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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
7
The heaviest snow storm of the season hit Fremont last Thursday afternoon and lasted through Friday. Trains were delayed and country roads became almost impassable. It was a wet snow and some parts of town already faced flooding as residents shoveled driveways and sidewalks.
The article advocates Sugar Maple varieties for shade planting, notes soft maples grow fast but suffer pests and ice damage, praises the Norway maple for resilience, and gives planting guidance. It advises selecting nursery stock under eight feet, careful pruning, spacing two trees per seventy foot lot, and protects young trees with guards. It also offers a free booklet from the State Board of Forestry in Indianapolis.
A discussion on funding a town library stresses essential expenses like books, a space, periodicals, heat and furniture, and highlights the librarian as the key feature. Advocates argue for a tax-supported free public library as the wisest foundational form, whether at start or later financed by municipal tax under state law.
George E. Reed was in town on business this week from Wabash. Ness Gripman from Quincy, Michigan, visited relatives and friends here. Ed Bevier of Jackson, Michigan, spent Sunday with his brother Juanes and plans to move here soon.
A long list of property transfers is recorded, naming numerous buyers and sellers. Transactions cover parcels in Angola Pleasant Lake Jamestown Fremont and Jackson with prices from $1 to about $20,900, including lots, tracts, and half interests across Scott, Steubenville, Ray, York, and surrounding towns.
John Kilvurn lies in poor health as residents share Sunday visits at Musser and Hall homes. Numerous moves, visits, and social gatherings occur from Clear Lake to Fremont with family entries, farm shifts, and a blizzard halting mail delivery.
East Fremont reports Mr and Mrs James McCannel visiting Charles Lockwood at Clear Lake. Gertrude Dally ill with pneumonia. Wm Brouse and family staying with Sylvester Donahue. Mrs Rhoda Painter visiting Henry Rathbun family at York. Minshall Painter and family staying with his brother Thomas and wife. Fred Straw of Montpelier Ohio and Miss Lorene Farley of Auburn Indiana wed in Auburn on March 12.
Mrs. Mark Powelson died Wednesday evening at her home in Coldwater. The body will be brought here. She was Miss Jessie Garn, daughter of Win W. Garn and wife.
Clyde Douglas serves as jury man in Coldwater this week. Mrs William Rummel hosts German measles. A temperance lecture is set at the R P church next Sunday. Fremont visitor Mrs Graham calls on friends here. Mrs Gertrude Holland visits Mrs Dore Osborn. Mrs Lida Duguid hosts a rag bee. George Worton Jr leaves for Mt Clemens for treatment. Miss Bess McTaggart and Beulah Duguid take eighth grade exams at Fremont. Mr and Mrs George Worton visit Burt Rice and wife in Quincy. Mr and Mrs Jacob Batley and daughter visit Mr and Mrs James Mingus. F E Abrams and wife stage a surprise party before moving to New Haven around April 1. Verry Duguid and Dore Osborn attend missionary social near Hall’s Corners. Earl Speer returns from Washington to attend his brother’s funeral and dines with Anna Reynolds. Olney Odren dies at his parents’ home after stomach trouble. funeral at A P church and Kay Cemetery.
Michael Nagle died at his home Friday and funeral was held Monday with interment in Oak Grove cemetery Coldwater. Jerome Tift a former resident died in Coldwater and funeral was held at the Brick school house with interment in Lester Cemetery. Community members visited and cared for sick relatives over the weekend.
A seven foot seven giant visitor to Angola claims to be 340 pounds with huge hands and size 22 feet. He says he trains to meet Jack Johnson in the ring, drawing notable attention in the city per the Angola Herald.
In Angola the Roosevelt and Taft clubs exist, but a plato republican club is proposed to emphasize efficiency and prevent waste of resources amid conservation talk.
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