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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
6
Local letter from Hydropolis Louisiana dated Jan 5 1906 states a wife suffered three years with eczema on hands and eye. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition improved and full recovery followed with praise for the Cuticura remedies.
Two country borderers joke about thick water and thick milk as cows drink, noting the water being unusually stagnant. One man hopes the milk will not be thin for a couple of days, while the other agrees.
Advertisement notes that blueing keeps clothes white and unsightly garments look better when treated with Red Cross Ball Blue. It urges shoppers to buy the large 2 oz package at 5 cents from grocers.
A dialogue fragment questions Cap tain Slyme’s status as a regular army officer and notes Weezall Wright’s inquiry. The text states that he is charged with irregularities.
An old tale about Mrs Winslow's Funeral Syrup appears, noting softening for the gums reducing inflammation and colic relief. A British battleship anecdote from New York harbor includes a boast about a Biscay wind and four men holding Prince Louis' hat while anchors blew off coat buttons.
Edward Hoover, once a Chicago restaurant worker, grew convinced he was pursued by police after coworkers mocked him over a past incident involving a guest who placed a 250 stickpin in his coat. He fled to his parents in Shipshewana and was sent to an insane asylum after growing increasingly distressed.
At the national camp meeting near Yellow Creek Lake about 8000 attendees from twenty States and several foreign countries gathered as reformers urged changes in church apparel. The Saints chose to keep the plain garb they have worn for years, rejecting any alteration to the prevailing custom.
A touring car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Don Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. A J Ostendorf and a chauffeur from Indianapolis wrecked at Dayton. The vehicle skidded and somersaulted landing bottom side up at an embankment foot. Hawkins and Mrs Ostendorf were pinioned beneath the car with crushed legs and a severe cut. The other occupants suffered bruises. They had been visiting in Chicago and were bound for Indianapolis.
Farmers from Warsaw and surrounding country joined a saloon fight that has the city in fever, with a remonstrance petition to be filed with the Council as northern Indiana seeks to wipe saloons from that city. In Greensburg burglars hit St. Mary’s Roman Catholic church for the fifth time in three months, stealing from the mite box and setting a fire that caused about 7000 in damage, with bloodhounds tracking the arsonists for three blocks before losing the scent.
In Toledo Ohio 35 year old Joseph Shelran was found dying on Lake Shore tracks near Nillsburg. He may have fallen or been thrown from a train. Shelran carried 838 in bank certificates.
A musician George N. Arthur in Terre Haute shot himself after a dangerous X ray finger burn. In Evansville the tri-State fair was abandoned due to beer sale bans. In Crawfordsville O T Walker killed his wife Laura and then failed to kill himself, now jailed. In Anderson a woman was attacked on North Jackson Street by an unknown man leaving a seven inch neck wound. A boy’s stepmother left for Illinois, leaving two children home alone as neighbors threaten action over alleged abuse. Authorities review child guardianship amid the distress.
Secretary of agriculture Wilson returns from a western tour praising strong crop outlook and ample money in the West. He notes no panic or hard times, reports healthy farm prices, and warns of a potential fuel shortage as winter approaches while urging reforestation and careful management of forest reserves.
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou plans another crop relief program following Shaw era guidelines. Funds to be placed in banks for withdrawal by check and customs receipts directed to smaller institutions while larger funds go to distribution centers, with New York likely to receive a large share.
Richard Mansfield, famed American stage actor and multi talent artist of German birth, died Friday at his Seven Oaks summer home near New London Connecticut. He was born in 1857 in Seligoland Germany and achieved wide fame in roles from Koko in The Mikado to Richard, Carlos, Shylock, Alceste, and Peer Gynt, bringing great glory to the English speaking stage despite some missteps.
Farmers in Wayne County Pa pursue nightly marauding bears drawn to refuse cheese from G Smith and Son creamery near Haines. The chase spans from the post office to lakes, cattle pastures, and farms, ending when a bear is shot at Hamilton on the Stocker farm. Flewelshed about 300 pounds.
A Columbus Dispatch column quotes a penitentiary inmate noting most men have committed some crime. He argues prisons hold not only major felons but those who stole minor items and stresses the ease of ending up behind bars while others on the outside deserve similar scrutiny.
Cartoon joke from the Somerville Journal features Mr Strong asking about hypnotism and Mr Henpeck replying he is married, highlighting playful dialogue in a local humor page.
Free pamphlet details United States homestead laws and how to secure a quarter section of farming or grazing land free along the Chicago and Northwestern Railway lines in South Dakota and Wyoming and other states. Special excursion rates to homeseekers. Information on request to W. B. Kinskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago.
Baron Takaki states that four fifths of Japanese boys now study English and predicts it will soon be Japan’s language and then a global language.
An advertisement from J Cheney & Co offers a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hell's Catarrh Cure. It asserts the firm’s reliability, lists Toledo as location, and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy with 75¢ to $1.00 pricing. Also promotes Linll’s Family Pills for constipation. A Westminster Gazette quote notes a footman’s monosyllabic reply.
Ball Blue detergent advertised at five cents for a two ounce Sarge package. A brief note mentions Japan selling fish alive in street tanks.
Brooklyn woman Mary O'Brien says Peruna cured her stomach catarrh in five weeks after four years of illness and failed doctoring. M J Menneman of Nob writes of lasting cure with improved appetite and weight. The letters describe catarrh of the stomach as dyspepsia and note no medicine works unless it treats the catarrhal condition.
Miss Julian Butler of Appleton Wisconsin writes that after suffering catarrh of the stomach with sleep loss and pain after meals she took Perrina. Her appetite returned she gained strength and felt healthier overall.
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