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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
2
Notice shows a 19th century post office stamp marking second class matter in Denver Indiana with a yearly subscription price of one dollar. The item identifies Dice and Lacey as the business or publisher linked to the notice.
Short quotes on honesty and self restraint appear, urging readers to avoid harmless lies and to mind their own troubles. The column notes that lies can be conveyed by actions as well as words and comments on pessimism about opportunities.
A clipped editorial tone urges compassion by soothing another’s ache and notes readers may renew subscriptions with a dollar for another year. It mocks shifting political loyalties and references a prominent citizen torn between Taft and Bryan, already a familiar name in election coverage.
About 40 percent of the men employed in the Minnesota mines are Finns, another 40 percent Loungarians, around 5 percent Italians, with the remainder divided among Americans Germans French Scots Welsh and Cornish.
May Hia Gratitude Last Jerry Chateau, a Frenchman, was released from Fort Scott Kansas penitentiary after four years in confinement. He spoke for the first time since his imprisonment, thanking officers for convicting him, while his past robberies yielded around $70 000.
A collection of brief anecdotes on Florence Nightingale McKinley descendants Santos-Dumont Andree and Andrew Carnegie. It notes Nightingale still working at over eighty and a claim about McKinley’s royal lineage and a Memorial Day flower rite for Grant. Carnegie comments on public library fiction censorship and library policy.
A son writes from Seattle on June 22 1908 that he will sail to Alaska aboard the schooner North Bend for four to five months. He plans to return around December first and asks his mother to send letters to St Nicholas Alaska care of the North Bend. He notes good money on this trip and promises to explain on return.
Irwin Fisher writes from Michigan on July 1 1908 to friends in Denver. He notes rain hurt haymaking, describes local crops beech maple bass elm timber and a 100 acre farm for 5500 dollars with timber and fine buildings. He mentions peach section Riverton and Summer nine miles away with promising yields and peaches ripening early September. He reports town of about 800 people nine miles from Ludington county seat and that Mrs Fisher’s health is improving slowly.
Fragmentary OCR shows a medicinal pill ad promising cures for stomach and headaches. Mentions price 25 cents and a famous sounding claim but text is garbled.
A geologist reports the Atlantic encroaching on England’s east coast. He cites 227 square miles submerged between Cornwall and the Isles, with towns in Suffolk and Norfolk claimed by the sea. England’s area shrank from 32,510,397 to about 32,105,? acres since 1867, swallowing land at roughly 2400 meters per year.
A humorous lament on newspapers shaping public opinion. The speaker jokes about readers seeking any information via press coverage and mocks the idea of gatekeeping by editors and photographers within a bustling city. The piece parodies social scenes and the urge to display life events to readers.
The council plans to reduce surplus trees blocking streets and yards. The Light and Trees Committee will negotiate with property owners to prune and remove trees at cost and sell wood to those in need, using a $300 appropriation. Many trees are expected to be cut by owners before city action, limiting municipal ownership of wood.
A testimonial style advertisement for Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills claims relief from periodic pains backache and headaches for women. It asserts no morphine or dangerous drugs are used and promises noticeable relief with a guarantee and 25 doses for 25 cents through Miles Medical Co.
Immense Riverview amusement park features, crowds up to 260000, dazzling rides and shows from water chutes to aerial coasters. Described as a festival city with lanterns, concerts, pageants, and a parade of attractions in a fairyland setting.
A fragment notes tree growth with the birch moving farther east than other species. It mentions Sipep fen larch and then the fin, suggesting a sequence of arboricultural observations and shifts in species distribution.
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