09 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
1
Local social notes list visits and travel by residents including Ches Farlow Roachdale and Vera Harshbarger, Mabel Ryan Fillsboro and Wm. Ross, Arlie Hancock near Jamestown, and others. Several readers report better health, trips to Indianapolis and Lake Maxinkukee, and attendance at Whitestown dedication.
A wave of visits and gatherings fills the local scene with families from North Salem Lebanon and Indianapolis seen at homes churches and hospitals. Pisgah church house sold to Joe Lucas for two hundred dollars and the Baptist Association set for August at Mill Creek church.
The article contrasts lavish publicity for Dempsey versus the comparatively sparse coverage of major infrastructure events. It notes the Kempsey-Gibb bons prize fight in Shelby Montana and giant spends on aviation photography and promotion, while rail, hydro electric, and telecom investments receive minimal wire-sent coverage.
Lightning caused a remarkable sequence at the Hardway home as Winifred Scott Ivan Henry and families stayed in one room while a cedar tree mast struck the yard roof and walls. Nails burned torn strips and the house remained standing with peculiar effects spreading to every room except the occupied one.
Edgeland area voters favor a fifteen year street car franchise with motor bus auxiliaries after two years of unorganized jitney service. Cash fare set at ten cents. Election results cited from Edgewater New Jersey News.
The author argues rural weekly papers should be trusted for public relief as they are editorially independent from business interests. The piece stresses the freelance nature of country weeklies in expressing opinions on public questions.
Several Boone County residents witnessed a cyclone pass over the area late Sunday. Eyewitnesses described a small but very high cloud moving rapidly across the countryside causing alarm but no immediate reports of damage.
A Sunday School report from Shiloh Christian Church records a July 5 1885 reorganization with officers elected and class rosters listed. Notable names include J W Ross R Dean Wm Yager S L Surratt and James McDuffie among others marking the community’s pioneer church. A sale of Chester White hogs by J K Milner is noted for August 14 near Thorntown Indiana.
North Christian Church reports a profitable Sunday with the Crazil Rolls program led by Supt. Mrs. Oris Ashwell. The day featured songs, readings, and a sermon by R. N. Cloyd. Plans for a cooperative revival at Advance September 1-30 were discussed, with attendance urged and a chorus visit from Heath Memorial Methodist Church. A union service is planned for Wednesday with Ed Jackson speaking.
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