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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
6
Purdue University extension staff member A A Hansen debunks folk beliefs about the moon destroying weeds. He notes no scientific basis for lunar influence and urges weed control based on tested methods and precise cutting dates to prevent seed formation and improve pasture management.
A former school building on South Main in Upland has been renovated into a grocery store named Upland Produce Co. Roy Myers of Van Buren owns the business, with Leslie Hiatt and his wife managing. The store will feature cream and country produce, with Hiatt delivering by truck three days a week.
In eight Indiana towns the majority of 8th grade pupils failed to reach a 75 spelling score needed for high school. Twenty troublesome words included acquire, excellent, disappoint, attendance, extension, inferior, organization, probably and planned. The piece notes a revived spelling bee may return in Indiana.
A short poem extols the indispensability of women in all life and fate. It asserts there is no task, blessing, or burden without a woman’s presence and worth.
Indiana candidate Albert J. Beveridge reported an expense total of $8 747 99 used to defeat Senator Harry S. New for the Republican senatorial nomination. Beveridge has already spent more than his first year’s salary to win the nomination and faces costs of the next five years to secure election.
A large group of neighbors and relatives hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs. Jessie Boxell on a Saturday evening. Attendees included the Evans, Collins, Vinnedge, Pearson, boxell, Wright, Hart Anderson, Barker, Welsh, and other local families plus visiting relatives from Sims and Lima. In addition the piece includes a formal public highway petition from Grant County filed May 9 1922 requesting stone paving and drainage along a three mile Van Buren Township route connecting to Van Buren and Warren with Crushed stone and drains.
Petition filed in Grant County Indiana seeks highway improvement in Van Buren Township. Auditor sets Tuesday June 6 1922 for hearing before the County Commissioners.
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