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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
3
A compilation of quotations with misprints and spelling errors. It includes a corrected suggestion about returning home at noon and stray phrases about silk socks mosqui toes and porch campaigning. The mix ends with the proverb bird in the hand is worth two in the garden.
A city column quotes a prominent surgeon advocating common sense corsets for every woman. The piece riffs on advice, manners, and social quirks, noting humor in modern life. It mentions bootleggers, advertising, and a San Francisco wife reporting her husband’s daily spankings as echoed by experts.
A quip on fragile soft fabrics being saved with starch. It jokes that starch makes them stiff and uncomfortable, mirroring old time attitudes toward delicate garments. The line treats fabric care humorously as a reflection on endurance.
A local letter to the News Eagle from Van Buren Indiana notes crop hopes after June rains, sightings of friends and neighbors in Washington township, school preparations, aging relatives, obituaries, oil field workers, and small-town anecdotes about dogs, hunting, and a radio sermon. The writer signs off with well wishes for readers’ appetites.
Ida Conwell and children visited Etna Friday afternoon. Haupthof family spent Sunday with the Sandermans. Charley Wolf of Peru stayed overnight with the Becks. Artie Conwell called in. Alonzo Cochran visited his mother Alice Hill. Fred Strieb and children had dinner with the Knote family. Josephine Hart is seriously ill at her parents’ home. Glen Hall and children from Marion visited relatives here. Thursday guests of Sam Cloud and Harry Knote included Bradstreet and daughters Helen Hermione, Mrs. Guy Conwell and Don, and Misses Pauline Bernadine Hilma Knote. Mrs. Wm. Smith visited Marion Tuesday. Jose Slifer called on Mrs. Dave Kelley Monday. Nimrod Wiseheart and Mrs. Blakely visited. Blakely family joined them home. Dora Knote spent Sunday with family. Alice Hill was a Van Buren caller Saturday. George and Eugene Hall visited grandmother Alice Hill on Tuesday.
Edison Amberol phonograph records reduced to 35 cents. H A Davis and Co. W K Fraizer were in Huntington Monday handling Fraizer DePoy Realty business.
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