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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
3
Residents and visitors frequent houses in Farrville and nearby towns. Families including Banter Leverich Nelson and Nelsons host relatives from Marion Van Buren Van Buren and Hartford City with illnesses like measles and cold noted alongside weekend travel to Bloomington Indianapolis Elwood and Marion.
Mr and Mrs Jake Kahlenback entertained several friends at dinner Sunday. Covers were laid for Mr and Mrs William Sanderman and their sons Ralph and Clarence, Mr and Mrs Bail and children, Garland Gardier, Mr and Mrs Richard Whitaker, Mr and Mrs Henry Sanderman, Mr and Mrs Jack Kahlenback and son Harry.
The Van Buren Indiana Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at the town hall on Monday May 24 1920 at 730 pm to decide if town bonds not exceeding 5000 dollars at 6 percent interest payable yearly should be issued to complete extending Municipal Water Works lines begun earlier. I E Draper QO G Willey Geo Leverich by order of the Board of Trustees Milton Camblin Town Clerk.
Notice to settle. Having sold our sawmill, all persons knowing themselves indebted to the undersigned are urged to call and settle at once. Michaud and Sullivan.
Eunice Lee visited her uncle Charles Pugh and family in Warren Sunday while Mae Bowman visited relatives in Marion Mississippi.
John Sparks angling at Black Creek Sunday hooked a fish so strong it pulled him twelve feet with heels dug in. He used a pin sized hook and line that did not bend nor break. He challenges others to beat the tale and share similar experiences.
Village Post Club notices postpone all meetings until June 1 when new officers will be elected. Henry S. Knight presides. Paxton groups plan opening speech with Jonas Grocery Paxton as chairman and H. S. Knight’s harp orchestra providing music. Minnie-ha-ha moving picture show shifts venues. Doc Roberts plans theatre venture.
The tale describes Little Burr Atkinson famed for beauty and brains who wins baby contests, excels in school, and becomes postmaster of Van Buren at fifty, where his romantic life unfolds. Chapter 2 promised next week in the column.
The ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims thirty five years of use and that the cure works through the blood to mucous surfaces. The notice urges immediate use, emphasizes general health improvement, and promises testimonials sent free. Toledo firm TW. J. Chempy & Co. sells for 75 cents through druggists.
A home mixture with Sage Tea and Sulphur darkens gray hair naturally. Ready-made preparation marketed as Wyceth's Sage and Sulphur Compound claims easy use with a damp sponge or brush. It promises a darker glossy look by morning and after extra applications.
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