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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
5
Remember the Red Cross Market to be held Saturday July 14 with lots of good things to eat. Community notices list Rev Gott preaching at the church Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night along with numerous visits among residents in Marion Dillman Warren and nearby farms.
Warren Ind resident Moses Johnson describes eight years of kidney trouble including back pain and dizziness. After taking Doan’s Kidney Pills he was cured and eight years later reports no recurrence, confirming the earlier endorsement. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Sam Lee and wife and son Raymond were at Bluffton Friday evening as guests of Marion Lee. The George Lee family and Mrs. Charlie Glovier spent Sunday at Matter Park for a family outing.
Mrs Clara Keltner of Dillman visited Friday with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Beekman. Several families shared Sunday visits including Mr Riley Bayless and wife, Miss Florence Duckwall with Miss Nadene Denton, and Dan Mowrer family with Eliza Duckwall at David Barrow’s. Multiple relatives from Oklahoma spent the weekend with the Haupthofs. The Diggers class met for a business gathering at Addie Conwell’s home. Families from Upland and Pendleton were entertained by Will Beekman and by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kaizer and daughters.
This notice urges buying a remedy now to be prepared for possible family colic or diarrhea during summer. It praises the product as worth many times its cost when needed.
The will of Otto Walker has been submitted to probate. All property real personal and mixed is willed to his widow Nellie Olive Walker who is appointed executrix of the will.
A businessman's wife long plagued by dyspepsia and constipation found relief after taking Adlerika mixed with buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The product claims instant results by emptying both intestines and easing constipation gas and sour stomach.
Grandma Pugh visits Warren while Mrs DeHaven Mrs Allingham and Eunice Lee of Bluffton stay with the Sam Lee family. A Meth odist church brotherhood meeting featured C A Breese Bluffton manager on the topic What Constitutes an Up-to-date Telephone System. Townsend family from Marion attended and sang delightful selections. Local young ladies joined the event for a fine musical program.
A July 8 evening program at Union Chapel Washington Township features a Children’s program with songs readings and dances. The event includes Rev Modlin prayers an orchestra performing America and many solo and group numbers by local children including Lucile Snyder Helen Korporal Eva Korporal and Ralph Sanderman among others. A brief talk by Rev Modlin and an offertory precede a closing benediction.
Mrs Silas Sands visited daughter Mrs Ecie Pittman on Saturday. Von Converse relations visited and guests stayed for a short visit. Families from Fremont Markle Bluffton South Bend attended Sunday gatherings. Several couples hosted dinners and called on neighbors in Troy City.
The W. C. T. U will host an open gathering at Mrs. John Howard’s home Friday evening July 6. A speaker will discuss the registration question. All invited. Clint Witmer attended Marion township trustees meeting Monday. Mr. William Doyle is ill. A picnic table setting was found and brought to the News-Eagle office for owners to claim. Dr. L. V. Conwell underwent surgery at Marion hospital Tuesday and is reported dying nicely. Mr. A. M. Myers and his family of Casey Illinois are visiting J. H. Myers.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. Offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured, promotes circulars and sells at 75 cents through J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Local pharmacy change of ownership sees Paxton's Drug Store sold to City Drug Store. Details indicate transfer of business assets and continuation of services under new management. No disruption to prescriptions or staff reported at this time.
Pleasant Plain residents join Mrs Nona Hodson Sunday for a birthday party as church members deliver dinner baskets. Ada Morman of Fort Wayne and Sadie Weaver host guests. a lawn social and ice cream planned for July 7 to raise Red Cross funds. Nearby families visit and host gatherings with relatives and former residents in Bridgeport IH.
James Penrod was arrested at Hartford City on charges of grand larceny and second degree burglary and will be brought to the city for trial. About 800 pounds of brass boxings worth 600 dollars were stolen from Ohio Oil Well Supply in Van Buren last April. Investigations by Van Buren and Montpelier detectives implicate three men, with two confessing and implicating Penrod as the chief actor.
Purdue extension official urges I W Crowe to be appointed Grant county agent after Otis Crane was ousted by the county board of education Township trustees heard the proposal but took no action and may reconvene before July 15 to decide. A Waneta foot remedy is marketed in Van Buren with claims to soothe tired feet and erase corns and callouses. City Drug Store and Paxton's Drug Store sell Waneta in 25 cent packets.
A Cincinnati authority extols a quarter ounce of Freezone drug to remove corns and calluses. Applied drops relieve soreness, then the corn lifts out without pain. The drug dries sticky yet does not irritate surrounding skin, and the note suggests it benefits high heel wearers.
A vintage advertisement extols Tiz as magical relief for sore burning feet, corns, calluses, and foot pain. It claims acids and poisons are drawn out to reduce swelling and friction, offering lasting comfort after work or dance. The pitch promises a full year of foot ease for 25 cents.
A newspaper note promotes drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate on waking to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims the method purifies the alimentary canal and improves headaches backache bilious attacks and constipation with daily use.
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