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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
5
A seven and a half foot bald eagle was captured on the Kel River last Sunday. It was caught by the foot in a steel trap set by Freeter Armantrout for muskrat. Fred Fites helped release and move the bird to town for care.
A basement gas meter at the County Infirmary two miles south of Peru exploded Sunday night. The blast barely shook the structure and did not alarm inmates. Superintendent Ellars and staff prioritized evacuating inmates before three hours of fire suppression destroyed the building and consumed sixty tons of nearby coal.
A fire at Bunker Hill damaged Bunker property including Mullen's hardware store after starting around 12:30. The cause is under investigation with incendiary origin suspected. Insurance covers about half the loss. E L Mal and the Bunker Hill Press office owned by Silas Good reported $1,000 each. The blaze spread to neighboring buildings before it was stopped.
Administrator Charles W. Lone announces private sale of the Denver Cash Lumber Co stock and buildings in Denver Indiana after November 14 1903. Property includes a large lumber stock, established trade, and good location. Terms cash. Nort N Anrnm attorney.
A well dressed traveler alights in Denver after a train stop. He places a valise at a table chair and eats. The proprietor charges fifty cents for dinner and fifty cents for the chair. The traveler fills the empty valise with table provisions and carries them away.
Ruth Leedy ten died at home two miles north of Denver after a sudden illness that puzzled physicians. She had been in Peru with her parents Saturday. Funeral services were at the U B church Deedsville conducted by Elders Irvin and Fisher, with burial in Deedsville cemetery. Deedsville schools dismissed as tribute.
Elizabeth Leedy died at the county home Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from a paralysis stroke endured days earlier. She was seventy-one and had resided in the home for seventeen years. Surviving are a brother in Deedsville and three sisters in Wabash Denver and Warren. Funeral held Friday afternoon.
Cavendish Vermont resident S Le Quinn reports a household break in by a strange intruder Chronical Constipation. Dr Kings New Life Pills intervened and resolved the condition. Pills sold for 25 cents at W L Piper's Drug Store.
The school notes the death of Ruth Leedy and expresses gratitude for her contribution. They mourn the sudden loss and acknowledge the vacancy in the school community. Sympathy is offered to bereaved relatives and a copy of the resolutions will be sent to Alice Scussor Bertha Dewatcp Vevie Lockwoop.
John Lazro of Mexico filed in Kokomo for $15,000 damages claiming an auto collision north of the city over a year ago fractured his shoulder blade. The defendants say Lazro is nearly blind and may have stepped into the roadway. The Peru Journal notes the defense hinges on his eyesight and reaction.
Reports from the Superintendent of Public Instruction show Arbor Day celebrated nationwide in Indiana with official guidance on tree planting. Indiana schools may have set a new record. Roosevelt names likely to lead plantings, with Bird Day urged and creeping vines promoted as a new feature.
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