Local News From Bluffton and Van Buren Thrown Into Summer Pay
Rebecca Studabaker of Bluffton guest of the De Pow sisters as Edwards Wilson Co. promotes “His Father's Sin” under the big tent with free admission for ladies Monday night. Multiple notes on visitors, reunions, and Fourth of July observances fill the Van Buren Bluffton scene with family visits, church events, and a staged show lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Studabaker
Bluffton
Margaret and
Edith de Pow
Edwards-Wilson Co
Guy Duckwall
Lakes
Sam Robinson
Mary Ducknall
T. C. Pike
Von
Iris Pickenpaugh
Edwards Wilsoen Co
Bert Doyle
Harriet Newland
Winamac
William Doyle
Rev
J. O. Campbell
Odd Fellows
Landers
H. H. Scott
W. F. Williamson
Fred Sanderman
Edwards Wilson Co
A. J. Campbell
Entertainments and notices from local society pages
Mrs Kenneth Camblin hosts Fern Camblin birthday party with games and lunch at west of town. Attendees include Eva Compton Bernice Howell Dean Roland Fern Camblin Kenneth Banter Frank Leva four Leo Harvey Everett Shrock Vera Nickerson Cary Cloud. Marble of Marion notes. Emma Beck reports daughter Mrs Floyd Miller ill in Florida after appendicitis operation. Needlecraft club hosts pot luck, attendees listed. Club plans another pot luck at Loy Moler home. W K Fraizer hosts dinner for Dow and George Richardson and other guests on their shared birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Camblin
Fern Camblin
Eva Compton
Bridgeport
Ind
Bernice Howell
Dean Roland
Kenneth Banter
Frank Levafour
Leo Harvey
Everett Shrock
Vera Nickerson
Cary Cloud
Marion
Emma Beck
Floyd Miller
This Place
Florida
Bluffton Couple Wed Enlisted Soldier In War Wedding
Lulu S Witze of Bluffton married Willard J Miller a private in the coast artillery at Ft. Han cock N J after securing a license. Miller is home briefly from his post and will return next week. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph C Witze. The groom from Van Buren is son of Samuel Miller. The ceremony was by Rev J O Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kelley
Muncie
Jonathan Kelley
News-Eagle
Fred Sanderman
J. (. Frazee
Ilinois
Frazee
Emery Sellers
Mary Margaret
Poneto
van Buren
Sellers
Margaret Doyle
Bert Buffington
Marion
H. H. Blake
Paulding County
Ohio
Lucille Lugar
Indianapolis
Don C. Wilson
Cameron
John Sawyer
West Virginia
Will Rumple
Milo Kelley
Herbst
Ind
Dan McMillian
Ned Conwell
Bluffton
Johnson Boxell
Vivian Boxell
Raymond Ruble
Will Myres
Anna Cook
Martin Carl
Chester Mills
Little Son
Kansas
Mr. Mills
E. M. Dunbar
Pennville
Mr. Dunbar
Methodist Circuit
Portland
Geneva
Fortville
Dunbar
Ruth Freeman
Winamac
Lucetta Beekman
Enoch Pierson
Bob Pilkington
Ed Begson
Montpelier
Roy Harvey
Tulsa
Sapulpa
Oklo
Lulu S. Witzeman
Willard J. Miller
Coast Artillery Branch
Army
Ft. Hancock
N. J
Miller
Adolph C. Witze
Samuel Miller
Bluffton Banner
J. O. Campbell
Red Cross Shop And Maid In Rhyme Verse
A maid answers a soldier asking where she goes and what she does at the Red Cross shop she recites verses about hemming sheets and pillow slips making garments for the sick crafting bathrobes blankets boots socks helmets comfort kits bandages and towels for soldiers and the wounded.
A Call to Service From the Red Cross Spirit
A Seemingly mid century cadence urging nurses and citizens to contribute. It frames Red Cross devotion as a universal duty for men women and children and calls on readers to bear burdens and seek divine peace through work and prayer.
Freight and Express Service Schedules
East bound times listed 3 53 pm 4 38 pm 6 53 pm 9 23 pm 11 23 pm. Freight and express car service each way daily. Party rates a low rate for fifty or more traveling together. Call nearest agent or write Main Office Bluffton Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expr
Bluffton
Ind
Time Table For St Louis & Western In Effect May 6 1917
Western bound and eastern bound train numbers listed with departure and arrival times. Sunday schedules show 30 minute late arrivals and a special low rate Sunday excursion. Agent H J Iread and A G P A Charles E Rose in Toledo handle inquiries.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paxton’s Drug Store
van Buren, Indiana
George Hambal
St. Joe
Ich
E. N. Gillispie
Gladys Higgins
Tiffin
A. P. Benton
J. R. Brown
E. O. Brown
Rose Waggaman
Louise
Willard Miller
Fort Hancock
Stella Harrison
Hanfield
Eva Weller
Mt. Etna
Catherine Sanderman
R. Freeman
Sanderman
Madonna
Charles Palmer
Dorothy
Dr. Mott
Levege
Palmer
Vera Boxell
E. F. Haines
Verle and
Beryl
Alexandria
Fred Newton and Family
Bridgeport, Jr
Clem Newton
Detroit, Mich
Merrell Stewart
Harry Newton
Kara Cloud
Evert Lee
Alva Ducky
Webster Lake
Pet Gift
O. G. Deane
A. M. Deane
E. H. DePoy
Lafontaine
Vivian Neal
Ruth Laidlaw
Hope Stine
Louise Ashbacher
Lena McDougle
Billa Davis
Harlie Davis
Hoopeston
Ill
H. A. Davis
Salvation Army
J. R. Howard
Robinson, Ir
A. L. Woodard
Idah
Frank Mathias
Wisconsin
Michigan
Canada
Niagara Falls
George Lee
David Bradstreet
Warren
Lee
Charles Smith
H. J. McFadden
Roanoke
John L. Cambilin
P. S. Howard
van Buren Township
County Aid Committee
Charles Bechto
Kimonas
Fisk
Gage
Keith
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Fashion Park Clothes
Grant
Marions
Blumenthals
Marion, Indiana
van Doyle
Needlecraft Club
Dahl Stridler
Trace Draper
Lou Moler
Lloyd Pilkington
Dean Paxton
Maude Howard
Lenore Loney
Claude Dillon
Neal Barnes
Wade Sugar
Curtis Strange
von Pilkington
Josephine Robinson
Lenore Toney
Loy Moler
W. K. Fraizer
Dow
George Richardson
George and
Dow Richardson
Harl Romey
George Mott
Marshall McDougle
Mary Leas
the Red Cross
Red Cross
Marion & Bluffton Tr. Co
H. J. Iread
Chas. E Rose
Toledo, O
Toledo
VIA
DRS. Thomas & Ross
PRI
Marion Jnd
Reliable Club
Wrabel
Madison
Oakland
Cal
Dearborn County
Main Pike
Lawrenceburg
John G. Hartman
Guilford
Indiana
Orsale
Perry Holt
Rose City
Remingtons
Empire Type Foundry
Buffalo
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