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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
2
A collage of light remarks and observations on summer life, travel costs, fishing, fashion, and social quirks. It riffs on heat, swimming, poetry, jokes about fish and bets, and snippets about culture, language shifts, and legal oddities. Nonchalant, terse vignettes mix humor with clipped commentary.
A Chicago physician argues Americans fail to save money due to broader habits rather than foresight. The piece notes social attitudes and contrasts with practical financial behavior while referencing a range of topics from unions to air travel.
Queen Mary of England enforces discipline by restricting the prince of Wales’s money allowance rather than using threats or punishments. This financial constraint effectively limits his public excesses and controls his lifestyle.
The author urges farmers to ease three and four year old colts into work, especially in heat, noting that green or half broken horses perform poorly under heavy tasks. Cites Virginia Valley practice of breaking two year olds gradually, with steady teams and skilled drivers, to prevent old sluggishness and poor temperament.
Farmers report four morning glory varieties, including field and hedge bindweed and the wild man of the earth vine. Remedies emphasize preventing seeding, careful plowing, salt or acid treatments for roots, and using hogs and lambs to reduce infestations. Regular cultivation and thorough cleaning of equipment limit spread, with alfalfa fields offering a rotation to curb seeding.
Peas and beans gain from nitrogenous fertilizer when soils lack nitrogen. Sodium nitrate offers quick action for topdressing but can wash into subsoil and may form crusts with continued use. Ammonium sulfate is more soil retaining.
Walter B Leutz argues the check row corn planter ensures exact kernel counts if seed size is uniform. He recommends planting four kernels per hill, hills three feet six inches apart, cautioning against planting until spring rains end and stressing strong germinating seed.
The notice describes that intelligence in buying dairy feeds increases the purchasing power of the dollar. It emphasizes prudent spending and smarter procurement to stretch limited dairy budgets.
Gardeners boost lettuce Swiss chard and spinach by growing under a cheese cloth canopy raised about five feet above ground by stakes or a light frame.
Fungicide spraying may control diseases of beans and tomatoes while diseases of eggplants and cucumbers prove harder to manage.
The agriculture department launches a nationwide drive modeled on cattle tick eradication to wipe out hog cholera. Beginning in Iowa and Indiana with serum from Dr. Dorsett, the program aims to halt spread, reduce losses, and lower meat prices through county by county quarantine and vaccination.
Carl Achilles describes a simple wind up device using an old buggy axle and wheels with two five foot sticks as arms and a bent crank rod. Two nails hold a cut block to insert the rod and wedges keep it tight. One man pushes while the other turns the crank to wind wire evenly.
Prompt manure handling can save or lose hundreds yearly as bacteria in heaps form ammonia and nitrates. Ammonia escapes to the air, while nitrates wash away with rains or run off, and some nitrates become nitrogen gas and exit the atmosphere.
Overchurning forms large lumps and increases moisture. The added buttermilk harms butter keeping quality and should not be churned into the product.
Advice warns riders to secure stall doors before leading a horse. If a door swings open unexpectedly the horse may snag its head and pull back, risking a severe neck injury or fatal accident. Secure doors first to prevent the horse from bolting or injuring itself.
The article notes black raspberries are more rank in growth than red varieties and should be planted farther apart. It highlights differences in habit and spacing for proper cultivation.
A farm feature explains a hay rack lift mounted between posts to ease changing wagon frames. One worker can lift and grease frames by driving the wagon through, placing the rack above wheels, then guiding it back into position as the wagon backs out. The method saves labor and time.
Ohio horticulture professor J. C. Whitten tells pomology students that two acres of quinces can yield more profit than twenty acres of apples. He says quinces fetch strong demand, store well, and with proper site selection and careful care, pruning, spraying, and picking, offer superior flavor for preserves and jellies.
Dr W E Hinds of the Alabama experiment station cautions that heat alone cannot make a reliable winter wash against San Jose scale. He distinguishes self boiled lime sulfur from fire boiled washes and recommends a 16 to 20 lb lime and 15 lb sulfur mix for 50 gallons, boiled 30 to 45 minutes for best effectiveness.
The article notes that fruit growing yields seasonal income while dairying provides monthly cash flow. A dairyman who manages well will see regular deposits each month and avoid cash shortages, with autumn fruit sales delivering a large profit that enhances the overall farm strategy.
A study notes that unmanaged live cats may kill hundreds of birds yearly. With roughly equal numbers of cats and people in the country, the toll could be vast. Cats operate after heavy rains when bird feathers are wet and young birds are helpless in trees.
Report shows a crowded gathering on a platform demanding faster installation of corner lamps. A burly speaker weighs 239 pounds and the crowd roars with enthusiasm as the meeting ends with a strong push for action. A separate anecdote recalls a German farmer alarming a druggist with concerns over small pox of butter.
A shopper asks about black kid gloves and the latest style. The shopman says they were in stock two days. She notes a fashion discrepancy and learns vice versa means seven buttons in French, then buys three pairs.
A man asks an improvident black laborer about money, and the reply shifts the focus from payment to the reason for the situation, with dialect rich in a humorous cadence. The exchange highlights social tensions and worker precarity in a vivid regional voice.
A comic domestic dispute between Mrs Newwed and Mr Newwed centers on a babysitting mishap. Mrs Newwed reveals she left the baby with her brother who watched the child while they were away. She found the baby playing with a deck of cards and poker chips upon returning home.
A brief quip notes a person renaming smoking as a sickarette and pledging to quit after a single cigarette, framing the act as a defiant stance against smoking.
A banter between a matrimonial agent and a girl ends with the judge noting she does not want a husband but a beau. The exchange centers on desires for virtue and romance, with humor around everyday pleasures like chocolates and outings.
He discusses traveling to Europe and concerns about tourist companies charging fees. She suggests going with one of the companies, but he opposes, saying they would charge. they should be able to do it for less.
Dialogue excerpt shows Queenie and George arguing about vanity and self perception as they spar over appearances and humor. The exchange hints at theme of self image and social behavior.
Dialog between characters Egbert and Bacon frames a humorous town memory about a bicycle rider famed for scorching. The exchange speculates the rider’s fate in another world after his bold mischief.
A society proposes to purchase all songs written by Will within a year. Patrice disputes the Humane Society interpretation and questions the offer’s scope.
A tense exchange turns on a suggestion to detain a man described as wearing false whiskes. The conversation questions his intent with “he must be up to something nefarious” and mentions the possibility he is an on duty or off duty umpire protecting himself.
A fragment hints at a classroom quip about oscillation and a playful jab calling a suitor a kissing bug. The exchange centers on humor in a classroom setting with a teased description of behavior.
A brief quip notes a back and forth about buttered bread in a London Sphere item. The dialogue contrasts patient and nurse reactions to buttering, hinting at social or domestic humor from a historical column.
A quoted exchange questions how a former executive arrived, noting the man was “only doing ordinary business transactions—merely taking stock.” The dialogue implies a transfer of power or presence linked to his corporate past.
The Reformer praises future anti trust laws while the Politician calls it unfair noting trusts have not threatened to abolish laws yet.
A fragmentary verse in archaic diction compares ownership of redbugs and bacon rind. The speaker parries claims of excess, humorously insisting others may possess more than he does while musing on shared spoils.
Senator Lodge praises a retort in a debate on immigration bill. The exchange recalls Weeks and his wife with a sharp quip about proposing, ending with Weeks calling the situation a cleverly caught fish. The dialogue shifts between political rhetoric and domestic sarcasm.
A seller hawks a purported battlefield sword offering two or three dollars with a choice of anecdote. The casual barter plays on treasure lore and light humor as the buyer negotiates the price.
Mrs Wombat jokes that men are feeble minded and incapable of choosing dinner. She confesses she has asked her husband for twenty years what he wants for dinner and he has never offered a suggestion.
A judge asks about a mover with a familiar pattern and a couple’s reference to numbered furniture, framing the exchange as a witty courtroom remark.
A conversational excerpt features two speakers debating travel. One quips about numerous journeys while the other notes the speaker’s worn condition as evidence of many stops likely exceeding seven. The exchange hints at a lively, humorous personal anecdote.
A narrator returns from travel to describe a remote village so obscure it did not issue souvenir postcards. The exchange notes the place’s remoteness and the lack of typical tourist mementos.
A young Willigroth boasts of being invited to a camphor ball, reflecting inexperience and boastful behavior. The anecdote centers on youthful indiscretion and self importance.
A humorous dialogue weighs marrying two suitors one older and the other younger. The older Mr. Wombat earns the same salary but is presumed to nag about expenses. The younger Mr. Wopp is blamed for not remembering lower prices. The joke favors the youthful option for lighter financial burdens.
The speaker jokes that modern readers have become too jaded to accept a gentle tone from novels. He quips that writers abandoned gentle reader as a futile appeal to a reader already hardened by contemporary fiction.
A buyer touts a chance of a lifetime to obtain a first edition of Shakespeare via a buying agent. Mr Richquicke dismisses the offer, calling it unreliable and meager.
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