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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
4
In Advance Indiana the Advance Hustler notes weekly ads and subscriptions while reporting on community events. A large basket dinner at Jasper Furgeson’s draws many residents, including the Furgeson and Gregory families, with numerous other locals attending prior and after events.
About 900 people attended the Pleasant View church ceremony in Jefferson Township to unveil a granite marker commemorating Pleasant View church and the first church site. The program included talks, songs, a history by Rev. A W Cash, and an unveiling by Miss Margaret Bowen.
A roundup of weekend visits and gatherings includes Wm. Walker and family attending a big show in Crawfordsville last Tuesday and purchasing a new Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson attended a birthday dinner at Joseph Ferguson’s home near Thorntown. Mrs. Forest Claggett and daughter Daphne of Kentucky visited relatives locally, with Claggett being a former resident and daughter of Mrs. Dennis Willett. Charles Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Foster of Michigan, was reported drowned the previous Friday. Mrs. Claggett and daughter Daphne joined other locals visiting Elisha Higgs and Bruce Pickering families Sunday.
Sunday school drew 120 attendees with a collection of 1.97 dollars. The pastor preached an engaging sermon from Rev 2 3 4 in the morning. The church will hold its final business meeting of the year on Tuesday evening August 15. An all day picnic is planned for Thursday August 17 at Frank Riners Grove.
Marriage licenses were issued today to Bettie Hinton of Union and Jas Harshbarger of Jamestown.
Advance R. R. 21 Evert and Joe Graves and Frank Heady were in Lebanon Monday. Mrs. Martha Graves and Mrs. Nicely were in Jamestown Saturday. Roy Swindler and wife are the proud parents of a baby girl born Aug. 2. Virgil Vanhorn and family and Virgil Smith and Emery Ford and wife spent Sunday at Frank Riner's. Francis Caplinger spent Sunday with Ruie Broshar.
Alfred E Linfield delivers Sundays sermons on The Prophet's Call as part of Amos series. In evening he shares impressions of Epworth Institute Battleground July last week, largest ever. Girls program praised. Mable Ross supervised. picnic set for August 23 at Wm Ford's woods. Sunday S S attendance noted.
Advance Christian Disciple Oscar E Kelley and Ora McDaniel spoke as Supt S S and church support grew though crowd was small 84 attendance and 7.18 offering sent to Ashley Johnson College of Bethany Park Tenn where flood damaged property. Bro Kelley will speak at workers conference Sunday with Mark Wall family and Esther Sparks traveling to Bethany Park for ten days.
The Sixty-first Boone County Fair at Lebanon Indiana August 22 25 1916 offers a 7500 in premium and purses plus county and adjoining county races open to Montgomery Hendricks Marion Hamilton and Clinton with no prior professional starts. Seven professional harness races 400 purses plus a Boone County Derby Day running program and additional sprint events promise a record attendance.
Miss Ruth Wright was the guest of Miss Ruth Ford on Sunday. Mrs. Catherine Boda is visiting W. A. Ford.
Mrs Myrtle Young and her daughters Helen and Evelyn of Chicago visit sister Mrs B L Smiley. Mrs Smiley and children Ruth and Albert will join them Friday to visit the Young and Smiley parents in Willow Hill Illinois for a few days.
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