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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
4
Sunday with the Curches U B Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 A M Class meeting at 10 30 A M Junior U B C E at 6 P M Senior U B C E at 6 45 P M Preaching at 7 45 P M Prayer meeting Wednesday J W Chambers is the pastor.
Sunday School at 9 30 a m class 10 30 Epworth League 6 30 led by H H Spott sermon 7 30 The Puncher Harold Begie s hero in Twice Born Men told with outline depths hope from depths All invited to Kear of grace Neff quartet sings Monday Bible study 7 30 prayer meeting Thursday
At 10:00 a.m. a Bible reading and a 41:00 communion service are listed for the third Lord's Day each month. Shannon D. Baker of Indiana is noted as delivering the message at 11 a.m. and at unspecified times, details incomplete.
Pugilist Sack Sobhasan, a Black fighter, has been found guilty under the white slave act and will serve time in jail. The case highlights race and law during the era's harsher civil restrictions.
Everything is ready for the State Sunday School Convention in Evansville from June 17 to 19. A Reception Banquet will be served to County Presidents and Secretaries by the State Bard of Directors on Tuesday evening. Departments, county conferences, and other sessions are planned as part of the program. For details on registration, contact the Indiana Sunday School Association at 417 Law Building, Indianapolis.
Tired-out nervous men and women gain energy and appetite by taking Electric Bitters. They improve stomach liver and kidneys with thousands praising the home remedy. Rhioevagit of Vestal Center NY calls it one of the greatest gifts and urges others to try it. Bottles 59 cents and 1.00. Recommended by City Drug Store. Classifieds offer sale ads at one cent a word.
A notice announces that all church event notices with admission fees, entertainments for charity, and cards of thanks will be charged at regular rates, while religious service notices will be published free. It outlines the billing policy for such notices.
Scouts Witmer and Doyle visited Marion Saturday and DePoy visited Tuesday. All scouts are urged to attend the next meeting at the News Eagle office 7 30 Tuesday. A May 21 Lyric Theatre Scout night costs 10 cents and welcomes all.
Next Wednesday night is Boy Scout Benefit at the Lyric Theatre. Manager Mote will donate a percent of ticket sales and run a special eight reel show with a 10 cent admission fee. Van Buren Scouts are selling tickets and request support to fund outings for deserving boys this summer.
J T Sossaman of News Cornelius NC says one box helped his serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. Reduces inflammation and soothes burns bruises and boils. Recommended by City Drug Store.
The Junior class organized a banquet for the Seniors with all supplies bought from local merchants. Printing, ice cream, and crepe paper were ordered through Van Buren home merchants. The group expresses strong local loyalty and pride in their town.
A reflective quote praises the home paper as a town’s best enterprise urging local merchants to support it and keep work local. It argues that newspapers benefit the community more than mail-order rivals and that collaboration between merchants and the paper serves both interests.
Dr King’s New Life Pills promise prompt relief from constipation and restore bowel health. John Supsic of Sanbury Pennsylvania hails them as the best pills he ever used and recommends them for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. Price 25 cents and recommended by City.
Henry C. Spilker of Van Buren sues Anna J. Spilker in the Superior Court, alleging continuous nagging and unfounded criminal accusations after a marriage on November 3, 1908, lasting until April 28, 1913.
A petition was presented to the county commissioners requesting improvement of Fourth street from Main street to the Marion pike just south of town. The project would use crushed stone for the surface. T. B. Dicken serves as attorney for the petitioners.
The Leader Tribune notes a Thursday report falsely claimed a drop in Van Buren township scholastic population, stating instead there was a gain of 33 pupils in the township.
A heavy Tuesday night rainfall ends a dry spell, promising relief for farmers in the region as crops including wheat oats and grass recover from stress and potential losses.
Rate advertisements listed at one cent per word for the first insertion and one half cent per word for each additional insertion. Initials and numerals count as words. Minimum payment for a single insertion remains ten cents.
Classified sale notes from Van Buren list a 10 room house with lot and outbuildings for trade or sale, a saw mill wood cord delivered, Partridge Rock Eggs from M M Mayer, stove wood via Box 127 Route 27, and a driving mare with harness by Otto L Kirkpatrick. Contact numbers and local stores provided.
Fred Drake is the Clerk of the Grant Circuit Court and T B Dicken serves as attorney for the plaintiff. This legal notice records the official role and counsel in the case indicated by the docket code 6-3-9-16.
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