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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
4
Bo Sweeney of Seattle is named the new assistant secretary of the Interior and began duties on July 1. When asked about his peculiar first name he said it was plain so with no period.
Crown Prince Alexander of Servia assumes government duties after King Peter retires temporarily due to ill health. The transfer signals a new leadership line while health concerns affect the monarchy.
A playful dialogue riff explores the word terse with humorous mispronunciations and clipped phrases. The exchange riffs on how brevity can turn into silliness as siblings banter about a sister's bathing suit adjective.
Evansville reports describe Valeda Greder twelve burned when a giant firecracker exploded in her hand injuring lips and tongue. Harold Lynch thirteen may lose three fingers from a similar blast. Alvin McKee nine burned on the face and ear. Arthur Wells twelve suffers severe hand lacerations from a discharged toy pistol. Farmers fear low prices near wheat harvests across Porter La Porte Lake and St Joseph counties. Mrs Woods sixty dies from bee stings while harvesting honey near Henryville.
In Colfax burglars blew the safe at the post office July 1880s. Ira Bowman fired from his window as the robbers returned fire. about a dozen shots were exchanged. The bandits escaped with a bag of papers belonging to Postmaster Parker, missing cash and stamps.
Frederick C. Perkins, a tobacco grower from Hisington Laighrey Creek, was arrested on a warrant charging dynamiting for fish. With a $1,000 bond default, Perkins was jailed to await trial in the circuit court. deputies Ellers and Neal assisted in the arrest.
Williamsport on July 6 reports Mina Mary Vearson aged 37 died five hours after shooting herself in the head with a revolver, a suicide in the wake of Walter Atchison’s death by dynamite in the county jail, described as a fit of melancholy and excitement.
Mark I. Haynes a ninety two year old pioneer Richmond dry goods merchant is critically ill after a stroke and death is expected after a long business career in Richmond.
J I Beekman of Ferdinand, a wealthy Dubois county businessman, fell at a Franaville hotel and struck his head on a dresser, tearing off part of his right ear. He is described as one of the county’s richest men.
In Shelbyville on July 3 a radish with a five foot tail like a comet is shown at Lt. M Price home. In Anderson a nineteen year old colored youth Howard Williams was shot but not seriously hurt by a nineteen year old colored girl Clay Martin after a quarrel at the Martin home.
Danville July 6 Lee Whyte of two miles north of Danville owns a turkey gobbler that acts as the mother to a brood of fifteen turkeys and is performing as well as any turkey hen could.
The National Nut Growers Association holds its annual convention in Byansville on July 26 and 27 with attendance expected from leading horticulturists and government experts.
Walter Atchinson a Kentucky youth killed himself with dynamite at the Warren county jail causing a fire and panic among inmates. A stranger allegedly left the explosive to aid an escape. Sheriff Cowgill was away. Atchinson faced a horse theft charge and wrote letters to his parents and Mrs Vera Hodges. In a separate incident five men were injured in a nearby auto wreck near South Bend.
A collage of brief Indiana items reports local grief, resignations, divorces, accidents, and civic actions. Highlights include the Lehigh Portland Cement Co purchasing 1000 tickets for employees, Rev Horace Hastings set to succeed at Plymouth Congregational Church, a Logansport divorce suit, a possible fatality from an assault in Shoals, a young woman near death after a hemorrhage in Evansville, and church attendance leaders in Richmond and Marion.
The piece argues that assigning children useful tasks at home builds responsibility and character. Small duties like yard upkeep, errands, dusting, desk cleanliness, arranging flowers, and making desserts foster neat habits and establish important beginnings in daily duties.
A great pianist laments that in a few years he must give up his beloved piano due to hair loss. His wife questions how to cope as he contemplates the bitters of life. The page also promotes Roman Eye Balm and Red Cross Ball Blue with brief quips about glamour and laundry.
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