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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
8
Desperate by deep snow, starving jack rabbits migrate across western Kansas farming areas raiding granaries and feed lots. The influx drains stock feed, kills thousands of rabbits, and drives hogs from pens as farmers report widespread losses across the region.
Snow bound Dighton in western Kansas along a Santa Fe branch reports shortage of provisions and coal after a week without railway service. Topeka and Healy Tetmore also cut off. residents telegram state utilities commission seeking immediate aid to prevent suffering.
In a heavy snowstorm Santa Fe passenger train led by engineer C C Deming ran past the station and struck the Whewton-Dodge City local. Deming was fatally scalded and local engineer J W Chalfant died. Twelve passengers were injured.
Twenty persons were injured when three coaches of the Chicago Great Western passenger train derailed ten miles from Red Wing Minnesota due to a broken rail. Many others narrowly escaped death in the wreck.
Ollie H. James secured 105 votes in the Kentucky legislature to succeed Senator Thomas H Paynter whose term ends in 1913. His opponent Edin P Morrow, a Republican, received 28 votes.
The famous Trappist Monastery at St Norbert Manitoba was destroyed by fire. Six monks who live on vegetables and never speak are now homeless. The loss is estimated at $100,000.
Leonard Bliss known as Baby Bliss, claimed to be the world’s largest man, was found frozen to death in his home in Bloomingston Wisconsin after neighbors reported he had not been seen for days. Police and neighbors began an investigation.
Eto, an Italian found guilty of murdering three compatriots at Kelley’s Island last September, was sentenced to electrocution on April 17 in Sandusky Ohio. Domingo Selbig reported the verdict.
Four boys drowned after a double runner sled broke through ice on theool river near East Jeffray ten miles north of Winchendon Massachusetts. Two boys were rescued by passersby and authorities.
Gustave Frederickson of Georgetown sues wife Mrs. Frederickson accused of brutal acts including slamming, striking, and confinement. Judge imposes a $500 peace bond and orders no further harm while residence and conduct restrictions are enforced.
August Thyssen Jr. heir to Germany's coal and iron interests is said to be worth 2,096,000 marks and has challenged his thirteen principal creditors to duels after a year of unpaid demands. His second has been sent to arrange a weapon showdown. Critics warn the move would worsen an already tense debt dispute.
Savannah reports enormous flocks of ricebirds darkening skies and damaging the county farm crop. Superintendent Newell West says he used juvenile prisoners with tin cans to create noise, scattering the birds and protecting fields. The method reportedly reduces losses compared with firing.
A Chicago church plans a three mile wake up rule for members missing Sunday services. A “flying squadron” of 30 men will rouse sleepy West Side parishioners to attend, using a follow up system and a second call next Sunday. If after four tries some stay in bed, they are deemed hopeless.
A $25,000 package sent by The Third National Bank to Hutchigan Seeley Co of Galveston Texas vanished September 24 1910 from the annex postoffice station and was recovered. George W Steck a clerk confessed and confessed he spent $1490 with investigators watching him over six months. Steck to be arraigned before the United States commissioner.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that total expenditures for tuberculosis work in 1914 are nearly the same as 1913, but public funding rose to 66.2 percent. Federal state municipal and county funds support roughly 10.5 million of the over 14 million spent, with state and local appropriations increasing and legislatures already authorizing over ten thousand dollars for 1912 tuberculosis programs.
A seven year old, Freddy, bursts into his mother’s room shouting Boo. She chides him to knock before entering. He explains he looked through the keyhole first and says the room was all right. The Judge notes the humorous household moment.
A humorous exchange contrasts male and female reactions at a national convention. A husband boasts men cheered candidates for an hour while his wife retorts they cheered their own leaders with kisses for sixty seven minutes by the clock. The quip closes with a wry note on truth and fiction.
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