Henry Ford a Safe Leader and Nation Builder
Henry Ford is praised as a surplus of about 140 million last week. His payroll tops 500 thousand daily with material bills around 750 thousand, totaling over a million and a quarter daily. He reinvests all funds in employment creating enterprises, avoids waste, and is hailed as the world’s greatest financier and a wise national leader. A New Year code urges Van Buren residents to personal responsibility and local civic engagement, including church support, family happiness, moderation, and paying for the hometown paper.
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Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Ford
Roads Weigh Tax Policy For Trucks And Roads
The article argues for taxing motor trucks by weight or tire spread to fund road maintenance, noting trucks’ growing road use and competition with railroads. It advocates keeping roads payed by users and urges action by Van Buren residents to address highway costs. It also mentions a Yale professor’s claim about rotation rate and moon motion, then downplays the fear with a hopeful note.
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van Buren
Van Buren Observations on Wives Food and City Dining
A local reader comments on wives cooking, optimism in big city dining, and American popularity abroad during lean times. The piece notes Van Buren men avoiding church due to free admissions and no password.
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van Buren
Relatives Visit Promised by Mrs Willings and Daughter
The note mentions Mrs K W Willings and her daughter Lucy leaving Saturday night to visit relatives for a few days. The fragment also includes brief items on a vamp misdefinition and a medical report for John Bier of South LaSalle Street, with stray phrases about Josephus Doar and a 94 year old smoker.
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K. W. Willings
Lucy
Chicago Tribune
Linotype
D&d
John Bier
South LaSalle St
Dancing and Mischief Tells of a City Home
A humorous dialogue recalls a father and daughter banter about dancing in youth. Johnny Browne, the brightest yet naughtiest pupil, prompts a note to his mother who replies with a witty, weary line. The Amos Tash Club features Joseph Blake and Ima Stinger with a quip about a girl named Agnes Awful.
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Johnny Browne
Johnny
John Browne
Ima Stinger
Agnus
Tj. H. Anderson
J. H. Anderson
Interview Reflections on Forgotten Questions
A reporter notes a peculiar interview exchange where the editor prompts about what was asked and what was forgotten. The dialogue highlights memory gaps and meta inquiry rather than concrete news.
Knight of Knights Henry S Barbershop Knight Promoted
In a village reminiscence a playful salute to Henry S as the knight of knights. The piece riffs on local humor and community names with a touch of nostalgia for the 1922 Village Post era.
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MR. Knight
Heros Bold
Henry S. Barbershop
Boys will be boys in classroom quip exchange
Witmer jokes about dropping anatomy as Scott notes boys study it on the streets. Clancy heckles a salesman about fashioning a first class attorney for his wife. Clancy quips she’s built like a barrel but says it matters little.
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C. R. Witmer
H. H. Scott
Clancy
Begorra
General Horace Porter and the Pullman train reply
A tale recounts how General Porter, then Pullman manager, burned the fifth complaint letter and drafted a blunt reply claiming the train ran off track and the line was ended. The note mocks Van Buren supporters who forget to vote for good government.
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Caleb
Horace Porter
Pullman Company
Pullman
Jersey City
Long Beach
Porter
van Buren
Otterbein Church News and Local Visits
Local notes from Otterbein show residents visiting relatives and friends on weekends. Revival services at Plummer's Chapel draw good attendance while Rev Brown preaches powerful sermons. Families including Gilmore Holmes Love Maddock and Meyers share dinners, visits, and farm tasks amid routine community life.
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Irene Gilmore
Jennie Harris
Plummer’s Chapel
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Jonas Paxton
Josephus Doar
Amos Tash Club
Joseph Blake
Overholtz
Yaller
Terry Fitzjerker Jones
Culum
Terry Fizzjerker Jones
Fat Paxton
Charles Atkinson
Spider Boxels
Jawn Huff
Otterbein
John Tinkle
Emma Holmes
J. N. Love
C. L. Maddock
Lowell Maddock
Ella Meyers
Chester Holmes
Florence Harris
Mahlon Brown
Harvey Brown
Dead Trout
Chester Heffner
Milo
Fremont
Fred Love
Glen Shaw
Ance
Brown
Ora Baker
Jacob Baker
Zion
Bob
Ed. Gilmore
F. I. Gilmore
Aaron Ruble
Ernest Shilderer
Conneautt
Ohio
Frank Culbertson
Alva Meyers
Fred
Ezra Meyers
Grandma
George Sheets
Rockford
Charley Harris
Claude
Ed Harris
Claude Campbell
Warren
Iit Oy
L. L. Wamsley
Jasper Roberts
Clyde Roberts
Oran Harris
Charley Blair
Everett Cook
Grant Meyers
Clell Meyers
E. T. Holmes
Miss Ruth Holmes
Logansport
Sien Love
Love
H J. W. Love
Fooking
Frank van Winkle
Telinvis
van Winkle
Holmes
A. L. Meyers
Milton Camburn
H. A. Davis & CO
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