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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
4
Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Ind offers a home cure for rheumatism including gout neuralgia lumbago and kidney pains claiming it banishes uric acid purifies the blood and restores energy. No climate change needed and proof mailed from Box R Notre Dame Ind.
Frank Yager advises cabbage plant seekers to see Joe Wail. Rev. C L Warsiler of the Evangelical Luthern church of Whitestowan visited with Mr. and Mrs. H O Bennett on Wednesday night and Thursday.
John Booker and wife visited Martha Hutchinson in North Salem. John Heath and wife spent Sunday with Dave Budd and family. William Butler and wife visited Dorsa Butler and wife of Jamestown. Mrs. Frank Heady visited Charley Sparks and wife. Frank Heady and mother attended the Heady reunion. Noble Richardson near Mace and Avery Zimmerman spent Sunday with William Butler.
Mrs. Lillith Heady spent over Sunday with her parents Charlee Sparks and wife. George Broshar and family attended the funeral of little Edgar Lasley Monday morning at Max. Elmer Wall and family and Frank Riner and family attended the surprise dinner for James Wall east of Max Sunday. Eva and Orpha Casey of Lebanon visited over Sunday with their uncle L. E. Wall and family.
Old Union notes report Rev Tarr filled his regular ap pointment both Sunday and Sunday night. Several locals visit kin and friends. Mrs Imber’s child ill with pneumonia. families of Hinton Grater Todd Jarrett Peterson and Todd are mentioned in Sunday visits and church matters.
In New Ross Justice Peterson court affidavits were filed against both men after a fight with a collie. Bronaugh pleaded guilty and was fined $1 plus $12.75 costs. Martin, the victor, pleaded not guilty and his trial is set for Linneburg this week.
Farmers should keep barn doors wide open to allow air circulation during hot weather. Closed doors cause hay to heat and become musty and can lead to barn fires from overheated hay. Open doors also reduce lightning risk in this heated season.
A writer coins Thermometeritis for heat and humidity stress as temperatures rise. The observer notes modern thermometers at street corners and homes may exaggerate discomfort, likening it to past generations’ conditions.
Lebanon R R13. Thomas Burris and wife spent Sunday with Andy Hunt and family. Mrs. Leona Melson and children of Max visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown Friday. Everet Groover and Calvin Clair of near Pittsboro visited with Warn Dillian and family Sunday. Ethel, Nealia and Nellie Jackson spent Sunday with Ethel Coombs. Andy Hunt and wife attended the funeral of Mrs. Taylor Hunt in Crawfordsville Tuesday. Sunday visitors at Lish Reese's were Harry Reese and wife and Joe Jackson and wife.
A writer lists thirteen reasons to shop locally, arguing that buying locally supports the community, keeps money circulating locally, and strengthens civic life. The points include personal trust, local taxes funding roads and schools, and mutual support during hardship.
Prosecutor Clouser investigated a fight in New Ross between Tom Bronaugh and a team led by Jas. Martin and his Scotch collie. Bronaugh, a local druggist, demanded higher concert subscriptions at Martin’s livery barn and allegedly threatened to “increase” Martin’s donations, leading to a physical altercation.
Farmers acknowledge a poor wheat yield while oat crops reach record levels. Early hopes for high quality grain are dashed as threshing yields confirm the disappointing start to the season.
The article notes wheat quality is poor with many fields downgraded to No Good, while oats look to be the year’s finest in history due to increased acreage and favorable spring conditions. Corn is rising as a reliable crop with good yields expected even without extra rain.
Health notes claim families endured a summer amid vast microbes and bacteria, flies and unclean cups. The piece laments lack of knowledge about air quality and criticizes contemporary medical fear while noting large families persisted despite doctors and microbes.
A chicken farmer asserts that twelve hens split into two groups of six received equal grain and bread except one group had bread soaked in wine. Over four months the wine fed hens produced 148 more eggs than the bread group. In a second test eight month old hens also fed this way outproduced by 87 eggs.
A railroad general counsel distinguishes tramp from hobo noting tramp means a wandering idle person while hobo refers to a shifting laborer. He says officials rarely use either label except for individuals who are actual hobos or tramps and not to describe the broader field of track walkers and beat riders.
A rural notice notes katydid calls signaling frost in about six weeks, around early September. Farmers report harvests six weeks late this year as delays push crops toward a cooler, shorter growing season.
A discussion of Catskill region lore and Dutch tradition tied to Washington Irving. The piece recalls Rip Van Winkle and Natty Bumpo, and describes views from a Hudson valley cliff, Kaaterskill stream, Laurel House falls, and the fairy reputation Irving gave the mountains.
A dialogue piece features a tramp who joins the Dont Worry club and shows indifference to losing his job Miss Oddways critiques a friend who has not seen Mr Vermilions paintings and is surprised by his notoriety claiming a work in every Paris saloon
In Georgia near Waycross a sunning alligator blocked a rural mail route prompting a driver to prod the reptile with a pole. The animal moved aside and the mail delivery continued as scheduled.
Washington DC will conduct a nationwide test of beer by Drs. Doolittle Mitchell and Dunlap of the pure food board to determine what constitutes beer. The examination aims to establish standards for brewing products across breweries.
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