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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
3
The London Star recalls Gaza campaigns linking biblical judgments to modern warfare. It compares ancient chariots of iron with tanks and notes Judges and Joshua references about Gaza’s conquest, suggesting a favorable omen for the invaders and a hoped-for final Philistine clearance.
An advertisement claims Cuticura heals sore hands quickly using Cuticura Soap for soaking and Cuticura Ointment applied afterward. It advises drying and removing surplus ointment, and offers a free sample by mail with a book through Cuticura Dept L Boston.
The Kansas City Times notes Tibet readiness to ally with partners, while joking about whether Hama is the ruler or the sheep herded by the Lassa, reflecting lighthearted geography humor.
Little Ethel asks if beds in Bible days were large after hearing that Abraham slept with his four fathers. Her mother replies by gentle doubt, prompting the child to seek clarification on ancient sleeping customs.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. The medicine claims to cure by a constitutional method through the blood. It notes the Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness and promises one hundred dollars for untreated cases. Circulars free from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
The first reinforced concrete dry dock completed at Moss Norway is an experimental dock for ships up to 100 tons and 90 feet long. It is praised as cheaper and faster to build than steel and already attracts inquiries for docks up to 8,000 tons.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with Quinine and Iron to drive out malaria and build up the system. It states the formula is printed on every label and offers the product at 60 cents. It also markets a sol taire diamond as a romantic gift.
Government urges all taxpayers to file incomes under the war revenue act. Unmarried individuals owe 2 percent on net income over 1000, and married or head of family 2 percent over 2000 with exemptions for dependents. Treasury officials will visit counties Jan to March to assist and enforce refunds and penalties.
A seven year old at a primary school writes a succinct critique of Pilgrim's Progress. He notes his mother reads the book to him every night and he admires the Pilgrim for getting by through hardship. Saturday Evening Post.
A National Woman's Christian Temperance Union pamphlet argues that the liquor institution damages physical moral industrial and political aptitude. It asserts citizens are shaped by four environments and urges destruction of alcohol to restore national strength.
The author argues that Denver’s shift to prohibition devastated washerwomen who supported drinking husbands. Once thousands relied on family washing for income, aided by saloon profits, but the city’s dryness ended that demand, leaving families in hardship and even affecting funeral and burial trades.
Miss Margaret Wintringer asserts in the Union Signal that Germany mobilized under a state of siege revived from 1851. She notes six weeks of beer ban in villages helped initial German success before the law was lifted in October leading to harsh Belgian atrocities.
Washington lumberjacks fighting fires in dry Idaho and Washington refused to go to Montana to work due to fear of saloon temptations and losing earnings. Montana's prohibition law takes effect December 31 1918, after which only boozers will be shunned.
A historical note explains alcohol reduces the nutritional value of food. It claims sugar does not dissolve in alcohol and a half pound of beefsteak with a high ball provides only about 60 percent of the nourishment compared with eating the steak alone.
New York Governor Charles C. Whitman says the United States would better meet its duties in the crisis if prohibition were general and absolute. He asserts the policy would strengthen national resolve and moral stance.
An January 1917 inquiry covered all US publications and found 8 367 titles declined to print drink solicitations, nearly one third of all publications. The Cyclopedia of Temperance and Prohibition from the M B church board notes the trend and suggests more may join the list.
The lesson outlines Mark's gospel as the heralded arrival of Jesus the servant, with John the Baptist preparing the way. It discusses baptism as symbol and public confession, and emphasizes the kingly mission. An adjacent feature argues Western Canada farms rise as the nation’s economic backbone with record yields and land opportunities.
A Welsh woodworker named Taffy joins a building materials shop and offers to make window sashes. He begins a sash, fails, then crafts a second better one. The foreman condemns the first, while Taffy retorts that a worse sash could be found under the foreman's bench, and then proves himself.
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup for coughs bronchitis colds and lung troubles citing fifty one years of use across the United States. It promises restful nights easier morning expectoration and natural healing with bottles priced 80 and 90 cents.
Popular Mechanics notes national defense plans for an odd ocean going water wheel vessel. The design uses two connected cylinders with adjustable paddles, a gyro stabilized fighting mast, and gun turrets at the axis ends. It aims for amphibious capability and high speed, though untested.
In a witty exchange, Bill notes motion pictures show bees making honey filmed by a U S government expert. Jill confirms, and the quip says the films were so lifelike that an epidemic of hives followed their first release.
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