Fremont Echoes of Town News and Events
Local notices report multiple residents visiting from Jackson and Dayton, a sale by Woodard Bros with high prices, town improvements like telephones, a call for better tire protection, revival services at the Evangelical Church, and a Steuben County convention of WCTU set for March.
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Wood
Angelka
Albiom
Hayes
Effa Mosher
Fagus
Mich
J. L Hagerty
Denver
D. Slocum
Algansee
Henry Loose
Chicago
Martha Michae
West
Lambert Hall
Wolfe Bros
Showers
Auburn
Lung
Jake Hartman
Woodard Bros
Christina Foltz
Dayton, O
Kauffman
Albert Ellis
Jackson
Steuben County
W. Go T.U
Angola
WLG. TR. U
Evangelical Church
Frye
A. Frye
Marshall, Mich
M. E
Logging Camp Tales From Pine Woods Hearse to Hodag Hunt
In the Pine Woods, log crews split into three man gangs for felling trimming and bundling timber. A foreman and two sawyers handled the trees while a skidder team moved logs to the sleigh. a swamper cleared brush and aided the skidder. The speaker recalls pine types pine ranks pink knot rot and explains hollow trunks. A deaf and dumb Indian named Pear Paw-caw-naw baw-naw and Felix worked the crew with Bejabers exclamations. A letter home describes meals and Sundays with many meats. Foreman recounts a hodag tale as oxen vanish and tracks reveal a lurking animal, eliciting fear and humor among workers.
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Lane
Pear Paw
Green Trishman
Felix
O'Reith
Pean
Eveland
Atrah
Toever
Lew
Au Sable
Thad
Butt
Fire damages clothing store in early morning blaze
A clothing store on the block suffered heavy fire damage after flames broke out around one o clock. Mr Crane’s stock was burned and smoking. quick action by Mr and Mrs Carl and neighbors kept the fire from spreading. Origin unknown, insured repairs planned after adjustment.
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Carl
Mer. Carl
Crane
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Fort Wayne Branch
Fragmentary railway notice mentions the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line and Fort Wayne branch with references to express mail and air line connections. No clear event or outcome is readable.
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Lake Shore
Michigan
R’y. Fort Wayne
Hoding Cwrspl
Nys&bex Air Line
Acc C&b
Atco Main
HOONG
the Mail
Express
NY Mail Ga’ All Tre
Jnstant Reiter
New Piles
Werne Sulve Co
Seutt Ave
Fort Wayne
Lol
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W. E. Scott & Son
UNES
Iremont. Markets
Noah Lang
Herbert Brown
Bere
Jamestown
Bert
Chas Woodard
Gr. OV. Abbott
Wes. H. Weeden
Kinderhook
Be. Abbott
L. G. Heberling
Courtney, North Dakota
MC. Heberting
Firemont, O
SR. Heberling
Bilton House
Blaine
Pleasant Goke
J.P. Isenhowers
J. L. Hagerty
Col
Eagle
Fremont
Angola Herald
Harry Laughlin
Take Co
Miceli
Lagrippe
Por the
B. Walter
Fremont Gallery
Galt Acky
Chadwick & CO
Eteiuomt
A. Pilliod
Port Wayne
Peach Lodgings
West Main St
Awlton Touse
Fremont, Ind
BR. Heberling
Prop
Hlas
Eagle Steam Laundry
Coldwater
Trott & Douglass, Agts
Bank OF Fremont
Indiana
Staulum
Hillsdale Row
Angola Leasant Lake
Waterloo
Buen Junction
Wayne Ev
Lye
AIR Line
Ist
Pia Wain! Pacific
Airr Line
Hillsdale
R&c
Enos Walter
Chicago Veterinary College
S&t
DENT
D&tex
Leavy Exp
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