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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
5
Subscription price one dollar per year in advance. Special notice charges apply to church events with admission fees and all entertainments in the name of charity. Cards of thanks and resolutions of respect charged at regular rates. Notices regarding religious services published free.
A local advertisement promotes Harvester Machine Oil for sale at City Drug Store. The Clover Leaf carried eight excursionists to Toledo Sunday. News Eagle seeks a correspondent at Farrville. Miss Vivian Cobler returned home Tuesday after visiting Claud Peters. Mr and Mrs T H Stotts visited Mrs W F Stotts Sunday.
Fragmentary note credits Eugene DePuy as a key figure in a Brown Laundry matter. No clear event, date, or outcome is provided beyond a claim of universal customer satisfaction.
Miss Mariy Shultz and Miller Sweik hardt visited at Marion hospital Sunday to see Mrs. Milonie Wilson who was hospitalized.
Cary Ducknall will take a two week holiday from the Drake drug store and plans to spend most of the time at Lake Webster.
Jim Dennan is painting and papering the interior of the hotel he has leased and plans to move his family there next Monday. Mrs. Burke of Detroit, visiting Van Buren, left for Winchester to visit Mr. and Mrs. Buffington and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Marquis and Mr. and Mrs. W. RK. Faber of Jonesboro visited Tuesday afternoon. Marquis, Hudson car agent, demonstrated the automobile. They were guests of E. A. DePoy and family during the visit.
Shannon Baker will preach at the East church Sunday night. The notice suggests a call for kindness and restraint in speech. Other items mention Van Buren's need for a building and loan association conducted by local capital.
Charles Muchmore stays two weeks at Drake drug store during Cary Ducknall absence. E W Landess and family visit Mrs Landess uncle Mr Joseph Boxell near Marion. A heavy rain Sunday night and again Monday night slows threshing in the area.
The East church will hold its annual picnic at Matters Park in August. The exact time will be announced later.
Miss Berthamae Kinnear of Tulsa Oklahoma will arrive in Van Buren in a few days for a visit with friends and relatives. She left Tuesday evening and is visiting Kansas City and Chicago en route.
The annual reunion of the Anderson and Camblin families will be held at Matter's Park on the third Sunday in August the 17th. Relatives and friends are invited to attend with well filled baskets and enjoy the day.
Studabaker Grain and Seed Co. shipped 1000 bushels Monday and another 1000 on Tuesday. Local market pays 80 cents per bushel, a weak price amid brisk arrivals of good grade wheat.
Newell Green bought four White Leghorn hens at the Marion poultry show last winter. From December 13 to July 13 they laid 396 eggs, averaging about 99 per hen. One hen did not lay for about fifty days after purchase, but the other three show a large average and none have broodiness. The birds were kept in a barn corner in winter and in a small pen all summer.
Notes from Marion and nearby towns cover social visits, health, and church events. Miss Fay Pierson spent Sunday in Upland, Mr. and Mrs. Buckmier on the sick list, and Leo Peters serves as night watchman at a pumping station after a fire. The Boller family reunion is set for August 24 at Matter's Park. Several residents change jobs or relocate, including Marjorie Bish joining Steam Laundry in Marion and Ruth Barnes visiting Warren. Local crime and social chatter mix with weathered observations and a plug for Studabaker Stock Farm cows for sale.
The Methodist Sunday School picnic will be held at Studabaker grove next Wednesday July 23. Attendees are instructed to alight the car at Studabaker private.
A local business column notes that any item in the paper that deals with vetting money costs five cents per line, reflecting a standard rate for financial notices and related listings in these columns.
Eugene DePoy introduces himself as Brown Laundry’s agent promising superior laundry work. He frames quality as his business, contrasting it with inferior service and inviting customers to choose perfection.
Several houses in Van Buren stay vacant as owners show little interest in spending a few dollars to make them rentable.
U S egg output climbs from 460 million dozen in 1880 to 1.3 billion in 1900 and 1.75 billion in 1918. Exports last year reach 19 million dozen.
Willie McDougle visited Marion on Monday to order a Boy Scout uniform and join the camping trip with the Marion troop. This brings four Van Buren scouts in uniform, after Merle Whitecotton ordered his suit last week.
Mr and Mrs Ed Carr entertained a group at dinner on Thursday. The guests included Mr and Mrs A E Wilkogon, Mr and Mrs Jesse Carr, Lena Merrel, Margaret Runyas, Edna Strange, Cora Merrel, Gladys Wilkinson, Velva Merrel, and Eugene Wilkinson.
Rev. Chas Slusser of Huntington preached Sunday night on Heaven the City of God. He plans to join the annual conference this fall and his home is near Dillman. He is improving in pulpit work.
The town board authorizes the clerk to notify Chester and surrounding streets' property owners to begin sidewalk work soon or the city will perform the construction. With Van Buren properties rising in value, sidewalk improvements are viewed as a good investment.
In this quote an exchange compares advertising to a turtle laying eggs in a season while a hen advertises and attracts far more attention. The analogy notes that advertising creates a higher call volume and demand, unlike the non advertised turtle eggs.
The Grant County Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals for highway improvements in Van Buren Township. Bids cover grading graveling or macadamizing Stone Road Isaac S. Tinkle et al. project with bonds double bid, non collusion affidavit, and performance conditions. Time for completion set after letting. Board may reject any bids.
Mrs Jennie Martin of Wabash and Mrs Basset and her daughter Florence of Chicago were guests of Mr L Dimit, joining a social visit at his home.
Jesse Gift and his wife spent the week in Van Buren as guests of Guy Duckwall and Family. This visit was noted by the Jonesboro Herald.
Louis Limbert, once a Van Buren boy, has returned from Pennsylvania after a year to complete his high school course. He is described as a former student preparing to resume classes and graduate with his peers.
Mrs E Compton and Miss Minnie Hart of Marion left today for Ohio to visit Mrs Compton's son for two weeks.
C M Jones delivered 264 hogs on Wednesday and received 5998 for the load. He claims he will beat any challenger next September, according to Matthews Progress.
Miss Leoline Struble accepts a position in the News Eagle office as general assistant to the editor. She will set type, gather local news, and solicit subscriptions.
The Grant County Commissioners invite sealed proposals to grade gravel and macadamize Stone Road in Van Buren Township known as the Fred Drake road. Bids cover labor and material with no extra compensation, must include bid bond and affidavits, and non collusion. the board may reject any or all bids. Proposals open at two o clock PM on the specified date in the County Auditor’s office.
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment heals itching burning and scaliness at once. It is used by doctors and recommended. Alleman of Littletown Pa reports eczema on the forehead cured in two weeks. Guarantied relief or money back. Available at druggists or by mail. Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis City Drug.
Mr and Mrs W K Fraizer hosted Mr and Mrs Oliver Handschey and daughter Miss Mabel and Mrs Charles of Gas City with Mrs Lena Mee Dougle and Miss Eva Fraizer on Tuesday evening.
The two year old daughter of Clayton Bradford from southwest of town suffered severe scalds to chest and arms last Thursday. She is recovering well under the care of Dr Derbyshire.
Mr and Mrs Bazelle Gilson of Emmettsburg Maryland visit Mrs Doyle and Mr Doyle over Sunday and Monday. Mrs Gilson is a cousin of Mrs Doyle and this marks her first visit to the area.
A traveler, claiming to be the sole shipwreck survivor, hid for three days on an inland isle. Hunger drove him to crawl toward a smoke and he prayed aloud upon hearing a voice, crying out in relief that the rescuers were Christians.
The Taylor University Male Quartette will perform at the M E church on Wednesday evening July 30. The four students fund their education by concerts and no admission is charged though a collection will be taken.
Morning transit faced heavy delays as West Main Street floodwater stopped trains or buses. A 6:58 car could not pass Fourth Street and diverted to Marion then Van Buren, returning around 9:00, while the 7:28 car faced similar congestion.
A wedding took place in Jonesboro last week uniting a couple with the surname Green. The article notes the groom now bears the name Green and jokes about removing the thistle, while hoping for a smooth future for the newlyweds.
Rosa E. Wright offers a harness team wagon and gravel bed for sale. Located one half mile north of Farrville.
Bert Doyle of Marion visited his parents Mr and Mrs William Doyle for a family Sunday gathering.
Mr and Mrs John Saxon of Marion spent Sunday with Ted Boxell and family.
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