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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
3
A Manitoba farm migrant recalls six years after starting with 400 capital. He rebuilt from near ruin, listing assets including 4 horses, 12 cattle, 400 purebred chickens and 125 turkeys. Revenue comes from garden crops, hay, grains, eggs, and livestock sales, with a well and poultry facilities highlighted.
A light exchange frames a magazine planning cycle with pages about last month and about next month. The dialogue hints at editorial pacing and the idea that content for the month is nearly complete.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to children showing signs of constipation and illness. It claims a teaspoonful acts as a safe inside cleanse, promising quick relief and a playful, well child after a few hours.
A customer asks if colors are fast at the hosiery counter. The clerk admits black is not a fast color and offers a streak of striped options as a quicker alternative.
An old advertisement promotes free Cuticura Soap and Ointment samples by mail to relieve itching and rashes in babies. It urges exclusive use to keep skin clear and mentions a postcard address for Cuticura, Dept. Boston. The page also contains a brief unrelated dialogue about a star actress.
An advertising notice touts Dr Pierce s Pellets as best for liver bowels and stomach claiming one pellet herbal laxative three for cathartic while noting a barber school correspondence course implies change ahead.
The USDA notes wide opinions on cherry pruning and cautions that dense tops reduce fruit size and ripening uniformity. Early shaping and timely thinning improve tree form and future yields, while neglect leads to sunlit openings and better health overall.
The article outlines pruning for cherry trees in early years to form strong stock and open heads. Open-center trees develop two secondary branches per limb, with some heading back to yield a stocky form. Central-leader trees require thinning and selective headback to keep the top open, with choice largely by grower.
A lesson outline on John 10 7 17 focuses on Jesus as the door and as the good shepherd with life abundant. It notes Jerusalem temple setting Oct AD 29 and urges teachers to model shepherd care through knowledge character and leadership.
Emperance Notes reports a circular from the Michigan Workmen's Compensation Mutual warning that liquor use is a major cause of injuries in mills, railways, and factories. It urges members to dismiss workers who drink, or push abstinence, to reduce moral hazards under the compensation law.
Rev Charles Stelzle told the Federal Council of Churches that workers fear job loss more than hell and that diverting liquor money to other industries could quadruple jobs and wages. He argued liquor employment is overstated and notes liquor firms buy only about $10 of farm produce per farmer annually.
A Muncie Indiana judge ruled that a man who becomes intoxicated may remain in a saloon to sleep off the drunkenness, saying it is his duty to do so rather than becoming a public expense at the jail. The court questioned the idea of sending the man to the jail for taxpayers to support, urging instead that he lie down in the saloon.
The state auditor reports rising real estate values with totals for 1908 and 1914 and personal property valuations. Governor Craig says North Carolina has never known a period of greater prosperity since prohibition, with city real estate appreciating and business thriving.
Prof. G. Sims Woodhead of Cambridge University argues alcohol masks core sensations such as pain thirst hunger and fatigue. He warns it may blunt warning signals while not addressing underlying causes and could worsen the basis for anesthetic leprosy related concerns.
Twenty five states and Alaska are dry with Utah first in the list and Indiana close behind. Wyoming New Mexico and Minnesota have submitted the question to voters while campaigns run in Missouri Ohio Texas Wisconsin Illinois Florida Pennsylvania Nevada. The dry movement stirs across most dry states.
A German-American journalist recalls a banquet tale from New York. He describes Germans eating whale and a school district visitor asks a boy if they eat whale flesh. The boy replies we do, and adds we leave the bones on the sides of our plates.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming instant improvement in hair health. It claims dandruff disappears, hair regrows fine and downy, scalp stops itching, and hair becomes light fluffy and lustrous after weeks of use. A 25 cent bottle is sold at stores as proof of results.
The late Jack London joked with a magazine editor about a $1,500 short story advance asking for upfront payment. The editor dismissed him, saying London’s stories are immortal but he is not, leaving the money unsettled.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for disorders from a disordered stomach and inactive liver. It claims relief for sick headache constipation sour stomach and other digestive issues with gentle laxative action and liver stimulation. Two doses relieve, according to fifty years of use in the United States and across civilized countries.
A child asks a troubling question about family history and inheritance of stance. The grandmother affirms, and the dialogue hints at a recurring pattern discussed in class.
Promote grove s Tasteless chill tonic with quinine and iron to drive out malaria and boost the system. Advertises 50 cents price and mentions Red Cross Ball Blue for laundress use. Encourages continued use and grocer availability.
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