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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
4
Schedule notes show new daily runs from Marion to Bluffton and Gary via Van Buren with prices around 252 percent and 222 per mile. Periodic departures listed with party rates for joint travel and a suggestion of weekend service.
An advertisement touts Croxone as a miracle remedy ending kidney and bladder issues. It promises to purify the blood by cleansing the kidneys and eliminating wastes, claiming relief from back pain fatigue and urinary disorders for all ages.
An article urges quick action to keep chicks and poults free of lice and gapes during rapid growth. It describes hiding spots for lice, signs to inspect, and simple remedies including lard or oil, head dusting, and a homemade insect powder using gasoline, crude carbolic acid, and road dust, with cautions to avoid eye irritation.
Indiana experiment station tests show skim milk fed with grain boosts growth in chicks. Lot 2 with skim milk gained 4.46 ounces weekly per bird vs 2.62 ounces in lot 1, consuming more grain and milk. Summer replication yielded similar results, indicating skim milk aids digestion and growth in growing chicks.
This lesson notes Solomon as a type of Christ and highlights the queen of Sheba visiting his court to learn wisdom, with emphasis on the king’s wisdom, the temple, and prophetic foreshadowing of Christ’s greater reign. The text urges mission through inviting the hungry to know the true God and Jesus.
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union notes the city pays more than 3 million dollars yearly due to liquor traffic. It attributes large shares of police and other city costs to alcohol and calls for voter awareness before tolerating liquor licenses.
Use Creolin or similar disinfectant to drive mites from roosts and hen house interiors. Attach an old shoe brush to a sawed-off broom handle and apply the liquid with this improvised brush for effective treatment.
Rye serves as good chick feed but in warm weather chicks prefer lettuce and Swiss chard. Sow greens thickly, cut into small bits, and the chicks will rapidly clean the pile of green material.
The Life Extension Institute and its leading scientists call alcohol a deadening drug that hinders nations at war and individuals in survival. They insist the European monarchs’ anti alcohol stance is supported by scientific evidence and reflects the view of strong, capable men guiding nations through crisis.
Dr. T Alexander McNichol of the Red Cross hospital examined 55 000 school children for the New York Academy of Medicine. Results show 58 percent below intelligence standard. 17 percent dullards, 26 percent deficient, 11 percent nearly deficient. Detectors note 53 percent of children came from drinking households.
Dr Billy Sunday in Philadelphia declares the liquor saloon doomed as anti saloon sentiment gains the upper hand nationwide. He urges support for homes families and decency and predicts a future without saloons as temperance reform sweeps the country.
The Charlotte Times cites improvements across cities and towns since the current prohibition law. It notes that many who opposed the law have since become convinced it has been more than worthwhile.
Colonel Roosevelt denounces the claim that saloon closings hurt jobs. He argues loosening liquor influence aids social advancement and that the saloon represents economic loss for workers and the labor movement.
Judge Herman Popert of Hamburg contends that solving the alcohol question is the prerequisite for addressing other social welfare issues. He argues that without solving alcohol, nothing else in social reform can yield effective results under present conditions.
A survey shows that about one fourth of daily U S newspapers reject liquor advertisements. Editors cite public taste and policy shifts as reasons for avoiding these ads, impacting revenue and distribution.
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