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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
4
Advertising rates furnished on application. Copy for space ads due by Tuesday afternoon. Ads run until ordered out. Obituary poetry ten cents a line. Post Office Van Buren Indiana second class matter. Local paper investment saves families money through bargains and up-to-date home news. Merchants who advertise invite patronage and support the community.
The fragment describes two Tishmen dying one going to heaven and the other not. A dialogue between Mike and Pat mentions coal shovelling and short shifts of three hours a day while asking about heaven and the toil above. The tone contrasts earthly labor with heavenly work and notes a shortage of men up there.
If you plan a public sale call the News-Eagle for first class work on short notice. Advertise your sale through the columns of our paper.
Mrs Win Huggins of Owensburg visits Van Buren relatives including Mr and Mrs Chan Scott and Mrs Fincannon. Families from Owensburg and nearby towns spend the weekend with relatives in Marion Gas City and Doyl area, sharing meals and greetings with numerous Bollers and Andersons.
Jas A Wright and daughter Bernice of Sulphur Springs visited over Sunday with his son John S Wright and family. Mrs W M Kirkpatrick went to Marion. Catherine Sanier hosted cousin Martha Boyd and Don Richardson for dinner. Catherine Cruse returned from Robinson. Mr and Mrs Osear Herrell welcomed a baby boy born May 31.
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