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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
8
Correspondence from Ray Indiana lists numerous visits, family events, and travel. Residents such as R D Yates, the Finks, Myers, Skinner, and others are mentioned with visits to Coldwater Fremont Angola and Jackson. Community activities include W C T U plans, Mothers Day programs, and a birthday party with local family gatherings.
California Michigan notes say Mothers Day services were held Sunday at the M E church with exercises. The column lists local families visiting, births, and illness news including a healthy baby girl Lucile Eva born Tuesday May 9 to Mr and Mrs Harlie Ellis with Mary Galloway assisting.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs Mary Purdy on Thursday. Mrs Lena Courtney visits Edw Ogden in Coldwater. A son was born May 3 to Mr and Mrs Noble Horn. Egypt Sunday Schools merged to observe Mothers Day. Geo McNitt and Edw Ogden mason at Clear Lake for Mr McCumber. Mort Kline and wife from Kinderhook visited M A George and wife. Mrs Dorrance sold Deb George farm to Leslie Taylor and wife of Algansee. Geo MecNitt installs galvanized roofs on barn and garage with C J Abbie of Cambria handling the work. Ernest Kline and wife, now of Coldwater, care for an 11 pound boy born May 10.
West Kinderhook notes Sunday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs Chambers with her sister Mrs Albert Straw and family in Fremont. Mr and Mrs Philp Peppiatt attended the Branch County Eastern Star convention in Bronson. J F Phillips visits Coldwater briefly. Mrs Wm Phillips of East Gilead stays with brother Norman Norton and wife. Mrs Chambers and Mrs Norton visit Mrs Stacey Case to help settle her new home Tuesday.
Investigations by Purdue University entomologist J. J. Davis show radish and cabbage root maggot damage can be reduced. Trials on W. S. Roebuck farm in Allen County found untreated rows had up to 85 percent unfit produce, while treated rows with corrosive sublimate and water averaged only 4 percent.
Miss Forrester serves Mrs. Irvin Dencel who is ill. Mrs. Clyde Cox visited Kinderhook on Monday. Andrew Chapman and wife visited G. W. Abbott on Sunday. Cyrus Burch aids on the Harding building at Fremont. Frank Jackson and wife from Angola called Sunday. Less Cole and family from Scott township spent Sunday with A. C. Stokes.
Davis recommends a practical method using one ounce of corrosive sublimate in ten gallons of water applied along radish rows a few days after emergence. Each gallon covers about 35 feet of row. corrosive sublimate is highly poisonous and should be used with care.
William Brindle announces an official survey will be sought from Steuben County Surveyor ten days after this notice to determine the corners and boundaries of Lot 19 in Wilder's first addition to Spring Bank, located NE quarter section 14, township 38 N, range 13 E, Steuben County Indiana.
A May 15 surprise birthday event marked the 66th birthday of Mr. M. J. Withington in West California. Stokes Chapel United Brethren church organized the gathering at his country home with neighbors from afar joining. The pastor presented a rocker from church and community, thanking him for years of service to church and neighborhood. The guest of honor expressed gratitude and pledged continued community support.
The gathering closed with about sixty five attendees and late refreshments enjoyed by all. Guests from Coldwater included H. E. Withington Paul Withington and W. H. King C. C. King and families, siblings of Mrs. Withington. As night fell good night was exchanged and a wish for many more years of life for M. J. Withington.
A narrative by Edgar L. Vincent compares a horse that keeps kicking at nothing to people who waste energy on futile efforts. The piece warns that persistent futility harms individuals and irritates others, using the sheep skin metaphor to illustrate wasted struggle and its social cost.
The speaker portrays a society prone to constant kicking and seeks a drastic cure through confinement or execution. The suggested methods include locking up the offender until fatigue ends the behavior and even shooting them if needed. The passage critiques punitive extremism as a solution.
Notice given that Ernest E. Watters has been appointed and qualified administrator of the estate of Jeremiah G. Harbaugh late of Steuben County Indiana deceased The estate is described as probably solvent Bratton Gleason Attorneys file reference 24 27 and court date not listed
An old advertisement claims rats are to blame for chickens’ scarcity and promotes RAT-SNAP in three sizes 35c 65c and 1 25 with a guarantee from E L Mertz drug store. The copy touts government bulletins proving the product’s effectiveness and urges readers to break a cake into rodent paths.
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