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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
5
In the Rhine Mains junction Mayence Castell fortress hosts officers from Britain Russia France Belgium and others held in a privileged camp. The facility offers better food and living standards than common prisoners with self government and mutual respect between captors and captives.
National Geographic notes Cephalonia’s long role in diplomacy as successive rulers from Romans to Byzantines, Normans, Venetians, Turks, and finally Greece. The main city Argostol hosts sea mills and a harbor while Blato Mountain rises over 6000 feet with dark pine slopes. The Cephaloniana people excel in vine and olive terraces, currant exports, shipbuilding and lace work.
A humanitarian laments that prisoners lose identity to numbers, while a man in a motorized outfit argues confinement and hard labor are not worse than his own burden. The dialogue contrasts dehumanization with demoted status and the obligation to pay for a number.
Henry Enpeck complains his wife mis treats him with poor coffee. Meeker quips that he has grounds for divorce. The exchange, though humorous, hints at domestic friction over nightly brews.
Indianapolis reports a surge in automobile licenses with 104,106 issued so far in 1916 and about 650000 dollars in fees collected. Center expects 130000 total licenses and 750000 in fees. the 1913 law began, with 44732 licenses issued that year and 66500 in 1914, 96915 in 1915.
Petersburg reports the new town of Cal gate sixteen miles south of here near Hartwell coal mines and the Colgate sorghum mills. The area spans 150 acres once owned by Charles G. Kater. The Hartwell mines now employ about 200 men after starting operation, celebrated by barbecue and bands with countywide attendance.
Terre Haute signs new two year miners scale ending March 31 1918 operative May 20. Mine run basis replaces screened coal in pay decisions provoking a near idle mine as loaders refuse to load screened coal under the new scale.
The 1916 graduating class at the Indiana State Normal school is among the largest in the school’s history and contrasts with the first class of six graduates forty years ago. President William W. Parsons was a member of that earliest class.
In a special session the Warrick County board of commissioners ordered a local option election in Boonville on June 30. The wets withdrew objections to the petition which arose from a revival meeting led by Rev. BE J. Bulgin.
Vanderburgh County commissioners awarded five bridge contracts to be built by July 1. W. H. Grammer of Evansville received two contracts while the Vincennes Bridge Company secured two others.
A state report credits Indiana with rapid gains in milk and dairy product standing due to strict food business regulations and health laws. In a separate matter, the state board of accounts accuses Aaron G. Madden of Fountain County of misappropriating 1966.98 in fees, with the case referred to the Fountain County prosecutor.
The Bloomington historical pageant presented by Bloomington and Indiana University closed with a $400 loss from total expenses of $4,500. The event’s largest paid attendance was 2,700, with expenses guaranteed by local citizens and university faculty members.
Hoosier notes report a man splitting nickels for profit with slot machines tied to the scheme. Captain Thomas Halls of the secret service calls him the cheapest man in the world, claiming he spends a dollar’s worth of time to make two jitneys from one coin.
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