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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
6
An ad offers free medical examination blanks from Munyon's at 63d and Jefferson streets Philadelphia. Doctors will diagnose and state if curable, with no obligation. Also mentions a separate product Mother Gray's Australian-Leaf for female troubles and a humorous exchange about custody terms in a divorce decree.
A jumble of ad copy and literary quotes from the Detroit Free Press mentions Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes, a 2oz package, and prices. Interspersed are lines from a domestic scene and a theater anecdote about Irving performing Macbeth with a Banquo ghost, plus a remark from an audience member.
Isaac Winger a leading Delaware County farmer of Selma area was found dead at his home with a bullet hole in his temple and a revolver nearby. His wife and daughter were away. Investigators and the coroner see no clear motive or explanation for the death, though he had grown wealthy from oil-boom pools on his land. Surviving are a widow and an eight year old daughter. The wound's position and bullet path do not support an accidental death theory.
Four deaths in Middletown this year are attributed to personal crises involving wealth and illness. Mrs George Sweigart, 30, poisoned herself after returning home to find her ill spouse unable to aid her. The four cases include Franc Uitzenberger, William Fuqua, and Crystal Powell, all linked to health troubles.
A colored man James Jefferson was arrested after two women identified him by the whistle he used while robbed by a negro highwayman. Police matched the suspected whistling to Jefferson, leading to his capture in Terre Haute. A drunken auto crash near Lafayette killed Wilbur Meriths, 28, and injured George Blackwell as driver Harry Styner plunged over a twenty foot embankment. The freighter Bernadine King burned along the Ohio River at Evansville, witnesses watching from shore as Captain John Woods and a deckhand escaped with nothing but their clothes. A. M. Schmidt won the Fort Wayne mayoral nomination by four votes over Charles McCulloch in a 6,000 Democratic vote tally. Republicans nominated Jesse Grice. Joseph Carlisle, a farmer near Petersburg, was fatally kicked by a mule.
George French age 28 of Chicago dies of appendicitis in a Valparaiso hospital after an arrest. Crocker thieves rob a Wabash freight train of 2000 dollars in silk goods. suspects said to be from Chicago. The report ends with unclear wording about his wife.
A discussion on the craft of death notices notes the balance between grave and witty tones. Excerpts from a Leipzig paper illustrate how obituaries weave solemn loss with delicate phrasing, preserving dignity while hinting at irony in concise lines.
An old health ad claims Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney troubles by addressing the kidneys. It features a testimonial from P. W. Champion of Salem Street, Marion KY, claiming dramatic relief from kidney stones and pains after using the product sold by Foster-MMilburn Co. Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
A one piece linen dress offers solid comfort with a dark shade and no frills. Irish lace or batiste collars provide a neat neck finish. The piece previews a practical morning dress suitable for warm weather. Uncle Sam paid 7 million for Alaska, a preface to his rise as a world power, with remarks on value.
Mrs Matilda Hoibert of Providence reports relief from sore tired feet after using ALLEN S FOOT EASE sold by all druggists for 26c Ask today This endorsement emphasizes the product as a rare good thing for weary feet during a local advertisement period.
Traveler observes the village streets are dirty while Uncle Welby Gosh explains the town is busy making plans for a Drearyhurst Beautiful and has no time to clean.
Vienna resident Mrs. Eanra Wheaton credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending a decade of illness after doctors offered no help. The ad claims the remedy has roots and berries, no narcotics, and lists cures for female ailments and nervous prostration with free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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