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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
2
Local dignitary J T Dale dies at age 63 in No Hoppiesville from a paralyzing hiccough concerted claim reported by Daily Paper in Nappanee. Fire devastates Indiana Harbor. Franklin reports smallpox quarantine. Sheridan reports revival. Maxwell-Briscoe plant in New Castle to restart soon, boosting jobs.
The new $25,000 court house at Paintington was accepted from its contractors last week.
Hervan Bundy a nineteen year old hunter died after an accidental self inflicted gunshot while hunting near Knishtstawn authorities reported the mishap occurred during the pursuit of game with Bundy sustaining a fatal wound at the scene.
A man named Joseph Hie pow oomph room was killed at Shin shot in a pool hall dispute. Oscar Martin is identified in connection with the incident as the alleged shooter and motive cited as a dispute over a few.
A garbled OCR note hints at a public debate or plan in a Wee city during a past century. It suggests lessons or changes in policy and budgeting affecting development, with focus on streets, spaces, and community impact. The exact entities remain unclear.
An unclear fragment reports a person named Math ae Bout and WV Be Seah SLE VEATS. The text reads as stray OCR garble with no coherent event or identifiable actions. No verifiable entities or dates emerge for a definitive newspaper card.
Incomplete OCR fragment references a wedding or anniversary and a university setting with names and dates missing. It shows garbled words such as Croliow and Pern r Mop 4 Children Sf and mentions gifts and paper items possibly tied to a ceremony or celebration.
Wits-Iman Dres and associated wire manufacturers announce the mill will reopen next Monday with full operations and employment for all men previously on the payroll.
Lewis Silverstine's store in North Manchester was shut by the sheriff for selling goods far below cost while competing with rival merchants, creating a dispute over market practices.
After seven and one half hours of balloting the jury in the Geo. R. Beasley case from Bloomfield returned a manslaughter verdict. Beasley had killed his wife at Linton on June 21.
The Tuberculosis Commission selects Greencastle as the site for a state sanitarium after reviewing offers. L. A. Bryan, Gary real estate magnate and treasurer, resisted arrest by Chicago detectives seeking to detain him on a confidence game charge and demanded governor requisition.
Fred Fellenmade of Posey county serves aboard the battleship Minnesota as a jackie in the United States navy. He commanded the seven inch gun of the starboard battery and fired at a target two miles away, making ten bulls eyes in ten shots.
Raymond Hufford of Danville and Bir Gisiber of Greencastle wed in Louisville after an alleged escape from Fletcher Sanitarium Indianapolis. A commission ruled Hufford of unsound mind and recommended confinement in a state hospital for the insane.
An Indiana society aimed at abolishing the death penalty was organized in Indianapolis with Representative Gris Conde of Marion as president. The organizer said the plan is to start more chapters by appointing a State society representative in each county who will form county societies.
Entry at Jo seph Hudspeth’s Boonville saloon led thieves to empty the money chest while seizing 699 pounds of valuables and over 200 pounds in cash. They loaded the haul into a bag and fled into the countryside.
John Terrell, a farmer near Pramfert, was killed when a house collapsed as it was being raised. His wife and 12 year old son witnessed the accident in shock.
Two young sisters at a Monterey Catholic schoolhouse were fatally burned after a gasoline lamp exploded. Investigators described a blaze that trapped the girls as they attempted to escape the burning building.
All townships in Clay County will see saloons removed soon except in Brazil. Reported plan targets eliminating the forty six saloons operating in the county to enforce prohibition era style policies.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces examinations to be held in the examination room at the Federal Building in Indianapolis. Positions include forest planting assistant with a salary around $500 per year, clerk in Indian service with $50 per month to $720 per year, second class stenographer to the secretary of war at $720 per year, teacher of mechanical drawing at $600 per year, machinist with salary not stated, and a government printing office post with unspecified pay.
Meeks Manufactur Vommansy of South Bend recently incorporated to market a novel swimming apparatus. The machine propels the learner in water as a single inventor’s plan. U S Mie claims a cruel trial showed the device sustains great speed.
Stephen Snyder, once described as Grant County’s wealthiest man, died at the county infirmary near Marion. He was eighty six years old.
The article recalls Stephen Snyder once the county’s top borrower with Marion banks. He owned 640 acres near Jalapa and a mill along the Mississinewa river four miles northwest of Marion. His credit and business built a large operation employing many, but he lost fortune by betting on a declining market.
W. S. Blatchley prepares a report for the Governor detailing Indiana Oolitic quarries. It will map all quarries statewide, note output for the past two years, and describe new machinery in the industry. The Oolitic trade now yields about $3 million annually.
The Indiana Republican Editorial Association will hold its annual banquet and meeting at the Claypool Hotel on January 16 and 17, 190S. H. A. Strohm, secretary, sent notices. Invited guests include Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks Senators Albert J. Beveridge James A. Hemenway Harry M. New party leaders and James P. Goodrich.
The Indiana State Teachers Association met in Indianapolis last week for a convention. Prominent men and women spoke on various educational subjects amid the gathering of educators.
In a brief Illustrated Bits vignette a young Maurice breaks a plate and a mother scolds him for carelessness. He replies that he does not know what he will break next, highlighting a playful warning about heedless habits.
Charles E Dale of McKeever New York World cor notes he lost taste after scarlet fever and now reads meals by color. He describes eye driven sensations for white potatoes yellow vegetables and red meats and plans multi course meals based on color cues. He says the mind’s dynamic force replaces taste and he may soon enjoy fruit again.
The London Atheneum calls Howells prose the finest in recent English writing. It contrasts a grand cathedral image with a Bucyrus Blade mock version noting the cathedral is 400 years old and needs paint.
Owen Mudge, a highly sensitive man, has repeatedly left profitable work after harsh words. He helps Glenn Butler with a stump-pulling machine, then returns home due to a painful recollection of dentist visits that leaves him limp and aching. Mrs. Mudge awaits his explanation.
A wealthy man visiting his native village recounts his rise to wealth to old cronies. An old character he knew as a boy arrives and greets him. The man asks how the old friend has fared, and the friend replies that after forty years in town he still has little money but believes he is holding his own.
Dialogue sketches a magistrate hearing where a drunken prisoner discusses two policemen as the reason for his arrest. The scene hints at a rough, informal court atmosphere with terse exchanges and muddled testimony.
A Baltimore American quotation notes a man who treats everyone with interest but is described as a doctor rather than generous.
Fashion editor notes practical morning wear items for women including princess wrappers one piece dresses and dainty dressing sacks adaptable to thin wool fabrics. Describes work aprons and house dresses in cashmere albatross challis and silk voile with multiple sizes and sleeve styles. Encloses ten cent pattern request and Paris pattern number.
Los Angeles architect A F Yost predicts the next skyscraper era with one hundred stories using reinforced concrete. He cites fire protection and elevator issues as hurdles, notes progress with the Singer Building and Metropolitan Life Building, and asserts reinforced concrete offers fireproof and potentially earthquake-proof construction.
A gray haired dignified man aboard an outward bound steamer weeps as he leaves his old home, confessing his exile stems from folly not sin. He says he was a judge at a baby show, causing his punishment of eternal exile.
A lighthearted exchange notes Euclid attempting a problem from his wife: the cost of his gift this year to hers last year bears the ratio 98 cents to a value. He concedes and returns to a bank statement for easier reading.
A brief reflection on genius and personality, noting that a genius may simply be a crank who has succeeded. The sentiment contrasts outward talent with social perception.
A survey of global facts covers languages in the Russian empire, postage stamp policy for Korea, Cheshire's large chemical works, Nile floods tied to Abyssinian rains, Tonga island delivery by rockets, global housing shelter figures, Peter the Great statue granite weight, tears shed at a Portland play, Maine’s Lincoln National Bank history, New York docks and trade value, London Mayflower church origins, Italian emigration to the U.S. and South America, Eiffel Tower painting with cost, Maine meat price effects, Siberian reindeer acclimation in Alaska with milk use and sledding roles.
A Southport burglary leads to a blood trail and swift arrest after a policeman follows drops of blood from smashed windows to a pair of suspects with valuables. Other cases include Nelson relics recovered via a detective’s find of a concealed watch inside a concertina, and tooth imprints solving burglaries in Chicago and Stockport.
A Sunday School lesson overview on John Chapter 1 verses 1 to 14. It outlines the Word as God, the light that illuminates, and the witness of John the Baptist, plus the pre exist ence and mission of Jesus including baptism temptation and the call to receive Him.
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