03 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reveals a chaotic admonition about preparation for a visitor, urging order, hospitality, and cleanliness. The text blends household instruction with scattered local notices from Twelve Mile, Henry Woodhouse, and residents like Mrs. Vance and Rev. West, noting ailments, visits, and upcoming events.
Perrysburg reports a regular old fashioned blizzard on Monday lasting the entire day. George Heddon arrived from North Dakota. Robert Bennington and his wife from Carnell WH visited their sister Mrs. Rachel Brown on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Local religious events highlight ongoing protracted meetings at M E and Christian churches. Visits include Mrs W A Patterson from Akron and families like Develinse, Mines ter, and Zartman. One death noted: William Edwards, 74, at Macy home January 24, 1898, with funeral led by Rev Conner. last quarterly M E meeting planned for next Sunday with presiding elder assisting through the week.
In Wooleytown and vicinity several residents are ill with various ailments. Pearl Earhart improves from pleuritis while William Balsbaughs youngest son Graffoma Murphy and A.B Andrews remain on sick lists. Will Thompson, once not expected to live, shows slight improvement as visitors drop by. A Peruvian guest Mert Andrews visited his parents, with Wil Robbins and others visiting Thompson. A passenger on a drenched trip expresses relief at home. A rumor that a railroad line should be named after a passenger is humorously linked to the village names Plug Station and Onward as the area’s evolving monikers.
A quiet wedding took place at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Fouts in south Denver on Wednesday evening January 2 1898 joining their daughter Miss Cora to Mr Franklin T Nickum of Carroll county officiated by Elder Joseph Brower. The couple left for Kokomo and Carroll county before planning to move to North Dakota with best wishes from friends. Nearby Onward once Plug Station on the Pan Handle line owes its name to a rainy train ride endured by a man named Survoss who rode a train on flat cars with only a plug hat for protection.
The text argues true work requires enthusiasm and humane love. It contrasts cold art and mere mechanistic science with passionate civic duty, patriotism, and uplifting ideals. Without love and high ideals, life becomes a treadmill, fettered by narrow faiths and petty aims.
Seven Social announced for Monday evening February 7 at the M F B parsonage. Everyone invited to learn what a Seven Social is. Supper priced at seven cents. Also notes the Central House Denver Ind hotel for possession March 1 1898 and Gilt Edge flour at Denver elevator. Bad weather caused Mt Zion church box supper postponed to February 5.
Fragmentary OCR text references a department in Chicago and a company with monthly expenses, plus mentions of trustees and a house in Indians. Details are unreadable but imply a formal notice or accounting matter requiring action or reference.
Reading notes from Manchester include overshoes for felt and wool boats, work at the THMMNE office, and words from Auditor Rappart on the street. Beans sell at 2 cents a pound. Gilt Edge flour offered at 2.40 per hundred. A social at the L. O. L. M. hall and a new Denver Lumber Co firm setup, with D. C. Miller to lead.
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