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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
4
The News-Eagle issues Fridays with subscription at 1.00 per year in advance and advertising rates on application. Copy for space ads must reach the office by Tuesday afternoon. Obituary poetry is 10 cents a line.
Two young couples celebrating weddings sparked a rowdy gathering near the Strange households. About sixty revelers arrived with shot guns and revolvers, feasting on ice cream and strawberries after serenading Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Strange and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Strange, causing a noisy uproar around town.
The News-Eagle relocates to East Main Street two doors east of Van Jurven bank and debuts three presses including two jobbers and a cylinder press. A gasoline engine is installed and staff work on partitions and alignments as the plant upgrades. Next week the paper will print on its own cylinder press, a first for Van Buren printing history.
Mr and Mrs D C Vincent of Hartford City were guests at the home of William Miller on East Vine Street Sunday.
Ora Lee known as Cricket was arrested on assault and battery filed by his wife. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine plus costs, covered by his mother. He left Poneto before arrest, was later found at Montpelier, and now lives there with his wife staying with her parents west of Hartford City.
John Studabaker and son purchased about twenty five tons of hay from Zena Nye a northwest Van Buren farmer in Washington township. They baled and hauled it to town with the first load arriving Monday containing 99 bales weighing 8200 pounds four and one tenth tons valued at 90 dollars and 20 cents at 22 dollars per ton. It is claimed to be the largest hay load ever brought to Van Buren.
John Minton farm in Lancaster township Huntington county employed Guy Shutt son of Joseph Shutt was bitten by a dog thought to be sad while at work in the field Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Simon Shideler and her son Arthur traveled from near Huntington to Landessville for a hitch reunion at Matter Park. A horse broke loose from its post Sunday afternoon in Landessville and wandered home, delaying their return and creating inconvenience.
About twenty five women and youths from Van Buren traveled to Warren on Tuesday to enjoy a grove outing. They brought baskets of fried chicken pies cakes and other refreshments. The group included Mrs. Cloud Mrs Boxell Misses Penes Boxell Bowell and several others along with Messrs Boxell and Boxell.
D W Boxell and TL A Losure order fine stationery from the News Eagle office. Samuel Saxon owns a house on East Main street near the Truction Of company office, now fully papered and renovated. Lewis Young did the papering and varnishing. Soba Piman and family are tenants in the former Whitecotton house on South First street, part of the current high school grounds.
Mrs BE Bo Sellers has returned home after spending Saturday and Sunday with her parents Maw and Mrs PT 1B. Doyle, Mrs Daniel McMillan, and daughter Ruth were Marion visitors Tuesday.
Mrs W K Braizer and Mrs Lena McDougle visited Marion on Tuesday. They were seen at local shops and met friends during their brief stay in town.
James Heffner plans a new barn on Fourth street. George W. Fraizer and Aaron Ruble from four miles north of Van Buren traveled to Marion to visit W. O. Allison and Ralph Broom at Grant County jail. Van Buren citizens also went to Marion to watch motorcycle races on Sunday.
Ed Green of Van Buren reports the loss of a fine yearling Holstein pedigreed heifer valued at 150 dollars after death from a stomach ailment observed Tuesday night.
The spring meeting of the Indiana Associated Weeklies convened in Morristown with 110 editors attending. Ora McDaniel of the Morristown Sun acted as toastmaster during a banquet by the Morristown Business Men's Association for visiting editors.
Claude Edwards, aged forty, died from injuries sustained in a gas explosion at the Miami coal mine near Clinton Indiana. The article notes the fatal accident occurred amid ongoing mining work at Dud's, where hamburger sandwiches are advertised.
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