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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
5
County Superintendent E. B. Wetherow and Trustee Jackson led a Saturday tour with the advisory board to Denver noon visit the county schools and plan a new Butler township building. They aim to consolidate schools while Charles Grimes repaints his storefronts improving the district.
The Bunker Hill board of school trustees is abolished at the request of a majority of freeholders and control shifts to township Trustee Warren Graves. Trustees must convey all school town real estate and transfer personal property to Graves. Bunker Hill, a growing town of about 600, faces unclear dissolution reasons as Graves assumes duties. A. G. Zook first in Miami County to protest original farm names. Aaron Zook registers names Fairview and East Side for Union and Richland townships, highlighting costs and pride in farm names with a likely rush of registrations anticipated.
A dapper Chicago type salesman visits a southern Illinois country office and flirts with Sadie, who asserts her job, wages, and loyalty to her husband who is editor of the paper. The salesman exits with a sly retreat, hinting he must catch a train.
The Golf Brothers installed a gasoline powered mixer that handles over 450 loaves at once and completes in fifteen minutes the work they could do by hand in an hour. The brothers are praised as hustlers and their bakery earns pride for Denver.
Wheat harvest around Denver is finished and the crop is the largest and best quality in years. Hay harvest is nearly complete, with threshing machines expected to echo through the land this week. Prospects remain favorable for a good corn crop despite a later season.
Miss Tude Miller of Peru is visiting this week as a guest of Mrs. Nelson Cook.
Scores from the Denver Gun Club Fourth of July shooting tournament list competitors and per cent accuracy. Kitsmiller posted 61 of 100, Stofer 61 of 90, Berkheiser 35 of 65, Sloppy 43 of 60, and others tallied smaller scores across 10 to 80 targets.
Charles Alderfer suffered a serious fall during a head balancing act at New English Indiana when a rope broke and he struck his head. He sustained severe cuts and back and side injuries. Latest reports say he is improving and may be up soon.
The Freed group with Charles Alderfer and family will visit Gentryville on July 16, Tennyson on July 17, Degonia Springs on July 18, and Flosamville on July 19 in Indiana.
County Board of Health quarantined the KE S Kline residence on East Harrison Street after Mrs Kline developed diphtheria. Mrs Kline had been ill for some time. the quarantine also blocks access for KE S Kline and son Charles with Charles staying at the depot and Mr Kline at the elevators.
Miss Helen Millikan and Paul Dewalt attended Sunday evening worship at Macy Church, joining congregants for the service.
The note describes a check account designed for any business volume from $25 to $2500 daily. It touts automatic adjustment to requirements, safety, simplicity, accuracy, and convenience, inviting readers to bring grain and stock checks to open an account.
H C Bumgerdner will leave Denver around July 22 to take a higher post in Churubusco with lighter duties and better pay. The move is seen as a promotion since the new location has three telegraphers and an agent helper. Cooper of Cedalia will replace him in Denver after strong local support for Bumgerdner’s service.
The Tribune's issue prints a day early as the editor and his wife take a week’s vacation. In the absence Miss Mary Alderfer supervises the office and handles business including subscriptions and renewals.
L. C. Dukes and Company completed a pair of trades last week, swapping their former large Grout for a modern Overland touring car. The Grout was deemed oversized, and the newer vehicle better fits their current needs.
A powerful storm last Tuesday evening brought the season’s strongest winds and rain to the county’s northern districts. Property damage was heavy, with fruit trees most affected, while near Denver only a few trees were blown down.
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