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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
1
Huntington hosts Booster Week August 22 23 and 24 combining the towns Booster Day with the Erie railroad fire team tournament and employee gatherings. A grand industrial civic parade by Mardi Gras artists opens actions including baseball games between Erie division teams and a visiting bands contest. A two night pageant War and Peace will be shown on the river following the parade events.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Baird Mr and Mrs Allen Pence and daughters Charline and Margaret attended the Baird family reunion at Jonesboro on Sunday. Mrs Pence was elected vice president of the reunion and the Baird and Pence households named to a committee on obituaries.
Hattie Bowman sues Alva Beekman John Butler and Wm Anderson in a Delaware circuit court on change of venue from Blackford county. The case concerns a $1200 bond tied to a Grant circuit court action at Marion over property Beekman pledged for safekeeping that was later lost sold or destroyed. Butler and Anderson are named as bond sureties.
Miss Florence C White was guest of honor at a Thursday evening surprise party hosted by friends. Attendees included Blanche White Bessie Corey Bessie Cramer Elizabeth Hiatt Goldie Reed Piper City IL Hula White Mahlon D Brown Lewis White Ernest Beekman Landess L R White Irving Beekman Homer O White C Vernon Armstrong and couples Irvin White Frank L White Joe E Armstrong David McVicker Sherman N Brown.
Charles Everett Lawrence 22 a locomotive fireman of Marion wed Nettie Mae Renick 20 daughter of John Renick of Van Buren. The license was issued as a formal record of the marriage ceremony eligibility.
Breedlove Bros general merchandise dealers outgrow current quarters and plan a southward extension with an archway joining the spaces. A 20 percent discount sale on all dry goods nations and shoes runs to clear inventory as carpenters renovate. Jess V. Carr sold his stock to Breedlove Bros and closed his store. his plans remain undecided.
A playful essay urges patient teaching of summer visitors about rural life. It advises kindness while sharing farm basics and cautions about common misunderstandings. The piece notes social visits and lists local families visiting and staying at Lake Small nearby.
A letter to parents argues women need practical training in business, shorthand, and bookkeeping. It cites a rural family’s decline after illness and litigation, urging daughters to seek usable education at the Business University in Huntington, with financial assistance offered.
Mrs. Tromer Green of Mowatt and her daughter Mrs. James Carmen visited Miss May Lee on Thursday. Guy Buffington spent Sunday as a guest at the Joseph Baumgartner home east of Bluffton.
Emory Miller attended Marion Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Claude Cramer and children visited Matter Park on Sunday. Spencer Losure preached at the U B church Sunday evening to a large crowd. Sam Brewer is listed as sick.
Ollie Mathias returns from Michigan farm with 25 acres of beans expected to yield three to four thousand dollars if the market holds. He has 266 bearing cherry trees and reports fine cherries. Peach and apple crops look good and he plans shipping peaches and potatoes to this section.
Several auto loads of boosters from Upland visited Van Buren late Tuesday afternoon to promote a free chautauqua to be held there next week. The expense is borne by local business men. A male quartet provided music, and Webb Sugar and family of Indianapolis have been visiting the area for several days.
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