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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
1
Joseph Glose of Marion recounts the Andersonville prison ordeal during 1864 65 detailing starvation tunnelers and a two day ration blackout 270 men in a detachment endured unspeakable suffering and hunger before Providence Spring appeared restoring water and life.
City Marshal Julo Hess states he will not seek the marshal or street commissioner roles before the town board in January. He plans to leave Van Buren for higher paying opportunities in other cities, possibly in the oil business. His announcement ends the marshal question in the current campaign as Republicans offer no candidates and Democrats name James Hefner and John Barnes.
The Pythian sisters sewing circle will meet this evening with Mrs. Claude Waggaman as hostess along with Mrs. Wm. Plummer and Mrs. Fred Dillman.
A late grand jury returned five indictments charging county commissioners with extortion. Arrests of O M Brutfie June A Frazier and Adam Cline were made on grand jury warrants. Each two count indictment alleges unlawfully and by color of office extorting fees from township trustees for highway inspections.
Rev. and Mrs. E. O. Brown and their children traveled to Tucson Arizona seeking a better climate for Mrs. Brown but returned to Van Buren due to the altitude being too high for her.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Beard left yesterday for Oklahoma to visit their sons and consider settling there.
Hundreds of Grant county citizens bid farewell to twenty seven draftees bound for Camp Taylor Louisville Ky. The Fairmount band led a parade through Van Buren with local bands drum corps and civic groups delivering a strong display of patriotism and support for the men headed to military service.
The funeral for Samuel Cruse was held last Wednesday from his home near Diliman. Interment followed at the Red Men cemetery in Warren. Cruse died Monday at 63 and is survived by his mother and wife, two sons Robert Moody Cruse of Sullivan and George William Cruse at home, and two daughters Mrs. Robert Butler of Dillman and Mr. Oren Woodward of Ft. Wayne.
Ned Buff son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Huff a Walls county farmer was united in marriage at Hartford City on Sunday September 30 to Miss Paulie McGeath The groom is a Van Buren native and well known there.
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