This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
7
A collage of medical testimonials and light anecdotes touches on Peruna for chronic throat catarrh with Brooklyn reader Mrs. W Pray, plus short tales from Success Magazine and a hospital discharge story from Levi P. Brockway. Also includes claims about Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Lane’s Medicine, Mother Gray’s remedy and Garfield Tea, with disclaimers on tea imports.
A Southern Railroad Velpen incident destroyed five buildings in the fire of incendiary origin. The Ho tel run by J I Geddas sparked the blaze spreading to Bass barber shop Arnold restaurant Henning millinery hall and Miller confectionery with damages totaling 12000 and insurer short of 600. Major losses include Bass 300 Arnold 800 Henning 4000 Geddas 3500 Cline 3000 and Miller 600. The town population is 300 and lacks fire protection.
Police seek Sylvester Burnham in a Texas residence as the man linked to Rose Tritt’s 32 year old murder in Sandford. Requisition papers from Governor Marshall authorize arrest though exact Texas location unknown. Burnham, a former laborer and alleged lover, vanished after the crime and later joined the navy before settling in Texas.
A boy found and carried a giant pickerel weighing thirty one pounds. John Gaspar, a plantsman from Kankakee district, delivered the head to the deputy state fish and game commissioner at the State House. The head measures 9 inches by 7 inches by 1 inch and the mouth spans 6 inches.
A decoy aimed to trap a kidnap plot results in a wounding. Miss Zella Clark, 28, a domestic, is injured with about forty gunshot wounds to arms, breast, and neck. A man accompanying her fled. police seek him. Bank Read in Washington had received a demand to deposit 30 000 at a designated spot. The victim is jailed after recognition.
John Hilliard, fourteen, died at Charles Keach’s home near Galena after hydrophobia developed weeks after a dog bite. The leg wound seemed minor and healed, but Sunday he grew ill and the next day had violent spasms. Doctors cited hydrophobia as the cause.
Gale Ginchur aged 17 was struck and killed by a train at DeLong. Helen Hartley age 9 was fatally injured by a Nickel Plate freight train while en route to school in Hammond. Three Indiana counties Bartholomew Vermillion and Jennings voted dry enhancing total to forty one counties without saloons under the option law. Vermillion had the closest contest amid mining interests.
An eclectic mix of medical ads and light humor appears. Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin promotes stomach relief with free samples and family use claims. Piles cures and teething syrups share space alongside jokes about a train conductor and a hard bed at an inn.
A teacher asks children to draw their future careers. All work except Anna who chews her pencil. When asked what she wants to be, she says she knows but cannot draw it, and reveals she wants to be married.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.