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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
8
Indigestion warnings note sour stomach and related debility with Kodol claims to relieve indigestion and stomach ailments. Local officers and directors are listed for a society or association, naming president Riles Hauser and other officers, followed by scattered notices about agricultural or civic concerns and warnings to members.
A brief drug ad states to take KODOL For Dyspepsia and ladizestion after meals to aid digestion. It mentions Burrin Drug Co as the seller.
An adventurer on a northern Canadian river bank pried open a mussel shell to reveal a large pearl and sold it for profit. Jewelers from major American cities now send representatives to Ungava where locals dig shells for occasional pearls. Hudson Bay Company traders profit from the activity, with rare pink pearls fetching high prices but most pearls being of little value.
The article notes the ocean depths rival mountain heights when measured from sea level and may slightly exceed Mt Everest. It explains how maps mislead by showing land as prominent while oceans dominate three fourths of Earth’s surface.
Albert Kernodle is attending school here. F J Baird made a trip to the city Thursday. Come in and renew your Hustler subscription. Clarence Melson attended a sale north of Dover Thursday. The Advance Basket Ball team played at Linden last night. Mark Wall made a business trip to Indianapolis last Friday. Frank Gregory has moved to the Bateman property on W Wall St. Card Board Hunting notices may be hed at this office at 24c each. De Witt s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is sold by Burrin Drug Co for cuts boils and piles. In last weeks paper list a party leaving Tuesday for Texas includes E M M Smith J R McConaughy Joe Miller Jas Bowman Jac Welden Dave Hedges Martino and David Reed.
Revival meetings opened Tuesday night at the ME church with Dr Tillotson of Lebanon delivering sermons to large crowds. The pastor is assisted by Tillotson and singing was led by Wm. E. Lucas. An advertisement for DeWitt's kidney and bladder pills appears at end.
In a Nikko garden Miss vde guests spot a large snake. Uchiama catches it with a bamboo pole and, after growling threats, flings the reptile away. The snake reappears atop a camellia bush and is dispatched to avoid further trouble.
This notice promotes Kennedy's Laxative cough syrup as a remedy that acts on the bowels to expel a cold. It claims the product contains no opiates, is pleasant to take, and highly recommended for children, sold by the Burria Drug Co.
E P Orton of New Orleans recalls two rattlesnake bites and lingering fear. He notes the first bite nearly killed him in childhood, the second caused intense pain but not endangering life thanks to prompt remedies. The sight of snakes still provokes a profound, lingering shock.
A suburban tale of a washerwoman puzzle where residents guess whose garments are in the week’s wash. Neighbors chase missing items from a corset cover to a shirt, turning midweek to weekend into a community hunt. Mr Singleton, a wealthy bachelor, is noted for a two day search over a missing corset cover.
An English truffle taster explains evaluating truffles by flavor. He distinguishes Charpentier for spoiled tastes worth ten dollars per pound, Peri gord for cheaper grades at five dollars, and prices a delicious sample at two dollars.
The king's pocket contents include a pencil case a cigar cutter a pass key a gold watch set to Greenwich time and several sovereigns He also carries a tiny notebook gloves in winter and a small box of lozenges He does not carry a fountain pen or a cigar case except a gold case for one cigar
A Baltimore American excerpt notes a man of considerable address who has long canvassed for a directory. The item highlights local talent and persistence in civic tasks.
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