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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
8
The excerpt shows Uncle Abraham urging a choice between two moral roads in a pulpit talk. Sister Eliza replies she plans to go home through the woods, reflecting a local church debate on salvation and duty.
Ezra Pound at the Authors' club in New York jokes about cremation and ribald jest. He recounts a devoted widow scattering her late husband’s ashes on sleety steps to help the second husband descend safely. He then notes a widow's vase being blown over by wind in a March morning.
News from the Hotel Buckingham reports Major General Frederick Dent Grant has died, shocking New York and echoing the nation’s 27 year memory of General Grant’s death. The death follows a brief illness and a sudden alert that Grant was in the city.
A vintage ad urges consumers to skip liquid bluing and choose Red Cross Ball Blue. The copy claims the product is a true blue that washes more clothes, costs about six cents for a large package, and leaves laundry happier. It also warns against paying for water and advises asking the grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue.
Freddie asks about morbid curiosity. Cobwigger answers that it is the fellow who buttons ahead of you and blocks your view.
Scene shows various patent medicine claims and an anecdote from the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Items advertise Mire Winstow soothing syrup Paxton antiseptic and laxative bromoquinine tablets. A quip about alimony and a story of an ex governor’s habit follow, capped by a cartoonish boast about “Pink Eye” remedies.
Initial reports cited choking as the cause of death but later authority attributed General Grant’s death to heart failure following diabetes and digestive disturbances. Mrs. Grant and a nurse were with him as he died at a hotel after being moved from St. Luke's hospital, with aides previously denying serious illness and stating the leave was for rest and that he was in the south.
Uncle Rasberry confronts Erastus Pinkley over a horse sale claiming the animal was misrepresented. Pinkley concedes and identifies the horse as variegated, stating his previous assurance about the mare’s condition. The exchange centers on a disputed transaction and the breed description.
Mrs L P Plummer of Rochland Maine reports a baby cried day and night until using Kopp's Baby's Friend cured her infant. The ad states it also eases teething and offers samples by mail or direct sale in 10c 25c and 60c sizes from York PA. The piece ends with a quip about Squidg ville and a funeral referenced as social event.
A candidate dodges a direct answer about delivering platform speeches next summer. The dialogue reveals discomfort as an engineer signals concern and withdraws during a pivotal moment meant to draw applause.
Cohen the clothier followed a customer to his buggy and praised the horse. The buyer asked price and Cohen offered seventy five dollars. The remark ends with a surprised exclamation.
The group struggles on wet scarred roads and contemplates their whereabouts. Blinks asks for location with Garraway replying uncertainty about being near Wa terville or Rutland, lacking a precise fix.
A light domestic quip about spouses with opposite talents, noting a wife who both cooks and plays piano while juggling household duties. The exchange highlights everyday partnership and differing passions within a marriage.
Seattle women will become wireless operators on North Pacific steam ships under plans by R H Armstrong manager of a wireless telegraph company. Miss Mabel Kelso and another young woman are hired for the first operator posts. They will be taught to repair equipment when disabled.
Washington North Yakima land office line holders who waited since January to file for irrigated fruit farms in the Tieton project learn there is no advantage to early filing. Meanwhile Captain Thomas F. Carter, U.S.N. (retired), aged sixty, dies in Santiago aboard the Brooklyn.
Dispatches from the department of the interior say five hundred rebels were killed and their forces routed from the town of Jojutla Morelos, Mexico in a recent battle.
Five persons were killed in a somber incident near Loigbon Portugal. Authorities reported the fatalities and opened an investigation as rescue workers searched the scene for survivors and details emerged about the cause.
An OCR fragment blends a stuttering man seeking a self promotion with an advertisement for Cole’s Carholisalve promising relief from skin diseases and burns. It mentions prices 250 and 600, and a free sample offer from J W Cole Co Black River Falls Wis. The text then veers into a casual question about Mamie and Susie and a comment about a rat’s height.
The text notes strong dislike of reckless drivers in the Philippines where many motorists are foreigners. It states locals have faced road hazards and respond by placing large boulders in roadways to deter speeding, indicating demand for regulation and safer travel.
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