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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
5
The keynote speech denounces Congress for failing to pass constructive laws while spending millions to frame military victory as an odious history. It calls for repeal of war taxes, criminal prosecutions of profiteers, better railroad supervision, a national budget system, and woman suffrage.
Governor James W. Cox outlines support for entering the League of Nations with reservations to avoid misunderstandings, seeks repeal of war taxes, lower federal taxes, and replacement of excess profits tax with a business tax. He calls for pro labor measures, free speech rights, and stronger farm support including expanded tillable land and municipal markets.
The text outlines policy aims: cut tenantry and boost home ownership, tight railroad supervision, river usage, and a federal budget with reduced armaments. It endorses Prohibition enforcement, Woman Suffrage, vocational training for disabled soldiers, and federal balance in education. It criticizes Republicans for not advancing constructive laws and warns against reactionary ties to a “return to the normal.”
Governor James M. Cox urged straight thinking talking and acting in his acceptance address to a large Dayton crowd. He praised sacrifices for government and the preservation of institutions, stressing faith in those who served and suffered to sustain the nation.
The Pleasant Hill Threshers held a gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Riner on Tuesday night to settle bills and hire OW Piersoll for next year. The crowd enjoyed nine gallons of ice cream and joked about Fiersol 5. Kenneth Frazier plans Indianapolis work with hopes of eventual wealth. Lula Mullendore and Alice Fulwider visited the Whitescottons and Lasleys, while Col Arch Miller from Jamestown shopped for auctioneering work. The MBE Sunday School hosted an ice cream social and reported revival. Flescherman's Yeast advertised at Advance Meat Market.
Mrs Polly Harris visiting friends at Mace. Bacon priced 30e to 65¢ per pound at Advance Meat Market. Johnny Nisley and Joe Frazier consider spending the winter in Florida.
The Trustee of Jackson Township Boone County announces the Advisory Board will meet at the Bank Jamestown on September ith 1929 at 1 PM to approve estimated expenditures and tax levies for the year. Township expenditures 2 060 and township tax 3 cents per dollar. Local Tuition expenditures 20 400 and tax 30 cents. Special School Tax expenditures 27 200 and tax 40 cents. Poor tax expenditures 2 060 and tax 3 cents. Total expenditures 51 720 and total tax 76 cents per hundred dollars. Taxables: lands and improvements 4 9 000 000 personal property 1 900 000 net 6 800 000. polls 234. Signed Jas A Bowman Trustee. Dated August 5 1920.
The article traces Jean Paige from a Paris farm to Vitagraph where she lands an O Henry two reel feature. It notes her rise to leading woman roles for Harry T. Morey and Earle Williams in The Fortune Hunter and her current co starring in a serial with Joe Ryan.
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