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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
7
A Confederate guard thanks the narrator for exposing a Union spy, a young woman who signaled for the Confederates and was captured with files on corps and weapons. The narrator, saved by a surprise Union attack, faces possible desertion charges but is spared. The spy, Mac Cracken, is named, praised for bold reconnaissance. The narrator closes by noting he has since tended to his own business.
A Union private recounts a Civil War incident in Virginia where he found a girl signaling the enemy from a tree. He abandoned his post hoping for promotion, faced arrest for breach of duty, and was released with imputation.
A Boston Globe excerpt recalls a smaller Northern state’s towns failing to fill quotas early in the Civil War. A single company, organized from the delay, served first at the Wilderness and faced heavy combat as its captain urged bold action with forty rounds before retreat.
A Monticello Kentucky resident recalls how locals greeted Federal troops advancing on the town after Confederate forces. An elderly woman proclaimed when she saw the flag coming she threw her bonnet on the ground and stomped on it in defiant support.
Henry Roesener superintendent of the German Protestant Orphans Home in Indianapolis was arrested on charges of whipping 15 year old inmate Bessie Sturgeon with a sewing machine belt after she refused to help wash dishes. The arrest followed actions by the Indianapolis Humane Society. Roesener was released on a 41 dollar cash bond.
Charles W. Caldwell, a Columbus attorney famed for a DC suit to remove Philander C. Knox, was captured in his office after an all night chase led by A. M. Remy of Elizabethtown. Caldwell, 30, faces bond set at 300 dollars but could not post and remained jailed. his wife has filed for divorce.
A 500 pound bell in Butler College Indianapolis ruptured its fastenings while rung to celebrate Victoria defeat of Depauw University. It smashed through the tower roof into the chapel 100 feet below as students nearby narrowly escaped being crushed. The prior night the chapel was crowded for an event, and a fall then could have killed many.
Thieves robbed a St. Anthony car carrying Catholic Church Extension Society funds in Ivansville during Mass. A glass bowl on the altar held nearly $1,000 in silver and gold donated by communicants. The Chicago based society had sent the car on a cross state tour.
Joseph P. Sobeski was arrested in La Porte after a mobile chase. He admitted to robbing a sporting goods store of $1,000 worth of goods, wrecking the building by explosion and fire, stealing a race horse, and burning three summer cottages at Fish Trap Lake three months earlier. Part of the stolen plunder was recovered.
Columbus police locate Nelson Dixon in the deserted Cerealine mill, bleeding from the mouth and unconscious. A physician reports apoplexy, with little chance for recovery.
An alleged kidnap attempt targeting Willie Hamilton son of a North Vincennes contractor occurred recently. The would be abductor gave his name as J. E. White of Texas, age 30, to police.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills claim to avoid grinding laxatives by gently stimulating the liver and stomach to restore function. The ad touts benefits for digestion, blood enrichment, and nerve support, stating no calomel or dope and a 25 cent price.
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