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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
2
A collage of quips and notes ranging from the Prince of Wales reaching legal age to a Philadelphia hotel plan, plus comments on divorce, caustic jests about New York, expositions on China and labor, and satirical lines on aviation and crime. It quips about social trends, figures, and curiosities without a single cohesive story.
A Chicago woman who has been married thirteen years has just earned a high school diploma. The article notes marriage as a broad education for many women.
A Japanese statesman argues Japan should embrace a new religion to unite the nation. He notes the country already hosts hundreds of religious cults and Isms and suggests adopting a fresh belief system to guide society.
A public observer notes Boston women lag in fashion trends by still wearing hoop skirts in modern times. A street car conductor passenger exchange nicknamed the phrase Move forward, please.
In Medicine Hat the heat hits 100 while Battleford records 96 as the Canadian northwest presses for colder records. The piece notes a contrast in winter climate across regions highlighting extreme temperatures.
An Ohio man seeks a brain operation to cure gambling urges while the piece notes that many gambling venues claim to cure by wallets. A mother sparrow defending her nest in a nearby city causes a painter to fall and break his arm, illustrating common bird courage versus human respect.
A rest home in New Jersey reported paintings worth fifty thousand dollars sent from frames. A Pittsburgh jury ruled a woman who has not seen her husband for twenty seven years may consider herself a widow and fortunate he disappeared rather than remaining to provide support.
The article urges using rape as a fast growing hog pasture for fattening hogs and suggests growing pumpkins as a fallback feed. It notes that ordinary pasture provides little fattening exercise and highlights pumpkins and cowpeas as valuable late-season feeds. It also mentions sowing rape and pumpkins in corn fields and patches to ensure abundant fall pasture and smoother transition to corn feeding.
The Kansas Experiment Station describes a cattle fly repellent made from two bars of common laundry soap dissolved in warm water with 144 pounds of resin crushed fine, 1% pint of fish oil, water to make 3 gallons, and a pint of kerosene added before use. Apply with brush or spray about three times weekly until hair coats with resin. fewer applications later.
A farmer explains that feeding hens with small potatoes and other vegetables unfit for human use increases egg production. Boil these scraps and mix with bran or shorts to create a dry mash for better results.
The article notes hens cannot lay and molt simultaneously. Some writers claimed continuous laying during molt, but it is not true. A hen can lay while shedding feathers, yet once new feather growth begins the hen’s body uses all food and strength for that process.
Early pullets should be kept separate from cockerels to speed growth and prepare for fall egg production. Provide clean housing, powder lice if present, and a steady diet of bran beef scrap plus oyster shells. Separate birds reduce annoyance and help pullets mature quickly for autumn laying.
A seller remarks that the pasture might have affected milk yield after an buyer complains the cow did not produce as promised. The old Quaker notes the buyer should have also bought the pasture.
Farmers sell thrifty young stock, arguing these animals hold equal value for seller and buyer. The scene highlights individual farmers asserting ownership and market demand for their stock.
The lesson follows Jesus sending the disciples across the lake where a sudden storm tests faith and Jesus rebukes it, then reaching Gadara where a demon possessed man is freed. The narrative contrasts physical danger with moral danger, shows the disciples’ growing faith, and ends with the healed man returning to his home to witness God’s mercy.
A narrator recalls Lorimer, a gifted painter in southern California, whose warm studio draws neighbors and seethes with creative intensity. He mentors the narrator, values inner truth, and shares a forbidden love for the narrator’s cousin Lucy. Lorimer foresees a life of wife and children, sacrificing personal happiness to art.
The article surveys central Canada Western provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 16 million acres of wheat oats barley and flax. It notes favorable conditions in Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and a possible harvest reaching two hundred fifty million bushels of wheat. Weather has improved with rain benefiting crops and prospects look bright for the year.
Lord Chesterfield argues a young man should be overly dressed rather than undersized in attire. He says good style conveys self respect and maturity, and that society favors a well dressed man even if some mistake it for conceit.
William Shaw of the Christian Endeavor society shares a witty Boston after-dinner tale. A Back Bay girl asks how to spell devil while writing to Yale, insisting it describes her auntie's Christian and devil meetings.
A girl playing with water has her cup knocked over by her father who spills water on her. She protests that he has “wet me clear to my feelings” in a line from Everybody's Magazine.
A Sunday school teacher spots a girl and her younger brother leaving hurriedly. The distressed girl explains they must flee as Jimmy has swallowed a collection item, prompting immediate concern for their safety.
Stella asks if the resort has views and Bella replies it lacks views but is close to the moonlight. The exchange conveys a playful, casual chat about a seaside retreat and its romantic appeal.
A man finds four cigars on the mantelpiece and asks his daughter if Henry left them. She reveals Henry took them from his vest pocket to avoid breaking them last night and forgot, prompting a lighthearted laugh about careful speech.
Little Bobby and Mrs Skimper trade quips about dinner at the hostess home. Bobby boasts training for the meal by saving appetite and eating square meat first in a playful exchange.
A brief exchange shows a young woman asking for ties for her brother, while the clerk clarifies whether she means gentleman's neckwear, revealing a family shopping moment.
A courtroom style exchange unfolds with a dowager exposing her husband as the stout man questioned by Mrs Stranger and a judge moderating. The dialogue hints at identity and social perception within a theatrical interaction.
A proverb advises a bride to accept and cultivate happiness with her chosen spouse. The saying contrasts wedding etiquette with practical, contented partnership for lasting marriage.
The sentence notes that goodness and happiness influence each other and claims some friendships are easy to lose while others cannot be lost, reflecting on the bonds that endure versus those that fade.
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