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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
1
Enos Walter notes very few potato bugs so far and urges watchful control as a path to eradicating the pest. He cites Germany’s success and warns the beetle, not native here, could be eliminated if growers act early, with larvae poisoned later and careful planting.
Universal sorrow followed the death of Mrs. Orilla Graham a lifelong local resident noted for active, useful service. She was widely known and highly esteemed, and the community reflects that her life was spent in good deeds and benefitting those around her.
At a meeting of the American Legion the post will send a delegate to a conference in Vincennes from June 23 to 29. Reports on the Salvation Army Home Service campaign were completed last night showing a total of 217.15 dollars raised. Fremont town and township contributed 180.25 dollars, Jamestown fell short of its quota, and Clear Lake raised a little over half.
A fragmented humor piece notes shortages and antics aboard a train car and in daily life. It jests about beer and tobacco scarcity, a Missouri wife accused of profiteering, a flirtatious hotel lobby moment, and a Dr. Blank quip. It ends with the Brooks family reunion report from Litchfield Michigan, June 3 with 88 attendees and officers named.
Reprinted in Des Moines Register May 31 1920 from Watch on the Rhine, urging memory of sacrifices by the AEF in France. It argues that forgetting the battles and the dead undermines the truth of their deeds and the meaning of their war service.
The remonstrance hearing on a proposed school bond issue occurred last Friday in a theater with a State Tax Commission member present. Most attendees favored the issue while fewer than six opposed, citing desire for better facilities but delaying construction to cut costs. The commission had not yet issued its decision as of last evening.
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