Miss Ruthanna Stevens Wins Oratorical Contest at Grant County Commencement
At Marion Civic Hall the thirty third Grant county public schools commencement crowned Miss Ruthanna Stevens of Monroe township winner of the oratorical contest, narrowly beating Glen Keel of Center township. Judges praised numerous performers while Van Buren sent forty seven graduates and Velma Smith earned third in scholarship.
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van Buren
Grant County Public Schools
Marion
Ruthanna Stevens
Monroe Township
Bend Stevens
Glen Keel
Center Township
Mabel Winger
Pleasant Township
Wayne Ladd
Sims Township
Hazel M. Anderson
Richland Township
Russell Sears
Norma Rybeit
Guy W. Lane
Margaret Benoy
Miss
Lulu M. Powell
Mill Township
Labrador
Willie
Terrell
Ancil R. Wright
Fairmount Township
Ernest Holsinger
Isabelle Macadam
Blanche Kimes
Liberty Township
Landess White
Millie Hayes Cole
Walter Difficulty
Ruthannea
Local stockmen sell fine cows to Cleveland buyer
W Landess and Ed Green sold a carload of 20 Holstein cattle to Mr Sutliff of Cleveland Ohio. Prices ranged 75 to 400 per head, tuberculin tested and shipped this week. The sale brought 4160 to the sellers. Landess notes four years of Holstein sales totaling 4850, plus cattle bought at 100 each yielding profit. He also raises registered Hampshire hogs with a ready market. Local social round includes Sunday dinner with multiple families and notable residents returning to the country.
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W. Landess
Ed Green
Sutliff
Cleveland
Ohio
Landess
Mr. Green
Landens
Landeass
Hampshire
Dawson Moves Bakery to New West Location
Walter Dawson the baker moves his bakery one door west into a large brick building formerly Dag Galser. The room has been redecorated by an expert and presents a beautiful appearance. The Van Buren shop is now one of the best in the state under Mrs. Dawson and kept scrupulously clean.
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Walter Dawson
Dag Galser
van Buren
Handsome Bungalow Near Clyde Gossett Near Completion
Work on Clyde Gossett's bungalow is progressing rapidly and will be pushed to completion. Mr and Mrs Gossett expect to occupy their new home this week. The bungalow is a pretty one and adds greatly to the appearance of that section of the town.
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Clyde Gossett
Mrs. Gosset
Stores to Close in Van Buren on July Fourth
Van Buren business houses will close at 9 4 p m on July 4 and remain closed all day. This includes dry goods groceries hardware and furniture stores harness shops barber shops and others.
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van Buren
All Day Meeting at Mt Zion A B Church
An all day meeting will be held at Mt Zion A B Church next Sunday in Cloud Grove. Rev E C Mason publishing agent of Huntington will preach at the morning service. You are invited to attend.
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Mt. Zion A. B
Cloud Grove
E. C. Mason
Huntington
Lost hub dust cap near Van Buren and Warren
A. H. Henderson offers reward or payment to finder who returns a hub dust cap for a Knox automobile. Contact Haynes Machine Co in Van Buren for claim.
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van Buren and
Warren
Knox Automobile
Finder
Haynes Machine Co
van Buren
A. H. Henderson
Binder Twine at 10c per pound hardware sale
J. H. Galbreath advertises binder twine priced at ten cents per pound with a call to shave Plymouth and International Twine, urging customers to hurry to save money while supplies last.
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Plymouth
International
Water and rent high in Electra Texas letter from oil camp
A letter from Electra Texas dated June 9 1913 describes rapid town growth from 700 to 2400 people, high costs for water ice groceries and rent, crop conditions with rains hurting wheat, oil discovery and drilling depths, heavy storms, water tanks or ponds for stock, wages for field workers and oil crews, and the writer plans to send photographs of the Electra oil fields.
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Electra
Tex
News-Eagle
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Washington, D. C
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Velma Smith
E. W. Landess
Edward Green
Cleveland, Ohio
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Capitola
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