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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
4
Advertising rates include 1.50 for 40 display lines and 1.0 per inch for display ads. Resolutions of respect and card of thanks appear as notices. Reading notices priced per line. Ads run until ordered discontinued. Post Office registration as second class matter under March 3 1897 act.
The article argues the farmer’s wife on a Nebraska farm would earn about 4000 yearly if paid like others. It itemizes cooking, washing, nursing, sewing, cleaning, and child care at fixed weekly rates. It notes she bears heavy burdens without complaint and critiques past moving pictures and emigration claims.
Two reasons a Van Buren man cannot lie to his wife are given. The first is moral. the second is her skepticism ensuring disbelief of any falsehood.
A novel method by Ford secures milk without a cow and hints at future ability to print paper without traditional type and ink. The note expresses optimism for rapid discovery and practical uses.
The column lists visits and gatherings around Hartford City and nearby towns. Residents such as Mr. and Mrs. William Hill, Mrs. Ida Conwell, the Conwell and Knote families, and others host or visit relatives in Van Buren Pleasant Plain Marion Warren and surrounding areas. A local basketball game scores Nip Tight 9 to 4. Arthur Beck has mumps and several residents are noted as Marion Warren Van Buren and Van Buren kinship connections.
In this Village Post column by Ima Stinger readers volley humor and letters with spoof notices. The page features social notes, spoof quotes, a tease for future features, and a letter from Hans van Sveller with playful dialect.
A Van Buren resident Mr J D Ryan testifies he used Doan's Kidney Pills to relieve dull constant ache in the back and weak kidneys. He bought a box at Paxton's Drug Store and says the pills quickly cured attacks. Sold for 60 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co. manufactures.
A rugged man with a plow can quickly find employment nearly anywhere as economic conditions push labor needs across communities, signaling broad demand for skilled agricultural laborers.
A comment praising a simpler revenue idea hints at lawmakers needing a plan to avoid a $1.00 tax on earnings. The remark underscores ongoing debates over taxation and fiscal policy without detailing any formal proposal or party.
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