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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
4
The 1912 Friday issue notes subscription price and office deadlines for ads. It lists advertising policies, copy deadlines, and a note that obituaries or poetry acceptances are time dependent. It includes publication details and the office telephone number.
A large gathering from multiple families and friends celebrated Mr. Jaco Strous’s forty‑third birthday with an outdoor meal. Relatives and neighbors from several towns arrived with baskets, sharing food under shaded tables in the Prontior.
The article urges readers to support local merchants who advertise in the News Eagle. It extols their ambition to increase trade value, promises full value for money, fresh goods, and courteous service, and notes many other benefits learned by trading with advertisers.
The department orders publishers to suspend deliveries to subscribers over 12 months in arrears after this week unless they settle. Readers urged to respond promptly to avoid interruption and support the paper during this difficult period. Lost notebook at Van Turen Cemetery with business and insurance papers. return to B S Andrews, Marion Indiana. Found money on Main Street. claim at News-Office after paying notice fee.
In Colorado Springs Thomas E. Austin, age 31, speaks again at his father Thomas M. Austin’s deathbed after 15 years of silence. He and family prayed nearby when he cried out Father, father begging not to leave them, while the dying parent answered I die happy if my death brings back your speech.
Oakmont borough council passed a Pan American style ordinance prohibiting people from appearing nude or semi nude or in abbreviated attire on streets at fetes festivals and entertainments. The measure aims to protect the morals of Oakmont and targets canoeists among others.
In New York sleuths examine a bottle with five dead files found on an unknown man in Central Park. The Chicago News notes a literary line about marriage reform and the difficulty of spotting a missing button or a hole in a pocket, reflecting social observations.
Sunday School at 6 50 a.m. Sermon by the Pastor at 10 o'clock Epworth League at 6 45 p.m. Sermon by the Pastor at 7 5 p.m. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Sabbath School at nine and 10:30 class meeting at 10 30 a m Christian Madeaver at 7 90 p m Preaching by the Pastor at 8 p m W T McDougie offers vegetable plants and flowers including urns and hanging baskets hours and prices not specified.
A collage of quirky facts and wry observations about fashion, appetite and culture. Notes on whale hide thickness, heart rates of vegetarians and meat eaters, blondism among women, Chinese cue on ponytails, beechwood smoked Westphalian ham, and a chorus girl’s lyrical quip about love.
Sixty percent of the Brazil nut is oil. A gallon of water weighs ten pounds. Glycerine is a by product of the soap factory.
Mr and Mrs J E Riley Noble and De With Landers visited the families of Dr Toney and Chas Ward at a Yellow Banks cottage Sunday. They praised the location and dining skills of Mrs Toney and Mrs Ward. Dr Toney, an expert at landing big fish, drove well despite rough roads after rain near Huntington. They left Van Buren at 4 am and returned by 8 30 pm noting Noble did the driving and they had a very fine time.
Michael Zent and Fred Wilson were in Marion Monday with others visiting relatives and shopping. Rachael Campbell and Minnie Shultz made calls in Van Buren and Itta Losure, while many locals attended Montpelier races. The record lists numerous calls on Losure, Gardner, Butler, and Shultz families from Sunday through Tuesday.
Burr Ensley spent Sunday afternoon with Ruth Boller. Pearl Rhynearson called on Maree Anderson Sunday evening.
Mrs ApnalO Corey conducts a private sale on Tuesday and Wednesday July 23 and 24 1912. The sale features splendid household furniture carpets parlor and bedroom suites chairs iron beds safes and many other household articles.
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