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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
8
In a traveling scene a cunning quack auctions pills and boasts, while David observes crowd gullibility and the showman’s charm. At Pepeata's tent a gypsy mistress and the Quaker share a charged palm read, hinting at fate and illicit longing as the con is exposed.
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R G Dun reports broad trade improvements with bank statements showing expanded deposits and discounts. Weather boosts demand for essentials and forward orders rise in wholesale dry goods. Despite higher food prices and cautious costs, population gains and spending power suggest bright Christmas trade. Chicago district failures number 27, with six liabilities over $5,000.
New York reports warmer retail flow as cold weather hits, boosting distributive trade. Snowstorms in the Northwest slow some wholesale lines, but overall winter's arrival aids business. Bradstreet's notes 282 U.S. failures for the week ending Nov 18, up from prior weeks. Canada totals 26, down from 29 last week.
U.S. markets show cattle and hog prices varying by city with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and hay. Cities listed include Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and Chicago with ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs and assorted feeds and seeds.
Newton A. Grabill of Daleville pursued a Chicago brokerage swindle after paying 3500 cash for a bogus Colorado gold mine. A chase spanned 10000 miles to the California desert where a detective killed the swindler in a desert duel.
In Indiana Harbor a mother left two children home alone while she gathered coal. Johnny Kovan, 3, tied to a door, cried until unconscious. 1-year-old Mary suffocated in a near closed stove fire. Neighbors forced entry as smoke filled the flat. Mary died, Johnny survived with injuries.
Rushford man Tomes Peterson Line submits proof to State's Attorney in Laporte that his brother Samuel Line disappeared in April 1908 and is a Gunness house victim. A watch with initials S L was found among the ruins, and Samuel had $1000 on him when he vanished after receiving letters from Mrs Gunness.
In Stark County a feud between Clarence Benninghoff and John W. Rank erupts into a pitchfork duel. Benninghoff is gravely wounded and likely to die from numerous wounds. Rank is under arrest as the long running feud between the men escalates to violence.
Fire that began in Barnard's Grocery at 4:30 PM destroyed nearly all Millersburg shops and the livery barn and hotel. Goshen firefighters aided as the blaze left only two stores standing in an agricultural center ten miles east of Goshen on the Lake Shore Railroad. Eugene Brokaw was found not guilty in Hammond on a separate travelers checks case and later sent to Evanston to face another defrauding charge.
Coroner’s jury rules William B Gaines 38 died from alcohol effects after a fall. The wealthy Wabash farmer was found with a fractured skull, and the death is ruled accidental in the case related to Mrs Huter Dresden of South Bend, who drowned in Hudson Lake.
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