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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
1
Governor endorsed proposal to run rural schools eleven months with centralised transport. The plan trims small schools, consolidates grades, and extends pupil months to sixty one per rural life. It promises better teacher salaries, stronger libraries, and closer supervisory visits.
Mrs. Linds M. Darby wife of A B Darby of Waterloo was fatally burned last Sunday when she was warming a bottle of liniment on a stove and it exploded.
Mrs Nellie Buchanan District Deputy and Chief of Rathbone Sisters visited Albion for a Knights of Pythias reception and banquet. Wm H Piper introduced her, a brief address explained the order, music by Clark Hughey and Brown followed. Nearly enough names were secured to form a temple despite bad weather and other absences.
Joe Mitchell Chapple describes daily presidential greetings as crowds pour into the East Room for receptions. Delegations in badges parade in, with families and farmers among the throng. The scene shows intimate contact between president and people, challenging imperialist fears and royal caste notions.
A collage of remarks from various papers mocks leaders and issues from Bryan to McKinley, with jabs on democracy, tariffs, and war in the Philippines. The items mix political humor and pointed commentary, noting figures like Redvers Bullet, Bryan, and Kaiser Wilhelm across Indiana and nearby outlets.
Marvin Kuhns, once a notable desperado a decade past, escaped from Columbus Ohio penitentiary. A Logansport pursuit ended with a fatal officer wounding as Kuhns, believed Kubna, eluded capture Monday night. He is thought to hide in Noble county. The $50 Ohio reward fails to attract nearby officers. Kuhns was captured after a 10 year prior arrest at Churubusco in Allen county amid heavy officer injuries.
Jasper A. Gauntt of Marion, a Grant county representative and revenue collector, plans a bill to subject private banks to the same state auditor supervision as state banks. He aims to simplify oversight of income and bank management and expects the bill ready early in the session.
Editor E. W. Aliner of the Garrett Herald has leased the office to his son 5S. M. Miner who begins publishing a daily in Garrett. L. B. Fretz serves as editor of the new paper.
The county clerk licensed couples including Jacob W. Moon and Mary E. Benjamin, Julio F P Zimmer and Tressa Moga, Geo L D Rainer and Jessie A. Fifer, Chas D Kepler and Evi Wright.
Dr W H Lane secretary reports 158 deaths in the county for the year ending Oct 1 1900. There were 229 births and 146 marriages. Contagious diseases include scarlet fever 23 diphtheria 4 typhoid fever 9.
Mr and Mrs Welch of Baxter farm between Reading and Cambria mourn the death of their daughter Belle aged 17 after convalescing from measles she contracted a cold and died Sunday Funeral services were held at the house yesterday and the remains laid to rest in Maplewood cemetery in Reading Hustler note the Welches formerly lived in Fremont
An editorial laments decline from within as laziness immorality and lack of moral courage erode nations. It argues no external foes but internal rot threatens greatness, urging citizens to act rightly to prevent damage from within.
A historical note describes a cartoonist facing a conflict over advertising funds on a public display near the Indiana banks. The incident involved a figure shading the republican party banner and triggered family protests, legal pressure, and a potential lawsuit with a New York paper referenced in the discussion.
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