Coal Shortage Forces Van Buren Firms to Halt Power
An order from Marion and Bluffton Traction Co to conserve electric power shuts non essential industries in Van Buren. The Boss Pulling Machine Co and a saw mill suspend operations, garages cut power use, and coal yards run low. Public transit cars are cancelled with next Marion-bound service set for 7:81 a m or 2:51.
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Marion & Bluffton Traction Co
van Buren
Boss Pulling Machine Co
Traction Company
News-Eagle
M. & B. Traction Co
West- Beutnd
Marion
Bluffton Judge to Try Mr World on Embezzlement Charge
Heavy Wells county docket delays Luther World treasurer trial. Judge Frank Gordon was chosen Friday morning by elimination after five judges were proposed. Prosecution and defense alternated removing candidates, leaving Gordon as the Wells County judge to preside.
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Wells County
Frank Gordon
Luther World Treasurer
Gordon
J. Frank Charles
Warl
Samuel L. Strider
Allen Messick
Thomas F. Pickerill
Mr. Pickerill
Alfred Plummer
Wabash
Charlos Cole
Peru
Nelson Hunter
Stricker
Messick
Eberhard
Huntington
Discharged soldiers urged to clean and repair overcoats
Advertises overcoat restoration at Eagle Dye Works Marion Indiana. Overcoat cleaning dyeing pressing and new buttons for five dollars versus thirty five for a new coat. Recommends black or brown colors and offers mail in service with return postage paid.
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Eagle Dye Works
West Fifth Street
Marion
Ind
Weat Fifth Street
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society to Meet Friday
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. E. H. DePoy.
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The
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Notice of Advertising Rate Changes in 1920
Announcement from Van Buren News Eagle detailing new advertising rates effective January 1 1920 including display local readers and locals black face type and classified pricing with minimum charges.
Van Buren Five Triumphs Over Fairmount in Rough Match
Van Buren defeated Fairmount Academy 23 to 10 on Saturday night after trailing 10 to 8 at halftime. All Van Buren players scored except Beck, as the home team dominated the second half with 15 points and held Fairmount scoreless. The game featured rough play, a late ejection for Smith of Fairmount, and strong performances from Ballard Losure and Griffith.
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van Buren
Fairmount Academy
Fairmount
Ballard
Losure
Beck
Smith
Dundee
Lancaster Center High School
Davis
Ijg
Rae Gee
Nicholson
Cc Cenee
McCombs
Cec Cease
Harvey
Cece
Cece Ee Neee
Scott
Mason
Powell
Griffith
Rumple
Child Burns to Death in Household Fire
Three year old Wilma Lorene Worden, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerard Worden, living west of Marion, tried to light an oil stove with matches while parents milked cows. She was found on the floor with clothing burned and severe facial and body burns. died three hours later.
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Gerard Worden
Marion
Wilma Lorene
Mary Plummer Called Bevone at Pleasant Ridge
Mary Plummer a lifelong Rush and Huntington county resident dies at 89 after long care by relatives. Born August 23 1830 near Pleasant Ridge she never married and lived with siblings and nephews in Grant and Rush counties. She joined the Wesleyan Methodist church in later years and died in Rushville with faithful Christian belief.
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Mary Plummer
Pleasant Ridge
Rush County
Indiana
Benjamin
Mary (Waugh) Plummer
Huntington County
Grant
Rush
Miss Plummer
William Plummer
Grant County
Samuel Browns
Rushville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Arrears Notice Forces Subscriptions To Be Paid
The News-Eagle urges subscribers in arrears to pay immediately as rising costs push paper prices up. The paper now offers a $1.50 yearly rate but warns that accounts must be settled by January 1 or names will be dropped. Readers are urged to cooperate amid what it calls an hour of great danger for newspapers.
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News-Eagle
Revival at Methodist church watch night service
The revival begins with a watch night on New Year's Eve. Mr. Curless of Swayzee will direct the singing and plans call for a large chorus choir. Rev Harter, pastor, has had success in revival work and will deliver the preaching.
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Methodist Church
Curless
Swayzee
Harter
Eagle Dye Works Receives 4.75 Value Against 35.00 Cost
A fragment notes Eagle Dye Works at 117 West Fifth with a value of 4.75 and a stated cost of 35.00. The text appears to be part of a larger list or inventory entry. The OCR fragment provides minimal context but indicates a monetary figure paired with an address.
Enthusiastic Stockholders Meeting of Farmers Equity Exchange
Saturday night stockholders gathered with a talk by Mr. C Q O Drayton of Greenville Illinois missing, while attendees held a lively general discussion they deemed helpful and inspiring.
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Farmers’ Equity Exchange
C. QO. Drayton
Greenville
Ill
Belief in Work and Simpler Life From Edwin Osgood Groover
The author argues that God made the country more beautiful than cities and that outdoor life and nature-based labor offer true dignity. He asserts opportunity comes from effort not location, and that a square deal governs all actions, combining work with nature and balanced living.
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Edwin Osgood Groover
Saving Children Through Red Cross Christmas Seals
David Starr Jordan extols the value of children and urges philanthropy through Red Cross Christmas Seals to save American children. He argues that caring for kids is the path to wisdom and societal improvement.
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David Starr Jordan
RED Cross
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