05 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
1
One acre property two miles north and one mile east of Denver with a room house a barn a new chicken house out-buildings two wells and fruit trees. Very low price. Call or write Tripunit office Denver Indiana.
For sale a farm two miles north and four miles east of Denver. It comprises 24 acres including about 4 acres of timber. Features a two story six room frame house with cellar out-kitchen well cistern barn cattle sheds smoke house orchard and small fruits. Everything in good repair. Call on or address the Trimunn.
A speech by U.S. Senator David Davis of Illinois lauds local papers for donating 500 to 5000 free lines yearly to communities. He argues editors, though underpaid, do more for towns than any other group and urges readers to support their home paper as a wise investment rather than charity.
The letter urges temperance supporters to oppose a repeal of the Nicholson Law’s blanket remonstrance feature. It argues that if temperance groups gained more than they did, total prohibition would have been ideal and calls readers to write to Representatives F. W. Bearss and J. F. Statesman in Indianapolis to express their wishes.
A Denver woman jokes on the distinction between a man who dyes sheep and an editor, calling one a lamb dyer and the other just an editor. A misprint in an obituary used the word roast. the publisher refused correction until back subscriptions were paid years later.
Mixed items report local visits and moves including Cynthia Smith visiting A B Guyer in Peru, Charles Bell relocating from Logansport to Denver, Poland Bros renting Dr Newell's shop in Wabash County, and various relatives and friends visiting across Indiana. Auctions and negotiations note poultry buyers Friend and Newbold, while editor at Roano Chronicle boasts home stores of honey potatoes apples and coal.
The note praises steady improvement of the Denver Theme and the new correspondents as an addition to the paper noted as the county’s most newsy source.
Our correspondents report local chatter about price hikes at Standard Oil, a stolen Standard Oil team found north of Peru, and steady church revival meetings. Mentions include a Michigan sale, a Westward move by a young lady, and a call for railroad regulation.
The column lists church events including Sunday accessions and a special meeting in Chili, with no preaching there that evening. It notes dues due on Dedication Day, fund needs for trustees, and a Denver circuit quarterly conference on Feb 16. It mentions P E Rev Semans preaching at Chili, prayer meeting, Sunday School, and Epworth League installation.
Grandma Shutzbaugh visits relatives in Peru. George Cunningham dines with Cal Orr and family. Samuel Harrol and Samuel Orr spend Saturday evening together. Isaac Malott Visited near here last Thursday. Norma Donaldson called on Mrs. Earhart. Albert Donaldson and wife on a Peru business trip. Eva Kraning visited cousin Emma Earhart. Rev. Frank Fisher of Mexico spent Sunday with Albert Donaldson. Reuben Armantrout visited his mother. George Porter of Andrews visited Cal Orr. Earl Donaldson family spent Sunday with Lorenzo Donaldson. Jonas Earhart and family guests of Frank Weidenhoeft. Jonas Earhart shredded fodder with Bart Kinzie and Reuben Armantrout. Schuyler Orr, in Peru for months, at his parents home with typhoid.
Woolleytown letters report family visits and mis taken past letters. Charley Thompson helps his father cut wood. Grandma Derek weakens while A B Andrews family copes. Albert Woolley and wife visit Merritt Murphy’s family. Ira Anderson visits Ed Thompson and Irvin Dewald, then goes to Peru. Multiple visits and small trips are noted among local families.
Charles See and son Elbert traveled to Peru on Saturday. Omer See made a business trip to Peru. Grover See cut wood for Joseph Albright last week. Will See and wife visited friends in Wabash Sunday. John Dice, Chester Buck and Lewis Dice joined Elmer See for a Sunday. Jacob Dice bought a new horse paying a cent per hair. Charles Gruwell and wife spent Sat and Sun in Peru. Omer See and Miss Lennis Dewald visited Walter See near Denver. Lewis Dice took a teacher’s license exam in Peru last Saturday calling the questions “dead easy.” Elmer See, Lewis Dice, Chester Buck, Elbert See and John Dice attended Sunday school at Deedsville.
Proverbial groundhog was said to have a shadow last Monday. A township Sunday School convention convened at the O. B. church Sunday afternoon. Mr. Vore received a letter from Mr. Gault who has moved to Oklahoma. He says they are preparing for planting. (Continued on last page)
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