Fireside Echoes of a Bygone Home
A man recalls a beloved grate in a family home as he speaks to a woman by a bright fire. The room’s heat and drafts frame memory’s fog and longing for a vanished warmth and shared evenings near the hearth.
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21 May 1914
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Denver Tribune in Denver, Indiana
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
6
Man With Elastic Stomach Encounters Dinner Plans
A quirky dialogue unfolds as Smithkins greets Gorjer and discusses dinner plans with Brownson's scheduling. The elastic stomach figure, Gorjer, asks about the time and confirms the date, noting Brownson's claim that seven o'clock already works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chep
Smithkins
Gorjer
Brownson
Lunar eclipse visibility and marriage question raised
A reader asks why the next lunar eclipse is not visible in the United States and questions if married people are restricted from viewing it. The note reflects curiosity about astronomical events and social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nothing Much Involved Claimed By Factor In Fever Case
An unclear report notes a factor stating not much happened amid a fever discussion. The fragment mentions a person connected to an incident but offers no concrete actions or outcomes.
Taxpayers League Formed in Frankfort
A new organization in Frankfort named the Taxpayers' League aims to promote citizens and taxpayers' interests. Officers include J. B. Melfeld as president Hi F Campbell as vice president Carl Sims as treasurer and John C Morton as treasurer. The group will advocate economical city administration protect citizens and cooperate with officials on public improvements. The council rejected a bid of 80 cents per foot for hose after the league urged paying less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Tax Payers’ League
J. B. Melfeld
Hi. F. Campbell
Carl Sims
John C. Morton
Blind Tiger Operation Leads to Arrest in Columbus
John Underwood borrowed 25 cents from Police Chief Huffman to buy whisky and was watched entering Joseph Hines poolroom. Underwood was detained with a half pint of whisky, and Huffman’s marked quarter found on Hines, who was charged with running a blind tiger. Police discovered several more half pint bottles hidden in cigar boxes, a coffeepot, and a mop pail at Hines’s place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Doe Underwood
Frank Huffman
Underwood
Joseph Hines
Hines
Huffman
Fourth Violent Death in Family Ties Owsley Case
Jeffersonville reports a fourth violent death in the Owsley family. Benjamin S. Owsley's former Utica ties, two marriages to Rose Underwood and Ada Brown Schneider are noted. Ada Brown Schneider, once married to Joseph Schneider, was tried for murder in St. Louis but the jury disagreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Benjamin S. Owsley
St. Louis
Owsley
Utica
Clark County
Rose Underwood
Ada. Brown Schneider
Joseph Schneider
Ownsley
Freak Animal Captured Near Connersville
Will Hanson and Fred Volz captured a remarkable creature northwest of Connersville on May 15. The animal, about rat size with a weasel body head like a squirrel and long sharp claws, was found in a log hollow. It has thin light brown fur and is very quiet, sleeping most of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Will Hanson
Fred Volz
Policeman Kills Rattlesnake Found in Hay Load
Officer Ira C. Corner heard a buzzing sound in the business district and, shining a light, found a rattlesnake ready to strike. The reptile, with five rattles, was clubbed to death. It is believed the rattler arrived in town in a load of hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ira C. Corner
Aload
Dynamite did not explode in street collision
A delivery wagon driven by Ray Hunter and Fred ShupCoight was struck by a traction car in Tipton on May 13. Dynamite boxes were knocked into the street. the horse and wagon were dragged about fifty feet, but the dynamite did not explode. Hunter and ShupCoight escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Ray
Unter
Fred Shup- Coight
Hunter
Judge frees Reed on pending charges in Hope case
Judge Wickens of the Bartholomew circuit court dismissed all remaining charges against Enzer Reed, jailed for dynamiting the Hope school heating plant. The state had argued several cases were pending, but Reed’s defense contended parallel bond terms triggered dismissal. The court allowed an appeal, then sustained dismissal as the state did not pursue it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Wickens
Bartholomew
Indiana
Enzer Reed
Hope
State Board
Reed
Indiana News In Brief Highlights Local Incidents
Clinton organizes a Veterans camp with 30 charter members aiming for 100 by Memorial Day. Elwood man 20 jailed for allegedly stealing and damaging a Dr. Mendenhall auto. Spiceland to transfer 20 Henry County orphans to Indianapolis. Evansville probate lists Fredrik Cook estate at 269000 mostly stocks and bonds. Evansville arrest of Oliver Brown wanted in St Louis for assault with intent to kill. Marion administrator Hubert gains 1500 damages from a Chesapeake & Ohio train death case. Shelbyville gas explosion injures Mrs Emma Smith while removing a pie. Lawrenceburg arrest for breaking into a house with intent to commit murder. Terre Haute cab attack after a 50 cent fare. plaintiff had suit for 5000 against Terre Haute Transfer. Muncie Woman’s Franchise League denounces Terre Haute civic conditions and expresses views from the Donn Roberts trial. Aurora sixteenth grader Williams North writes father from New Mexico seeking return and war plans. Anderson damages suit of 2500 over an injury near a melon patch in Madison circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Elwood
Herman Dean
F. F. Mendenhall
Spiceland
Henry County
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fredrik W. Cook
Oliver Brown
St. Louis
Marion
Lawrenceburg
Charles T. Day
Fairview Pike
George H. Manford
Terre Haute
Solon D. Freeman
Freeman
Melon
Madison
Circuit’ Court
George
Pettigrew
Farmer
Fendi
Berty
Potlegen
Turkish bath misadventure ends in odd cure for chest pain
Tibbits MacGee awoke with chest pain and sought a Turkish bath. In a bizarre sequence at McFlumperty and Cohen's he suffered ice pressure, slaps, a locked room, a 13 horsepower hose, being hung by the heels, and a carpet beating before being volleyed for 30 minutes by seven Turks. The chest pain vanished, and funeral flowers marked the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibbits MacGee
MacGee
McFlumperty & Cohen
Cure for Infant Eruption Credited to Cuticura
A Jackson Missouri family reports their ten month old daughter suffered red spots and bloody sores before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After days of relief the child slept better and a week later was fully well, according to August F. Bartels in 1912. Cuticura sold globally with a free 32 page Skin Book offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
August F. Bartels
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Putting Up a Profitable Front
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote notes a young waiter with a striking look and unusually high tips. It highlights his success in a lunchroom where he earned more tips than his peers combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Advertisement and Slogan
An early 20th century advertisement touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for quick relief from stomach acid heartburn and nausea. It promotes trial boxes at 372 Pearl Street New York and mixes social blurbs with other ads about products and advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Pearl St
New York
Law son quotes clubman taxi exchange on tariff and trusts
Thomas W. Law son, Boston financier, recalls Pierpont Morgan and compares dissolving a trust to scrambling an egg. A taxiing clubman asks the chauffeur about fare and says to back up to a quarter, noting he has only that amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierpont Morgan
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
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