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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
3
Mrs. William Bowman found a note demanding 600 dollars or life, threatening an explosion after payment. John Bowman was arrested, tried with a hung jury, and released on own recognizance. Trial set for May 3 before Justice Hamilton.
Mort Ronk of Indianapolis welcomed a daughter born April 20 to Mr and Mrs George Sperry. J T Bronaugh and son Kiefer attended in Martinsville. Jessie Gott visited Crawfordsville. Taylor Hunt from New Market visited town. Quarterly meeting held at M E church. Joe Davis visited Lebanon. Guy Adkins in Indianapolis. Louw Day from New Market in town. Marion Routh moved to Mrs Becks. Ela Shockley visited Jamestown. Maurine Smith of Lebanon visited grandparents. Dig Four depot reports a tele-jom on. Ed Inson of Roachdale in town. Doctor Bronaugh visited Crawfordsville. Jacies Heath moved west of town. F J Moore to Heath hotel. Georgie Leeke of Lizton teaches music Tuesdays and Fridays. Rose Petticord of Indianapolis visiting relatives. Drew Feathers and Clarence Bownin visited Geo Swisher. Jennie Walters and Maude Vipton visited Lillian Tefford. E H Waldron of Wilton Junction Iowa reports sciatic rheumatism cured by Chamberlains Pain Balm now free of pain. For sale by Joseph Bros.
Farmers await settled weather to plant corn. Local visits include Rev Newland and wife, Dr Stephenson and wife, and Stephen Clynes and family at J D Brown’s. Miss Loleta Thomas from Lebanon visits sister Oza Emmert. Grover Barker visits Chas Owen. Emma Owen visits her parents. Isaac Emmert and wife from Lebanon visit a farm. Wm T Owen in Lebanon. Jack Smith and family attend service at Advance. Ada Smith visits friends in Advance. Earnest McClear and wife visit parents. Chas Owen visits Clyde Clark. Uncle Wm Baber improving slowly.
Sunday gathering at Old Union included Hannah Scott and daughter with Rev Brown Carl Myers Wm Courtneys Chas Spangler Willie Poynter Lizzie Courtney Pearl Dale Clara Jackson. Andy Ross family visited Ora Heath. Miss Rosa Slavens visited Mr Mahoney Jamestown. Mrs Clay Slavens returned from Greencastle to care for ill mother. Rev W P Kibby to hold services at Old Union.
Tainted Money notes how John D. Rockefeller’s one hundred thousand dollars and a proposed Carnegie library in Stratford on Avon sparked public debate. The piece argues that public conscience weighs how wealth was earned and warns benefactors to consider reputational ethics.
A Columbus Ohio man Theo dore Schuele recounts a foot accident causing great pain. Physicians were helpless until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve applied, which quickly healed the deep wound. It also soothes burns, sold for 25 cents at Joseph Bros druggists.
An English woman presumed dead awoke while an undertaker measured her for a shroud and asked if she would be caught dead wearing ill fitting clothing. The tale suggests a joke on English propriety and wardrobe fads of the era.
Suffering from undigested food poisons, C G Grayson of Lula Mississippi writes that Dr King’s New Life Pills cured his stomach and bowel disorders. The pills, sold at Joseph Bros. drug store, are guaranteed for tonic laxative effects.
Market brief lists prices for poultry and fowl including hens, capons, ducks, geese. and grain items such as No 2 and No 3 wheat and dry corn. Cattle, hogs, lambs pricing shown with ranges for good shipping, medium shipping, and butcher stock.
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