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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
3
An old advert advises giving California Syrup of Figs to constipated children. It claims a teaspoonful cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping, restoring a well playful child in hours. The ad promotes a 50 cent bottle with full directions for all ages.
A dialogue notes automobiles transforming farming life. Farmers now drive home after evenings in the city, instead of rising early for field work, reflecting on how car travel reshapes their routines.
The cost of food today is a serious matter to all of you. To cut down your food bills and improve family health, serve Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti two or three times weekly. Children love it and thrive on it. Free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Nebraska.
Two sober citizens discuss a future end to a dancing craze on a Babylon street. They claim the world will outgrow the madness, noting it occurred 2716 years before a future event described as Castles taking New York by storm.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsia as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion and related symptoms. It claims relief within five minutes and urges readers to purchase a fifty cent case from any drug store.
A philosophic remark notes changing tastes with age. The speaker contrasts his boyhood interest in a Congress of Wonders exhibits with current fascination for a spinning device. The Birmingham Age-Herald records his reflection on amusement and unquestionality.
Ad copy announces Cuticura Ointment for scalp relief and dandruff removal followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo. Suggests using Cuticura as daily toilet preparation and offers free samples by mail with a postcard request to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A quirky transcript from a Boston Evening source records a sudden marriage proposal moment. Edith Aunt-E remarks on the surprise while Niece-Nor J and Mr Slew Bay participate in the exchange and celebration.
Grove's Whenever You Need a General Tonic promotes Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a valued general tonic. It contains quinine and iron and is said to act on the liver drive malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Price fifty cents.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a person denying sympathy while admitting being touched after a request for money. The text hints at an emotional misperception rather than a clear event or outcome.
Ragged miner George Mertz visits Pomona Associ ated Charities requesting shoes to walk to Arizona and stay in a dry state. He admits prior Los Angeles drunkenness after Globe, Arizona arrest, and says prohibition halted his drinking. He accepts shoes and continues his journey.
An editorial titled Foodstuffs argues that farm crops should feed people before alcohol production. It condemns using grain for liquor as an economic crime and a humanity offense, urging societies to redirect crops to nourishment and curb the liquor trade.
A Somerville boy discovery in a vacant lot finds a hidden corpse beside a whisky bottle. The piece argues liquor’s role in murder cases is treated more leniently than violent acts by thugs, condemning the unequal treatment by authorities.
J B Wadsworth a Gadsden Alabama banker testifies to prohibition’s impact saying the common people benefit as money once spent on liquor goes to rent clothes groceries and education. He notes wage earners gaining bank access and cites reduced costs for officers police and judges.
Dr Tra Landreth urges identity as American over regional, calling citizens to be undiluted and upright Americans. He pledges America first yet sober and fraternal, aiming for unity beyond regional or foreign labels.
In Michigan a dry campaigner told Detroit automobile plant workers that a saloon makes people better or worse citizens. He argued that decent men will vote dry if saloons improve character and destroy homes, otherwise they will oppose alcohol.
The Local Option League of Pennsylvania releases a bulletin on Philadelphia’s rum issue. It argues the city spends about twice the liquor revenue on caring for drink victims, citing revenue of 1 919 165 dollars and care costs around 3 900 000 dollars.
A historic home craft column promotes economical cooking with milk as nutritious base and uses skim milk in soups. It provides instructions for potato soup cream of tomato soup and cheese soup with butter flour milk and seasonings. Ends with a Ruskin quote on kindness and sociable living.
A selection of old fashioned dishes describes Banana Pie Nougatine Cake Mexican Rabbit and Graham Bread. The banana pie uses ripe fruit sugar molasses lemon zest egg milk and cream baked in pastry. The nougatine cake features butter cake frosting ground almonds and chocolate. The Mexican rabbit blends cheese corn meal pepper eggs tomato puree salt and paprika on garlic toasted bread with optional poached egg. Graham Bread makes a rich yeast batter with warm milk sugar salt butter molasses soda and graham flour.
Digest of household recipes and horse care advice. Includes sour cream salad dressings cottage cheese and cookies plus a lengthy veterinary guide on punctured wounds of horse feet and joints with steps for examination cleaning draining blistering and wound care to prevent lameness and infection.
A list of snack style fillings includes peanut butter with whipped cream and ripe olive sandwiches with cream cheese and French dressing. Other mixtures feature dried fruits, nuts, coconut and chocolate with sweet cream, and various cheeses with olives, pickles, or mayo. The piece ends with a rustic home motto stressing simplicity and generosity.
A fragmented exchange centers on cows and ranking choices as a farmer and a city child question each other about which cow to take, revealing a tense moment likely from a local or classroom setting. No clear resolution or names appear in the readable text.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a pure blue detergent that makes clothes whiter than snow. The large 5 cent package is sold by select grocers with the promise to use the best. Also includes a quip about weather forecasts vs war expert talks and unreliable information.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for bilious or costive digestion, claiming a torpid liver and clogged bowels cause illness. It promises a thorough cleansing overnight with a 10 cent box, and hints the product keeps you feeling well for months while noting a stray fragment about wealth and a dead person.
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