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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
3
Philip C. Hanna American consul general at Monterey was jailed by federal agents and held until release by the constitutionalists. The report notes Hanna as one of the country’s agents captured during the conflict.
Local observers note a large share of residents leaving the town raising questions about causes. Officials have yet to publish a formal explanation as continued departures affect housing and services.
Citizens urged to relocate as the City Beautiful drive continues. Officials frame the move as a necessary redevelopment, citing public interest and urban improvement goals.
A newsroom quarrel over a light hearted column leads to unemployment as the editor dismisses a writer who created a quirky column name about birth, wedding and funeral notices. The exchange signals tensions between originality and editorial standards.
The Blish estate announces a $25 000 Bedford stone and brick Farmers Club building in Seymour to memorialize Captain Meody W Shields founder of the city. It will be the first of its kind in Indiana with free membership for Jackson county farmers and nurseries for children.
Kokomo plans to convert its abandoned cemetery near the business district into a playground. The three acre site has no standing headstones and no known graves, with the Mothers' club initiating the cleanup and development effort.
Thieves forced entry to the General Baptist Church in Evansville, breaking the corner stone and stealing valuables valued at about 3 dollars. Items taken include a signet ring a plain gold ring a 1822 penny and several old 1 cent pieces. The stone had been laid Monday as work began on the new church.
Columbus May 8 the Bartholomew county council refused to appropriate 12 dollars to replace the bridge over Clifty creek four miles east of the city Leroy Jordan county highway superintendent will close the bridge to travel the structure built for foodson has been declared unsafe. The report adds damage from a lightning strike at the new 40000 home of Chas W Cook brewer on Sunset avenue a heavy stone displaced a chimney tepee and caused a crook in the chimney
George W. Premier, a renowned western Indiana horseman aged about sixty six, died in this city after a ten day illness due to a complication of diseases.
May 1 report says Yoon men unite to abolish the free lunch practice. They plan to urge Lafayette city council to pass an ordinance banning the free lunches in local barrooms.
John Huston, noted for acting and reading ability, goes to New York City to train for the stage under the direction of David Belasco starting May 8.
William B Folsom aged fifty four a retired farmer who killed his wife three weeks earlier in front of their eight year old daughter then attempted suicide multiple times and finally died by hanging in his Warrick county jail cell. The same report notes Charles M Clay a Madison police officer shot and killed during a raid by Bart Mc Coy a parolee.
The dispatch brief covers incidents across Indiana with named towns and figures. Details include Mrs. Mary Crowl injured in Warsaw. Henry county’s plan to move orphans from Spiceland to Indianapolis. Oliver Sanders convicted in Anderson. Noah Alley’s suit against the Untah Tribe. Rev. Eugene Allen installed in Kokomo. rate change to 9 cents per kilowatt hour by Indiana Railways and Light in Kokomo. George Krack facing indictments in Rushville. delinquent tax concerns in Fayette County. a Sons of the American Revolution road-marking dispute in Terre Haute. water-supply bills and leaks in Clark County. acquittals of Houghland brothers in Underwood. a $1200 judgment in Madison Superior Court. county road contracts in Lawrence County. and Warsaw health officers battling a smallpox exposure with school buildings fumigated.
North Carolina State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt urges an efficient drainage system for dirt roads. He advises crown the road with a one in twenty slope toward side ditches, careful ditch grading, and culverts to move water beneath the road. After construction, keep drains clear and smooth surface with dirt fills matching road material.
The article describes a wheeled frame with a shovel scraper adjustable on the frame to scrape and remove soil beneath, and to dump or level the contents after transport. The invention aims to provide a mechanism to grade roads efficiently by moving the frame over the surface and adjusting the scraper for dumping or leveling.
The article argues wide wagon tires ease hauling and pack roads rather than cut ruts. It condemns narrow tires for heavy loads as wasteful and cruel to animals and harmful to public highways. It urges careful study of tire width versus load to guide regulations.
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