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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
2
A collage of social musings on fashion, politics, and culture from an Indiana column. It jokes about fall styles, tariffs, luck in New York theater, and public morals while skirting current events. Notable quips reference hobble skirts, locks, dresses, and critics, with asides on golf, knickerbockers, and radium substitutes.
A German paper jokes that a diplomat’s yes really means perhaps and perhaps signals no, while a Scotch expert predicts a smokeless age. The warning about locomotives and factories suggests no immediate alarm for cigarettes or public health.
A column discusses Arctic questions from labor statistics, a Philadelphia broker’s securities fraud convictions, and radium’s accessibility to curb living costs. It notes a Paris duel mishap, chess honor discussion, and a surgeon linking cancer to coal, with jabs at cannibals and a Greek relief gesture totaling ten thousand dollars from Chicago women.
A Kansas Agricultural College expert urges using light horses over top mares to produce mules. He notes favorable mule traits, feeding in lots, and caution with hired help, highlighting markets and longevity compared to horses.
Practical advice for breeding and marketing sheep. Emphasizes high quality stock, careful culling of unthrifty animals, buying markets for lambs, avoiding long hoofed ewes, selecting compact stocky lambs, and selling wool on a rising market. Encourages direct market access and reducing middlemen to save costs.
The text notes that ancient Egyptians used stoves called ianimals as incubators. It also states that incubator chickens were present in Paris markets before the French Revolution, with an apparatus invented in France in 1777.
The article argues hog farming can lose money quickly if mismanaged. It emphasizes soaking corn to raise feeding value, adding green cornstalks sparingly, and not feeding tails as a cost measure. It also stresses meticulous breeding records and essential farm tools like sprayers and killer solutions.
Fashion reports note the waist line as a restless fashion feature this season. Designers show empire height at times and lower belted lines at others with belts rising and falling in one suit. A pale blue serge suit with a depuffed sea blue satin tunic illustrates the bizarre shifting waist trend.
The article describes a plain yet elegant matched set including turban and muff of brocade trimmed with fur. It notes fabric options from satin to crepe and brocade, emphasizes warm interlining, and highlights the muff’s fox fur trim and practical pockets. A turban with buckram frame and ostrich plumes completes the ensemble.
A fragmented meditation on gratitude and pay, contrasting the value of thanks with monetary support. It muses on recognition, art, and the burden of compensation, noting how genuine appreciation can enrich both giver and receiver and hinting at broader social duties.
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and fatigue. After using five boxes his swelling subsided and he regained strength. He affirms lasting benefit and invites correspondence to Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo New York.
In Key West a friend watches Professor Van Dusen vainly try to unlatch his front door with a cigar. The friend teases him and learns the door is opened by a latch key. The scene ends with the professor reacting to the comic mishap.
Toward Eliott the new president of the New Vlaven & Hartford spoke at a New York luncheon about a self made millionaire who boasted of his Raphaels Louis XVI furniture Gobelins and Aubus sons. He praised self made men though noting they often fail to work noiselessly.
A Boston Evening Transcript snippet shows banter about flattery and money as reporters joke about compliment hunting. The text notes people seeking praise often fish in shallow water, reflecting light humor in a newspaper script.
An Iowa mother and others testify that coffee harmed children and adults, while Postum from Rattle Creek Michigan is promoted as a cure. The ad notes regular and instant Postum, boiled preparation, and a booklet titled The Road to Wellness.
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