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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
1
The contest closes Wednesday January 6 1904 at 2 30 p m estimates accepted until then. Time to reach us from subscribers ending January 1 1904. Results will be announced in Tuerance January 7 1904.
At the last meeting the Daughters of Rebekah elected officers head of group Della Hall as noble grand, Vina Taylor as youth grand, Allie Loose as secretary, Mary Carr as treasurer, and Hattie Holcomb as personal secretary.
Mr Frank Sailor and Miss LaPearl Holbrook wed at Congregational parsonage on Tuesday Dec 22 Rev T L Dyer officiating The groom a Steuben County teacher and the bride a Fremont High School graduate daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Holbrook Scott township They traveled to Angola to catch the evening train to Fort Wayne for a brief honeymoon.
The two week Jackson Michigan trial of O C Chester’s will locked at 6 to 9 ratio with 68 witnesses and ten lawyers. A juror fell ill after 36 hours deliberation failing to reach agreement. The case reportedly cost $7 01K and ends unresolved with the jury split 6 to 3 against sustaining the will.
Mr Thomas Norton aged about 80 who lived two miles north of town died at one o clock Wednesday morning after a period of failing health. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 o'clock at the residence conducted by Rev T J Dyer.
The Fort Wayne News published a forty four page Christmas edition last Monday covering local and state topics. Editors praise the issue as the best single number printed by a Fort Wayne newspaper, noting it required both brains and money to produce.
A third mysterious blaze shook Hillsdale as the creamery plant caught fire Monday morning about the same time as two factories burned recently. The creamery was saved after heavy damage. The two missing workers from the Sereda Door factory were found among ruins, fueling suspicion of arson.
A series of property transfers includes Frank Sharitt to John Sharitt in Angola for 360 dollars and multiple 2 lot transfers in Angola and Fremont. Other transfers include Ellen Douglass to Homer Dilworth for 1 000 dollars, and 40 acres in Scott County to Joshua Gifford for 1 900 dollars.
A note on common baking powders lists CALUMET IC KENTON CLIMAX as examples with alum. It warns alum powders are cheap at two cents a pound while cream of tartar variants cost thirty, so price indicates quality for households.
Frank Kline longtime foreman in the Steuben Republican office died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Angola. He served the paper for many years and was known for his steady work and community contributions.
Mrs Nelson Myers died Wednesday morning December 16 1904 at her West Pearl Street home from consumption. Born Clara Dunham October 3 1873 in Fremont Indiana she is survived by her husband ten year old son Raph and her mother Mrs Aretta Signs. Funeral Friday at 10 o'clock with burial in Fremont Indiana.
A list of individuals including Lewis Dilts Belle Sewell Otto Linkleithy Carrie Vasilyke Elmer Hovarter Abbie DeWitt Victor J. Craig Myrtle Champion Homer Katinger Zura bggert Shirley Uhrasher Mud Fease Charles Billman Jennie Shade Frank Sailor Latearl Holbrook Ellis Swiger Ella Compton Frank Datvis Mary Musgrove Ephriam Neidie Leah Manges Anct Munden Meada Fischer Clyde Spangle Lizzie Naish received marriage licenses in the latest county clerk proceedings.
The sheriff may sell millinery from Mrs. Freed in a debt case with Ella Scott as the claimant. Duane Scott bought the stock to clear out the goods quickly. Indiana Republicans plan their annual Love Feast in Indianapolis on December 30 with informal events and brief remarks from officials. The Evangelical church hosts a Christiana tree and related exercises tonight.
A Fremont area meeting at Rev. Reichelderfer’s home created a temporary preachers’ organization. Elected officers are President Rev. F. Carpenter Vice President Rev. McLeod Smith Secretary Treasurer Rev. E. M. Renner. Next meeting set for January at Rev. Dyer’s home with monthly gatherings thereafter. A drafting committee of Carpent er Dyer and Reichelderfer was named to prepare a permanent constitution and by laws.
Election of trustees for Fremont Charge Methodist Episcopal church to be held at the church in Fremont Indiana on Saturday morning January 9 1904. Trustees to be elected for Fremont Jones Chapel and Ray with a parsonage trustees board. Elected by members of the Quarterly Conference. F A Reichelderfer Pastor.
Fred Ames proprietor of the Model clothing store in Elkhart placed twenty five new one dollar bills in hats in his show window to attract attention. That night a thief climbed over the transom and took the entire cash display.
Suspicion falls on robbery and murder by unknown assailant at Hillsdale watchman Joe Cawsey's post. The building was set ablaze to hide the crime. Coroner's inquest adjourned to December 31 to obtain additional evidence.
A Lake Shore freight wreck occurred ten miles north of Fort Wayne Monday night when the train broke in two while making a flying switch. Several cars derailed and blocked the track as the engine returned for the remainder of the train. The Tuesday morning service reached per location late in the afternoon. No injuries were reported.
Latest reports state Miss Alina Bauin is free from fever though gravely ill and near the end. She may receive visitors and Fort Wayne residents are invited to call at St Joseph Hospital on West Manty Street where she is confined. rumor of a city hospital is confirmed.
The school closed yesterday afternoon for holiday vacation. Appropriate exercises were held in each room and Christmas trees featured in the programs of the primary departments. Pupils in grammar and high school departments presented Prof. Heitz with a rocking chair repair and Prof. Judson with a shaving set.
Report suggests Chicago may miss hosting the Republican and Democratic conventions. Hotel operators reportedly seek fourfold rates, prompting the committee to consider moving the events to another city. The piece labels Chicago as a leading example of extortion and a target if venues go elsewhere.
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