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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
4
Local officials discuss organizing capital for a brick manufacturing enterprise at the county level. With abundant material and rising costs of other building goods, a brick plant could be profitable and attract home demand. Financing this venture is seen as a timely step.
Caughter Possum Earl Hall and L A Kintner bagged an oppossum while rabbit hunting last Saturday. The animal is described as rarely seen in this region of the United States.
Miss Euphena Lytle visits Miss Ina Shaeffer in Fremont last week. Edward Shippan of Jackson visits friends nearby. Jadys Paradine ill with whooping cough. Mrs. Bennett leaves Evard Hawes place for Waterloo Indiana to visit sister. Mr. Johnson of Clinton Iowa visits aunt Mrs Ellen Carthers. Mr. and Mrs. W. Lytle spend Christmas with son Clarence Lytle and wife in Quincy. John Crist of Butler and Mrs Fanny Disbro Custer of Montpelier visit their uncle John Crist. Miss Lana Crist visits friends in Bronson. St Joseph Valley Line runs first car from LaGrange to Mongo on Dec 27. H C Allman of Ichland township dies Dec 26 after illness. He is brother of John G B Athan county clerk elect.
Mongo in LaGrange County announces a new enterprise the Indiana Concrete Brick Company after purchasing sixty acres of land for construction and operation. Kalaren Dailynes is reported as a key figure in the project.
A Wheeling text recounts Plunkitt and the theme of honest graft as municipal ownership expands. It argues graft becomes profitable when cities control utilities, with Plunkitt cited as a veteran leader who profited from opportunities while holding multiple offices.
The Binghamton Herald argues against municipal ownership, criticizing the political machine and the $100,000,000 expenditure entrusted to it. It warns that adding city ownership would complicate matters and mislead ordinary businessmen.
The Winnipeg Free Press argues that municipal ownership should not be discredited if new enterprises become self sustaining. The Montreal Gazette cautions that entrusting a municipalized service to local councils risks dangerous missteps likening it to giving a seven year old boy dynamite to handle.
An exchange notes the city recently fined a water works $1,000 for supplying impure wholesale water. The discussion questions whether the waterworks should be city owned.
Advertisement touts McCall Patterns as the leading pattern maker in the United States citing selling figures and popularity. It boasts stele accuracy and simplicity, promotes a Queen of fashion theme, and offers subscriptions with a free pattern for each subscriber. The notice invites agents and mentions pricing in cents and catalogs.
The piece explains depreciation by using a horse example. It details original cost 250, five years, interest if borrowed, operating costs, renewals, and a 200 loss on sale to 50. It argues that without proper depreciation funds, municipal plants face borrowing needs to replace assets.
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