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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
4
Knight faces question about a play’s run while Stormington Barnes notes the company endured a long walk through rehearsals and travel. The exchange hints at production delays and logistical strains affecting performances.
Max Luke Jackson announces a new buggy and invites the public to an ice cream supper hosted by the Ladies Aid Society next Saturday night. A. Z. Sherrill and wife traveled to St Louis to visit Sherrill’s ill brother. O O Powell and family visited Earl Powell and wife in Boswell. Willie Telley and family visited Ogle Melson and family.
J P Lasley and family spent Sunday with Rev C A McConaughy. Edgar Jones and Edna of Thorntown visited Er nest Laller's family last week. Harve Wall and family of Mace called on George Mounts family. Mrs Louisa McMullen visited W H Nay on Sunday. Della Lasley worked for Mrs George Leeke near Ward. Walter Christler and family visited James Sutton's household on Sunday.
Jackson Township residents report attending the Bull Moose Meeting in Lebanon on Saturday. Several local names including Pittenger and Nicely appear in a sequence of Sunday and Monday visits and business trips to Advance Colfax Whitestown Max.
Mrs James Walker visited her son Tom Walker and family near New Ross on Wednesday. Easter Whiteley spent Thursday with Mrs Purl Whiteley. Arthur Swisher and wife visited the latters parents Joe Utson and wife on Wednesday. Mrs George Sparks and daughter Esther attended the Sunday School picnic on Thursday. Mrs Dre Shelley spent Thursday evening with her mother Mrs Will Hendrix. Verne Cornelius stayed Tuesday night with Gessie Roby near Mechanicsburg. Sunday visitors included Mary Ailes at Arthur Swisher, Ike Shelley at Abe Shelley, George Spanke and family at James Walters, Mrs Gray and son at Ora Sheleys, Mrs John Wells with her daughter, Mrs Rogers and Otis Shelley in Crawfordsville. Oli Whiteley and family attended the Whiteley reunion at Joe Moody's near New Ross on Sunday. The electrical storms have put most of the telephones out of commission.
Mrs John Kernodle and daughters Roxie and Nealia with Mrs Joe Jackson and daughter Nealia visit Otto Patterson family near Lebanon. Lish Reese loses a valuable concern Sunday. Edd Jackson and John Kernodle travel to Chicago. Marie Feree of Jamestown visits Nealia Jackson. George Dale and wife visit Elizabeth Jackson. Nellis and Ethel Jackson visit Forest Indiana. Mr John Whitecotton and children and Chas Thompson and family visit Lish Reese and family.
Mrs Roy Ailes was in Lebanon on Saturday and Sunday for a brief social and community engagement, according to local reports.
Harry Sprong and his wife of Zionville were guests of friends Sunday afternoon. They plan to remodel their house and move back here in the near future.
Jas Wilson Seo of Agriculture predicts beef prices will fall next winter as the large 2 8 billion bushel corn crop boosts feed supply. He notes past high meat costs stemmed from corn price and calls for grazing land reductions limiting cattle.
The piece critiques the impossible life of a preacher trapped between judgment and expectation. It contrasts the editor who reports current events with the preacher who prophesies the world to come, noting impossible standards for appearance, family, and conduct.
A writer says truth as a standard hurts newspaper profits, while the press may praise clergy for rosy spectacle. The sermon, the pen, and the gravestone are seen as partners in sanctifying public virtue, smoothing flaws and magnifying virtue.
Miss Laura Bryant of Ithaca New York told Marion county teachers at the county institute that singing is a cure for all diseases including tuberculosis. She attributed the healing to deep breathing plus proper jaw posture and vocal release for clear tone.
N S Carter and family and Mrs Chas Mills and daughter Pearl took dinner with Tom Rohn and family Tuesday.
In Spokane Washington a six year old boy endured his third operation in one week without anesthesia. Doctors grafted a two inch square piece of skin onto his shoulder to cover an open wound from a past accident when he was trapped under a street car while coasting.
George W. Wilson rehearsed with Edwin Booth at the Boston Museum. Wilson asked Booth where to stand and Booth suggested Barrett usually places him on the other side of the stage. Booth vowed to find Wilson wherever he was.
In a mixed court, a charge of arson was preferred against a shop keeper on Woosung road. After evidence was heard the accused was discharged. His assistant faced six weeks imprisonment for carelessness related to the outbreak.
In Douai northern France an engineer testing a new motor on a biplane in M. Moineaux’s shed was pulled into the propeller by a muffler. He was scalped and suffered a fractured skull, died from the injuries.
The question is not the name used by dining room chiefs but the impact on tipping. Will tips rise with the prestige of the title, or remain unchanged as diners face higher charges?
A woodcutter at Moisson in the Forest of Compeigne uncovered a box in an old oak trunk. Inside lay $700 in gold pieces stained with human blood, the coins having rested there for nearly a century.
A private Bedfordshire zoo reported an ostrich death after it ate seven pounds of stones and a bicycle puncture cut. London Punch notes the stones may have been eaten to treat an internal wound from a sharp edge.
A man wrote to a Greece bound friend asking him to buy books. He delayed the task but claimed later that the letter about the books never arrived, excusing himself when they met to avoid offense.
A brief quote from Mosaic Essays by Paul Elder invites appreciation of life for love, work, play, and wonder under the stars, framing a reflective note on everyday meaning.
A quoted line from Lillyan Shaffner's Love and Friendship explores themes of love and friendship as ways for people to understand each other and gain insight into human relations.
A terse exchange from the Poston Tran script shows a humorously evasive dialogue about playing by ear. Parks responds wryly that his wife plays by ear but not by his ear if he can help it.
A subsidence at Intake near the turnpike caused by a long abandoned colliery shaft gave way beneath a field. A pedestrian heard a rumble and saw earth collapse revealing a shaft 60 feet deep.
A Philadelphia debutante chased, caught two thieves who snatched her bag, retrieved her property, and escorted the culprits to a policeman. The tale underscores self reliance and bravery replacing old notions of helplessness.
A barrister, after a lengthy plea, declared he would address the court on Friday. The chief justice replied that the court would hear him on Friday but pleasure was out of the question long ago.
John Wilson a naval pensioner died in Bexhill Sussex aged 102 and did not know he was a centenarian. His true age was found after his death when his naval service papers were examined. Previously his age had been estimated from his baptismal date at 99. London Daily Mail.
Tommy Dewitt, living frugally to pay college expenses, hides on a Maine island catching his own food. Four intruders arrive, share a simple chowder, and Tommy reveals his love as he and Helena talk on the beach about waiting and forgiveness.
A queenly Boola-Boola from the Cannibal Islands declares the dressmakers of London Paris and New York have nothing on her as she enters a grand ballroom, her necklace of missionary teeth gleaming.
A cautionary note warns against free offers in advertisements. The author argues that truly free items come at a price and that those who offer nothing are appealing to dishonest impulses. The piece condemns bargain hunters as potentially blameworthy.
Death of infant Chelera Infextum Herman Wheat Sanford aged 1 year 10 months 25 days son of Frank and Alpha Sapfiid Lebanon. Cause cholera infantum after five days illness. Survived by brothers Azel Henay and sisters Wina Constaver. Funeral at Liangordao 4?12 o'clock Saturday with Rev Me Joseph officiating burial Shannondale cemetery.
Hazl the seventeen month old daughter of Sir. ant Mes Jose Butcher near Sheridan dies from poisoning after ingesting phosphorus. The tragedy follows a fourteen day interval since exposure with authorities noting the risks of mislabeled poisons and the need for caution in handling household substances.
A rough report states a large bull moose antler was unearthed near Lizco Oldres, a discovery tied to a long-closed teak section. The antler, found years ago, is now in the possession of Justice George L. Lrak.
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