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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
6
Montgomery and Captain Manly reunite aboard the Sea King to strike for liberty. The pair ally with the crew against Spanish forces near Tampico while Sparrow Hawk and Royalist efforts loom. A Spanish envoy seeks the two Americans on board under treaty pretenses, as kedging and cautious maneuvers avert a direct confrontation.
The Sea Kings debated if Captain Manly had returned to reclaim his property. They asserted the vessel now belonged to them and that Manly had no real stake or role in it. The matter was to be continued.
In New Orleans Times-Democrat tale a clever tramp rigs a chair with insulating wire to deter patrons from sitting. An old caterer pays the rogue five dollars to fix the chair and claims victory as the chair remains in his bar. The stunt draws curious customers and a wary response from the public.
A Midlands traveler orders crab at a seaside hotel. He eats the whole dish shell and all and jokes about the crust being too hard while asking for another pint. The landlord notes the guest enjoyed the meal despite the unusual consumption.
The text notes Empress Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia died with about 18 000 dresses and 15 000 unused ones, living in lavish style despite vows against capital punishment. It also reports Queen Elizabeth I of England reigned 1558 to 1603 and left over 8 000 dresses, some worn in her lifetime.
A scene from The Wreck of the Dardanelles faltered when the storm hit as the skipper forgot lines. In frantic stage business he cried to haul down the bowspirit square the anchor reef the painter and man the scuppers while the cast glowered.
A quirky critique notes Abyssinia’s 1642 tobacco ban aimed at priests, now enforced broadly and oddly. It jests that foreigners must smoke quietly, calls women the whole oration, and offers actor advice to watch for a whistle and locomotive in stage timing.
Peter Wolfe near Evanaville died in a wagon runaway. Charles Tageart of Lafayette injured at Eagle Mill. Frank Richardson arrested for assault near Lebanon with Crask in serious condition. Harry Glover, 15, faced school or jail choice at Shelbyville. Mill near Milton injured by steel trap. Eagle measures seven feet two inches. Gov Mount to convene centennial celebration for Indiana territorial government. Eliza Cowens dies in Peru. Robert Kiefer’s grist mill in Warrick County wrecked by boiler explosion causing $8000 loss. John Bailey killed north of Fort Wayne. Amos Klingenspeel store in Darwin destroyed by fire. losses and insurance noted. Elmore Parsons sentenced for larceny to Jeffersonville Reformatory. Isaac Davis dies in Gas City from morphine overdose linked to unrequited love. Verdi gris poisoning at Paxton family from chicken dressing. Mrs Commodore Riggs home fire in Sullivan. losses about $4000. Neimeier sues express company at Boonville. acquitted. David Foreman dies at 75 in Newcastle with buried $500 found. George Kuehert dies by self-shot in Valparaiso. wife nearly insane. Tramps seize Stinson’s saloon at Babytown. sheriff’s posse arrests four. Medland Bros. win Elwood Catholic Church contract. total costs exceed $40,000. Frank Mallory reappears in court amid death-declaration drama. Indianans issued several patents. Ten carloads of groceries shipped to Howard County farmers to fight trusts. 200 farmers witness. Planned quarterly shipments and broader farm-supply effort noted.
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