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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
5
Local Woodmen camp organizes a town carnival with basketball baseball races music and other attractions. Angola band will perform in the evening and refreshments are planned. Tuesday marks J Woschiettel’s birthday as relatives and friends gather at his rooms for cake ice cream and gifts.
La Grange Standard reports H A Keith and his men mapped a practical Valley Line route from Orland to Clear Lake. The 38.62 mile path crosses rolling land with few marshes, avoiding a hill near Jamestown and hugging highways and schoolhouses to reach Lakewood and Lake, then Fremont and Cedar Lake before ending near Lakewood.
A public meeting to discuss the electric railroad matter will be held in Fremont on Thursday evening July 20. Representatives of the traction company will attend. The notice lists many local residents including Ernest B. Martin Pearl Shields Claude Neer Belle J. McClue Welcome A Betts Minnie Pearl Reppert Jesse Zonker Ida Bash Mrs Pheebe Bisbee and mentions Lynn, the newlywed son of Mrs Bisbee, who will be superintendent of schools at Rome City next winter. Herman Straw has a job in a creamery at Woodville Ohio.
In Angola a heated debate over funding a railroad shows residents divided on a tax plan to raise 35,000 dollars plus 15,000 by subscription. Merchants urge restraint while middle income citizens fund the drive, amid sewer plans and Route comparisons to Fremont and Camden. News notes Marion Harland and household advice, prize campaigns for road upkeep, and a fatal Steuben township accident involving a 14-year-old boy.
A charming ceremony took place July 12 at the Fremont area country home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Reppert. Welcome A. Betts and Miss M. Pearl Reppert wed under lace and myrtle with Rev. F. A. Heidelderfer officiating. They will begin housekeeping on the groom’s farm near Clear Lake.
Miss Helle J. McClue of Angola wed Mr. Chande Neer in a Fort Wayne ceremony conducted by Rev. E W Allen after presenting a Steuben county license. The groom hails from Cananea Mexico and the newlyweds plan a short trip before settling in Cananea. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles McClue and friends here join in best wishes. Services at the M B church follow. All invited.
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