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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
1
Mr James Shaw in a London lecture praises Rothenburg Bavaria as a model municipality. He says towns should guarantee funds to prevent local industry disasters and keep workers of all classes living on the same street.
Last acts of Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Ella Flagg Young ban close range dances like tango in public school buildings to end school social centers. Saturday night dances remain with mimeo Pungo excluded as efforts aim to curb public dance halls by teaching proper dancing within schools.
A chaotic scene in Kaneas saw a timid speaker guided by an elder Gufferget who urged courage. Judge Thomas Booker in Butte ordered silence after a fight over seating and attire, with police restraining the fracas as women argued loudly.
Local notes cover visits and illnesses including John Emmett’s illness and Irene Caldwell hosting Senior class members. Listings mention trades, farm sales, and property moves. The Advance Independent Basketball team hosts North Salem. death of Mrs. Joe Frazier’s grandmother noted in Claremore, Oklahoma.
The Advance Christian Church held its annual meeting in the vestry last Friday with over a hundred members present. Edder William Beck presided as moderator. officers elected include Trustee James Brown Elders William Beck John T Fénes Lawcen Brown and James Gordon Deacons John Campbell William Weldon Charles Blank John Mc Conaughy Carl Riner Rosch Dean Arthur Swisher Clarence Bowman Arthur Yager Perry Pointer Lincoln nes Roy McCabe Financial Secretary Thomas E. Borrin rrin Treasurer James Bowman Clerk Charles E. McClaine. After business, attendees enjoyed a supper in the basement raising $21.90 toward the church rebuild pledge.
George and Mrs McDaniel publish a Waynesboro Mississippi letter from Harry Sprong describing rains and sun, a cut over land with crops like cotton and corn, apples at 20c a dozen, and a region where farming tools are scarce. He notes circular plowing, rough roads, friendly locals, oxen and mules used for wood and ties, and rising land prices from 1.50 to 8 20 per acre, suggesting investment potential.
The writers describe mild winters with light frost and ground freeze at nights. Plunkett and Sprong cut wood while Mr and Mrs Sprong share a single room with a fireplace. They note rough living, no foundations, no heating stoves, pine forests, and racial tensions between white residents and nearby Black people living in the woods.
After a two week holiday recess teachers and pupils of Jamestown began using their new modern school building last Monday. Jamestown and Jackson township celebrate the facility, with six local teachers among the staff including Cecil Kibbey superintendent Claude Lawler principal Cordelia Caldwell Domestic Science Charles Fulwider Manual Training Claude Lucas and Marvin Caldwell in the grades.
The Hustler sends greetings for a Happy New Year and notes 1939 business progress in Advance. Key items include Advance National Bank boosting capital to 500000 dollars, Advance Machine Co plans large addition, auto trade softer due to new station and Biplane use, Pennsylvania Railway Co considering electrifying Midland Ry, a touring party from Chicago stopped briefly at our area station aboard a sixty passenger aeroplane, and electric light plans aiming for a July first activation.
A two story brick block at Broadway and Wilson Ave housed a Blocks ninth shop run by Art Gayer where a steady club met daily. A fire on the hotel’s fourth floor triggered a rapid smoke event with guests fleeing. Poker players reportedly caused a small blaze via a dropped card deck. The city council approved paving Broadway Wilson Ave North street Indianapolia Ave and Shady Lane. The new city council convenes January 7 at City Hall. A brick schoolhouse will be replaced by a sixty thousand dollar modern building. The town, advancing with a ladies dominated school board, marks sixty years with no cemetery in use.
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