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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
1
Doyle completes Van Buren township enumeration reporting 820 school age children, up from 787 last year. Within the town 391 reside inside limits and 449 outside, totaling 690 voters. Township shows steady population and voting strength.
The Van Buren high school held its baccalaureate service Sunday at the Methodist church. Rev. C. E B. Hiatt of Marion delivered an instructive address titled Three Times Seven. Twenty one students composed the class and a crowded church enjoyed student music directed by Miss Bertha Wolk.
Trustee Doyle announces an examination for Van Buren township will be held at the high school building next Saturday. Several students across schools were sick during prior exams and some did not pass in certain subjects. those failing will retake only the branches in which they previously failed.
H. C. Ferguson, chairman of the Van Buren Township farmers institute, says fruit crops were seriously damaged in town Monday, with cherries and plums most affected.
Plans under way for a wholesale settlement of claims against Marion Bluffton and Eastern traction company after the July 7 1912 wreck that killed four between the city and Guoldhall Park The company now under a receiver seeks final settlement June 1 and sale of the road once claims are disposed of Judges Vaughn and Bailey have been in Marion on the matter.
The Economic Intelligencer debuts in Marion last week with a mission to promulgate international socialism and brotherhood of man. William Arthur McKown serves as managing editor and the paper is described as well edited and readable, avoiding objectionable features seen in other papers.
All Democrats are urged to attend a mass meeting in the Jefferson Club rooms Marion on Saturday afternoon May 17 at 2 o clock. The gathering is described as a county wide event of great importance.
D W Boxell and H A Losure receive full letters patent No 698251 for an all mental sprayer now manufactured by All Metal Sprayer Co. The patentees plan worldwide manufacture and sales with feature cuts to follow.
The Van Buren township commencement will be held at the R and D hall on Tuesday evening June 17. About forty graduates are expected. A meeting of the graduates with Trustee Doyle is set for May 24 to choose a speaker and finalize arrangements.
Readers urged to ensure legal notices appear in their home paper with sponsors deciding where published. D. W. Boxell made a business trip to Bluffton Friday.
A new time card took effect Sunday on the Clover Leaf railroad. Trains now depart Van Buren as follows: No. 6 East at 6 01 a.m., No. 4 East at 5 47 p.m., No. 3 West at 11 33 a.m., No. 5 West at 11 31 p.m. All trains run daily and Nos. 3 and 4 now operate Sundays.
The town board held its regular Friday meeting with Doyle presiding in place of the ill president Lee. Present were Messrs Doyle and Pilkington and only routine business was transacted.
The W C T U will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Ed Scott hosting. Mrs Isaac Mills will assist with the entertainment for the afternoon.
Early reports indicate a growing slate of contenders in Bluffton with three candidates for mayor and four for treasurer. Local residents await further names as petitions continue.
Amos Keltner sold eighty acres in section 30 Van Buren township to Lora Key for ten thousand six hundred dollars. The transfer records the real estate deal and the agreed price.
A folding purse containing money is missing somewhere in Van Buren likely on West Main Street. Finders may leave it at this office to receive a liberal reward.
Labor notice seeks men for roustabout work at a pipe yard with additional openings for experienced pipe machine operators. Applications encouraged at Ares ply Savesky Brothers located at 221 W Second Street Marion Indiana.
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