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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
5
A note indicates an entry recorded at the Van Buren Post Office in an Indian affairs context. The brief entry names the location and office, with no further details on individuals or actions available in the readable text.
Mr and Mrs Wra Kirkpatrick shopped in Marion on Saturday. Miss Agnes Dillon visits relatives near Hanfield. Mrs Ruma Mano of Minneapolis is here to visit Hodgson and Corey kin. Silas Corey and Grant of Lawrenceville Ill visit relatives. Jasper Camblin family attended Old Folks Day at Soldiers Home. Mrs O L Ayers and daughter Bernice of Berne spent Saturday with Mrs Camblin. Gretchen Pierce of Fort Wayne will depart Friday after a week with her aunt Mrs Walter Maddux. Rev O E Brown leaves for White River conference at Pleasant Hill. Margaret Hodgson of Lafayette lingered after Hodgson reunion to visit Nelson kin.
Work on the new top-inch water well started this morning and has reached about 30 feet, with the water works plant not to be installed before spring.
Mr. Claud Kramer received notice Monday of an advance of five cents a gallon in Tudiana oil. The price is now 83 cents. The increase is seen as an indicator of an upward trend in Gil affairs.
Storts & Son install a gasoline filling station in front of their store beside the post office. The underground setup complies with new state law and Indian gasoline will be sold at ten cents a gallon as long as market permits. Drive up and fill up.
Local inhabitants visit kin and friends in Marion Huntington and Warren. Names include Homer Scott Chris Stark Mis Geraldine Miller Marie Shultz Leoline Struble and many more. Notes mention travel to Chicago Newport Va and Kinaias with mentions of business college and town life.
G. R. Riggs moves his cleaning establishment to the east room of the Wright building and John Wright plans to reopen his barber shop in the room previously occupied by him.
Ed Lawrence was taken to Marion by Marshall Roberts on a drunkenness charge. He appeared before Special Judge Orio Dickey and received a sixty day sentence to the penal farm.
Rev L A Levits and his family from Selma traveled through town Tuesday morning on a short layover from the northern part of the state. They were greeted by many warm friends glad to see them.
Miss Dora Waggaman is at Jonesboro this week visiting her cousin Mrs. Paul Jones.
The Roush Jones Landis reunion will be held on the first Sunday in September 1915 at the fair grounds in Warren Indiana. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend. The note appears in a Huntington business college context urging factual writing. Other items mention Miss Josephine Robinson visiting Miss Joan and others in Marion. W C Sharon of Sharon Concrete Post Co. visiting Fort Wayne. Bill Dugan of Marion visiting local branch houses. and Hazel Dicken returning from Washington DC after the summer.
Messrs J S Dillon L B Morris Luther Davis and Messrs Kenneth and Lawrence Morris traveled to Van Buren on Sunday to spend the day with Prof J L Henderson and his family in Lafontaine Herald report.
Mr Mead Creath departed Monday for Lawrenceburg to live with his parents for the winter. He may take over management of a local creamery near his hometown during the season and return here in the spring.
A surprise party was held Wednesday evening in honor of Neal Barnes’s twenty first birthday. The evening featured ice cream and cake and was enjoyed by guests Josephine Creviston Helen Cobler Lois Eshelman Nellie Hodson Bertha Woodard Margaret and Louise Dillman Walter Creviston Neal Barnes Leo Conrad Claud Dilton Glen Maddux and Neal Banter.
The Hodgson family gathering in Matter Park drew many Van Buren residents including Mr. and Mrs. Ari Hodgson and Nellie Hodgson. Ira Hodgson of Lafayette was elected president and Mrs. Lee Boller secretary. The reunion will be held at the same venue next year.
The Marion Business College in Marion Indiana announces the Fall Term starts August 30 to September 7 with many new students entering. Stenographers are scarce relative to available positions, and enrollment continues weekly through fall and winter. A catalog is available by mail or phone.
The town board set a deadline this Saturday evening to complete weed cutting under the new ordinance. After the cutoff the street commissioner will direct the work, move weeds and rubbish, and bill the costs to property owners for taxation to protect public health.
Mr and Mrs Frank Eshelman and family have returned from a visit to Indianapolis relatives.
Rose Elizabeth Kahlenbeck and Jake Kahlenbeck of Huntington are pictured with Mrs. Katherine Sanderman at a social gathering.
Mrs Charles Tuttle returns to Sumner Illinois after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Pry.
Mrs J C Waggaman and her son Harry spent Friday and Saturday of last week with her sister Mrs EK Selters at Ponteo, returning home on Sunday.
The Boxer reunion is held at Matterpark today with many family members from the nearby area in attendance.
Mrs Wm Chopson reports a heavy frost in Michigan during her visit with relatives that killed the corn crop.
The Farr reunion will be held at the Smiley M. Farr grove one mile south and one mile east of Farrville on Sunday September 5. All relatives and friends of the family are cordially invited.
The News Eagle thanks Mr and Mrs John Hess for a beautiful bouquet of astors. The Hesses cultivate a striking garden of astors and other flowers, praised as among the finest in years.
Circulars from George Ross receiver announce the Clover Leaf railroad will not operate under the Workman's Compensation Act starting September 1. The notices were posted for road employees and outline the impact of the new law on employment.
At the G A R hall in Marion a committee was chosen to organize a combined picnic of all Grant county patriotic orders on Tuesday September 7. A strong program is planned and a big day will be arranged. Everyone is invited with baskets. W T McDougle.
A Tuesday evening party honored Miss Alice Myera who departs Friday for Huntington Business College. Guests formed a theatre party then returned to the hostess home for refreshments. Attending were Misses Mary Hearue Sylvia Boxell Eileen Paxton Zelda Woodard Mabie Dinieedarte Eilander Cliffe Beekman Ruth Selby Eva Deane.
School begins September 6. Oklahoma City guest Mr Boehne visits Miss Eva Fraizer. J B Howard of Illinois stays with the Howard brothers. Van Buren Creamery buys a Ford runabout. Edna Covault of Warren visits sister Mrs Charles Jackson. Aod and Earl Pace relocate from Bluffton to Van Buren East Vine St. G W Doyle in Jonesboro. Mrs Clyde Lugar visits Marion. Hester Brewing Co transfers property to Charles C Owens. A P Benton and Ohio family visit Mr and Mrs T B Dicken. Kern and Sons Linn and Gail depart for a Texas vacation.
Mr. David Kiteh Mr. Caina Kiteh and Miss Dera Kiteh have returned from an outing at the northern lakes with the party reporting a safe trip and pleasant weather.
Miss Charline Pence welcomed Alta Tippey of Upland Crystal Clevenger Orin Himelick of Upland Will White and Russel Kyall of Roll as Sunday evening visitors in a local gathering.
Miss Helen Cobler assisted by Miss Artie Bird entertained the Rebekah Embroidery club at Miss Cobler's South First Street home Tuesday afternoon. A two course lunch was served to guests including Mesdames Stackhouse Pier son Geary Peters Farley Schiwelkardt Cloud Wilson Conwell Lytle and Misses Taylor Creviston Knight. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Emma Doyle.
Mr. Adam Boller and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Losure with their families attended the Boller reunion at Matter Park. The event gathered relatives for a picnic and shared memories among siblings and cousins.
Mr and Mrs W S Moria and family of Hingis visit Mr and Mrs Orin Beeler Mr and Mrs Will Lander and other relatives for a familial gathering with extended kin from Hingis and nearby areas.
The region faces a dry day with possible light shower on Tuesday morning. Threshing rings are active and wheat harvest advances. Oats vary with some fields shock ready or not cut, while corn prospects remain excellent despite rainy losses.
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