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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
4
A clash at the Lumber Yard involved Dunden Red and Yellow Jacket. The incident description notes a fainip and a cask cecal but details are unclear from the fragment.
The Eichman Stevens stock company plans a tent show here starting Monday May 1 with a strong cast including Guy Cauffman Howard Race Eddie Kraner Le Roy Lewis Bernard Crossow Ralph Bringham Marshall Steffenson Constance Cauffman Blanche Tarver Peggie Kraner and June Morris They will perform plays such as Kentucky Sue A Fight for Honor Sold for Marriage A Son of the Desert St Elmo Mother and Son The District Attorney and A Daughter of the South with full scenery and transport by motor trucks and an eight passenger car They arrive Sunday for a week in May plus noted local visits and family news from area residents.
The town embarks on a Spring Clean-Up with higher community dividends and urges Paint-Up to improve exteriors. Neighbors are urged to inspect houses barns and out-buildings while painting every few years to improve memory and curb appeal. The piece suggests tearing down dilapidated structures or repairing and painting them, including old coal houses, which could be wrapped in morning glory vines if painting is too costly.
Wim. Pittenger and family were in Lebanon Monday afternoon. Chas. Thompson and son Ray mond of Advance did some papering for Elisha Higgs Monday. Otto Threlkeld and family took dinner Sunday with Baxter Brubec k and wife. Otis Wrecht from DePauw University visited Saturday night and Sunday with Elisha Higgs and family.
J W James was in Lebanon Tuesday. Bliss Milda Bobblett visits sister Mrs Baxter Brubeck. Mrs Will Pittenger and children stayed Thursday night with Robt Ferguson. J W James returned home Saturday after visiting with Harry James. Mrs Harry James and son Delbert visited from Wednesday to Friday with her parents Mr and Mrs B A Kinkeed of Lawoga.
Dan Ryan and wife and Den nis Shanahan attended Mr Bushs funeral at Lebanon on Saturday. George Ray and wife visited their son Earl the previous Monday. John Young and wife called on Otha McDaniel near Potts School House on Sunday. Joe Dean and son Rollie hauled logs to Max on Monday. Lew Owens and wife hosted Ira Scott and family near Thorntown Sunday. Charles Bean and family Ed Hypes and family James Van Horn and family visited Virgil VanHorn and wife last Sunday.
A collection of humorous and odd notices from Lebanon and nearby towns recounting a dog incident with Mr. Price, a strange moral about doing good at cost, a dogged tale of a Christianized animal keeper H F McDaniel, a dramatic rooster death, a breakfast tactic to coax husbands, and a dead fly bounty tale from Ladoga Leader.
Mrs Aliie Hedge of Jamestown spent last week with her sister Mrs R M Billingsly Howard Dayton and wife visited Ira Guthridge and family of Hedge Valley Sunday Mrs Maude Hedge visited her parents near Ward Sunday Lew Owens moved the old house east of the old school to his place for use as a tool shed Dinner guests included S Z Billingsly J D Knox Frank and Earl Self Orly Steward and M M Edgington reported sick horses James Galladay of Advance spent Monday with Albert Hendrix and wife Albert Rightenour and family from near New Ross visited Maggie Beck and son Frank Ralph Jones had a work horse crippled by hogs E R Proffitt bought hay from James Martin earlier in the week
The Advance Hustler Advance Indiana lists pricing including year and six month subs, three month and single copy rates. It notes cash payment requirements and column inch rates for display ads, local notices, obituaries, and extra line lengths. Includes clerical rates for banks and resolutions and mentions associations with the Commercial Club and Indiana Associated Weeklies.
A 23 second class mail matter entry shows delivery at the Advance Indiana post office on March 3 under the 1879 act. The note records official mailing status and classification for historical postal processing.
Oscar E Kelley and Ora Ic Daniel led a large attendance of 145 for the Lest school year event. A 11.5 collection benefited orphans and elderly homes. Mr Pointer spoke at the workers conference. Mrs Riner plans to deliver the Sunday message. Special singing and Easter reading by Ula Ward noted.
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