Farmers Institute selects new secretary and program set
The Van Buren Township Farmers Institute executive committee met in the Van Buren State Bank basement to finalize plans for the February 8 and 9 1918 gathering. Guy Ducknall was elected secretary to replace David Kelley. speakers include Mrs E T Stanley from Liberty Indiana and Ralph Test from Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren Township Farmers’ Institute
van Buren State Bank
Isaiah Nelson
Prestina Howell
H. H. Scott
H. C. Ferguson
Mollie Ferguson
Guy Duckwall
E. H. DePoy
Guy Ducknall
David Kelley
E. T. Stanley
Liberty
Ind
Ralph Test
Newcastle
A. Jones
Marion Normal
Luther Burbank
R. E. Cowen
J. C. Campbell
Audinee
Red Cross Society
Nelson
Progressive farmer ships hogs to Indianapolis
Ora Loudenback, a progressive farmer, shipped a good lot of hogs to Indianapolis last Wednesday and received a check for $1,532.67. The hogs averaged about 225 pounds each at a value of $17.35 per hundred pounds. He expects another fine lot and plans to feed them until February.
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Ora Loudenback
Indianapolis
Loudenback
Marion shoppers spot Lavalieres at Paxtons Drug
Mr and Mrs Arnold Merrill were seen shopping in Marion Saturday afternoon as shoppers browsed Lavalieres at Paxtons Drug store.
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Mrs. Arnold Merrill
Marion
Christmas Pudding Tale From Crimea's Trenches
The late Lord Wolseley and a small group in Sebastopol baked a plum pudding from biscuit grease and fruit in a Russian shell fragment. They boiled it until ready then left it to move with orders. The pudding was eaten, and Wolseley later complained of internal distress, noting it felt like shell fragments rolling inside.
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Lord Wolseley
Sebastopol
Wolseley
Worka
Terrific Cold Wave Strikes THO Section
A severe cold snap grips THO with ten below zero readings on Monday and Tuesday. Schools close for boiler repairs while coal supplies from Studabaker Grain and Seed Co and local providers ease hardship. Methodist church heating issues force cancellation of services and a march hymn session keeps 86 people warm.
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van Buren
Studabaker Grain and Seed Co
Cline Lumber Co
J. L
Zion
Red Cross Seals Aid Soldiers Families In Tuberculosis Fight
A mother in a midwestern town struggles to help her fighting husband and three children as her eldest son battles tuberculosis. With wages low and sanatoriums costly, the family relies on Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund care and shorten waiting lists for free hospitals, allowing quicker recovery and safety for all. The appeal urges patriotism and collective effort to protect soldiers families from tuberculosis.
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France
Middle West
Red Cross
Special notice on clothing and provisions donations
All persons are asked to bring old clothing or provisions for the poor to the News-Eagle office. The Ladies Aid Society will oversee the distribution of the goods.
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News-Eagle
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mammoth January Sale At Storts Son’s Stores
A lengthy notice from Storts & Son's markets a big stock of jewelry and a month long sale ending January 1. Capitola Deane displays winter millinery and oversees Red Cross fundraising while Paxton firms push wearables, shoes, rubbers, and Christmas gifts. Local shops like Doan Paxton Ned Conwell and Cut Rate Drug Store promote gifts and prices.
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Storts & Son’s
Storts
van Buren
Deane
The
Red Cross Society
Annual Bazaar at Capitola Deane’s Millinery Store
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church hosts its annual bazaar and market on the 14th and 15th of this month at Capitola Deane's millinery store. Enjoy Christmas gifts in fancy work and a long list of foods including chickens pies and cakes.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
M. E. Church
Capitola Deane
Glando Tonic Promises Quick Cure for Colds and Gargle
An advertisement from the Gland-Aid Co. of Fort Wayne Indiana promotes Glando Tonic as a guaranteed remedy to break up colds grip and tonsillitis. It recommends Glando Gargle for sore throat with a suggested price of 50 cents and notes availability from druggists.
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Gland-Aid Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
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Farmer's Meet
Urday
Tary
Paxton’s
Lavalieres
Paxton
Ili
the Safe of
Paxton’s Drug Store
W. A. Paxton X CO
Orife
W. A. Paxton & Co
Doan Paxton
Ned Conwell
R. Joyce
Farmers Trust Company Insurance Too
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