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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
2
A string of humorous items notes social trends and quips from horse trot dancing to yardstick opinions about women and fashion. Jokes touch on census gender gaps, school book shortages, cosmetic changes, and a New York name change to Nightingale.
An ad offers a gas jet cooking apparatus while a man opposes renting out a hall bedroom to a woman, signaling a social clash over a lodging space and a shared device.
A collection of humorous notes and observations on money, autos, statues, alimony, hat feathers, streetcar conductors, telephones, manners, and navy safety, reflecting a light daily-wit tone.
A man who wed a girl under school age now faces a fine and a requirement to ensure his wife attends school regularly. The penalty appears to have prompted lessons in responsibility, and possibly in securing his own meals as well.
A witty jab notes a prima donna who claimed ambergris valued at 15000 dollars and likens it to a milk based hat tonic. The quip mocks the creativity of press agents in grand opera publicity.
The comptroller of the currency says a dollar bill lasts about fourteen months, but local experience suggests it spends its life quickly, vanishing as it travels downtown.
A boy was shot and killed after a hunter, convinced he had spotted an opossum, fired. The incident echoes a troubling pattern where hunters hit when they mistake a target, turning hunting season into a series of deadly misidentifications.
Farmers seek easy movable fencing to split hog, sheep and calf pastures. A panel fence using hurdles with triangular supports allows quick assembly and disassembly. Panels can be 12 or 16 feet, made of 4 or 6 inch boards, stored to last years if kept dry and well-made.
A Brooklyn narrator recalls moving from a cramped first floor to a sunlit top floor, where old furniture looks shabby in poor light. Friends urge buying new pieces, but the storyteller finds existing items revitalize in generous space, proving sunlight and layout change perception and reduce expense.
The Missouri experiment station reports wide farmer participation across 105 of 114 counties in cooperative trials. Seed and fertilizer usage climbed, alfalfa proved adaptable countywide, orchard fertilization and spraying boosted profits, and dairy co operators saw up to 20 percent gains.Farm management guidance helped raise yields and financial results, with farmers noting quadrupled crop yields and substantial income improvements.
Advice to maintain livestock water: add a pinch of copperas monthly or scrub the trough and spray with a copperas solution to keep the trough clean and disinfected.
A New Jersey station tested dry beet pulp in two 15 day periods with two cow lots. Pulp proved less profitable than corn silage as milk cost per 100 pounds was 2.8 cents higher and butter cost per pound 61 cents higher on pulp. Pulp increased yield about 10 percent versus silage.
Farmers Bulletin 611 from the Department of Agriculture discusses farm bookkeeping principles. It argues that farmers should track real estate and cash wages, treat labor as cash paid, and keep household use separate from cash accounts to determine true net returns. It notes over six million farms and aims to help devise a system suited to individual needs.
Many people fear using a hoe yet it remains the most comfortable, handy tool in a gardener or farmer's equipment, indispensable for numerous tasks and hard to do without.
The commentary notes that higher costs do not prove pulp will economically feed farms lacking corn silage. It stresses uncertainty about where pulp serves as viable livestock feed.
A call echoes to farmers to scrutinize feeding shelter and care of dairy cows to ensure they become profitable producers. The exhortation stresses examining methods after a controversial cry about “market your robber cows.”
Braided waistcoats revive and lend distinction to suits and frocks. The shape derives from the Eton jacket era with a sleeveless white silk bodice, rounded neck, and a squared tab to the hip. Narrow silk soutache stripes form braided fronts, and the garment is belted low under the arms across the front.
The article notes kneeling cushions as gifts for brides at weddings. Descriptions include a white satin cushion with the bride's initials and large gold tassels, and another embroidered with white flowers. The cushions are stylish though occasionally troublesome to use during the ceremony.
In choosing draperies avoid large figured fabrics. Light walls and restrained hangings make a small room seem larger. A pillow or two and a deep colored rug give the room a touch of beauty without overpowering the calm character.
A Sunday school class of eight girls ages 15 seeks ideas to raise funds for their church. Suggestions include selling currant jelly, hassling home baked goods on Saturdays, and small contributions from each girl to meet a 100 cent goal.
A reader suggests casual hosting for about 12 guests ages 20 to 30. Cards with a light contest after drinks, simple refreshments, and small prizes are proposed. An alternative game involves guests guessing flowers represented by apparel, using roses and other blooms as clues.
A hostess planned a bridal party for twelve young ladies with a guessing contest. Pink heart cards bore jumbled words which, when solved, revealed items from the bride’s trousseau. Two prizes were offered. Refreshments included heart shaped sandwiches coffee in the drawing room heart peppermints and pink heart ice cream.
A wedding announcement with no at home enclosure does not require an answer though intimate friends may send good wishes. The writer notes people are always pleased to be remembered and extending congratulations is courteous.
Country guidance on dining etiquette notes a club sandwich is eaten with a fork and dry toast may be broken by hand. Bouillon is sipped from a spoon throughout, with the final swallows lifted from the cup to the lips.
Lesson on Mark 9 14 19 notes the disciples inability to heal a demon possessed boy prompts Jesus rebuke and a call to faith and prayer. The father pleads I believe help thou mine unbelief and Jesus heals the boy restoring faith and authority to his followers.
Weston quips he cannot win on his private course Bunker Hill while Preston asks why. The banter frames a lighthearted jab about golf skill and home course advantage.
A late campaign scene in Illinois tells of a gubernatorial or legislative candidate stopping a farmer while touring for votes. The farmer, garbed in rural dress, replies that political talk is not his concern and jokes that if Polly Ticke were his girlfriend, it would still not be the stranger’s business.
A Kansas City Star report describes Mollie a light colored mulatto housemaid who left a South Side family to marry. She returned asking for her old job, saying her husband’s family is jealous of her light skin and that a sister-in-law called her a bright spot in their family.
Cartoonish ad copy jokes about Poor Dickey collapsing from designing menu cards for a cousin’s pink tea. It then claims water in bluing is adulteration and that Red Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whiter than snow.
A brief dialogue contrasts seriousness and vitality, with one speaker asserting finality and the other noting liveliness. The exchange hints at reputations or attitudes rather than a concrete event or outcome.
Mothers urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of Malet In Use For Over 30 Years. The notice emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A playful exchange unfolds with Miss Oldmaid and Mr. Depenutt about a music purchase. The dialogue hints at a misunderstanding where the other clerk is blamed for a romantic query about kissing in moonlight.
A dialogue notes thrift as a virtue while reflecting on how society judges a man by his bank accounts, suggesting evolving standards of financial display and personal prudence. The exchange presents cautious endorsement of frugality within contemporary social evaluation.
An advertisement claims Cole a Carboni salve curbs catarah effectively for relief. Readily available at druggists in 25 and 50 cent sizes as an advertised remedy.
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