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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
6
In a village gathering led by Bill and Wayne, residents debate Dick Brayton as a suspected horse thief. Bill presents a birch bark diagram claiming Brayton led the gang, while supporters push for proof and others defend Brayton’s innocence.
Dick Brayton faces suspicion as a found knife and chalked marks on a tree link him to horse theft. Bill Green confronts him with a false confession and Dick is captured by a group, who plan to take him to Mr Porter as the chapter ends.
A London Spectator tale recounts a domestic tortoise famed for deep sleep. In a country house a new cook mistook the creature for a rock and shattered coal by winter’s end, prompting the astonished housekeeper to exclaim at the broken coal.
The 1849 Irish welcome to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert inspired a spectator to cry for a Prince Patrick. A year later their seventh child was named Arthur Patrick Albert. He later became Duke of Connaught, linking him to Ireland.
A crusty speaker tells a young man a tall tale about sound traveling 2000 feet per second. He recalls calling two men liars, only to be hit by one before he could blink, warning that you must be a mile away and running when accusing.
A Detroit Journal fragment shows a dramatic exchange where a man fixes a burning gaze on a woman and asks if flesh and blood can reach perfection. She retorts that such insinuations touch on her complexion and the moment leads to hysteria, with a wry aside about zest in life for pretty girls.
A shrewd businessman rides in a crowded street when his horses bolt. He asks the coachman to stop them and, lacking control, the coachman suggests driving them into something cheap. The tale underscores quick thought over costly restraint in a bustling market.
The article describes how reflecting lighthouses arose from a Liverpool Society of Mathematicians wager. A member aimed to read a newspaper paragraph at ten yards using a farthing candle and glass reflections. Captain Hutchison, dockmaster, observed the experiment and helped inspire reflecting lighthouses in Liverpool by 1763.
A statistician claims typewriter invention created 100000 jobs but omits stomach illness counts. The text urges sedentary workers to use Lhostetter’s Stomach Bitters to help the strain from confinement.
A Washington letter from a Western constituent requests two loads of fertilizer and a new barrel after his barrel broke. He notes cabbage seeds sprout well in the soil and asks for a man to assist for a couple of days, offering to send produce to the recipient and the president.
An herbal remedy called Lane's Family Medicine is claimed to be necessary for health and to act on the liver and kidneys. It lists cures like nick bendache with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
On February 10 a lake built ice breaking steamer completed a round trip from Listvennitsehnoye to Pereyemnaya and back over eighty miles through two feet seven inches thick ice in twelve hours. The engines were powerful enough to keep the lake open for winter traffic.
The Nickel Plate Road will sell round trip excursion tickets for July 4 within 200 miles at a single fare. Valid July 8 and 4 for travel back through July 5. Purchases via write, wire, phone, or nearest agent or C A Asterlin P A Fort Wayne Ind.
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