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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
1
A local tale claimed a Fremont merchant was duped by a woman who passed a counterfeit $1000 bill for a $200 purchase. Banks allegedly verified it as genuine, then the story spread as a joke about the dope habit and newspaper gullibility.
Fremont readers hear that J. J. Grube and family in Arizona are well and improving. Will’s health improves after a pleasant winter with no freezing weather. Spring arrives as frogs and church bells remind them of Fremont. Indians stop by roads to sell wood and wheat. oranges last till early April. Nearby Fort Wayne and Berne, Ind. folks attend a local church. residents note friendly sermons.
A campaign led by L G Eilingham secretary of state aims to prosecute automobile owners lacking 1914 license plates. About 1200 offenders are anticipated with a $1 penalty plus costs. Warrants are issued in multiple cities as prosecutors press the cases. A Steuben County year 2013 report shows deeds and conveyances, farm and lot mortgages, releases, liens, and school fund activity totaling over 600 thousand dollars in considerations.
The Fremont Farmers Institute met last Thursday at the Evangelical church despite drizzly weather. William M. Jones of Fairmount discussed soil fertility while Mrs. Kline of Huntington spoke on chickens on the farm. The day included committee appointments and an afternoon paper on the daughters share. Evening sessions featured Mrs. Dora Lewis in place of Mrs. Kline and a vocal solo by Laura Brown along with a reading by Mousie McTaggart.
The Steen County farm agent project is closed with funds paid. a suitable agent will be hired, a process slowed by other counties awaiting approval. Local subscribers include S. W. Duguid W Gleason H St McCleery W H Duguid FLOW Lott J D Weigle Newt G Ball M A Jones George Griffith W E Van Auken Chauncey Young Lynn C Bisbee J A L Watters Tuk Fremont Eagle A Wolfe A J Cooper Frank Boor Arthur Boor First State Bank A Peachey Son Burton Young J E Taylor KR C McNaughton Wilson Duguid O L Brouse Perry Duguid George F Worton Beth P McNaughton and others.
A civic sermon on the value of public schools and compulsory attendance. It argues that children are a nation’s future, praising universal access to basic learning and noting how early schooling shapes abilities and character for tomorrow.
The old Southland Sextette of colored jubilee singers drew one of Hall's opera house largest crowds. Every seat was taken and extra chairs were placed. many stood. Large numbers were turned away. All numbers pleased the audience with high class selections and appreciated readings and impersonations. They left Tuesday for Angola for a performance in a Christian church.
Citizens are urged to join the Booster list for The Eagle and pay subscriptions through January 1, 1915 to receive a final Booster Check Book. The list includes many neighbors and named subscribers, with a last chance to join before mailings conclude.
Sunday school observed guest night with sixty attendees at Mrs. 5. W. Duguid’s home. A program of readings and vocal and instrumental music followed by a pot luck supper and social hour. Gratitude expressed to Mrs. Duguid and her daughter. next meeting at Mrs. Clyde Duguid’s home.
The gathering highlighted support for farm social centers and non monetary success as farmers, led by President W. E. Van Auren and Chauncy Young, discussed a Steuben county farm agent and solicited subscriptions. The Little Red School House and church groups were praised.
The last legislature amended the law on recording deeds and mortgages. It requires recording every conveyance or mortgage of lands and leases over three years in the county where the lands lie. Priority is by date of filing and unrecorded instruments can be fraudulent and void against later purchasers or mortgagers in good faith with a first recorded deed.
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