Quips and quotes from a bustling late edition page
A collage of jokes witticisms and wry lines on life love and society. Includes telephone satire marriage musings and playful definitions plus busy corner social notes from Van Buren and nearby towns with names and places.
Community visits and outings span weekend in regional notes
Local residents and families visited kin and friends across the area. Trips included Decatur Fair attendance and race entries, with several calls on Vernon Swagger, Glen Lee, Charles Noble, and others. A 96 year old Ohio man recalls first motion picture showing, and a census note questions farm ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Babe Ruth
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertises Cure for Colds
An ad extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a two part treatment with an ointment and a blood-acting tonic. It claims 40 years of distribution by J Cheney Co Toledo and suggests the product strengthens the system to prevent frequent colds. A brief snippet notes Harding predicts a long dry spell for the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. & C. Merrian, CO
Springfield
Mass
U.S. A
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Farrville Visits and Relatives Gather in Dewey and Marion
Mr and Mrs Clell Farr and daughter of Dewey Oklahoma visit Mr and Mrs Smiley Farr. Mr and Mrs Roy Bole and family visit relatives at Marion. Mrs Josie Ferguson visits Etta Miller and Mae. Grandma Oxley stays with Homer Oxley family. Henry Doyle hosts Sunday dinner with Vern Doyle Orville Holloway Walter Irvin Ham Banter Lela Irvin Flossie and Linnie Banter Glen Camblin. Alta Hawkins and daughter depart for Bridgeport Illinois after extended visit.
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Vernon Swagger
Upland
Glen Lee
Roy Roush
Clell Farr
Okla
John Jackson
J. L. Jackson
W. B. Miller
Charles Noble
Norman Lee
Bridgeport
Ill
John Cary
Cyrus Carey
Wm. Campbell
Vern Swagger
Clyde Herr
Lloyd Miller
Decatur Fair
Harry Miller
Ira Miller
Decatur
Charles Schweikhart
Sons
Oklahoma
Sam Elkins
Joe Zent
Henries Bend
Zelda Boyer
Marion
Dewey, Okla
Smiley Farr
Roy Bole
Josie Ferguson
Etta Miller
Mae
Grandma Oxley
Homer Oxley
Henry Doyle
Vern Doyle
George
Orville Holloway
Walter Irvin
Ham Banter
Lela Irvin
Flossie
Linnie Banter
Glen Camblin
Alta Hawkins
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Hamilton Beach
Broyles Electric Company
Indiana
Webster's New International
Eave van Burer
Faris
Glasess
C. C. Faris
Emil Faris
S. S. Square
J.F. Roberts
van Buren, Ind
OWL
Bill Melling
William Tidd
Seattle
THE
Boneheads
Ford
Tim
Lloyd Pilkington
van Buren
Henry Ford
van Buren Lizzard
August Haupthof
Hayes Beal
Delores
Ruth Haupthof
Geraldine Beal
Garl Beal
River
Henry Sanderman
Connersville
Henry Korporal
Will Sanderman
Helen Hanna
Indianapolis
Montpelier
Florence White
Eva
Helen
Margaret Louise Boller
Texas
R. C. Nye
Lewis White
Homer White
Marion Calebs
C. A. Modlin
Charles
Modlin
Muncie
F. J. White
Milo
Delores ‘Haupthof
Clarence Wickham
Sapulpa
Lee Galilen
Hartford City
Dan Camblin
Wm. Camblin
Clyde Nelson
Emma Nelson
Harding
U. S
News-Eagle
Warren Phi Delta Kappa
Huntington County
Farrville
James K. P. Gardner
Gardner Homestead
van Buren State Bank