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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
4
The Senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill at about 116 million dollars with a six million dollar increase over House authorizations. The Alaska civil government bill cleared the Senate with minimal opposition. the House will need a conference. House Democrats vote to oppose authorizing battleships this session.
The report catalogs maritime collisions, a yacht sinking after a steamer rammed it near New York, Roosevelts sale for 35200, a dynamite streetcar attack in Boston injuring two, a skyward monoplane flight with heavy costs, and a crash injuring Edson F. Gallaudet. Floods and lightning devastate western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, causing extensive damage and marooning hundreds.
A huge crowd greeted William Lorimer on arrival in Chicago from Washington. The parade blocked streets to Union Station as over 100 autos led to Orchestra Hall for a large homecoming celebration.
Nathan Merriam of Nebraska declines to join the Taft notify committee. Illinois Governor Charles Deneen and rivals pledge loyalty to the Republican ticket and oppose Roosevelt. Wadsworth Jr. signals a New York governor bid. Michigan progressives break from the party and back a full slate.
Personal Brig. Gen. Walter Case Newberry dies at his Chicago residence at seventy seven after arteriosclerosis. Newberry gained fame and rank during the Civil War.
In a Zapatista operation, more than sixty persons were seized as rain hindered movement and combatants tightened positions around a rural area. The capture underscores ongoing tension between insurgents and security forces in the region.
Bluffton July 26 A head on collision on the Marion Bluffton and Eastern traction line at Marion caused four deaths and sixty injuries. Union Saving and Trust of Bluffton was appointed receiver by Judge C B Sturgis. The line will continue operating though insolvent with no funds to pay claims, and heavy losses may lead to sale of the 31 mile road owned largely by Bluffton businessmen.
Miss Clara Berker, a delegate, was badly jarred but not seriously injured when a work train stringing trolley wire struck a traction car on the Peru Walther Fort road line. She traveled to Fort Wayne and remains a Lutheran hospital patient with expected discharge in a day.
Hartford City officials approve a $1,900 annual salary for Superintendent Myers in recognition of his ability. The board notes Hartford City has paid less than similar cities in the same class.
Indianapolis July 26 A druggist Joseph Stokes lost $20 in an old swindle. A negro asked for a prescription delivery and change for a twenty, while a white man handed an envelope said to contain the bill. The delivery boy received the envelope, found it full of blank paper.
Jay Lehman, driver of the automobile that struck and injured Abraham Stoneburner on Second and Jefferson streets, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined $1 plus costs. Stoneburner remained unconscious with a deep forehead cut and other injuries but survived.
Emery Forat, a local grocery salesman, while driving to Rochester Indiana, swatted a bee that alighted on his leg causing loss of control and a ditching. He sustained slight injuries. the car was only slightly damaged and the bee flew away uninjured.
July 22 Alex Cross of Gary visiting his son at Clover Leaf shops met George W. Bird former police chief. They discovered they were schoolmates at Harpers Ferry Virginia and had both lived there when John Brown led the raid before the war.
At a council meeting W C Cronon chair of the street and alley committee announced a new traffic ordinance to be presented. It would provide for a tax on automobiles drays and other vehicles in Warsawecity.
Affidavits filed against Migs Leah Little, owner and manager of one moving picture show in Auburn, alleging violation of the Sunday law. The notice cites last week’s warning and Sunday evening closure steps.
Logansport reports a 74 year old Frank Bolen stricken on the road north of Logansport while walking from Cook County Illinois to his sister’s home in Oceels Pennsylvania. Rochester notes 21 year old Frank Freel drowned in Bruce Lake after stepping into a fifteen foot hole. body recovered. Bedford reports smallpox in the political neighborhood, Grace Terrell, who had been visiting Jasonville, contracted the disease. Anderson notes Mrs Carrie Drake aged 32 remarried Grover Dawson within an hour of a divorce from Ste mes Drake. Rochester reports the Redpath Chautauqua opened with commercial club selling $1500 in advance tickets. Muncie asks what is a club where liquor may be sold without a license as Patrick Hall faces a blind tiger charge. Terre Haute coroner says Leo Deming, a 400 pound policeman, died from acute alcoholism. Terre Haute judge overrules motion to dismiss Malicious Destruction of Automobile against Everett Dickerson, aided by the owner’s daughter. Pittsboro notes survivors of the Eighteenth Battery Indiana Light Artillery to meet at State Soldiers’ Home Lafayette on August 7 for the 50th muster anniversary. Eli Dilly of Indianapolis led the muster. Rushville reports Charles Sweeney of Jeffersonville seriously injured Monday when he fell from an engine on the Pennsylvania Railroad while coal was being shovelled. fractured skull, not expected to live. Evansville mentions Denby F Cates.
A fragment recalls a chaplain at a Lutha chapel who faced a snicker from the congregation as he spoke then loudly repeated a line from the family Bible. The moment escalated with the crowd reacting, and the pastor quoted a familiar closing phrase.
The dialogue shows a backstage moment where the manager questions the speaker about not stepping forward when cue given. The supervisor notes waiting for three others to go first and the speaker doubts how they could come forth if they went first.
A Pittsburg Sun report recalls a scene on the South aide where a man interrupts two young boys fighting. One boy had been rubbing weeds on the other's face in front of girls, aiming to seem bold like Abraham Lincoln.
A fragmentary theatre of feelings emerges as a child confronts obscured emotions. The scene hints at tension between personal sentiment and public image in a magazine feature. Named figures remain unclear due to garbled OCR text.
A damaged OCR fragment notes wedding context with quoted phrases about a bride and Manabe, suggesting marital remarks and a focus on making the best of the situation.
Fragmented text outlines a fitness or health note on digestion and stomach effects from food. It mentions a forceful start, nerves, and the impact of what you eat on the stomach, but details are unclear due to garbled source.
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