This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
8
Correspondence reports gatherings and visits among families in Batavia and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Gayland Eggleston visited Batavia with her parents the Lints. Lane and Ralph Eggleston traveled to Kalamazoo to see their mother who is improving though frail.
The community plans an event on Saturday evening July 31 on the Barney Hibler lawn to raise funds for the baseball club. They hope to bring her home, which would be good news to many friends, and invite everyone to attend while seeking new suits for the team.
California Michigan social items note Mrs Thomas Rice and sister Miss Gitting visiting Mrs Vera Stallman Monday night. Mrs Rena Scoville has returned home after helping care for her father. Clifton Holmes and family visited Miss Mabel Ellis and Roy Holmes on weekend. Clarence Smith and wife visited Coldwater briefly. Tillie McClish of near Lester spent Tuesday with sister Alice Firestone. Mae Ellis nurses a sore foot after stepping on a nail.
Harry Lafler and family left Monday by auto for North Ridge New York to visit relatives for a couple of weeks. Mrs Frances Gripman is ill under a physician care and her sister Mrs Annis Strong has spent two weeks with her. Mrs J Phenicie who has been ill since birth of a son was taken to Battle Creek Sanitarium for treatment. J D Hays drove his son Owen Hays of Lansing to Philadelphia by auto last week. Mr and Mrs Wm Miller visited Carl Brown at Kalama Zoo last week. Wm Hoyt and family host friends from Cleveland. Kathryn Brown received notice from Lansing of Star Garment Club Championship in first year work.
Wm Stonestreet and wife were dinner guests of Orville Brngle and family. Numerous local households hosted Sunday visitors from nearby towns including Pioneer Stryker and Ney. The community gathered for a baptism at Fish Creek and extended visits among neighbors and relatives.
Willa Gleason returns home after a short stay with Harry Brown and family in Indiana. H F Drake and wife of Rochester Indiana vacationed among Kinderhook residents at Wm Bordt’s. Percy Adams and family and less Cole and family from Scott township spent Sunday with A C Stokes. Frank Shupp of Fremont is doing well work on Wm Masters farm. Charles Allen visited Wm Bordt’s Monday. Alva Allen and wife and Charles Allen and wife attended the circus in Jackson Tuesday. George Sellum and C Luke of Blakeslee Ohio were junk buyers in Kinderhook Tuesday.
Wm Masters of Angola called at Frank Merritts Tuesday. Many from here traveled to Clear Lake Sunday to see the balloon rise but were disappointed. Miss Bernice Brattin visited friends in Batavia and Coldwater. Miss Blanche Brattin returned to work in Washington DC. John W Somers visited Clifford Abbott Sunday. Floyd Straw and family with Alonzo Worthington and Wilbur Worthington helped Charles Worthington celebrate his 54th birthday with a good dinner.
The Trustee of Fremont Township Steuben County Indiana will on August 7 1920 at 2 PM receive bids for cleaning and repairing ditches plans show cubic yards of excavation and work by sections of one hundred feet Successful bidder must enter contract with bond of at least double the contract amount within 10 days J O Worthington Trustee
An ad style boast promises SHOO-FLY spray for cows will improve comfort and significantly reduce milk loss. The message emphasizes price efficiency and dairy comfort as the product benefit.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.