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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
6
Judge Charles will hear arguments on the motions to quash in the county officials and kindred cases on Tuesday December 26. The hearing time was set after consultation with attorneys in the cases.
John Corey added to his haul from the Marion poultry show with a silver cup for the best pen of White Plymouth Rocks and the American Poultry Show medal for the best cockerel. Dolls ell prices at McDougle's.
Mrs Charles Thompson breeder of Blue Andalusian chickens exhibited a number of her birds at the Marion show last week and won first cockerel first hen second hen third hen fourth hen and first and second pens.
Bath sets for your friends at Mc Dougie s. Indistinct text describes gift items and a shop offering bath sets suitable as presents. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable.
In Van Buren communities members form coal clubs to purchase soft coal directly from mines next summer as prices rise to 6.50 to 8.30 dollars per ton. Officials note events like Muncie mayor buying on open market show shortages are not due to cars, and clubs aim to secure coal at first cost for small buyers.
Mrs Purvis Wearley visited with her parents the Jones family of Marion. Dinner and Sunday visits honored many local families including Renbarger Shideler Green Delamere Murphy Holmes Ruble Murphy Ruble Campbell and Daugherty households. Edna Harris returned from Hanford New York and several locals hosted relatives and friends over the weekend.
A brief ad notes trading a five dollar card for a discounted alum inum item at McDougie's store, promoting a value exchange.
In Penn township eight miles east of Montpelier and northwest of Pennville a 70 barrel oil well on the E. Davis farm by Jones and Lyons has sparked plans for three more wells in the area. A prior good well and this new success have urged the company to proceed once the rig is moved and rebuilt.
When nervous tension stems from constipation Cham berlain's Tablets offer quick relief and aid digestion. Obtainable everywhere.
The Senior Willing Workers of Union chapel gathered at Mr and Mrs David McVicker home on Friday night for a social. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Mr and Mrs William Beekman Mr and Mrs Charley Brows Mr and Mrs Irwin White Mr and Mrs Roscoe Nye Mr and Mrs David McVicker Frank and Landess White and Miss Florence White.
Nathan R Ledbetter 21 of Montpelier sues A C Beeson Huntington head of Indiana Pipe Line for 15000. Ledbetter alleges Beeson s automobile frightened his horse from the road near Montpelier in 1910, throwing him into a 14 foot ditch and leaving him an invalid since.
Guy C. Hanna, superintendent of the Indiana boys' school at Plainfield, handed his resignation to Governor Ralston on Monday. George H. Shideler of Marion was appointed to succeed Hanna at a board meeting, effective January, on Governor Ralston’s recommendation.
The note advertises Hamburg Breast Tea as a simple cold remedy. A tablespoonful steeped in boiling water is consumed as a tea throughout the day or before bed to relieve congestion by opening pores and loosening the bowels. Claimed to be inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmless.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatism and muscle pains. It claims rubbing on the tender spots removes pain stiffness and soreness, with fast relief from sciatica lumbago neuralgia and related aches. A 25 cent bottle is advertised as the old-time solution.
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