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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
4
The Advance Hustler of Advance Indiana lists pricing for year subscriptions and short terms, single copies, and advertising charges. It notes in advance cash terms, and mentions card of thanks and resolutions per line, with a 1911 second class matter registration at Advance, Indiana.
Ermel Meadows mentions Janette Jones of Gadsen. Lora McClaine’s barber shop gets a new paint job. Walbur Deatrick of Lebanon visited Advance. John Yager visited Dave and Mrs. McClellan. John Caldwell and Chas Forbes left to visit relatives in Kewanna. Rev. C. J. Everson to speak at M. E. church April 29. Ross Caldwell renting a room in Thorntown to take orders for suits. Ivan Wall in charge of the shop here. Mt Zion district celebrates old school building as a community building with dedication April 25. Dr. Hall and W. E. Lucas did business in Indianapolis. Born to Walter and Mrs. McLaughlin a girl Ethel Ann. Fulwiders spent Sunday with Jamestown relatives. Albert Kernodle owns a new Sun automobile. Uncle WilliamRoha rd Hypes and saffras tonic joke about hens and roosters. Wanted to buy old iron rubber and rags. Frank Gregory phone No 9. Found glass front for an automobile lamp at Hustler Office.
Mrs John Nicely and Mrs Clay Sheets visited Lebanon on Thursday. James Burriss' children have the mumps. Sparks and wife spent Tuesday with Chas Sparks and family. Prank River builds a new garage. John Campbell of Advance does the work. George Broshar and wife were Crawfordsville guests Sunday and recalled his sixty seventh birthday.
Vacation style notes list multiple households at Mt Zion and nearby towns as relatives visited Sunday and over the weekend. Names include Emmert Lucas Airhart Bush Sutton Washburn Tilford Farrow Graves Beauchamp Shields Farrow Lough Bartlett Whiteman Zimmerman Dale Bach Ellis Ross and others in Jamestown Lebanon and Danville areas.
Sick List notes Mrs. Anna Starwat under doctor care and Whildred Couchman injured by a crochet needle pushed through her hand by Dr. Fall who broke the needle’s point to remove it. The community reports a third similar accident in recent months. Mrs. John M. Randal of Dover visits Geo. McDaniel. cancer on her face improving but her father McDaniel remains unwell. Geo. McDaniel visits Wm. Rohn. bond between them strong. Mrs. A. N. Lewis is very ill with erysipelas spreading to a leg. two doctors attending. Frank Yager and Walter Dean appear steady. Aunt Poly Airhart also very sick.
Advance Bakery advertises low prices for fresh bread, claiming customers can buy cheaper than baking at home. The brief notice emphasizes value and affordability.
At the home of John W. Dean Mrs Ida Higgins is ill Emmett Graves is on the sick list Walter McDaniel's baby has been very ill since Saturday night Mrs Christopher Kincaid has been very sick this week.
Advance Christian St John Halstead and Minister Chas Farlow note Man's Day on the second Sunday in May with a Sunday school of 95 and a $2.39 collection. They urge loyalty to Christ and country and remind of church and Uncle Sam ties. Rev Halstead and Mrs Halstead were called south due to a relative's death.
A cluttered Advance Hustler column reports price predictions for flour and sugar within 90 days, local speeding fines, a Lebanon patriotic celebration with a big band, theater ads, a May community tent show, and estate sale notices. It also covers a 1917 quiet title suit in Boone County, an Andrew Loop estate sale, and various local business notices.
The King's Daughters announce a merit program in connection with an ice cream supper on Saturday night May 5. The event will feature bread cookies and pies from Advance Bakery for purchase and enjoyment.
The Rev Rector will unite Mr Monnie Yager and Miss Lucile Findley in marriage at 7 o'clock this evening at the bride's home near Pleasant View. The couple are noted as prominent young people with many friends awaiting congratulations. Bread for everyone at Advance market.
The Seniors will stage their annual class day exercises in the U S Assembly Friday afternoon April 27. A good program is planned and all are invited to attend. In Botany Mr Stansell asks a Freshman what is queer about flowers and the reply Quince they shoot before pistols.
Mr and Mrs Chas Hurt of near Huntington Mrs Clyde Hurt of Kentland and Ernest Hurt of Oxford come to the area to be with Mrs A N Lewis during illness. Mr and Mrs John W Jones of Lebanon visited numerous sick folk in this vicinity yesterday.
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