21 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
1
John Weldon traveled to Lebanon on business on Tuesday while Gc. N.S. Carter made a county seat visit on Monday evening. Doors open at 7 10 Saturday night for a furniture store showing featuring pictures rugs rockers and various fancy presents.
Locals report a Christmas program at the Opera House this Saturday featuring a new band. News notes many residents making town visits to Lebanon Crawfordsville and Goodland with social and business plans through the week.
Mrs Wm Poynter and children visited John Poynter and family last week. Hansie Butler and wife stayed with his father Monday. George Zimmerman and Ray Poynter sold hogs at Jamestown Monday. Bertha Butler returned from Beownsburg after visiting Mrs Chas Day. Poynter family of Jamestown guests of Ray Poynter Sunday. Wo Beckelbi mer family visiting father Pese Todd.
A letter from Frank Sparks of Augusta Georgia to his parents Charles Sparke and his wife requests publication approval. The missive notes it is written for public posting. The message conveys familial communication and consent for release.
Shiloh Christian Sunday School and Church will present a brief program titled The Giving Christmas after Sunday School next Sunday. The event includes additional acts and explains the Christmas spirit. Santa will grant the annual treat to children during the hour.
After two postponements due to weather the auction at Atea was held Wednesday afternoon with a large turnout. The old band provided music as thirty three lots sold at about 7200 dollars each. Oliver Taylor Realty Co of Kentucky conducted the sale, with a net loss estimated over 1000 dollars.
Advance Hardware Co has installed electric lighting in one of its best display rooms. The six horsepower engine powers about sixty lights, with 83 lights total in the warehouse and oil stand. Ernest Hurt of Oxford Indiana supervised wiring and related work as the town looks forward to further electric illumination.
A calendar watcher explains the cycle of solstices and equinoxes from December’s shortest day to March’s vernal equinox. He discusses Latin roots of equinox, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and notes how daylight length affects daily life and sleep.
A New Ross family near Micca'i Woehl’s home faces multiple mental health crises with Mrs Woehl first slipping into insanity, followed by daughter Ethel and a younger son found in a troubled state by Tuesday night. The report notes the distress within the household and the community reaction in Crawfordsville.
Miss Ethel, taken to Crawfordsville Hospital by Dr Burkle and Willixans Peterson, remains despondent and lacks clothing. Mrs Woshl, described as obsessed with Christian Science, has shown progressive insanity. Physicians Peacock, Bagkle, and Williams plan asylum transfer as the son and daughter are also described as nervous wrecks.
In Boone County Circuit Court a complaint to quiet title was filed by Walter L. Hunt against Moses Ferguson and others. The defendants are non residents of Indiana and must answer by February 19, 1912 or risk default. Clerk James Gandner. attorneys Ho. M. Coulter and C. D. Crear for the plaintiff.
A sermon excerpt emphasizes Jesus as a living personality not a theory or memory. It urges fulfilling requirements, valuing his words, and prayer to experience Jesus as life giving.
A bank newsletter wishes patrons a Merry Christmas and urges deposits to fund gifts and prosperity. It recalls childhood memories and stresses that small savings, starting with a one dollar pass book, can grow via interest to fund future presents before the New Year. The message ends with a call to take individual responsibility and a figure of 300000 dollars.
A brief exchange about dogs replaces formal news, noting one dog’s wait on Miss Greyhound and another dog’s reputation as a setter in a lighthearted item.
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