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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
2
Local items report visits and travels of residents Miss Vivian Boxell Mrs Anna Stackhouse Lucile Ilah Miller and others Uncle Enoch Camblen’s illness weekend visits Mr and Mrs Pilkington Duckwall at the lakes Adams county trip Jonathan Kelley in Adams county funeral of Mrs James Furman chautauqua invite and Pratt’s products promotion Disinfect stables with Pratt’s Disinfectant.
Beeson introduces a new Ford runabout. Mrs. Frank Doyle and children visit Marion shoppers Friday. Dr. Conwell, 34 years lead druggist of Van Buren, noted. Town board orders sidewalks on Plum and Chester streets. Several locals visit friends and attend a funeral in nearby towns.
Niblick and Fletcher, plumbers who opened a shop here several months ago, have closed the business and returned to Warren.
The Jeffries family were all on the sick list last week yet continued working. They express gratitude to Mr John Howard for a nice mess of fish.
A fragment highlights patriotism as the force guiding the right kind of preparedness. It urges readers to continue early and steady home reading for resilience and civic duty.
Mrs Will Kirkpatrick returned from Delphi where she visited her mother Mrs Freeman who has been quite ill but is improved.
In Washington township the No 8 school, once taught by Miss Eva Fraizer, suffered major tornado damage and is undergoing repairs.
The W C T U will meet at the M E B Church next Wednesday at 2 30 p m to observe flower mission day. Mrs Gulie Shugart of Marion will attend and speak.
A fire in the kitchen flue of Wm. Walker's home Tuesday morning caused slight damage before neighbors formed a bucket brigade and extinguished it, preventing further spread.
A brief note suggests improving drug handling or services at Con well's. The text lacks clear events, dates, or named individuals to expand the summary with strong entities.
Roy Tfarvey and Ovid Harvey of Tulsa Oklahoma came home to attend the funeral of their mother Mrs H A Harvey.
Mrs E Keeson and her daughters Frances and Mary Louise arrived today after visiting relatives at New Port Ohio.
D I Studabaker of Bluffton stands among the crowd noted in a Chicago political column about persistent democratic plurality in Wells county elections.
Mrs. HK WN Gillespie entertained Monday with guests including Mrs. Fred Stephens, Mrs. Jacob Watson and son, Mrs. Floyd Scott and Louise, Mrs. Lafeffiedson and Maxine, and Mrs. Earl Veach and daughter from Indianapolis.
Lewis Turos, a railroad worker, drank Tuesday then fought with Marshal Hess in Marion. He brandished a knife, admitted drunkenness before Mayor Batchelor Wednesday, and was fined 11 dollars, warned to avoid Van Buren.
Miss Agnes Dillon and Miss Avis Deane hosted a Monday evening surprise party for Lillian Howard on her seventeenth birthday. A delicious lunch, music and games entertained the group including Vivian Boxell Mabel Cloud Idah Woodard Georgina Eshelman Margaret Mills Mildred Mills Liah Miller Sleen Pax ton and others. Guests from Bridgeport Lil Frank Mathias Forest Higgins Milton Camblin Willie McDougle Kenneth Doyle Burtney Ferguson Harrie Plummer Eugene DePoy Leo Peters Paul Frazee Clarence Henderson and Lawrence McMillian attended.
Dr. Connelly served as the lead druggist at Van Burro Drugstore for four years, guiding pharmacist operations and customer service during that period.
City Drug Store advertises Pratt's Roup Tablets and Poultry remedies. Marion visitors Mrs Lena McPouste and Mrs Margaret Shaner are noted guests of locals. Edna Wixem from Chicago visits Hester Deane. Lice powders and repairs to a bungalow on South First noted. Paxton buys Peters magazine, barbershop handles daily papers.
Out of town mourners listed for the funeral Sunday include Mr. and Mrs. Guy Buroker and daughter of Peru, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kuusg, Mrs. tie Haste of Connersville, Mrs. Martha McKinney and others from Marion, Lafontaine, Huntington, Markle, Wabash, Jonesboro, North Manchester, and Tulsa.
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