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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
5
Howard Palmer and Clyde Jackson were arrested by Marshall Hess after allegedly stealing babbit from machinery at the Onio Di Co and selling it to Charley Allen. Claude Cramer detected the theft. metal was recovered and Allen refunded. One suspect received clothes from H. A. Davis before thanking him. the other was kept in custody by Mr. Cramer and Mr. Alice. They were jailed in Marion to await trial.
The note states chronic constipation can be cured in most cases by taking Chamberlains Tablets and following the printed directions included with each package.
Clover Leaf brakeman A. B. O Donnell will be laid up after a heavy box of machinery fell from a car doorway, injuring his right great toe. Another Clover Leaf brakeman, J. E. Cox, was hurt Monday when his finger ring was caught in machinery, causing a deep cut.
Early Wednesday morning Sheriff Wright and deputies confiscated 137 bottles of beer on ice and many empty bottles at the Bar rier Hotel. Bert Watt Kirt Cranfied and Al Gillespie faced liquor law violation charges in circuit court and all posted bond for preliminary hearings.
The passage claims many families keep Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for quick relief. It asserts reliability and recommends the product, inviting readers to ask others who have used it. The tone is promotional and relies on anecdotal endorsement.
A baby named Elsia Myrte, weighing 74 pounds at birth, was born to Mr and Mrs Lyon Stroud of Marion. The mother is formerly Miss Aivina Belzer of Van Buren. See Linns ad for bargains.
Local residents report numerous visits and family gatherings around Troy City and nearby towns. Families travel between Swayzee Wabash Converse Marion and Joliet for visits dinners and holidays. A Red Cross meeting and an Otterbein ice cream social are announced for upcoming events.
The article lists a series of social visits and gatherings. O C Holloway attended events in Upland and coastal districts. Mrs. Martha Palmer and others visited friends in Roll Van Buren Warren and near Warren. Several families had midweek calls and gatherings, including the Aid Society meeting and social at Dillman.
Mrs. A. M Booz, recent guest of her son W C Booz, left yesterday for Oshkosh Nebraska to visit her daughter. She was accompanied as far as Chicago by W C Booz.
Listing describes 40 acres near Van Buren with a six room house orchard two wells tile silo new barn 32 by 48 well ditched wire fencing and water ample. Price 180 dollars per acre with growing crop option. Also includes No 9 full size lot five room cottage close to school and church auto shed barn two streets. No 15 six rooms brick street near town church and school.
Numerous entries list visits and cordial weekend gatherings across multiple households. Names include Frank Morris, David Kelsey, George Fish, Lydia Strange, Myrtle Beekman, Vilna Smith, Thelma Smith, Eliza Slocum, Henry Korporal, Lucile Hefner, Allen Pence, Jane Denton, Arthur Simons, Burr Simons, Tina Simons, Guy Hummel, Jacob Slifer, Adam Beck, David Barrow, and others. Locations span Marion Arcana Roanoke Van Buren near Pendleton Dillman and Oklahoma.
Mr. McDougle says the annual picnic on Thursday August 16 is not yet complete but will be a success. Assembly at Howard and Williamson grove with speakers Gus Condo and Rev Campbell. Joe Couge to relate Andersonville experience. Ned Conwell adds Burdsall paints line to be shown later. Children and affiliated orders to be included. baskets to be filled.
Mr and Mrs W F Lee return from a ten days visit in Indianapolis with Mr and Mrs Walter Zimmerman. Delight Lee remains for extended visit. The group took a two days outing to Shades and Turkey Run about 80 miles northwest of Indianapolis in Mr Zimmermans Paige.
Chester O Donnell visits grandparents in Kokomo for the weekend. The Miller family hosts an excursion to Toledo. The Woman Missionary Association meeting at the U B Church yesterday and today is a splendid success with large attendance.
Merchant's wife from Van Buren touts Adlerika for quick relief of stomach trouble gas and constipation. She says one spoonful works instantly and claims it cleanses both large and small intestines, preventing appendicitis. Also includes a rental notice for 200 acres in Warren with references.
A Cincinnati man introduces Freezone a cheap quarter ounce solution advertised to loosen and lift hard or soft corns and calluses with a few drops. The sticky liquid dries and claims to relieve soreness without inflaming surrounding tissue. The note links the product to preventing deaths from improper corn cutting during crises.
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