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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
5
The United Brethren church revival ended Sunday night led by Rev. E. O Brown with help from Spencer Losure. Several new members joined as the church praised his scriptural holiness and its missionary and temperance triumphs.
An evening cinema in a small South Texas town pasted Red Cross Christmas Seals on all tickets. A polite negro boy asks what it is for and the clerk explains it helps fight consumption. He returns with two more dimes and buys extra tickets for his family.
New Castle's Senator Walter S. Chambers refuses to introduce an anti corset bill in the legislature arguing women already wear little enough, and he thinks doing away with the corset does not fit the eternal fitness of things.
A child writes to Santa at The News-Eagle Bridgeport Illinois dated December 15 1916 requesting an air title stockings pants candy and nuts, signing as George H Merrell.
The piece notes high ad spending on tobacco 81.2 billion and candy 200 million while churches receive 12 million for foreign missions and the chewing gum sector at 13 million. It argues churches should wake up to advertising opportunities.
An old advertising snippet compares a cough to a fire bell and urges treating the underlying illness. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for persistent coughs after colds or grip, citing Mrs. Beeching of AoGrews Indiana praising its use. It notes the medicine is obtainable everywhere.
Farmers Trust Company of Van Buren Grant County Indiana as Trustee gives notice under Grant Circuit Court order of assignment. The trustee holds all property rights credits and effects of Edward B Scott in trust for bona fide creditors. Dates show December 1016 as payment period.
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