Stolen Clover Seed Case Ends With Guilty Plea
Sim and Wallace Loose pleaded guilty in circuit court after being charged with stealing clover seed from Enos Walter. The court will sentence them soon. Other suspects are believed guilty, with three men likely involved. Recovered property from Sam Loose's home, identified, was distributed to owners and included clover seed harness and various tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Wallace Loose
Enos Walter
Sam Loose
Sidewalk Funds Stalemate Plagues Orland Board
Orland's Board of Public Works faces a standstill as parties refuse to pay until sidewalks are built to their preferences. Some balk at any cost if not tailored to their demands, causing delays in the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland’s
Board of Public Works
Orland Zenith
Deaths Rise From Self Destruction In Muncie
In the last ten days eight persons in Muncie attempted suicide as an epidemic of self harm shocks the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Monument to Robbery as Evening Paper Monument
Indianapolis Sun denounces the vast annual cost of news consumption, calling the Rockefeller funded system a legalized robbery and the greatest monument to exploitation ever erected by society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Indianapolis Sun
Toledo Boy Runs Away to See World Caught in Goshen
Fourteen year old Lloyd Baker left Toledo Sunday to see the world but was traced to Goshen where he was captured and sent home for a maternal slipper discipline.
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Lloyd Baker
Toledo
Goshen
Fire destroys Locke Block at Waterloo
A blaze Thursday morning at Waterloo wiped out the old Locke Block. Two saloons and a barber shop burned. rescuers saved much of the contents but losses ran high in the saloons.
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Locke
Waterloo
Horse stolen from Quincey church in Branch county
Albert Beard reported his horse and buyer were taken from a Quincey Michigan church last Sunday. The theft fits a pattern of weekly horse losses in Branch county. Beard's horse and rig 9 were recovered near Hillsdale on Tuesday, sold for eighty dollars, with the seller promising to return for the rig and harness. A suspect was arrested and jailed in Coldwater.
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Albert Beard
Quincey
Mich
Branch County
Beard
Hillsdale
Coldwater
Fort Wayne Woman Guilty of Manslaughter in Poisoning Case
The second trial of Mrs. Mattie Hazenfuss resulted in a guilty verdict for manslaughter in the death of Carl Westenfield last July. She faces commitment to the state reformatory.
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Mattie Hazenfuss
Fort Wayne
Carl Westenfield
State Reformatory
Barlow Brothers Bring Evening Show to Town
Advance agents bill the Barlow Bros show touring under canvass for Friday May 11 with an 8 PM performance. A free street parade precedes the event, promoted as strictly moral and refined with admission 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
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Barlow Bros
Fremont High SchoolCommencement May 24 at Opera House
Fremont High School will hold commencement at the opera house on Thursday evening May 24. Fourteen seniors graduate, the largest class in years, including Bertha Weaver Zora Michael Ella Caswell Pearl Holbrook Blanche Geedy Edith Chapin Grace Van Auken Mamie Belote Mamie Maddox Burl Follett Delbert Ostroth Bertie Schaeffer Clyde Hollingshead Ernne st Withington.
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Fremont High School
Opera House
Bertha Weaver
Zora Michael
Ella Caswell
Pearl Holbrook
Blanche Geedy
Edith Chapin
Grace van Auken
Mamie Belote
Mamie Maddox
Burl ,Follett
Delbert Ostroth
Bertie Schaeffer
Clyde Hollingshead
Ernnest Withington
Fremont Republicans Attend Angola Banquet
About four hundred guests gathered at Angola Tuesday for the republican banquet. N. W. Gilbert and Robert B. Hanna were guests in a reception before the event. Sy Hornley and Eliner Leonard chaired. Judge W. L. Penfield of Washington spoke.
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Fremont
Angola
Robert B. Hanna
Congress
Sy Hornley
Eliner Leonard
W. L. Penfield
Washington
Leesburg Liquor License Controversy Rocks Kosciusko County
Nelson seeks a Leesburg liquor license amid a large remonstrance led by Rev. J Belt. Belt accuses Nelson of owing him whiskey while Belt says the liquor was for his wife, an invalid. Belt has moved to Waterloo as Leesburg society debates the issue and the broader claim about whiskey as medicine.
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Angola
Leesburg
Kosciusko County
Nelson
J. Belt
Belt
Waterloo
Visionary Women Push for Rail Bonus from Coldwater
A proposed rail link from Benton Harbor to Toledo seeks a 3000 bonus from Coldwater. Men failed to secure it, but women now pursue the funds, aiming to raise the amount with little trouble.
Angola Hopes For Electric Rail Terminus At Angola End
Angola eyes a terminus for an electric line from Loansport to Kendallville. The Angola segment is expected to be built after the Kendaville completion, a plan that appears likely.
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Angola
Loansport
Kendallvile
Kendallville
Buck to Rebuild Mansion on West Teledo Street
D H Buck buys the Storrs property on West Teledo street and plans a fine residence by rebuilding or replacing the current house with a mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Buck
Storrs
West Teledo St
Wealthy Tipton farmer loses hidden cash saga
Wealthy farmer Metcher Tibbins near Tipton hid $400 in a rag bag. His wife sold the bag to a traveling junk dealer, leaving Tibbins desperate to locate the fortune and recover the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcher Tibbins
Tipton
Mr. Tibbins
Nominee Newton W. Gilbert A Virginia Ancestry Pioneer
Newton W. Gilbert Republican nominee for lieutenant governor born May 24 1862 in Worthington near Columbus Ohio. He trained as a printer and teacher, practiced law in Steuben and Dekalb counties, served as county surveyor, was a state senator, led the 157th Indiana National Guard in the Spanish American War, and is married to the daughter of the late Jesse McGelee with two children who died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton W. Gilbert
Worthington
Columbus
Theodore F. Gilbert
Ellen Johnson
Johnson
Virginia
Ohio
Gilbert
Steuben County
Angola
Newton
Ohio State University
Angola Republican
Steuben
Dekalb
LaGrange and
Co. H
Indiana Nations Guard
157Th
United States
Jesse Mo Gcle
Marriage Licences in County Slow as April Records Show
The county clerks office issued only one marriage licence in nearly three weeks, dated April 28. The couple listed is Frank Penner and Lettie Schaeffer.
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Orthy
Frank Penner
Lettie Schaeffer
Births Reported With Several New Arrivals
Natal statistics list multiple newborns with parental names and birth dates. A boy born to Mr. and Mrs. EB A. Michael on April 30. a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Shanton in Angola on April 27. a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Art Slade in Angel on April 26. a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Tuttle in Pleasant township on May 1. and a girl for Mr. and Mrs. George Light in Flint on April 22.
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EB. A. Michael
J. F. Shanton
Angola
Anil
Art Slade
Angel
Calvin Tuttle
Pleasant Township
George Light
Flint
Preacher Fails to Arrive Sparks Disappointment
Reverend H. Barney, heavily publicized to lecture here, did not appear for the scheduled talk drawing disappointment from those hoping to hear him. Several attendees waited but left without hearing the preaching.
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H. Barney
Jury Drawn for Chapple v. Wabash Railroad Trial
A special jury was drawn last Monday for the case of Chapple v. the Wabash Railroad. The trial is set in the circuit court for next Monday.
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Chapple Va
Wabash Railroad
Pioneer Minister Dead
Rev. B. N. Sheldon died at his Quincy Michigan home last Saturday at age 80. A pioneer Methodist preacher, he was well known throughout the vicinity.
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B. N. Sheldon
Quincy, Mich
Church Work Divide Reinforces Local Pastors in Hudson and Ashley
The congregations could not agree on certain duties and the presiding elder assigned a pastor to each town. Rev. Barton has been placed in charge at Hudson.
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Hudson and
Ashley
Barton
Hudson
Fire at Orland damages home of Dr Wilkinson
A fire in an upstairs closet at Dr Wilkinson's Orland residence caused about 4500 in damage to the building and contents before being extinguished on Wednesday of the week.
Five Names Nominated for County Treasurer Post
The notice lists candidates Henry Lemmon Georgy Mallory of Jamestown Chas McClue of Phoasants Clarence Freeman and Chan Folck of Angola and Marvin Hix of York who seek the county treasurer nomination. It notes more contenders may be overlooked and the field may grow.
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Henry Lemmon
Georgy Mallory
Jamestown
Chas. McClue
Knights of Pythias aid new lodge in Orland
Fremont members of the Knights of Pythias traveled to Orland to assist in instituting a new lodge. Participants included Ernest Stage A W Priday Charles Green Burton Green Will Burch Jacob Hartman I Repperd Duane Scott A A Caswell and William H Piper.
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Fremont
Knights of Pyrthias
Orland
Ernest Stage
A.W. Priday
Charles Green
Burton Green
Will Burch
Jacob Hartman
I. Repperd
Duane Scott
A.A. Caswell
William H. Piper
Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding in Ohio Home
Israel Kemery and Anna M. Wiihite marked their Golden Wedding with a April 26 marriage in Lancaster Ohio. More than three hundred friends gathered at their Angola home to honor the couple last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Kemery
Anna M. Wiihite
Lancaster
Ohio
Angola
Fremont Indiana Town Clerk Report 1900 Receipts and Disbursements
Town of Fremont Indiana items show receipts and disbursements for the year ending April 24 1900. Includes running plant costs supplies and repairs and light disbursements with specific figures noted.
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Fremont
Indiana
Viper
RIC
Farm workers lose clothes in brush fire incident
On a Monday at Shupp’s farm Shupp and James Reel placed coats and vests on a brush pile. Fire started and when they returned the garments were burned.
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Eoc. Shupp
James Reel
Mr. Shupp
Improved Mail Service Extends Chicago Editions to Fremont
The Lake Shore trains improve mail service by linking Fremont and nearby towns to a fast Chicago route via Hillsdale and Waterloo. The third Chicago edition reaches readers the same evening at 65 cents, with Arthur D. Wells as the agent. The new schedule also benefits travelers returning home quickly after visiting Chicago.
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Lake Shore
Fremont
Chicago
Hillsdale
Mich
Aes
Waterloo
Chicagro- Journal
Arthur D. Wells
Jonger
Next Military Hero President debated after Spanish American War
Debate rages over who will become the next military hero president after the Spanish American War. Some favor Governor Roosevelt in 1904, others argue Admiral Dewey will lead if four years of politics change the public mood. The Paris satire encounters mockery as Dewey’s presidential hopes rise and recede with Manila Bay memories.
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Netion
Looosevelt
MechKinley
Dewey
Manila
McKinley
W. J. Bryan
Olompin
Dewer
Cavite
Egg Case Factory Burned in Major Plaid Loss
A Decatur plant of the Eyg Case Company was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The total loss is estimated at $20,000, one of the largest plaid productions of its kind in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Eyg Case Company
Printer Wanted For Farmostor Eadie Business
A printer is sought for a Desirable position to maintain and run the existing farm-related printing operation. Applicants should be sober reliable and capable of handling the business duties.
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Eadie
Court Action Chooses Toney Lien In Toledo Case
A legal dispute in Ohio centers on a promise and judgement involving a plaintiff named Toney Lien and a defendant linked to Calvi n Suqimiers rot Ghutingstan. The court issues a final judgment favoring the plaintiff as of today.
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Calvin Suqimiers
Rot Ghutingstan
They Won't Sell Here Electric Corset Patent Claim
An odd archive item describes an alleged electric corset patent and a wild exchange about a spring mechanism that supposedly loosens when movement occurs. The tale mentions a bulb, a doorway and an India rubber device ready to square it away.
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Ancestry
Natal Statistics
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Piper
K.L
Dravinen
Lainiber Hilt
Mehkechen
Miller’s
Dusters
Masters
Eben
Brealth
Miarshial Bo
Sue Ua
Vu School
Baa Corporation
Wah Awis
Tie Town
Endale
Chtreh
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Keyan
Lowery Y LG
Meberling
A.W. McCtue
Ralph Callen
Stephen Leonard Race
Alb
Tilton
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