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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
1
Latrrday night the High School team played the Indiana polis St. Paul Church squad, known for strong players. The visitors won by 61 to 11, a lopsided score, but the match provided valuable practice and lessons for the local boys.
Jamestown High School defeated Advance 61 to 7 Tuesday night. Thompson led the locals with thirty points as forwards improve and guards keep closer to opponents. The Righty Yee and the Independent teams also played, the Independents winning 16 to 1 as both squads show progress and need more team work.
A wartime style dispatch dated December 10 1907 from Hampton Roads to parents with plans for a Monday departure on a naval or merchant voyage. The writer notes a first stop Trinidad a well supplied ship described as ark like loaded with stores and ammunition. He mentions a companion Carri from Broad Ripple and references political storms and a widow in the mix.
A local notice invites residents to pick up turkey and fat hens at 1 o'clock this afternoon, urging attendees to come early for ready supplies.
Report from Lafayette describes B L Russell meeting a conductor and seeing a rabbit decapitated by a trolley wheel on a Lebanon bound car. The motorman says killing rabbits on the line is common as he notes the animal darts on track and is struck.
Shannondale schools closed after holidays due to measles outbreak traced to Lebanon. Exposed students and staff quarantined. health official Dr Swank ordered isolation until the incubation period passed. Local adults largely spared. nurses available for children.
O S Woolever a prominent Lee Raysville merchant credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing his piles over 20 years ago. The salve is advertised as a cure for sores wounds burns and abrasions, priced at five cents at Barrin Drug Store.
Noblesville Lodger reports the Midland has brightened passenger trains with repainted coaches and top service, noting many of the line's best en features are now in use. Ray Davis, local agent, mentions a new tie installation along the road and chides the newspaper man for not noticing these changes.
Those who took dinver with Rev. C A Brown and wife Sunday included Rev. Bennett John Welden and wife J W Ross and wife Lora McClaine and wife Mrs W P Kibbey Mrs Elizabeth McClaine Georgie Wel den and Roy Lucas. At the Advance chickens Zionsville show Mark Wall won first on a Partridge cock and first on a Partridge Hen. C A Johnson in Buff Cochins won first cock first hen first pullet second pullet in single comb White Leghorn cockeral and in Light Brah was first cockerel.
See A. W. Yager for a settlement. All accounts due must be settled by Christmas. A. H. Yager, John Kernodle and Albert visited friends here Thursday. The Advance Fanciers Association sent two choice chickens to the horntown show. There will be a basketball game tonight between North Salem High School and local High School. Fred Donaldson of Indianapolis was a guest last Friday and Saturday. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel salve advertised.
The Willing Workers of the North Christian church present a Christmas Eve entertainment and tree at the Opera House. The program features songs, drills and tableaux starting at 8:00. Santa Claus will hand out candy to children and care will be taken with all gifts entrusted to us.
The radiator factory at Lebanon is booming with ample orders and rapid production. Two more expert workers were added to the force yesterday to speed manufacture.
The Aid Society of Shiloh Christian Church will host a Christmas program called The Afternoon Tea at the Opera House on Christmas night. A Jacob's Ladder replaces a tree for presents. Admission is 10 cents and Santa will attend. State Game Warden Zack T. Sweeney will issue quail for breeding use, with farms to care for them and restrict hunters. The twenty ninth annual G A R encampment for Indiana will be held May 1 2 3 4 1908 at Kokomo and Marion. First Annual Fruit Show planned at Purdue University January 13 14 15 1908 with $505 in cash premiums and special prizes for Indiana fruit growers. For premium lists, write C G Woodbury Experiment Station Lafayette Indiana.
Arthur Bursett and Arthur Dursett were seen in Shannon Dale and Advance respectively while Walter Wilsor returned from Illinois. The community reports visits among neighbors, a supervisor election, and a Sunday sermon at Providence. A note oddly mentions a 1792 German artifact relic and asks $50 for possession. Thousands suffer kidney and bladder troubles with DeWitts pills advertised.
Mrs W Nelson hosted relatives in Lebanon last week while Mildred Knotts visited friends there on Wednesday night. J E Knotts and wife called near Zionsville Thursday and Wednesday. Charles Waitt and wife in Lebanon hosted W H Stafford's party Sunday. Christian Church to be dedicated December 29. Mrs Sarah Bymaster of North Salem visiting her brother Sarah McDaniel this week. Lon Taylor and Worth Dinsmore visited Charley Beck near Bainbridge. Bluford Wall and wife visited Claude Wall and wife in Lebanon Sunday. Anna Stafford's friends surprised her Wednesday night for a very enjoyable time.
A judge from an English African crown colony, home on leave, recalls a case where a Christian colored witness asked to take the Christian oath while the judge insisted on the native oath. The man protested that he was a bad native but a damn good Christian, revealing tension between legal custom and personal faith.
A Herald scribe reported a private owner from Sul Canada showing a pair of spectacles claimed to be over two centuries old. The item underscores Canada’s long history of eyewear and collectors seeking artifacts from early eras.
Two English visitors in Ireland hire a boat for a sail. One jokes about astrology and Pat replies with a quip about the best part of life being lost. The second Englishman asks about theology and Pat remarks similarly before a sudden capsizing occurs.
An advertisement urges readers to use Kings New Life Pills to end liver and bowel stoppage. It promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and targets customers at Burrin Drug Store with claims of quick relief from a dangerous condition.
An editorial piece argues scowling spoils appearances and ages faces by creating deep creases. It warns people against frowning in strong and weak light and suggests a gentler, more pleasant outlook to avoid marked lines. The text also mentions pay dues and notes a Roy Ailes with a partial pledge reference.
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