Many Local Families Attend Fourth at Clear Lake
A parade of visitors gathered around Montgomery area, with Mr. and Mrs. Fink and Mr. Burroughs hosting guests near Montgomery. Elkhart, Battle Creek, and Fremont residents joined gatherings at Clear Lake and surrounding cottages. Birthday celebrations, weddings, and anniversaries surfaced among neighbors as July Fourth events unfolded with fam ily visits and shopping trips in Angola and Ypsilanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Adair
Orval
Elkhart, Ind
Chas. Adair
Clear Lake
Baseball Exhibition Highlights Local Players
A lively baseball exhibition drew cheers as players and fans filled the field. Descriptions name Warren Goodwin at bat and speculate on others like Clyde Barry, Vern Brunk, Elmer VanGuilder, and Orville Miller amid praised plays including a double play by Baker and Blacksmith Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Goodwin
Clyde Barry
Vern Brunk
Elmer VanGuilder
Orville Miller
Baker
Blacksmith Myers
H. H. McMurtrey
Visitors and Local Guests Reach From Michigan Center
Arlene and Maxine Smith of Michigan Center Michigan are visiting relatives here. Lonnie Qumiby and family of Coldwater visited with John Qumiby and family Sunday. Mr. Barringer and family of Coldwater were guests of Roy Mundy last Sunday. Mrs Edna Kline and baby spent Sunday at Wm Adair’s. Mrs Edd Ogden and two daughters and Wyman Ogden of Coldwater visited M A George and wife. Edd Ogden and Ernest Kline made a business trip to Chicago earlier this week. Mrs Nettie Warren is in poor health. Alonzo Clark and family of Lansing are visiting relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene and
Maxine Smith
Michigan Center
Mich
Lonnie Qumiby
Coldwater
John Qumiby
Mr. Barringer
Roy Mundy
Edna Kline
Baby
Wm. Adair's
Edd Ogden
Wyman Ogden
M. A. George
Mr. Ogden
Ernest Kline
Chicago
Alonzo Clark
Lansing
Dodgers vs Lean and Fat team scoring summary
A brief baseball score line shows Lean with 16 runs and Fat with 10 runs, both sides collecting many hits and no errors. The text notes laughter at a partner described as a dodger.
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Dodger
Lean
Fats
Smiles and Sighs In The News From Eagle Files of Long Ago
Eagle files recounts from 28 years ago noting Goshen resident Walter visiting Fremont and Lee territory, York’s Geo Hantz killed loading logs in Branch County, 91 year old John Kinsey ill, Lew Lytle Amos Isenhower families at Lake George, Fremont ball team lineup, Eugene Dobbs of Montgomery at Fourth celebration, Rev A A Foster speech, Orland and Fremont baseball game shortened by umpire dispute, Ben Allen’s notable Fremont work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Hantz
York
Branch County
Chinese Writing Paper and Paper Quality Compared
The article notes Chinese writing favors softer paper for brush and ink, with light creamWrapping paper of a thin quality sold in upscale stationery shops, while native shops offer cheap brown paper. The piece references using the Eagle's Classified ads.
Mrs Hills Feared Hurt in Storm Incident at Coldwater
A fragment reports Mrs Hills, a Coldwater farmer, struck during a violent storm. Details are sparse but the event centers on her injury in the Sunday weather upheaval.
Chautauqua Speaker Dr Mellinger Promotes Mexico Lecture
Dr W L Mellinger, praised for his grasp of topics, will speak on Gringo and Greaser in the afternoon and International Roads or Freedom of the Seas in the evening. His charted presentation aims to clarify complex subject matter for all, including grammar school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Mellinger
Mexico
It Looked Like a Battlefield in Europe Says Mr Dunster
An advertisement recounts Mr C Dunster describing a scene in a Pennsylvania town. He recalls hiring a rig from a hotel stable and finding dead rats killed with RAT SNAP the previous night. The copy promotes three sizes 35e 65e and 1.25. Sold and guaranteed by E L Mertz drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Europe
E. L. Mertz Drug Store
Noted Chautauqua Speaker Wi Mam Forkell Scheduled
The article highlights Wi Mam Forkell as a stalwart Chautauqua lecturer appearing on the third day. A deep thinker with 22 years of public speaking and public works experience, he engages audiences with frank discussions on living issues and a fiery, eloquent style.
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Wi- Mam Forkell
Forkell
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George Fink
George Burroughs
Montgomery
George Bailey
Battle Creek
Wm. Lint
Mrs
Gay Paul
Coldwater Lake
Harley Jenkins
Harry Falls
Helen Speer
Lillian
Montana
S. W. Duguid
Lora
Fremont
D. S. Mitchell
Clesson F. Reynolds
Bronson, Mich
Louretta Weeden
Corydon Stewart
Wylie Stewart
Mrs. Brown
East Camden
Fred Hackett
Kendallville, Ind
Lyle Jones
B. H. Wison
John Brett
Chester Masters
Chas. Skinner
Carlyle Mitchell
Max
Theodore McNaughton
Angola
John Carruthers
Cleveland, C
Homer Manchester
Ypsilanti, Mich
E. L. Myers
Alice Odren
Amos Odren
R. D. Yates
Albion
D. D. Yates
C. W. French
Marengo
Ypsilanti
Ed Manchester
Sidney Stanton
Charles and
Ralph French
Mrs. Claud Knapp
Clarence Hall
East Kinderhook
Annie Yates
Marengo, Mich
Cecile Manor
Annie
Floyd Leffingwell
Herman Rosenbrook
Yates
Paul Snyder
George Gibney
Metz
Silas Smith
Roy Norton
Jackson
Stella Coldsnow
Jackson, Mich
Elmer Coldsnow
John Lint
Batavia Township
Giles Norton
Thrasher
Raye
Alfred ‘Waince
Helen Wash
Taxi
Charles Five
Ofter
Crissie Goodwin
Camden, Mich
Lida Duguid
Helen, Speer
Wilson Duguid
W. E. Ford
Walter Straw
McTaggart
Laked
California, Mich
Y A. B. Vance
Toledo
Elen Dunlap
Ella Balch
Will Nicholls
Quincy
Walter Sadler
John Marsh
West Montgomery
Olin Schaeffer
Sadler
Yolanda and
Lucile Gould
Jake Knapp
Deloss Ball
Alberta
Chas
Kaufman
Lester
Herbert Wylie
Mentgomery
J. L. Hagerman
Orrin Goff
Niles, Mich
Clyde Wilkinson
Fort Wayne
Dan Firestone
Ol. Huss, A Spec
Tator
W. L. Clear
Howard E. Lees
Harry Ling
Dr. Blosser
Harry
P. A. Dun
Lester, Mich
Allen Follett
Nettie Warren
Eagle's Files
Eagle Files
Fred. Walter
Goshen
John Kinsey
Lew Lytle
Amos Isenhower
Lake George
Ben Allen
Henry Pilliod
Chas. Lint
Cash Trecarten
L. D. Caswell
S. C. Wolfe
Guy Abbott
Sherm Lemmon
Chas. Pifer
Eugene Dobbs
A. A. Foster
Orland
B. C. Gibbon
Fremont, Indiana
Mr. C. Dunster
Star Theater
Paramount
the Sheik
Rudolph Valentino
Agnes Ayres
Ahmed Ben Hassan
Dio
THE
First National Bank
Indiana
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
County of Steuben
E. B.mcnaughton
E. B. McCnaughton
Anna Alice Taylor
Theo. McNaughton
Elmer Sides
Elmer van Guilder
Susie
Piar
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