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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
5
Whittier recalls a rural schoolhouse where a pale boy and a girl share a quiet, poignant farewell. The memory endures as the master’s desk bears scars, the floor wears, and the girl’s grave deepens the lesson of love, loss, and the cost of pride.
A horse belonging to Charley Reed was badly injured yesterday afternoon when Reed’s buggy collided with a rig driven by Lloyd Leverich. The horse bolted after the collision and struck a telephone pole near the school, breaking its left shoulder. Reed took the horse to the Maddux tying stalls for treatment.
A crowd from Marion surprised Mr. and Mrs. Wm Fisher on Mill Street with a Sunday dinner. Relatives arrived by car with baskets of good things. The guests included the Hawkins Reed and Reetkins families and departed after a pleasant day, wishing the hosts many happy years to come.
Mrs. C A Barnes of Charleston Illinois praises Chamberlain's Tablets for billiousness and as a laxative saying they are mild pleasant to use. She adds her brother has used them with satisfactory results and the News-Eagle endorses the item for printer needs.
Mrs. O Willey and guests dine Sunday. Ancil Witmer and son Richard visit Marion. Emery Miller to Lima and Hornell Staston trip. Mrs EH Porter and Marie in town for Holman reunion and Griffith family visit. Methodist Church quarterly conference praised. Sunday School average 241. City Drug Store to open under M M Tam. Arnett reunion plans set for September 1918. Griffiths visit Huntington. Herschel Griffith at Camp K G before deployment to Ft Benjamin Harrison.
Breedlove Bros stop Saturday prize drawings citing impracticality for securing new business. They will provide weekly discounted articles sold below wholesale so the cost to customers matches the former prize value, sharing savings with all purchasers rather than a chosen winner.
H. A. Davis & Co. offers resharpening for safety razor blades. Service details and turnaround not specified in the fragment.
DILLMAN Mr and Mrs Clarence Sine and daughter of Illinois visit Matter Park Sunday. Others visited relatives near Muncie. Residents attended funerals and dinners, with multiple families hosting gatherings at Matter Park and in nearby communities. Names include Strickler Gilbert Riggs Slusher Jones Bloom Dyerumple and Banter among many others in Marion area social circle.
Rev and Mrs J O Campbell and daughter Bernice joined Mrs Lucy Hodgson Mrs Anna Corey Mr and Mrs Jobs Myers Mr and Mrs Mike Myers and Geraldine Miher at the Myers reunion hosted by E Holmes on Wednesday.
The W. A. Paxton & Co poultry ad drew attention by promising better results in Van Buren. People undecided about selling poultry decided to sell after seeing the ad and pausing to compare. The company urges readers to review this week's message to see proof of their claim.
Mrs. L A Jackson of Gas City Indiana reports kidney weakness and back pain eased by Dean’s Kidney Pills after use as directed. The ad notes rheumatic pain in bad weather improved and promotes purchasing for 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the product.
Clay Schweikhardt and Corda Harvey departed last night to join oil field work in Oklahoma where they will be employed.
Mrs W. Williams Stanley of New York praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. She says her father used it for diarrhoea about a year ago, experienced immediate relief, and after three doses was absolutely cured.
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