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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
6
Reports show DePauw University plans a journalism department and a training program for budding reporters. First Church at Gary to be built by Episcopalians at an estimated cost of 20000 dollars. Various local notes cover divorces, emigrations, drownings, overcrowded institutions, a race-based civil rights incident, and a pastor’s death under grisly circumstances.
Rumors say Miss Mary Stubbs is out of the reelection race for State Statistician. The article notes speculation on her candidacy status and possible transition in the office.
Miss Kate Johnson of Bedford fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from an open grate after the nine cent theft. a separate case shows Rufus Williams, a colored man, sentenced to ten to twenty years for stealing nine cents in Indianapolis.
Under Indiana law, residents may shoot rabbits without a license in the township where they reside, outlining the geographic scope for this license exemption.
Wealthy Goshen farmer Zacharias Weddell perished in a barn fire while trying to save his horses and cattle. The tragedy occurred at his farm as flames engulfed the structure, leaving authorities to investigate the cause and assess damages.
Princeton becomes dry as the last three saloons close their doors last week and plan not to reopen until sentiment shifts. The move reflects a local reform wave and may influence future governance and public morals.
Claude Davis was brought to Bedford to answer the charge of deserting his wife and three children. He allegedly jumped his bond provided by his father and was killed after being struck by a train on the Indianapolis Southern Railroad.
Harvey Hinkley known as Richard Stage was arrested in Missouri last week and charged with killing John N. McClintock and injuring Elijah Rogers in Bloomington on the night of August 7 1907. He was returned to Bloomington for trial.
State Superintendent Fasser A. Cotton reports that only five percent of common school pupils reach the fourth year of high school in Indiana. This highlights a substantial drop from early grade to secondary education, indicating limited advancement to higher levels within the state’s school system.
Veteran Delphi horseman N. W. Bowen sent nine William Penn colts to Philadelphia where they were sold. A full brother to A. Penn sold for 5000 dollars and shipped to Austria for breeding. Bowen has drawn attention to Indiana through his excellent colts.
Despondency killed Queen, the valuable trained elephant owned by Colonel Benjamin E. Wallace, a Peru showman. The animal died after the herd was shipped to New York for winter appearances at the Hippodrome, leaving her alone.
A Hammond Chicago syndicate secretly aims to buy land east of Hammond to build a race track and poolroom. They will not open before Governor J Frank Hanly leaves office. Hanly had previously shut down the Hammond Racing Association.
Winona Water and Light Company cites 4400 as the 11 month lead on the War saw water plant costs. Dr Sol C Dickey reports Winona interests. Warsaw demands better water and lower rates. Winona offers to sell the plant or form a copartnership with Warsaw.
Over six years Indiana jails housed an average of 12 024 drunkenness cases annually. Sheriffs are paid 40 cents daily per committed person, costing taxpayers about 33 973 22 yearly.
The Highland Iron and Steel Rolling Mill at Terre Haute with 500 workers resumed operations last week. The American Car and Foundry Company employing 1200 men announced full-capacity runs from now. Vandalia Railroad payroll totaling 500,604 was met with currency in full.
Mrs. Richard Green of Lebanon is praised as a strenuous husker after she husked sixty eight bushels of corn in five hours, a feat described as unmatched by any other woman in the state.
The Republican State Editorial Association appoints Will H. Craig of Noblesville as superintendent of the Republican press bureau of Indiana. He succeeds George B. Lockwood, now private secretary to Vice President Fairbanks. Craig edits the Noblesville Ledger and has long led state Republican editors.
Dr. Charles Wright health officer of Huntington county writes to Dr. J N Hurty secretary of the State Board of health that Huntington has an epidemic of a malady resembling grip beginning with sore throat and sometimes with pronounced tonsillitis followed by pains in the stomach and intestines and headache. The duration is said to be greater than that of ordinary grip.
Secretary Cortelyou forwarded to Congress an estimate for 750000 to purchase 6259 acres near Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis for a U S Army and Northwest Division militia maneuver camp. The likelihood of the appropriation passing remains doubtful.
The State Bureau of Statistics shows Indiana harvested 4,031,714 acres of corn in 1907 with a total yield of 150,702,420 bushels and an average of 37.37 bushels per acre. Last year 4,029,232 acres produced 105,076,971 bushels at 41.06 bushels per acre. In 1906 the acreage fell 11,482 and the yield rose 14,374,551 bushels.
An eighty year old Boonville farmer, William Matthews, believes he will inherit about 2 million dollars from a Drake estate in England. He claims to have received papers proving his eligibility as heir to the Sir Francis Drake legacy, despite living in Missouri since childhood.
George Griffin says his two tame wild ducks answer to their names and follow set tasks. He places the ducks in the stream and orders them to call, drawing wild birds into the danger zone. Griffin then fires as the decoys lure their wild cousins to shore, claiming the birds respond to all kinds of commands.
In western Indiana many miners from numerous nationalities are learning Esperanto to understand each other. Shopkeepers are adopting the language to improve business interactions and communications.
Congressman Charles B. Landis did not attend the opening exercises as he stayed on his farm near Delphi to sell off livestock after leasing the property.
The article describes daring stunts by motorists and performers. An enterprising driver tests watch accuracy with a teeter and a car, another uses a hen egg to mimic the watch, and tightrope acts atop a moving car impress the crowd. A dangerous chute ride ends with a fall but no critical injuries.
A diverse set of notes covers an extremely tall concrete chimney in Tacena smelter at 307 feet, rare income figures showing only 20 Britons earn over 250000, use of brick tea in Manchuria as a vegetable, Nordhausen dress limits, and London Palace Theater’s eight-girl dance act.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution reflects a teaching among Black communities about sustaining happiness. It advises resisting loud expressions when happiness surges, choosing stillness to preserve joy rather than risking its loss.
A pithy saying notes that a light touch and good humor can avert conflict and ease tense moments, suggesting wit and cheer as valuable tools in difficult interactions.
A fashion snippet presents several dainty waist patterns for young girls including jumper waists with yoke guimpe, double breasted shirt waists with removable chemisette, and a yoke waist with Mikado bolero. Describes fabrics and sizes 13 to 17 years, with one-piece kilt-plaited skirt option. Enclose ten cents for Paris pattern No. and provide size, name, address.
A survey of curiosities includes diet patterns in India, home appliance trends in costly houses, land use for livestock, Chinese foot binding laws, Natal visibility distances, balloon psychology, female shop workers in London, Niagara power value, Vienna street clocks, Siamese king's 400 female guards, a female blacksmith near Fal mouth, color preferences of mosquitoes, Faleide Norway tax exemptions, and a tax‑free utopian note on local services and kingly privileges.
The Pittsburg Post questions the viability of ship canals and whether humanity builds its future on these water routes. Researchers argue both potential benefits and ecological concerns, highlighting logistical and environmental questions facing proposed canal projects.
A Sunday School lesson on first Samuel chapter three, detailing the young Samuel hearing the Lord call, his response here am I, and Eli guiding him. The text outlines Samuel’s vision, God’s message against Eli’s house, and Samuel’s growth as a prophet in Israel.
A Philadelphia Telegraph column argues that wealth and grand homes do not guarantee happiness. A reader recalls a friend’s European house duties, noting dusty floors, difficult heating, and scarce servants. The piece cautions that a six room home can bring contentment and that contrary to envy, money often burdens rather than enriches home life.
A Brooklyn Institute bulletin notes the blue whale as the largest existing creature with specimens around seventy nine feet long and ten feet broad at the shoulders. Fossil giants include a seventy foot lizard and a massive dinosaur, while whales of sixty to sixty five tons are described as unusually large. Elephants weigh about five tons by comparison.
A New York Sun quotation recounts the bachelor maid lamenting the burden of fifteen keys. She lists each key’s lock from studio and club to desk and safety deposit, admiring a man to shoulder the load, in humorous fashion.
A household tableau recalls kin scattered about the farm. The father sits with a brown hen, Bill and Jim occupy a saw and a beer keg, mother bakes bread, Jane reads, Susan chats on the porch, and the dog guards a bone while the sun nears its end. The narrator plans to wait for sunset to sleep.
The Portland Journal notes that about 94 percent of people are right handed, six percent left handed, and within the left handed group one third are ambidextrous, a curious fact observed in the study.
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