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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
5
A regional column lists visits and illnesses across SOUTH CLEAR LAKE and KINDERHOOK. Names include Miss Anla Clark from Fremont visiting Miss Mabel Ryan, Miss Alice Powers from Addison Mich, and Mrs. Sam Bailey near death. Other entries cover Knox families, harvest activity, and local travel to Kalamazoo and Allegheny Pa.
Mrs Grover Collins and her son returned to Jackson last Thursday. Families including the Blausiers Straw and Berry visited Fremont Detroit and Waterloo. A severe thunderstorm struck Jamestown with lightning hitting trees near Arch Barry E Boguid and Frank Brown's pasture.
Maynard Harter visited with his brother Harvey and family last week. Ann Cobb and family from East Fremont spent Sunday with James Brown and family. Clayton Warner Elmer Goodson of Hicksville called on David Sunday and family. Guy Anderson William OKeeffe and Byron Shupp were among the first drawn last Friday. Byron Shupp and wife and Mrs. Paul Taylor and daughter Maxine visited Elisabeth Penner Sunday. Mrs Henry Jordan Bart Jordan Charles Bailey Hazel and Harold Jordan attended the ball game at Burr Oak in Long Lake Maryland. Will Crall buzzing wood near Columbia Ohio last week. Mrs C E Smith visited niece Ida Clark at Angola last Saturday. Mrs Maud McCombs and son hosted Miss Iva Mc
Ashley residents Combs and Spooner are noted guests. Frank and Mrs Handy visited with C P Upp. Perry Huffman and family spent time with daughter and husband Frank Easler. C E Smith hosted guests including John Mowser David Harbaugh and Purl Hart and son, all from Algansee.
Charles McLouth served as Angola caller last Wednesday. Wesley Fulton and James Lewis fished Coldwater Lake last Monday. Mrs. Dan Faulk has bought a new player piano from E. C. Duguid of Fremont. Geo Hotchkiss sold a threshing machine at Ray station. Worton family second reunion scheduled for Camden the second Saturday of August. Geo F Worton and wife visited Fort Wayne last Sunday and called on Mrs Williamson at the Lutheran hospital. Mrs Williamson is improving.
Miss Eunice Williams works for Mrs. Gay Bingle this week. Neighbors attend Eden church on Sunday. Mrs. Flossie Buda and two sons visit her parents. Leona and Ethel Goshorn visit Mrs. Margaret Goshorn of Montpelier. H. A. Goshorn and family guests of Herman Fuckinger. Howard Fisher and family visit Mrs. John Willoughby. Robert Zeller and family dine with Mrs. Lovenia Goshorn of Eden. Edd Buda and Emery Buda attend funeral at Edgerton. Wm. Mattison and Ivan Goshorn visit Joseph Davis and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tarr and granddaughter Helen Tarr visit Mrs. Zena Harbaugh and Festus Goeltzenleuchter families. Chas. Goeltzenleuchter and wife call. Wm. Stonestreet and wife host Cliff Burtzner and Dave Stone street families and Mrs. Stone street from Corunna Garrett area. Dave Brigie and wife with Orville Brigie and son visit Erve Olmstead area near Pioneer. Lorraine Olmstead joins for visit.
California visitors D T Bascom and wife spent the weekend in Coldwater. Allison Monlux of Fort Wayne visited his mother and sister. Mrs Hattie Miller returned Tuesday from a ten day Coldwater trip. Clarence Gould and family of Fremont joined relatives J. E. Knapps for a Sunday visit. Wyrle Firestone moved to Flint last Thursday to work in the local auto plant where his brother Russell is employed. Cradle Roll Mothers club plans a July 31 meeting at the M E church with all mothers and grandmothers invited. Mrs Kate Carruthers has been ill for some time.
Orlo Knapp fell from a cherry tree Friday morning breaking both bones in his right arm. Dr Blosser of Fremont set the fractures and reports he is recovering but will not pick cherries again this year. The funeral for a local figure was held Friday afternoon in the U P church with burial in the California cemetery.
A string of social calls and visits is noted across Algansee with residents such as Guy V Abbott and son at George Gallop s. Miss Larrie Wilson returns from Chicago. Mrs Bert Peppers and others visit Ray Burch. Sunday gatherings at Frank Michael s and John Lint s. and a grand surprise for Ben Sommers and wife with ice cream and refreshments.
Professor Glenn Bradley from Toledo Ohio visited over the weekend. The Thank-Offering service is now set for Sunday evening July 29 at 8 o clock instead of the afternoon. Mr and Mrs J G Upp and two children of Elyria Ohio visit to spend a week with his parents and many friends. Mrs M L Upp plans a Bay View trip in August. Rev and Mrs Martin came from Coldwater to spend a day with Mr and Mrs Grey. Miss Vera Garn spent part of last week in Angola with her mother then returned to give music lessons on Friday.
A 200 gallon galvanized iron tank, once a lighting system fuel, was unearthed behind a Albion drug store. Twenty five years after its use was stopped the tank still contained about 100 gallons of high test gasoline. Standard Oil agent notes the gasoline tested about 87 percent, far higher than modern fuels. The tank, bearing a factory date of 1872, remains in very good condition.
Real estate transfers listed include Frederick M. Vordermark to John B. Barrand at Clear Lake for 15 dollars, George W. Camp to William J. Beeks for Lot 46 in Ray at 75 dollars, and multiple other lot transfers with prices ranging from 50 to 8500 dollars across Jackson, Millgrove, Fremont, Lake George, and surrounding areas.
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