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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
2
Decatur Fort Wayne and Springfield railway faces another sale by Receiver French Quinn after a prior bid failed. Ten days notice will be given for a private sale to the highest bidder with terms of 35000 cash five thousand in thirty days four thousand in sixty days and the remaining balance in four months. Purchasers pay operating costs between first and final payments.
Subscriptions total 63 720 50 toward a 125 000 goal to secure a 125 000 gift from the J A Brunt estate. Largest gift 620 from Kappa Alpha Phi members. 1 000 gifts from Philadelphia Quartz Company and Mr and Mrs W H Stanton of Chester Pa. Sefton Manufacturing also gave 1 000. Union meeting at First M E church featured E Stacy of Indianapolis Y M C A state secretary and stereopticon views of Y M C A homes. Local men spoke briefly.
A list of patents issued to Indiana residents includes John Q. Clarke Crawfordsville for a corm drier Harry C Clay Columbus assigned to Emerson branting ham Rockford TN for a scarifier Edgar W Cleveland assigned to National Automatic Tool Richmond for a self lining top holder Emanuel M Cook Indianapolis for an element for automatic fire extinguishers Everett B Fewell Madison for an artificial tooth Lenpha A Felsom Boonville John J Gaynor Indianapolis assigned to Progress Machine for a botte capping machine Edward M Heylman South Bend for a cultivator Daniel P Kurtz Elkhart for a hot air furnace Charles R Monre Lafayette for a recording instrument Tiness E Neal Anderson for a liner for pneumatic tires Charles C F Nieschang Fort Wayne for an inhaler Farry O Pitte Carthage for a framing board.
The first annual fruit show in Madison County ended recently drawing hundreds. The display featured more than sixty varieties of apples and pears grown in the county over the last two days.
Princeton Protestant and affiliated churches plan a large undenominational revival meeting starting in November. The event aims to draw local residents for a broad gospel outreach and community prayer.
Two men on a tandem motorcycle robbed Earl Smith, a bookkeeper at the Latta Creek Coal Company office near Jacksonville, Greene County, escaping with $8500 brought to pay miners. A $500 reward is offered. a posse and sheriffs across Indiana and Illinois are alerted.
Charley Bromley surrendered at the Indiana Reformatory for parole violation from 1912. He says he wandered the world after release, was in Italy during the European war, saved from army service by an American consul, then decided to return to the reformatory. Born in Dekalb county, he was imprisoned at 17 for burglary from 1964 to 197? and paroled in 1912, later failing to report.
Ft Wayne city schools will close Friday and Saturday October 28 and 29 so teachers can attend the annual state teachers meeting in Indianapolis. The board decided not to close for the northern Indiana meeting next April after teachers voted to attend the state event.
Hammond North Harbor area soon to hum with 300 railroad workers as 10000 cars await repairs. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company fronts big yards and repair shops, with stores and homes rising rapidly near Whiting and Indiana Harbor.
Bloomfield-D. B. Rush of Owensburg was fined $10 and costs in Greene Circuit Court after a jury found him guilty of selling camphor with insufficient alcohol labeling. The case centered on a 15 cent sale and improper labeling of alcohol content.
Lafayette David Fauset a 50 year old farmer living near Delphi was found dead on the back porch of his home. He had been in poor health for some time and apparently killed himself with a shotgun. A daughter discovered the body.
brief OCR reads of a local newspaper note describe an incident where an individual was struck by a car. details are incomplete but indicate an auto collision with injuries reported and authorities responding. further specifics on location or identities are not legible.
A storied analysis argues that mental planning decides athletic triumphs. Ted Meradith of the University of Pennsylvania defeats Birdingham of Harvard in the half mile, using early pace to unsettle the rival and finish strong. The piece cites John McGraw and Jim Jeffries as examples of strategic thinking in sports and stresses training the mind alongside the body.
A fragmentary feature notes the 1880s onward rise of science and nature interpretation. It argues that close study of reality yields progress in knowledge and practical life conveniences, highlighting the era’s broad impact on utilities.
Cuticura Soap Baths offer infants and children relief from eczema, rashes, itchings, and chafings, claiming to restore sleep and comfort. They are marketed as ideal for nursery and toilet use, with free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept XY, Boston.
A fragmentary dialogue notes blame over a car crash with a driver and passenger arguing about driving care. It contrasts injuries with a laundress praising a cleaner product and ends with a proverb about asking a newspaper to speak for a man.
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