Great Contest 5 Under Way With Gold Prize
The News Eagle announces a large voting contest offering a $810 gold prize to the top vote getter on July 26. Merchants award 25 votes per dollar, with coupons urging subscriptions and nominations. A first count on July 25 awards the leading contestant the piano prize, followed by others as votes accumulate. Names of nominated contestants and rules are provided.
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Hagle
Capitola Deane
F. A. Bratton
Pierson & Farley
Conwell & Paxton
W.J. Gildersleeve
Dr. O. S. Crawford
Obermeyer & Sons
News-Eagle
Farmers Trust Company Offers Safe Deposit Boxes At 81 Year
Farmers Trust Company advertises safety deposit boxes priced at 81 a year. The notice emphasizes secure storage options for personal documents and valuables.
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Farmers Trust Company
Barmers Trust Company
Boost the Fourth: Van Buren Planners Parade Automobiles
About sixty businessmen and citizens in thirteen decorated cars left Van Buren at 10 o'clock Tuesday to boost the Fourth of July celebration. A brass band with Mutt and Jeff clowns attracted attention while riders advertised the event in towns along the route including Farrville Upland Dundee Montpelier Warren Lancaster Mt Etna Pleasant Plain and Landersville.
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van Buren
Rube Band
Mutt
Jeff
Trace Draper
Jobn Wright
Uncle Sam
Clyde Whitecotton
Harry Boxell
Matt
Milfrod Camblin
Charlie Storts
Sylbert Heaston
Farrville
Upland
Dundee
Montpelier
Warren
Lancaster
Mt Etna
Pleasant Plain
Landersville
Injured mill worker Ed Gross in critical condition
Ed Gross head sawyer at J. H. Sullivan & Co saw mill was seriously wounded replacing a belt when timber struck him from the air. Doctors Derbyshire and Toney rushed him to Marion hospital for treatment. scalp wound and a broken upper jaw were noted.
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Ed Gross
J. H. Sullivan & Co
Gross
Derbyshire
Toney
Marion Hospital
Van Buren Readies Grand Fourth of July Celebration
Readiness is complete for Van Buren's Fourth of July event on Saturday starting at 9 AM with an automobile parade led by a brass band and a prize for best decorated car. Professor Sylvest will perform free street feats from 9 to 11 AM, with thirty acts planned and a large tire-fireworks display at night. Delegations from surrounding towns are expected, and shops will stay open all day inviting people to spend the holiday there.
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van Buren
Sylvest
Doctors Gather for Grant County Meeting in Van Buren
Dr J M Joney attended a Grant County Medical Society meeting in Fairmount Tuesday night. Dr Haines of Louisville spoke on diseases of the lower bowels. The society will meet in Van Buren on the fourth Tuesday night in July with Huntington County Society as guests.
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J. M
Joney
Grant County Medical Society
Fairmount
Haines
Louisville
van Buren
Huntington County Society
McDougle's Green House Promotes Pot Plants and Produce
Visit McDougle's Green House for pot plants late cabbage and celery plants. See the strongest man in the world io Van Buren on July 4.
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Green House
Io van Buren
Progressive Firm Corey and Pilkington July 4 Comfort Effort
The hardware dealers Corey and Pilkington arrange their east room for public comfort on July 4. They set up tables for lunches, plenty of chairs, and ice water on tap to serve visitors. The store is full of baravinos and invites all to shop there that day.
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Corey & Pilkington
Street Sweeper Arrives at Town for Regular Use
The town board reports the new street sweeper has arrived and had its first test run on Wednesday morning. It will be used regularly from now on. For sale a three year old milch cow yielding three gallons of milk daily listed by Mrs. Wm Hull Route 30.
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Hull
Route 30
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Bertha Barrow
Milo
Elsie Boller
Cleo Beekman
Sylvia Boxell
Golda Camblin
Pearl Cox
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Mary Heaton
Landess
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Eva Lytle
Dona Leverich
Bessie Leas
Zella Koight
Haze Losure
Madonna McMillan
Velina Merril
Ora Michaels
Kessie McAllister
Sasha Merril
Curtis Nelson
Lillian Pilkington
Julia Rumple
A. P. Romey
Ross Smith
Ruth ‘Taylor
Hazel ‘Travis
Ruta Weller
Hazel Williane
Wilmuth Smith
Blanch Kessinger
Cura Storts
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van Buren State Bank
van Buren, Indiana
McDougle’s
Dawson's Bakery
Bank and Trust Company
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