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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1900
Page
1
Laura Hale attacked Ora Ewers in the Russell House kitchen after he would not retract published charges. She whipped him with a horsehair and then punchy blows sent him into a tub of soapsuds. he fled amid the witnesses’ account of a brief but lively fracas.
A gasoline evaporation incident at O. W. Parish residence in Angola damaged the house. Parish received serious burns after a lighted lamp was taken into a room where bed-bug spraying with gasoline had occurred, and firefighters saved the building after substantial damage.
Reports from the election recount note humorous and unusual ballot markings. Voters misread top presidential electors, some ballots empty, others split votes, while amendments drew unintended marks. South precincts showed fewer errors as candidates tied to various offices and hunting laws were listed with dates for game seasons.
The piece notes Democrat Jimmy Robinson’s narrow win for Congress in Steuben County and Bert Sprague’s two vote majority as Jamestown Township trustee. Prohibition votes were weak, with 10 in south precincts and 13 in north, while Debs and People’s tickets drew minimal support. The report reflects voter turnout lower than 1896 but not a shrinking electorate.
A collage of sharper political quips from Indiana and nearby papers. Remarks attack yellow journalism and praise restrained campaigning, while noting polling mechanics, prohibition as a key issue, and reflections on the 1896 style election landscape. An Indiana urn of editorials and a stray note about a turtle-shaped stone yielding a $1000 inscription near a Rochester pit.
Peter Houbler secured a license to sell intoxicants as the sole successful applicant from thirty. the anti-cabun faction in Mentone is defeated. H.C. Pew reportedly lost a pocketbook at Se bites mie haleniones and to.
Mr. Burton Young of a Ray area farm hosts inspection of his Merino flocks and pedigrees. He breeds Standard Delaine Merino and Dickie Don Merino with lineage traced to Humphreys importation from Spain in 1802. Rams for sale at farm four miles west of Ray, with emphasis on quality and pedigree.
November 8 report from Comeau describes Melginder Berthers and five others seeking the presidency. Eugene V. Debs led socialists with 5 022 votes, John G Woolley Prohibition candidate followed, and Joseph D Muloney led the Socialist Labor vote with 295. Wharton Bates and Seth L Ellis appear among other minor candidates as unions forecast a large Prohibition vote, with totals potentially exceeding 60 000.
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