Farmer Arthur Hays Killed in Highway Collision
Arthur G. Hays 35 prominent Monroe township farmer dies after a 1:30 PM crash in Grant county when his westbound auto collides head on with a southbound Union Traction interurban. His daughter Marjorie 10 and son Noble Eugene 4 injured. Mildred 8 at home in hospital. Hays dies two hours after arrival.
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Arthur G. Hays
Monroe Township
Marjorie
Noble Eugene
Grant County
Hays
Union Traction
Lodge Notice for Vani Buren Lodge Called Meeting
Vani Buren Lodge No. 711 F and A M calls a meeting Friday March 26 at 5 p.m. for the M M Degree with a banquet at 6 15. W M Ned R Conwell and T C Pike, Secretary.
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Vani Buren Lodge
Ned R. Conwell
W. M. T. C. Pike
Declamatory Contest At Methodist Church Friday
The high school declamatory contest will be at the Methodist church on Friday evening March 26. Good speaking and music are planned with contestants Milford Carl Ernest Boller Loriie Nicewanger Lucile Stackhouse Deloris Doyle Deloris Maggart Abbie Doyle and Evans Farr. One girl and one boy will advance to the final at Fairmount Academy on Saturday evening April 17. Judges are being chosen. The hour is 7 46.
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Milford Carl
Ernest Boller
Loriie Nicewanger
Lucile Stackhouse
Deloris Doyle
Deloris Maggart
Abbie Doyle
Evans Farr
Fairmount Academy
Local pupils stage operetta On Midsummer's Day at opera house
The grades of area schools present an operetta titled On Midsummer's Day at the opera house on Tuesday evening March 30. Full program details and reserved-seat tickets will be announced and sold later.
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Opera House
Alva Duckwall’s Berne Business Trip
Alva Duckwall undertook a business trip to Berne on Tuesday. The visit appears to center on company matters and regional engagement.
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Alva Duckwall
Berne
Banquet Highlights Van Buren Township Welfare Event
About two hundred people attended a Friday banquet at the Van Buren Methodist church hosted by the Community Welfare Association. Ralph Cheadle of Frankfort delivered a masterful address on community life and civic duty as the event raised funds from leftover pie sales.
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Community Welfare Association
van Buren Township
Methodist Church
Ralph Cheadle
van Buren
Dean Paxton
Cyrus Trout
United States
Burg
Bring Back the Whistle Movement in Marion
Dow L. Richardson argues Marion should restore a water works whistle to speed fire alerts. He contrasts Marion's single phone ring with Van Buren’s call-all system, noting numbered signals could quickly warn residents where a fire is. He urges council action to reinstall the whistle.
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Dow L. Richardson
Marion
Water Works
van Buren
Fire Department
Epworth League to Stage Evening at Church
The Epworth League of the Methodist church will present an entertainment at the church Sunday at 7 30 p m An offering will aid the league in paying its centenary apportionment The program includes songs by Congregation and Ladies Double Quartette music by an orchestra solos by Dorothy Duckwall Iris Pickenpaugh Margaret DePoy and a piano duet by Abbie Doyle and Dorothy Duckwall plus stereopticon pictures.
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Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Dorothy Duckwall
Iris Pickenpaugh
Margaret DePoy
Abbie Doyle
Stereopticon Pictures
Philip Studebaker Dies Near Bluffton at 76
Philip Studebaker died Sunday near Bluffton after a short illness from influenza. He was born January 1, 1844 near Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Wells county in 1869. He leaves his widow Malinda Shoemaker and eight children, plus two brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Nazarene Church in Bluffton with burial in Stahl cemetery.
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Philip Studebaker
Bluffton
Dayton
Ohio
Jacob J
Katherine Deeter Studebaker
Wells County
Malinda Shoemaker
Samuel
W. A. Paxton
van Buren
Wm. Boxell
Charles F
Jesse
George Studebaker
J. F. Bocock
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Wm. Eilick
Jacob Studeb
Boiling beef and daily specials advertised at discount
Notice lists Friday and Saturday bargains including 15¢ per lb boiling beef, 9c bread, 46c coffee, 88c eggs, 29c six bars soap, 2 for 25c pork and beans, 13c or 2 for 25c catsup, 6 for 25c Snow Boy, 2 for 15c toilet soap, 3 large cans baking powder for 25c. Trade promises correct weights and low prices from Farmer's Choice and Poor Man's Friend.
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van Buren
Sawmill Sold to Pike & Smith of Wabash
A. E. Michaud sold the saw mill to Pike and Smith of Wabash who have a contract to take possession next Monday. Mr. Pike already owns a mill at Wabash and will continue the business here. Michaud did not reveal his new line of work.
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A. E. Michaud
Pike & Smith
Wabash
Pike
Michaud
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William Hays
Harriet Hays
Edgar Hays
Town
Edgar and
John
Geo O. Hays
New York
Frank Boller
Clifford Black
Thomas Hays
Joseph Mays
Joseph Lugar
William Doyle
Jesse Farr
Ida Huberman
Lodge
Ned Conwell
Fern Camblin
High School
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W.a.paxton& CO
Orn LD
Epworth League Entertainment
Safety Deposit Boxes Savings Department General Insurance
Eposn Alos
M.hydorn, Secy & Treas
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