Methodist Drive for Hospital Fund
General Conference oversees 165 hospitals with the White Cross movement organized to support hospital work. Rev. E. E. Lutes urges mercy deeds and healing as core Christian duty, urging funds to finance hospital care and the church's health mission nationwide. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Conference
White Cross
American White Cross
E. E. Lutes
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Faris Optometry Known For Quality Service In Marion
C C Faris and Emil Faris, noted optometrists at 122 East Fourth Street, Marion, offer expert eye exams, proper glasses fitting, lens manufacturing, and a complete line of false eyes. They guarantee satisfactory work at reasonable prices and serve Northern Indiana with reliable, fair service praised by the News-Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
C. C. Faris
Emil Faris
East Fourth St
Indiana
Faris
News-Eagle
Farm Page Notes on Timely Harvest and Pest Control
How to harvest and market timothy successfully and how to exterminate rats. Corrosive sublimate kills maggots. How to eradicate tuberculosis in chickens. Powdered hellebore kills fly larvae. Limberneck causes and cures. Poultry and dairy hints. Charcoal helps pigs. Cooperative marketing stands crucial test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Limberneck
Vacation School Presents Saint Paul Tale by Advanced Pupils
At Central Church, the Daily Vacation School offered a nine chapter retelling of Saint Paul by advanced pupils. The program included songs, poetry, and readings in their own words, with offerings collected to support the school. The event underscored religious education as a remedy for perceived public school gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Paul
Central Church
Angel of Peace
Martha Sharon
Tommy Davis
Good Samaritan
June Melling
John Butler
Elizabeth Bridwell
Leo Myers
Riley Davis
Eva Hartrell
Ralph Joliff
William Hilliard
Ethelyn Davis
Robert Bradford
Valuable Dennison book placed at public library
The Dennison Manufacturing Co gift titled Instruction book decorates children's day costumes, paper flowers, and party decorations. It details step by step patterns in actual size and offers hall and booth decoration ideas for school displays and plays. Patrons are urged to use the book before decorating or producing a play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennison
Dennison Manfacturing Co
Chiropractor Garrison to Locate in Van Buren
Cecil E. Garrison a three year Palmer School graduate of Davenport Iowa will locate in Van Buren with Dr. W W Mott dentist. He expects to be here by mid August and has ten months practice at the Palmer School treating the full patient load. He is a churchman of exemplary habits and comes highly recommended as a citizen and chiropractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil E. Garrison
van Buren
W. W. Mott
Garrison
Palmer School
Ghiropractic
Davenport
Iowa
Father themed sermons at Central Church highlight duties
Rev Bridwell will preach two special sermons on Fathering at Central Church next Sunday. The service will focus on Fathers as full partners in home and society with morning and evening topics, inviting all husbands and fathers to sit in front. The notice also recalls local events and a fatal act by John Strausberg, a former Dunkard minister, linking public life and personal tragedy in the community.
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Father
Braneavor Society
Harding
Dempsy
Dempsey
Bryan
Soldier to Have Military Funeral Friday Afternoon
Corporal Floyd D. Holmes a former Van Buren resident who died in action in France in 1918 will receive a military funeral at 3 p m Friday at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Wellington Holmes 1183 West Fourth street Marion Members of the American Legion will serve as pallbearers and accompany the funeral with military honors after the services the body will be interred with full rites in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Floyd D. Holmes
van Buren
France
Wellington Holmes
West Fourth Street
Marion
Special Solos to Be Repeated at Band Concert
The band concert drew a good crowd despite rain. Solos by George Richardson cornet and Miss Alta Strange vocal earned loud applause and an encore. Solos will be repeated next Wednesday at the request of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Richardson
Cornet
Miss Alta Strange
Miss Strange
Cornet Cole
Gaiety
Clover Leaf Becomes Nickel Plate Branch Name Change Rolls Out
Local freight agent Charles E. Hatcher reports the Clover Leaf, Toledo St. Louis & Western, is now the Clover Leaf Branch of Nickel Plate. Engines will bear Nickel Plate marks and extensive track upgrades begin in Grant county from Marion westward. Residents recall its narrow gauge beginnings and celebrate improved passenger and freight links through Van Buren to New York, St. Louis, and the Pacific coast, with expected service enhancements not yet officially confirmed.
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Clover Leaf Railway
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Charles E. Hatcher
Clover Leaf Branch
Nickel Plate
Grant County
Marion
van Buren
United States
New York
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
What is Home Without a Father
A nostalgic piece praising fathers on Father's Day. It contrasts mother and father roles, noting the father's early rise to provide, defend, and sustain the family, while mothers handle domestic tasks. It ends with a salute to fathers, acknowledging faults but affirming their value and absence would be felt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Mother
Upland High Wins State Bible Study Honors
Upland High School led by Supt C C Thomas with 3054 points to win the state Bible study contest sponsored by the YMCA. Jeffersonville, Terre Haute State Normal, and Daleville followed with 2833 2666 and 2652 points. A silver cup prize will be awarded at the new school year opening. Thomas will supervise Van Buren Schools next year and introduce Bible study in local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upland High School
C. C Thomas
Upland
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute
Balloon over Indiana traced from Indianapolis to Montpelier
A large balloon, part of the July 4 flight from Indianapolis, passed over Van Buren near midnight last week. Homer Ferguson and family, returning from Warren, noted the craft above the Harry Creviston farm crossroad and asked its identity. The balloon then moved on, with locals guessing it landed near Montpelier.
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Indianapolis
van Buren
Homer Ferguson
Warren
Harry Creviston
Ferguson
Indiana
Montpelier
Ku Klux Klan Leader Addresses Grant County Concert Crowd
A Klansman spoke to a large band concert audience describing conditions in Grant County and promising action against liquor and social mixing. He claimed Klan influence, named alleged plots, and predicted political outcomes, ending with the procession to Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pires Pempers
Ku Klux Klan
Senet
Uni
Speaer
Wis
Wich
Grant County
van Buren
Klan
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Warren T. McCray
Lew Shank
Pat Mahoney
Lyons
Marion
Runaway Team Collides With Auto In City Incident
A runaway livery team attached to Walter Maddux’s hay wagon startled by a blast or tire burst collided with Don Bockmier’s northbound auto near the City Garage. The wagon damaged the car top and rear fender, but no horse injuries occurred as the team halted near the Van Buren State Bank corner after one horse fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Maddux
Maddux
Don Bockmier
Mr. Bockmier
van Buren State Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist Drive For Hospital
Chiropractor
John Strousberg
Church of Brethren At
Landers
John Strausberg
Dunkard Church
Landersville
Elmer Snyder
Banquo
New Holland
Wabash County
Evelyn Snyder
Strausberg
Snyder
Baker
Michigan
McKee
Haines
Upland Hifgh
Prof
Thomas
Scohol
Bailon
Bill Booster
Charles Sueunot
NU Klux
Speaker
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