28 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
1
An article contrasts burial practices in Mexico with poorer burials treated as disposable while wealthier families afforded care. It notes Matamoras bone piles, temporary coffins, and catacombs in Guanajuato with clothed skeletons to please visitors, including American tourists, as authorities regulate display.
Austin reports a Texas shrub, marriola, as a key to a new paving block material mixed with asphalt. Z W Cannon of San Antonio will manufacture blocks and has contracted to buy all marriola on public lands in Presidio and Brewster counties for 1000 dollars. The shrub reportedly yields rubber and is claimed to be nearly indestructible.
Three Rhode Island Agricultural College students from Bristol and Pawtucket captured a colossal freshwater turtle in Thirty Acre Lake. The creature weighed 60 pounds, stretched three feet across, with a four inch neck and jaws over three inches wide. The paddle, canoe, and three swimmers were overturned during the encounter. Professor Barlow called it the largest of its kind he has seen, suggesting it is very old possibly dating to 1675.
Lebanon electrician Royal Soulhard, speechless after a seven week coughing spell, regains his voice at home. He previously suffered a similar episode tied to nervousness and expressed overjoyed relief at his recovered speech.
Firefighters in Greenwich battle a farmhouse blaze at Lawrence De lucia's. With water gone, a search finds a small pool of frogs, labeled peepers. The crew pumps the frogs onto the fire and rain frogs extinguish the flames quickly.
Willard Wissler found an old Third Reader behind weather boards while remodeling a Milton house. Elizabeth Wissler says the book, dated 1873, lay between the walls for about 40 years before it was dropped there.
An advertisement voice extols Dr Pieren's Pellets as a cure for constipation and related diseases, claiming the cause lies in constipation and promising easy remedy. The piece also includes unrelated snatches of humorous or trivial lines from contemporary media.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr Martel’s pills as a scientifically prepared remedy for women’s ailments. It claims quick and permanent results and lists sale through all drug stores.
The page juxtaposes vaudeville style dialogue about stage cues and sweet peas with a Baltimore ad for Easy Task laundry soap promising half the washday effort. It also features a light humor bit about vacations, summer girls, and narrow escapes at the seashore.
Dialogue reveals a clash between a manager and a librettist over pronunciation. The manager derides a village chorus as hackneyed while the poet insists the intended soft g renders “happy and gay” as a deliberate pun, highlighting creative tension in dramatic writing.
Mr Murphy lauds Father Flaherty as the compassionate patient priest who uplifted the poor and called sinners toward hope. He recalls how the priest urged forgiveness and generosity, even noting the long right arm reaching toward the poor during burial preparations. Youth's Companion.
A husband and wife discuss birthday plans at the breakfast table. The wife hopes for a thoughtful gift, while the husband vows not to buy anything under a dollar, insisting on a proper present.
At a social event a man meets Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan and notes the name Burrows is familiar. Burrows replies he is the man who "died at first" just before Casey came to bat in the famous Mudville ball game, per Success Magazine.
In a brisk exchange from the Cleveland Leader a exchange of quips about time, reading, and wise remarks underscores a busied morning. The dialogue touches on daily habits and humor without naming individuals or events.
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