bile. A sovereign remedy used in thousands of households for indigestion nervous dyspepsia sluggish liver and other intestinal troubles. Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. Try a bottle take no substitute.
Parker asks if a wife is someone to look forward to worrying about while Tucker agrees noting it is in style. The judge remarks the exchange highlights concerns about marriage and fashion.
An advertisement asserts Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand with directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes Bayer tablets in a twelve tablet tin cost a few cents and calls Bayer a trademark of Bayer Manufacturing Co for acetylsalicylic acid.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes Motion Picture engineers advocate for using cinema instead of movie arguing it sounds more refined. An ad touts Dr. Peery's Dead Shot as a real medicine for worm infestations promising a single dose to cleanse worms.
In the Parlor a brisk remark about a woman traveling with a man on a plane prompts a comment on propriety. An ad notes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bluing as a remedy for clean clothes, boasting good results and grocers selling it for 5 cents.
A maxim on success declares talent lies in doing what you can well and doing all tasks with care rather than seeking fame. The quote from Longfellow underscores steady effort as the path to achievement.
Important to Mothers examine carefully every bottle of Castoria that famous old remedy for infants and children and see that it bears the signify signature and seal of the Castoria Company.
A light exchange about a golf widow highlights the irony of a spouse dreaming about golf at night. The neighbor offers sympathy while the widow quips that her husband still talks about golf when he cannot play.
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