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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
2
A well known New York stationery dealer notes sealing wax colors carry meanings. White signals a marriage proposal, black means death, violet conveys sympathy, chocolate invites, vermilion denotes business, ruby suggests love, green stands for hope, brown for melancholy, blue for constancy, yellow for jealousy, pink for schoolgirls, and gray for friendship among mature women.
A Louisville hotel guest, a Kentucky colonel, arrived for breakfast with a bandaged hand after a party the previous night. He reported that a younger man, intoxicated, trod on his hand during the celebration.
A young player declares stealing three bases with pride. His mother scolds him jokingly before his father expresses pride, remarking no thief in the family. The family laughs at the humorous line about the boy returning the bases.
A Western town woman chronicles relief from stomach trouble after using Grape-Nuts. She describes heartburn gas and thinning until the product eased digestion and restored weight and energy, enabling housework again. The note cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and a reference to The Road to Wellville.
Kelly Robinson, convicted of first degree murder for the December 20 farming country shooting of John Roe, leaped from a slow train en route to Michigan City to avoid execution. Brakeman Charles Gault captured him. Robinson denies involvement and seeks a new trial as the state moves toward September 3 electric chair.
Elwood Baxter Adams narrowly escaped death when his exhibition plane plunged into a barbed wire fence at the fair grounds. The craft rose briefly then veered toward the amphitheater before he cut power and the plane crashed. Adams suffered gashes to face and neck and injuries to arms and chest.
Charles Merrick of Fairyland was sentenced to six months at the state penal farm in Greencastle. Sheriff Henry Terry arrested him returning from Indianapolis with 142 bottles of beer on his wagon for unlawful possession.
Noblesville after a five week session the longest in Hamilton county the grand jury submitted its report to the court. Thirty one true bills were found and turned over to the clerk for warrants. They may be made public daily if arrests occur. The panel investigated bank failures including Hamilton Trust Company Noblesville Farmers and Merchants Bank Cicero and Peoples State Bank Arcadia with a special report and bank law recommendations. Judge Vestal praised the report and planned to send it to Gov. Ralston and delay publication for a few days.
Garrett man Frank A. Hall of Garrett Ind was found guilty in Noble circuit court of obtaining 500 by false pretenses from Kendallville businessman George J Clark after a 17 hour jury deliberation. He received a six month sentence at the penal farm and a zero dollar fine. Five indictments including two forgery charges await in Dekalb circuit court. Hall claims he lost 10000 in cash and borrowed money due to poor business judgment and lack of education.
Crowell of Franklin signs a three years contract to perform in England with Charles Titherage in a company once led by Charles Frohman. He will play a prominent part in the production. The actor studied at Sargent School of Acting in New York and Franklin College.
James Richards eighteen month old son of Herschell and wife near Cyclone contracted hydrophobia after exposure to a pet dog that showed symptoms and was killed. In Princeton William Cato forty five, a well known Southern Railroad engineer, was killed instantly when a driving rod broke in his engine cab near Centralia Illinois. fireman C Sumner was slightly injured. Cato survived by his widow and two children.
In Greensburg area a land strip three miles long and one and a half miles wide southwest of Westport received no rain for six weeks. Dusty roads reach over two inches, forcing farmers to stop plowing due to dry, hard ground.
About eight thousand persons marched through Terre Haute in a Lyon meeting procession. An electric cross ten feet high led the parade with banners and a choir of 800 singing religious songs. It was the city’s greatest religious demonstration.
A distressed woman learns her husband Bill is in hospital with serious injuries from a mangling incident. The visitor asks who will handle laundry duties now, amid grief and concern for support from the government. Her reply reveals uncertainty and heartbreak.
Retiring soak hands in hot water and apply Cuticura ointment for red rough and chapped hands. Wear bandages or old gloves at night. Free samples by mail with 32 pages 3k book. Address Cuticura Dept KY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A dialogue notes melancholy feeling about incubator arrangements and calls them brooders. The exchange contrasts mood with the practical term brooders.
A jumbled OCR sample shows scattered ads and lines about remedies for eye conditions, a line urging a husband to not mock his wife, a comment on museum visitors, and an odd plug for Red Grass Ball Blue paint. The text mentions Chicago, a druggist, and general ad style.
Paragraphs recount women from Nicetown Providence and beyond praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from backaches headaches and nervous symptoms. The letters claim improved sleep appetite and energy after using six bottles or more and urge others to try the remedy.
Joseph Inman of Muncie was severely burned when gasoline exploded and set fire to a device he operated along the street. Firemen extinguished the flames and there was no serious property damage.
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