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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
4
A civic appeal urging readers to support local Van Buren merchants over distant sellers. It praises local stores for contributing taxes and civic amenities while warning that tax exempt bonds drain government revenue and shift costs onto non holders.
The piece portrays President Harding as a plain man of simple faith and praises President Coolidge as a farm boy elevated to the presidency. It cites Shakespeare and Tennyson to frame virtue and duty, and notes Sun Yat Sen’s China Russia union idea and future war fears. It emphasizes the presidency as the nation’s most important office and its burdens.
Spencer Saxon returns to Indianapolis work on Sunday morning. Dozens of visits and gatherings Cammack Warren Huntington Van Buren Indianapolis to Grensburg noted. August crop report lists corn at 84 percent normal.
Excerpt discusses Christ as high priest after Melchisedec, his eternal salvation, and the need for maturity in understanding. It contrasts milk for beginners with solid meat for adults and notes the difficulty in teaching those dull of hearing.
The article depicts John Calvin Coolidge during his Amherst years as a solitary, angular student with red hair. It notes his quiet pace between recitation halls and room, his strong character, analytical mind, common sense, and surprising humor for a sober exterior.
Mrs Rufus Ballard was a Marion caller Saturday. Mr and Mrs Rufus Ballard and children Theodore and Thelma enjoyed a picnic outing along the Salamonie river Sunday. Mrs Everett Lee and son Von and Mrs William Lee and daughter Delight were Marion shoppers Saturday.
Miss Mary Makemson visits relatives at Elkhart and South Bend and plans to return home next Tuesday. Ralph Creviston returns from Purdue Civil Camp in Niles Michigan and South Bend for a few days before resuming studies in September. Mrs Hattie Saxon hosts a watermelon feed last Thursday night with Mr and Mrs Samuel Saxon and several friends including Harriet Makemson John Makemson Lucille Stackhouse Mary Drake and Mrs Walter Maddux. Miss Gila Baker visits her mother Mrs John Baker near Warren on Friday.
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