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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
3
A historic preface line indicates the Tribune Indiana paper entered as second class matter at the Denver Indiana post office on April 12 1897, marking its archival mailing status.
Plans proceed for a statewide amateur basketball tourney in Indiana for teams averaging 140 pounds or less with an age limit of twenty. Wayne Emmermann will organize the event with sectional finals in February then a two day Indianapolis finale. Over twenty teams have entered the Marion county section and the finals will be held on the same carder as high school association events.
A Christmas letter from Twelve Mile in 1919 recounts two local entertainments at the Bethlehem M and M Church and the Twelve Mile A B Church, plus a Christmas dinner hosted by Mrs. Vern Jones. The writer notes warm gatherings, gifts including 48 under the tree, artful decorations, and a sunlit Christmas day amid bitter cold. The note also lists church activities, visitors from Fulton and Indianapolis, and various family greetings and small town happenings.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Miller returned home Monday afternoon after a brief visit with the latter's brother Joan Wade and wife in Greencastle.
Bert Leedy visits family in town as William Waymire spends the holidays with his grandmother Mrs Kate Waymire. Mr and Mrs Lebert Riggle of Indianapolis join relatives for Christmas with the Riggles’ parents Mr and Mrs.
A reader from Andrews asks for account clarification and notes sending 2.50 to the Denver Tribune while Roann correspondent Monroe Jones renews his Tribune subscription with a 1.25 check to Mrs. Lavina Jones.
Thusdate Oregon December 18 1919 details a reader sending a four dollar fifty cent renewal for a mother's subscription and asking if two years in advance are covered. The note describes heavy snow and cold in Oregon, compares to eastern weather, and wishes Merry Christmas from Josephine M Ream.
N. B. Hunt of the Citizens State Bank arrived home Monday evening following a brief vacation with his mother and relatives in Wheatley Kentucky.
Advertisements offer sale items including popcorn and two year old corn with contact Floyd Zook. Local social notices list visits, illnesses, travel from Denver to La Junta and Peru, family gatherings, a 84 pound baby, and Christmas Day dinners with neighbors and relatives across Denver, Roann, Perrysburg, Hammond, and Indianapolis.
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