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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
6
Jamestown residents report visits and greetings from friends in West Jamestown Battle Creek and Angola. News includes church events on June 21 weather and illness updates births and marriages. A fatal streetcar accident in Detroit claimed Will Monlux and a companion, with relatives traveling to Coldwater for the funeral.
Mrs Hattie J Miller returned Sunday from Reading where she cared for Mrs Orville Newberry and son Orris. Mrs Rena Scoville and her son Hollis from Hillsdale visited sister Mrs Cora Dailey from Tuesday to Sunday. Mr Scoville further details follow.
Seward Alaska residents chase an insect collecting craze sparked by scientists aboard the Abler. Locals trap beetles and butterflies worth money, trading for other specimens as collectors and scientists buy what they find. The bug hunt has overtaken traditional prospecting in town and along the waterfront.
The residence of Ed Tasker of Hudson burned Tuesday night causing about $1,200 in loss. Fire officials investigated the cause and reported the home uninhabitable.
McLean County farmer Charles E Yanney reports a six acre alfalfa trial starting in 1906 with intensive soil work and reseeding. By 1907 yield reached two tons per acre. In 1908 pigs fed on the crop boosted profits, with hogs grown to market weights and the overall alfalfa plus hay valued at 693 dollars, about 115.50 per acre, despite winter freezing and reseeding.
Hog and corn feed calculations show six acres yielding $657.00 total from hogs and alfalfa. Six hogs weighed mid December average 126 pounds after gains and corn fed. Alfalfa yields 3 1/2 tons per acre in 1909 with extensive hog pasturing. Coburn notes alfalfa as key to modern farming and mortgage relief, especially in the Corn Belt where protein is scarce.
Progressive voters of Steuben County Indiana and allies urged to attend a mass convention at Croxton's Opera House Angola on Saturday June 27 1914 at 2 pm. Delegates to nominate Clerk Recorder Treasurer Sheriff surveyor county assessor coroner commissioners two district commissioners three councilmen at large and district councilmen for multiple areas for November general election. Joint convention with LaGrange county to nominate one state legislature representative for Steuben and LaGrange for November 1914. Franklin L Adams chairman A Fry Singer secretary Adv.
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