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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
3
Landessville community updates reflect illnesses such as scarlet fever and a cancer removal in Marion. Local visits, church events, a new coal oil burner, and family dinners are noted along with humorous anecdotes about age guessing and a potential graveyard purchase. A James City postmaster related to the town outlines local connections.
Poem from the Atlanta Constitution reflecting on Christmas in Georgia. The speaker recalls children asking what to buy, scenes of the season, and gratitude for family and the joy that keeps people young through song and memory.
A Troy City notes column lists visitors and calls including Roy Daugherty and family, J N Love and son Fred from Marion, Clara Cole, I T Holmes, Mary and Ella Little, Walter Owen from near Huntington, and many others. The piece also mentions a revival at Plummer Chapel and a health ad urging Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation to avoid surgery.
A testimonial claims Doan's Kidney Pills relieve kidney trouble and backache. Lawrence, a blacksmith on N First St, reports regular kidney secretions after use and recommends the product bought at Paxton's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. manufactures Doan's in Buffalo NY, priced 60 cents at dealers.
Poem fragment reflecting on Christmas time with imagery of angels and spiritual motion amid solemn reverence and grief. Describes heavenly beings, earthly longing, and the interplay of divine and mortal experience in a festive yet introspective mood.
Public notice explains delays in providing directories due to new phones and changes. It requests patrons to record listed names and numbers in their directories as orders are prepared and urges speedy requests. Names include Horton Akers Camblin Nelson Bradford Newkirk Foland Garrison McMillan Sparks McMillan Shaffer and others with house numbers.
Three males including two spring males and one yearling offered for sale. Sired by Fancy Orion Prince from Orion Chief and Orion Cherry King, out of a dam by Joe Orion 2nd. Breeding up to date. Contact Charles Lowery, Van Buren, Indiana. 45tf
Classified notice offers for sale of old Van Buren post office fixtures from F A Bratton & Son Van Buren Indiana. Includes stray lines about a marriage ad and various scattered contact hints for Ralph Hyde in San Francisco. Content is fragmentary with unclear dates or prices.
Hazel Branham files a divorce complaint against George Branham in Grant County Superior Court. The defendant is alleged not to be a resident of Indiana and is ordered to appear by February 8, 1921, or the case proceeds in his absence. Clerk s. A. Connelly seals the filing.
No hunting or fishing on the farm announced with warnings of penalties for violations. The notice references an order and possible erosions under code 4612. Sentences mention Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets on display and a firm named H A Davis & Co. with apparent fines.
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