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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
7
An ad touts Diamond Dyes as simple for dyeing worn clothing and home textiles in rich, fade resistant colors. It promises instructions in each package and urges customers to consult the Diamond Dyes Color Card via the druggist.
A terse exchange features a wife in distress and a ready lender. The retort suggests a humorous clash over trouble and debt as the scene plays out with restrained wit.
An old testimonial notes Dr. Pierce, who moved to Buffalo, created Favorite Prescription to treat female ailments. The medicine, now in tablet and liquid forms, is claimed to have aided countless women over decades and is sold by local druggists. A user from West Union Indiana praises its health benefits and reduced fatigue.
Mrs Hicks reports relief from stomach trouble after taking four Eatonic tablets. The ad claims Exotonic removes acidity and gases, improves digestion, and prevents discomfort when taken after meals. A big box is advertised as affordable with druggist guarantee.
A Holland wide border cordon aims to block Bolshevik agents moving from Germany toward the Russian frontier and into Holland. Police chase suspects across Hamburg and other German cities as Soviet operatives allegedly plan missions to reach America via underground routes.
The report describes a wave of movement across the Poland frontier with efforts to smuggle men into Poland and onward to Holland. It alleges organized bureaux aiding desertion from Polish forces and Bolshevik agents using propaganda behind Warsaw, with plans to return sympathizers deported from America.
In Morgantown and Fort Wayne items, reports describe a clay stamp seal bearing the portrait of Thi Sin, the last King of Ur, dating to 2a 8 B.C. The item shows the king with a turban hat and hair, possibly sent by Ur’s high priest, revealing a rare, well defined likeness. The discovery accompanies notes on related ancient Babylonian artifacts.
In Frankfort, Willie Knuckles, once sixteen, was praised for perjury that cleared his mother in the murder of his stepfather Graven Crews. He later confessed to killing Crews and was told his mother had no part. Mrs Crews received a life sentence but was pardoned. Willie is now to be released from jail.
Mary Anderson director of the women's bureau of the U S Department of Labor advocates training for girls in machine shops where light parts are made. She notes wartime gains in industrial roles and says women prove capable in machine shops as in clothing, making it a public responsibility to provide training.
John Smith, an elderly Chippewa Indian aged 183, arrives in Minneapolis with his adopted son Tom to attend the state fair. Though blind since his last visit a year ago, his health is good and he claims to be the oldest living Indian. He travels with a blanket as his bed.
The United States grave registration service reports nearly 9 000 American soldiers who died in France have been shipped to the United States and given to relatives, with 18 000 more awaiting shipment at French ports. Work aims to finish exhumations by next summer across multiple zones including Britain Germany and Belgium.
Mrs. George M. Rice of Liberty Mills near Wabash is temporarily blinded after stepping on a wall. Doctors say fear of blood poisoning caused both eyes to burst though the wound is not serious. She is under treatment at a Fort Wayne hospital to restore her vision.
At a Los Angeles boxing show announcer billed a bantamweight as The California Catamount. Comedian Harry Pollard quipped about the long handle and asked the lad for his real name. The youth replied Solis Miotkowski, sparking Pollard's remark that the announcer was right.
An aspirin advertisement warns only Bayer marked tablets are genuine aspirin with medical safety claims. A classroom debate clarifies feminine forms of widower, with a child explaining spinster and grass widow distinctions per Indianapolis News.
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A grouchy traveler dismisses a railway boast of the smoothest roadbed in the country and jokes about water on a window sill. The piece interlaces provocative quips and a Reno divorce jab with a Cuticura ad insert and a line about hasty marriages ending in leisure.
One of the unsolved mysteries notes how men swap umbrellas and each ends up worse off. The quip highlights the bungle in a humorous exchange scenario.
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