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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
5
The Boys Working Reserve in Indiana mobilizes boys aged 16 to 21 to enroll on buff cards under state and national direction. Local captains and officers recruit, with parental consent and oath of service. enrolled boys seek employment when not in school and may receive a bronze federal award.
H. H. Scott local director announces a two week campaign for the Working Reserve Boys with enrollment at his Van Buren home. He invites parents for discussions, stresses non military aims, and seeks cooperation to keep boys employed.
The piece urges readers to ask those who have used Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy about its reliability. It notes families keep a bottle at home for immediate use and claim it is a good investment that prevents suffering. Testimonials from users are highlighted.
Sunday services by Rev. Gott and a day filled with visits and calls across Van Buren Upland Marion Hart ford Lawrenceville and Matters Park. Neighbors Mrs Emma Scott Delpha Nelson Delphia Nelson and Martha Hawkins along with Camblins Holloways and Burgoons share travels visits and a Davis reunion at Matters Park with relatives from Illinois.
Local members of Company 3 and Ambulance Co No 2 camped at Marion Soldiers Home. They left at 7:51 from town and were to report by 9 a.m. Sunday. Ambulance corps members listed include Claude S and Dillon and Austin Corey. Company E names follow: Charles Gunn David Carpenter Everett Heckard Noah Pollum Sam Rennick Ray Cochran Jeff Penrod.
Little Max Hodgson eighteen months old son of Mr and Mrs JC Hodgson died this morning of Summer complaint at his grandparents home near Hanfield. The Hodgsons live in Oklahoma and Mrs Hodgson came last week due to the child illness.
The Van Buren township trustee proposes the annual estimates for 1917 at a meeting August 4. Total expenditures 17 954 dollars with a 114 cent tax rate per hundred. net taxable property 395 950 dollars. total valuation 1 501 545 dollars including railroads and personal property. polls 228.
The Herring Riggs annual reunion is on Sunday August 12 at J W Banter’s farm near Dillman. Relatives and neighbors invited to bring a basket and enjoy a good time. The Boller reunion follows on Sunday August 19 at D E Boller’s home chaired by secretary Mrs Grace Boller.
Doctors warn most diseases come from worms entering the mouth and nose. Daily cleansing of the mucous membranes fights germs, with Grando Gargle promoted as a safe antiseptic for sore throat, catarrh, teething, and prevention of adenoids. Sold at Paxton's Drug Store.
It states that the disease is not easily cured but can be treated effectively by taking Chamberlains Tablets and following the printed directions included with each package.
Read this health note urging daily hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims internal bathing removes poisons toxins and improves energy and digestion for a youthful feeling.
Van Buren township schools will open on Monday September 10, announced by township trustee C R Witmer. The start date is one week later than originally planned.
If you want posters and envelopes or bill heads and show cards, note heads and statements and letter heads too. Auction bills and bank checks and calling cards and programmes and shipping tags and business cards and invitation cards and pamphlets. Job printing offered by H. A. Davis & Co resharpening safety laser blades for 7OU.
A Cinci authority promotes freezone as a painless cure for corns and calluses. Apply a few drops directly to the corn and lift it out with the fingers. a quarter ounce cost at drugstores and promises quick relief without infection or irritation. The ether compound dries on contact and does not inflame surrounding tissue. The note notes high heels burden women with corns.
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