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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
1
Births, weddings, travels, visits and illness mark Advance locality life. Char Farlow’s newborn girl. Carney’s protracted meeting additions. local traders advertise sales and heating stoves. multiple visits between Advance, Lebanon, Indianapolis, and Indianapolis area towns.
A short humorous tale recalls a boy named Jimmy punished by his mother. His father feigns shock at the boy hoping for a bear to eat his mother. The father sternly reminds that a boy has only one mother. Jimmy responds with a fervent thanks to God.
A humorous New York Times excerpt reports the billiards champion as unable to position balls advantageously. The crowd teases him while he proclaims his skill, insisting an enemy has secretly weaned the balls.
The excerpt cites Professor Ewart on zebra horse crosses, noting zebras’ self sufficiency, alertness, vigor, and intelligence. Zebra hybrids are described as friendlier and more trainable, though a young male alone is dangerous to break in while a hybrid can be trained with care.
In New Year’s pledge Sterling Clothing Store and partners McDaniel and Leap announce they will not open on Sundays. They state the Lord’s Day should be sacred and pledge to stock a week’s worth clothing and men’s furnishings Monday through Saturday.
Ian Caldwell of Missouri visited relatives the first of the week. James Debard and family from near Slabtown visited Robert Sharp's. Walter Cory attended his mother’s funeral in Indianapolis Saturday. Several families spent Christmas with friends near Feagie Creek and Darlington.
Sunday gathering at Ebeneezer drew a good attendance despite rain. Local residents Edith and George Canada of near Mt. Zion visited Effie Willett Saturday night. Clyde Hurt and wife attended Ebeneezer services and had dinner with ALN.
Miss Farrie Dean of Advance and her mother and sister Nettie were in North Carolina when a man in Santa Claus dress fired a pistol at close range. The bullet struck Miss Dean's arm, doctors have not located the bullet, no bone injury reported, and a speedy recovery is hoped.
The Christmas entertainment in the Town Hall Thursday night drew a large crowd with a well staged program. Children received valued presents and the performers earned praise for their precise participation. Receipts totaled 42 dollars amid minor disorder and a San Francisco optium den scene. Three dope fiends attended Oakland races and created disturbing snippets during the show.
Advertisers claim a rapid remedy for coughs and colds in a popular patent medicine notice. The promotion highlights quick relief and easy dosage, urging readers to try the product for temporary throat and chest relief.
Pleadine with his axing breath only to live long ceneueh taco a bout in the world and watches and yoube men against the evils of cigarette smoking. Pred Speer twenty-two years oil died at Martinsville today as the result of consumption caused by the excessive use of cigaretts. Oh, could throw open windows and warn all boys against smoking to live long enouneh to walk the streets. Speer led a model life but smoked heavily. His brother Areney, adopted name after foster parents, is searched for. Beside the bed when he died was his young wife and child. Mrs Speer prostrated with grief. Isaac Exuivert and others are poorly at home amid ongoing distress.
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