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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
6
Details emerge of Commander Frederic G. Brine of the St Vincent swept overboard and drowned during a hurricane force gale as the squadron neared Cork. Despite heroic efforts and swift lifeboat action, Brine was lost, his body recovered too late, leaving aboard crew in deep mourning.
A California judge defines widow as a married woman who loses her husband by death or decree. The ruling upheld that Eugenia Jones, divorced wife of Everett Jones, could claim under her father in law L S Jones will, while he remarried before his death, triggering legal questions about widow status and estate shares.
Abraham Hanover 106, a Warsaw born centenarian living in New York, danced at Samuel Steinberg and Sadie Frankel’s wedding at the Hotel Astor. He recalled Napoleon’s Moscow campaign, spoke of long life due to his wife’s cooking, and planned to learn the turkey trot next.
Charles Maher was found guilty at criminal sessions of poisoning Johannes de Beer with a cigar. A bitter taste, then discovery of white glittering material led to analysis confirming strychnine. Maher admitted buying strychnine but gave no explanation. He received a year’s imprisonment and a £250 fine with mercy recommended by the jury.
Michael Sullivan, who begged on San Francisco streets for 31 years, was found dead in his hovel. Bankbooks in a mattress showed deposits over $50,000. Sullivan died apparently of natural causes and left a will toMary A. Sullivan of Utica, N.Y., bequeathing $30,000 to a life starter.
In St. Joseph Missouri William Hamilton a cowboy from the Texas panhandle fell into a corral of wild streets scrambled to his feet drew a revolver and fired at oncoming steers crippling one He then seized a steer by the horns and rode it toward the fence to leap to safety.
A peculiar exchange shows Plodding Pete insisting he helped a man from a separated family but was told by the man he didn’t know them and would not assist in bringing trouble to them. The plea is rejected as the other party denies connection or obligation.
The source notes India is garrisoned by 618000 men to guard a territory of 1773000 square miles. It mentions historical patent medicines and playful references to remedies and social phrases reflecting period advertising and domestic life.
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