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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
3
The July crop report shows bountiful cereals but total output below last year’s record. the House votes to form a seven member committee to probe the Mulhall lobby confession and other legislative activity. Treasury official James F. Curtis eyes resignation as duties shift.
Police Sergeant Peter J. Duffy receives a three to four year hard labor sentence at Sing Sing for graft from illegal resort keepers in New York. Grand Treasurer Edward Leach elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks to replace Thom as B Miller of Superior. Charles B. Mellen resigns from Boston and Maine presidency. Ernesto Madero, Francisco Madero Jr.’s brother, sails to Europe with wife and children from New York to visit relatives in Paris.
Lake Manitou near Rochester Indiana endured a violent wind storm that toppled cottages and roofs, flooded stores, and ruined grain. An Indianapolis party including Mr and Mrs Raymond Everson faced danger as two women faced a drifting boat and rescued themselves using a bait can and oars. Hog losses from a nearby farm totaled about $1000 as livestock were killed after being thrown by the wind.
Corydon marks the 50th anniversary of the Corydon battle fought July 9 1863 during Morgan’s Ohio River crossing attempt. About 450 local militiamen armed with squirrel rifles held off 4500 trained cavalry until Morgan’s retreat, after skirmishing began July 7. The clash, one of two North of the Mason Dixon line, echoed Gettysburg news.
In Windfall on July 9 almost all residents attended church as three local churches closed services to aid the Royal canning factory. John H. Mitchell summoned pastors and urged abandoning Sunday worship to recruit labor for the pea canning season, keeping the plant running and donors ready. The factory operated with ample volunteers, and Sunday School and church services were suspended.
A thunderstorm struck the Abe Hull farm tenanted by R. J. Welder near El Moro. Earl Thias aged eighteen died and his brother R. J. Welder Abe Fielder and Allen were knocked unconscious as lightning struck the barn. Valuable horses and one mule were killed in the incident.
Mrs. Bessie Eberwing Moore files for absolute divorce from James Moore a Crescent Coal Company manager. Married under two years the third wife alleges cruelty including revolver threats and humiliating incidents with guests. She seeks 20000 alimony claiming his income 400 monthly and net worth over 150000 with four coal mines.
Jasonville seeks a local option election via Green County commissioners. Cambridge City hosts a National Lincoln Chautauqua July 30 to August 4. Evansville district Christian Endeavor Union convenes in Princeton with large attendance. Greensburg reports flower thieves at South Park cemetery with 25 cannabillies stolen near a fountain. A runaway injures Mrs Trentman Adams and her children. A quarry power house injury in Bedford. A “key” injures a man’s mouth in Bedford. Munice moves to abolish city judge office. mayor may serve as judge. Sellersburg town board dwindles to one member after resignations and death. A divorce suit in Logansport seeks alimony and child custody. South Bend divorce case cites non-support and abandonment. A child loses a leg in Monon yards after a switch engine incident. Shelbyville man found guilty of petit larceny. fined and jailed with suspended sentence. Dr Reynolds declines to press charges over a 1908 horse theft case involving Flora Knox and Magele Spurrier. A South Bend minister and a Thurman, Iowa pastor exchange pulpits. Mangun to marry Carolyn Perkins. Lawrenceburg incident involves two railroad workers, Bratton and Kinney, with injuries.
The exchange between John J. McGraw and umpire Bill Rigler grows heated at the Polo Grounds as Rigler orders McGraw off the coaching line. After tense jibes from the Giants bench, Rigler declares he will seek the guilty party, then faces a chorus of laughter leading to a sharp exchange where McGraw deflects with a quip that it was Rigler's echo.
Dr Adeline G Soule urges housewives to treat the kitchen as a refinery and workshop where all food is reused and saved. She compares domestic work to manufacturing, calling for education, intelligent practice, and well lit ventilated sanitary spaces to improve results and efficiency.
A Civil War veteran planter in the Red River valley Louisiana earned notoriety for foul language. After marrying, a tenant asked to see him. The captain cursed the tenant loudly, but his wife mistook the voice. The negro corrected her, saying the shouting man was Cap’n Johnson.
A fragment quotes critics calling a person a hopeless dreamer and noting his habit of chasing moneys in a hopeful but unrealizable path, likened to chasing silver lining clouds.
A lighthearted item notes a crook's dislike for muggy weather as a punchline. The quip frames heat and humidity as a factor in criminal mood, reflecting a humorous local voice.
In a terse confrontation, a speaker asks a partner if marriage caused fright while the other responds by challenging the insult aimed at his wife. The exchange hints at underlying strain within the domestic relationship.
A vintage advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as the perfect food for babies, claiming healthy, crying-free growth. It recounts a mother saved from doctors’ verdicts by a home remedy of soaked Grape-Nuts juice mixed with milk and sugar, fed every two hours.
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