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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
2
A quirky column notes trends from vacation days to fashion shifts, including gowns, sun exposure, and summer skirts. It jokes about heat’s effects on boys, clothing, and social habits, mentions a Boston savant predicting flat feet, and cites a self performed French operation while highlighting oddball social observations.
A collage of humorous observations and social remarks on fashion health careers transport and aviation culture. It notes corset dangers New York teachers car rides and public attitudes toward women and labor. The piece jests about dirigibles bench etiquette and aviator unions.
The article explains age assessment by milk and permanent teeth, noting accuracy until ages ten to twelve. It details tooth eruption, shedding timelines, and jaw bone signs from birth to five years, with aging beyond that relying on skull features.
Experts can estimate a horse’s age between five and ten by examining front teeth. Teeth wear patterns change with age, with crowns broadening and cavitations diminishing. Full dentition appears at five, and progressive wear marks determine age up to about ten years.
Town residents refuse to accept a marriage license numbered 1313 claiming it is bad luck. They are mistaken as the sequence carries no misfortune and may even confer double positive fortune.
Agricultural note by R. B. Rushing explains timing for oat hay harvest. Straw and grain balance, curing methods, weather considerations, and storage steps to prevent mold. Proper handling yields good feed for horses and cattle when combined with clover.
The article argues commercial fertilizers cannot replace humus in soil. It notes fertilizers plus manure or green manures plowed under produce strong early growth, especially on poor soils, but stresses the need to supply organic matter to sustain results.
The Missouri experiment station reports rape as the best forage crop for swine, sown with a few oats. Rape can be planted as early as spring work allows, or with oats. Dwarf Essex is the recommended variety, with five or six pounds sown ahead of the drill and then drilled in one-half.
Six hundred dozen jackrabbits were killed and shipped to Seattle and Spokane last winter at an average price of three dollars per dozen.
A well fed sow provides pigs a strong beginning in a farming note from Hfe, highlighting nutrition as key to early growth and litter vitality.
Farmers often overlook soil condition when planning fertilizer use. Applying fertilizer to soil not suited to reception and economics wastes time and money and reduces efficiency.
Advice on feeding laying hens with cooked lean meat chopped fine as a daily ounce per bird. Include half an ounce of chopped scalded alfalfa and one ounce of bran for balance.
The article extols outdoor exercise for the heart and lungs and links activity to a clearer complexion. It advises balancing activity and rest, proper hydration, and gentle routines, plus home remedies like castor oil, senna figs, sour milk for freckles, and simple home-made skin care using vegetables, rosewater, and cold cream from lard.
A guide from Mrs. Linncott offers tips for a fifteenth wedding anniversary. Invitations feature hand mirrors and glass motifs. Table decor centers on small mirrors, a glass bowl with flowers, red carnations, glass dishes, and glass trays for service. Souvenirs include tiny glass bottles with carnations and smilax.
The Dry Goods Economist notes belt finishes growing in popularity for smart dresses. Some dressy models use belt effects with dress materials and various leathers. Belts are ornamental and not meant to emphasize the figure.
A charming evening gown by Agnes features black and white chiffon over white lace foundation forming a front panel. The bodice is cut in a row V both back and front, filled with lace to a height, with the waist at its normal position and a ruby velvet accent knotted over a rhinestone buckle on the girdle.
Six art students hosted a farewell lunch for a friend about to study in Europe. The centerpiece featured a plaster Psyche sculpture, tall white china candlesticks, and name cards on easels with watercolor sketches. Bonbons resembled paint palettes and the ice cream served in paint pans with colored icing decorations.
A club of fourteen seeks a fresh entertaining plan for five hundred. Suggested menu limited to five items includes jellied chicken in molds garnished with egg and parsley cut sandwiches olives celery sticks filled with cottage cheese ice cream cones and coffee. A five at card stock with name and date serves as an inexpensive place card using gold ink.
Gracious host requests a straightforward luncheon plan. Propose a concise menu featuring a light starter, main course, and dessert with options suitable for varied tastes and dietary needs, plus beverages and a brief service flow. Include easy, affordable choices and clear portions.
The passage lists a first course menu with cantaloupe and sweetbreads on toast followed by riced potatoes cucumber and tomato salad cheese straws celery sticks filled with cheese nuts olives a hot biscuit iced tea and Spanish cream for dessert.
A plan for a hard time party by Mona emphasizes low cost and thrift. Use a red tablecloth wooden benches kitchen chairs candles tin and wooden dishes and inexpensive prizes such as tin horns and five and dime purchases. Bean bags soap bubbles old fashioned games and simple card games like old maid or casino are recommended for playful activities.
A letter advises caution in social dealings urging chaperoning and safe conduct. It stresses not accepting favors from unfamiliar men and recommends adults guide girls and young women, noting that guardianship applies to theater outings and age matters.
Mme Merri counsels safe dating by meeting the young man with a friend or family member present. She thanks the reader for using the typewriter.
The article notes white linen scarfs with eyelet and punch work in satin stitch are durable. It also highlights attractive scarves made of lace bands and openwork scrim, especially when paired with figured cretonne for cottage use, finished with a edging of the eluny.
A fragment notes a serum derived from a wild dusk duck yielding immunity to hay fever asthma and similar respiratory troubles. The text mentions Tiia and hints at a scientific breakthrough. Further details are unclear due to fragmentary source.
Lesson summarizes the mark of John the Baptist against Herod Antipas’ sins, citing Herod’s conscience, Herodias’ scheming, and the king’s oath. It contrasts Herod’s ruin with John’s steadfast witness and martyrdom, ending with John’s crown and Herod’s exile.
A rustic saying features a little brown hen quipping that quiet voices can offer good wisdom. The line emphasizes humility and listening over loudness without naming people or events.
A dialogue fragment shows a mistress asking for treason and Mary replying quietly that a man is a lance corporal, with a caption credited to Illustrated Bits.
The Queen Alexandra and the women of all ranks sold flowers on Alexandra Day to benefit London hospitals. The drive raised more than 150000 dollars and reports say England plans to repeat the tribute next year in honor of the queen mother’s charity efforts.
A well dressed man asked about silver cups on a jeweler’s counter and challenged for a race. He grabbed a cup and ran, the jeweler pursued him. The stranger won the cup in a lighthearted street scene captured by Keystone.
Official reports compare illiteracy in Germany Britain and the United States. Only three per 10 000 in Germany cannot read or write while Britain records 150 per 10 000 and the United States 770 per 10 000. The United States Bureau of Education issued the study for free distribution.
Erastus Pinkley laments trading a mule for a bushel of oats as the mule eats the oats while his back is turned. Miss Miami Brown asks what went wrong. Pinkley fears he cannot break even from the deal.
Rankin Dunfre, a local angler, recounts crossing a dark bridge when a loud splash drew him to the weeds where a 16 inch fish lay floundering. He credits the lantern with startling the fish from the water as he watched from the bank.
A Syracuse area businessman gave up back yards to currants and sought knowledge. He traveled to the city, bought a full year's edition of a standard work on current literature, drawing praise from his spouse for the study haul.
After a recess row over a game, Miss Martin held a school court and punished the combatants then dismissed pupils. She spoke to a bystander eight year old Guy who quipped about the phrase in the meantime.
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