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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
11
Mr and Mrs Marvin Zoda celebrate the birth of a baby girl on Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Glenn Breedlove of Sweetser announce the birth of a son named William Glenn on August 19.
The Sells Floto circus, now the world's second largest, visits Marion on Thursday August 26 for afternoon and night shows. The tour began in Chicago at the Coliseum with high praise as the birth of the Rainbow production opens the program. The parade and numerous acts including aerial, ground, riding and animal performances are promised to delight spectators all day.
All persons knowing themselves in debted to J D Gallion for fence will please see at once and make settlement.
A string of society items from Marion details Epworth League and Hazlett Bible class meetings at Delores Maggart home with Rev Harter and many neighbors. Also reports a Farrville Ladies Aid dinner, Pulley and Boxell reunions planned, a WCTU meeting, a Cincinnati wedding, Hoosier reunions in Sapulpa Oklahoma, and various class parties with food and music sharing in Aug. This compact update preserves names, places and events from the readers notes.
Mrs J W English of Wabash is visiting friends here. Ralph Duncan and Glenn Losure spent a weekend in Toledo. Samuel Toney leaves for Kokomo to spend winter with relatives. Mrs Glenn Scott of Marion visited her mother Mrs Matilda Huff. Marcella Bish of Montpelier visited Miss Lucile Stackhouse. Master Richard Witmer of Marion visits grandparents O G Willey. Mrs C L Bockmier hosted Mr and Mrs C J Peters of Stoy Ill. Alva Ducknail and Robert Bradford families spend week at Lake Webster. Mrs Herschell Wells and daughters from Frankfort visiting Mrs Bockmier. Mrs Frank Mumford and son Frank Jr of Drumwright Okla visit Mr and Mrs Wm Kirkpatrick. Mrs Henry Eubanks and children visit from Eliasville Texas. Mr and Mrs Henry Ferguson entertain at dinner with Rev and Mrs S F Harter and others from Stoy and nearby. Mrs Bayles of Warren visiting. Mrs Clifford Griffith and Mrs S P Griffith of Rell and Mrs James F Roberts and son guests of Mr and Mrs L E Furnish. Daisy Toney leaves for Kokomo and to California with Panabakers for winter. Three year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Douglas is ill from burns caused by home made soap but improving. Mrs Boyd Atwell leaves Monday for Coalingo California after extended visit with her mother and grandfather Kyle Kirkpatrick.
Republicans of the township met at the library Monday night to organize. Claude Dillon was chosen as township chairman.
A. S. Roberts who has worked in Logansport Journal-Tribune and Pharos-Tribune acquires the Fairmount News from Edgar M. Baldwin. Roberts will work with his son Charles Roberts who has recently married. The Fairmount News is a semi weekly paper and the town’s only publication.
Local shop announces a new phonograph available for EB C Vickers. The purchase offer highlights improved sound quality and modern features. Interested parties are advised to contact the store for pricing and delivery details.
Mr J K Myers is conducting business in Marion today. The brief notice records a transaction activity by an identified individual at a local location.
Mr. Fred Sutton of near Bloomington, a high school teacher, was here Tuesday as the supper guest of his cousin Joe Sutton and family. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Doyle and daughter Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Trace Draper and sons Rex and Max, and Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Conwell and son Gertler, who returned Sunday from a weekend at Lake Tippecanoe.
About 40 bushels of plums available for sale in roughly three weeks. Place your orders now with James Devel.
Frank Culbertson offers picked apples at two dollars per bushel and windfalls at one dollar per bushel.
Dwelling house with six rooms electric lights, a good barn, new garage and out buildings, and three lots with a good water well on North Main street in Van Buren Indiana. For details contact Ida E. Miller or call 148B.
An old-time remedy called Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is marketed to darken gray hair. A downtown druggist touts its natural looking results and ease of use, claiming gray hair disappears by morning with one or two applications, though it is not a disease cure.
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