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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
2
A census report shows over six and a half million school age children missed school in 1900 out of 24 million. The article links school absence to road conditions noting higher attendance in states with improved roads and lower attendance where roads were poor, urging road improvements for education.
Improved roads allow centralization of schools and construction of better buildings. In Dorhem county, the number of school houses dropped from 65 to 42 after highway improvements, with 17 being graded and multiroom, employing two or more teachers.
An Indiana farmer visiting Indianapolis with his family from near Gas City describes his auto as a blessing for quick trips and seeing the country. He recalls misjudging city shopping, noting local dealers offer similar goods at lower prices, aided by parcel post reducing the advantage of big stores.
A tale follows a wife who urges caution as her husband gambles on stock tips. He returns despondent noting wheat prices drop and fears ruin. After urging restraint and a modest lunch, he finally bets more and loses, then boasts a grand gain from a Wall Street surge.
A farmer recounts using an automobile for better profit and stresses consumer price differences between city and country stores. Roy B Simpson notes in The Farmer's Guide from Huottogiga Lodiana that editors will address why higher prices exist in next editorial.
A reader contrasts city and country schools noting better air water and food access in the countryside but education benefits in the city. The piece cites studies showing city children healthier on average and urges improvements such as nurse visits better ventilation proper furniture and shaded light in country classrooms to prevent deformities and eye strain.
A brief note reflects on directors visiting to learn and construct a sea caltous while emphasizing that the nation’s schools and conditions rest on the workers, quoting Wallaces’ Farmer.
Dr Sims Woodhead cites experiments showing alcohol in any dilution repels leucocytes, hindering their migration to infection sites. He warns alcohol in the blood prevents immune response, allowing disease organisms to entrench and cause severe outcomes, including fatal illness.
The Iowa state supreme court ordered the temporary closure of 86 saloons in Des Moines. A press dispatch reports the police department logged fewer arrests in the saloonless week, showing 94 total arrests without saloons compared with the prior period with saloons.
Portland writer argues against liquor licenses and state partnership with manufacturers, warning that stamping liquor as contraband harms morality and invites moral decline. He suggests banning saloons and denies license as a compromise, equating license with complicity in crime.
The article cites that under two percent of American men attend college yet this small group yields 7 760 of the nation s 10 000 readers across fields. Captain Hobson warns against the strong hold of universities on education and the need to break it. About 2 500 students in 100 colleges studied the inquiry problem in the first half of the school year with total yearly projections near 5 000. 30 to 40 colleges have given the course curricular standing for credit toward a degree. A New York Advertising Men s League meeting of 260 attendees reports an over drink of health to President Wilson in water.
Rome marks its 2666th birthday on April 21 with a general hosting of fig and illumination but no revival of the famed Feast of the Century last attempted in 1909 when the Forum and Palatine rang with Horace’s Alma Sol. Archaeological finds push Rome’s official birth date back centuries.
Dr. Clareces Crane of Boston University Medical School spoke on Fires Aid. He stressed surgical cleanliness and the need to thoroughly scrub hands whenever tending wounds to aid first aid.
Frank Bowman was in Crawfordsville Saturday. Bill Jaques of Trintown visited Friday. Marie Emmett from near Jamestown stayed with Hal Higgs Saturday night. Mark Bowman and Earl Threlkeld were guests of Emmett Walker Monday. Mort Edwards and son from Mace were here last Friday. Elisha Higgs sold his sheep at Mace last Monday. Tom Walker and wife visited Bill Walker Wednesday night. Bert Ferguson and family spent Sunday with Ora Ottenburg near Jamestown. Robert Ferguson and wife dined with Ray Pointer at Pear Old Union Sunday. Dinner guests with Elisha Higgs Sunday included Bill Walker, Mrs. Mariam Wright, and Chaney Emimert and family near Jamestown. Florence Pritt entered school at Danville Monday. Pearl Coolman of Thorntown visited over Sunday with Jamisa Cookman. A number of young people were entertained by Mary Stump at the bows of Pete Sievers Sunday. Pierce McClaine returned from a visit to Scott Co.
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