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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
3
Advert reads Dr Pierce's Anuric for kidneys and backache claims to remove uric acids from blood via the kidneys. Promises relief from rheumatism dropsical swelling and sleeplessness. trial package offered for 10 cents from Buffalo New York.
Goshen Indiana resident Arthur J. Bickel reports an eight year struggle with rheumatism and constipation ended after four and a half months of using Dr Pierce Anuric Tablets. He invites inquiries and offers to help others seeking relief.
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a conversation where a man compliments a young woman’s locket. She reveals she has worn it since infancy, prompting an unintended remark that she loves old things and causing an awkward silence before the topic shifts.
Blouses and smocks are poised to rival evening frocks with bold trims and brilliant colors. Georgette crepe, chiffon, and net fabrics meet gold or silver embroidery and beadlike decorations. Crepe de chine and satin ensembles feature aprons, peplums, and long flared sleeves in copper, emerald, and turquoise tones.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists advise poultry keepers to feed one quart of scratch grain and an equal weight of mash daily to 13 general purpose hens or about 16 smaller egg breeds. For 100 Leghorns the estimate is 71/2 pounds each of scratch and mash daily, with 90 pounds of each to 100 general purpose fowls. With green feed available yearly consumption rises to about 75 pounds for general purpose hens and 55 pounds for Leghorns.
An advertisement extols Bayer as the genuine Aspirin maker with “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” in proper packaging. It notes 19 years of physician usage, offers 12 tablet tins at a few cents, and identifies the drug as monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid. The piece also includes a joke about American slang and a humorous humor snippet.
An advertising claim touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for stomach and bowels. It urges mothers to look for the California name on the package and notes a fruity taste with dosing directions on the bottle.
A terse note states Japan has established a school at Kyoto to provide free instruction in the sik industry, reflecting efforts to educate workers at no cost.
Fashion notes reveal velvet gowns rival satin frocks as designers favor chiffon velvets and velveteen in wide widths for afternoon and evening wear. A marine blue velveteen afternoon frock features plaited sides, flesh georgette bodice, beaded girdle, and removable muffler collar. Satin gowns show draped skirts and Aztec inspired sun burst motifs with tasselled satin girdles. Batik effects emerge in blouses, overblouses, and negligees.
A note on indigestion in chickens suggests purging with epsom salts as a cheap laxative. For mature fowls the dose is one half teaspoon per bird, or one third for minor cases, mixed into a dry mash and then moistened with water.
Prof. Harry R. Lewis of a New Jersey college spoke at a Connecticut station meeting about vaccine use to treat poultry diseases. He cited successful vaccines tested on hens with chicken pox and roup and suggested extending the method to immunize chicks before exposure.
Watch your flock carefully and remove any sick member immediately. Close confinement harms poultry yards. exercise matters. Geese differ from hens with older birds often laying better. Weather affects hens less than laying condition which should be maintained. Dust baths help prevent lice but cannot be the sole control.
A Boonville family keeps a mid nineteenth century gold coin scales relic once used by B. B. Brereton at Cole Neck near Clifton City. The brass weight and coin slots test weights to guard against underweight coins as merchants handled gold dust during early westward trade.
Judge Soggersby questions a new arrival about party affiliation in Chiggersville. The man proclaims Republican ties and the judge warns that the area leans Democratic and urges the visitor to avoid provocation, suggesting a private field soliloquy instead.
Marie Dressler leads chorus girls in a strike demanding a cleaner life amid allegations that theatrical men expect them to be obliging. A clubman mocks the Smith Peterson French maid as excessively accommodating as he cites personal associations with Mrs. Smith Peterson.
A dialogue cites the innocent bearing the burden of a noisy trombone player in the next flat. Mr Growcher laments the imbalance as the boy appears to enjoy himself while others endure the nuisance.
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