22 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
1
Lafayette Rape and his wife suffered extensive burns last Friday when a kerosene oil can exploded while handling fuel by a heating stove. Their home sustained severe fire damage. four children, a thirteen year old girl among them, were affected. Neighbors provided aid and about two hundred dollars was raised for relief as Mrs. Rape remained in critical condition.
School notes report the Albion-Emersonian program delayed and rescheduled for Wednesday evening February 28. Other items note sore throats among high school students, class grade cards received, and various senior, junior, and general activities including a Civics lesson, play planning, and a static electricity experiment for interested students.
A Great Film praises The Battle Cry of Peace as a timely, unrivaled war drama. Commodore J Stuart Blackton directs a spectacular educational spectacle with scenes of shells hitting Manhattan and a fleet overwhelmed by a stronger foe.
Prohibition Party holds a conference at the U B Church in Angola on Saturday February 24 with morning afternoon and evening sessions. Program includes calls to order music devotions readings and speakers on social service reform political contracts and national prohibition with multiple named participants. Loans on farm lands offered by The Straus Brothers Company Ligonier Indiana and subscription notice for The Eagle.
Duke, 21, of Angola and R E McKay, 53, of Bowling Green Ohio, traveling salesman, were killed instantly when their Ford car stalled on a Butler crossing. They stepped into the track to reach Wa bash station and were struck by an east bound New York Central express, the car thrown about 100 feet. Duke had worked in Angola recently and was nephew of Mrs Charles Shank.
The Rob Roy Quartet will close the Redpath lyceum course at the M E church on Feb 23. Led by Victor F Heiney the group draws praise for its Scotch dialect and Scottish romance in song and story with members in period costumes. Admission 35c adults 20c children.
Royal Arch Masons announce Fremont Chapter 148 stated convocation at Masonic Hall Monday evening February 26 at 730. Star Theater program notes nearly all Battle Cry of Peace tickets sold and a 230 matinee on March 1 with 745 evening show. Theda Bara stars in The Galley Slave on Feb 22 and 200 Photoplay Magazines will be given away. Notice to Pythian Sisters and officers urged to attend March 6 practice for initiation. By order of M. E. C.
March 7th event lists participants by role including Vivian Smith Nellie Wilson Berthien Straw and many others with readings songs and instrumentals. Judges decision and benediction by Rev. L W Kemper conclude the program.
Cats from nations have gathered along the Chelsea piers from West Fourteenth to Twenty-third Street since the war began. They roam in bands of fifteen to twenty and feed on beneath prunes and raw rubber, enabling swift night prowling for prey.
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