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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
5
Troy city topics recount family visits dinners and church friends across Warren Lagro Seymour Danville Tipton Danville Huntington and LaFontaine with mentions of Brezson Shumaker Delmore and Ruble families and multiple Sunday gatherings during the weekend.
Revival at Landess Brethren church progresses with evangelist Rev Hummer from Portland assisted by Rev Hart from Portland. Miss Opal Hummer leads the singing. You are invited to attend.
Two inches of snow greeted residents Tuesday morning then melted by noon. The Bluffton Banner notes it as the earliest snow in 45 years. Wythe Landers visited Miss Juliet Heiser at a Marion Conservatory Dramatic Club meeting Monday evening.
Pleasant Plain notes list Mr. and Mrs. Russell Chaney and daughter Jeanette and others visiting Wabash on Sundays. Several dinners, oyster supper for Fred Thorpe, and visits to relatives in Hagerstown, Marion, Huntington, and Webster Lake are recorded with multiple families named.
Rural mail routes around Van Buren shift numbers and paths. Route 27 becomes Route 1 serving most of the old route with 24 miles cut from Route 2 and some Route 28 patrons. Route 28 becomes Route 2 serving part of Route 30 and Warren areas and some from Route 27. Route 30 becomes Route 3. overall routes extend five to six miles.
The notice advises eating slowly and chewing well, avoiding meat for a few days to ease sour stomach. If symptoms persist, take Chamerlie's Tablets after supper. It notes red meats as a common sour stomach trigger and suggests reducing them.
Milo Messera Fred Haupthof Charley Blakley and Chester Hefper spent a few days at Lake Webster the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Guy Helms visited relatives in Huntington Monday. Misses Anna and Bertha Barrow spent the week’s end visiting Dr and Mrs Young and Mrs Frank Shaw and children at Montpelier. Misses Eliza and Florence Duckwall were Sunday guests of Miss Nadene Dentoo. Mr Riley Bayliss is no better at this writing.
Two liberty bonds on display at the Farmers Trust Co window include an 850 denomination and a $100 denomination. The piece notes their beauty and investment value and urges buyers to purchase before the sale closes Saturday night.
The Red Cross society asks many ladies to visit the Red Cross room on Tuesday evenings and Friday afternoons to knit for soldiers. Mrs. J. E. Riley and Miss Maude Howard will instruct new learners. The society has yarn and needles available.
Grace Bloomfield and Helen Crawford were seen in Marion on Saturday. The brief item notes their appearance in the town without detailing events or context.
Time is the test of truth Drean's Kidney Pills have stood the test and a Warren Indiana resident, Mrs E J Grith of First Street East Warren, testifies after nine years that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney trouble and restored health. She repeats her endorsement and urges others to use the same remedy priced 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Jubo Hess announces a public sale of all household goods at his residence on West Elm Street on Saturday October 27 at 1 30 p m. The listing covers furniture, appliances, and personal items to be auctioned at the home site.
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