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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
4
Short column of classified style items includes subscription rates and advertising terms for Advance, Indiana, plus miscellaneous quips and an anecdote about boxing lessons ending in an ambulance. Also mentions DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve and Dr Kings New Life Pills from Joseph Bros.
A humorous verse about July predicting chaos at church activities. It envisions a woodtick biting a lecturer, a green worm on an organist, a minister begging for food, a tire puncture, a fainting choir singer, ants by jelly, a fall from a swing, and a broken collar bone, all amid a so called lovely time.
In a vivid vignette a boxer is described as intensely busy from dawn to dusk. The narrative pulses with focus on his daily master strokes and the inner drive behind his constant motion. It ends by portraying happiness tied to purposeful work and single minded devotion.
A battered witness recalls a streetcar confrontation ending in a black eye and broken teeth. He admits considering violent retaliation but chose to avoid escalating the clash.
An unhappy customer recounts paying 90 cents for a dollar ax at a local shop after a Chicago mail order price undercuts him by ten cents. He agreed to match terms, paying 2 cents postage 3 cents money order 25 cents express and faced delays, ending with $1.20 for a $1 ax plus extra costs and risk.
Article notes the Rosetta Stone, a black marble slab with hieroglyphics, could fetch a vast sum in auctions if claimed. It highlights the stone as the key to reading ancient Egyptian texts and mentions its discovery by French travelers and the eventual sale in Paris.
The Indiana State Fair opens September 9 in Indianapolis with a large scale program. Trotting and pacing purses total 24600, livestock show pavilion costs 130000, and premiums for show horses beef cattle and dairy cattle total about 19000. Webers Band from Cincinnati will perform twice daily and the Eagle Airship will give daily flights with free vaudeville. Extra department lists close August 20 and the five day fair promises elaborate ceremonies. Premium lists are available from Chas Downing, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture.
C Hays of Bluff Missouri touts Buckleen’s Arnica Salve as the quickest and surest healing salve for sores, barn or wood, or cuts of pies. Guaranteed by Jose a Bros. Druggists.
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