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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
7
Dr. Robert F. Gilder excavates near Omaha and argues 4000 years ago a peaceful, cannibalistic population lived in the Midwest. He reports mound-backed houses, south and east entrances, and bones and tools matching European finds, suggesting a large, cooperative community before Indians.
Raymond Washington woman Mrs Rooney found a diamond lost two months ago from her ring setting inside a chicken gizzard while preparing dinner. The discovery occurred in Zebsin.
Doctor Ashton of Cambridge warned the British Association that atomic liberation could let man control a force powering global work, or if mismanaged, potentially blow Earth and inhabitants apart. He cited Rutherford’s nuclear collision producing transmutation and noted the vast scale implications if hydrogen reactions occur.
The text discusses transmuting water to hydrogen and then detonating it to release about 200000 kilowatt hours per tablespoon, a scale comparable to London daily lighting and power use. It notes potential loss of control and imagines a runaway event as a new star, though calls the catastrophe probability practically negligible.
John Hancock eighteen of 510 Abbott street pushed two wheelbarrows to a hoist on an eight story roof at Third and Baltimore. He tried to save himself by dropping the wheelbarrow down the shaft but was pulled forward and fell into the alley. Surgeons found no injuries after examination.
At Grootfontein government farm in Grootfontein South Africa experiments show a sheep can exist 280 days on prickly pears alone and 500 days with lucerne without water. The results suggest prickly pear diets rival camel endurance.
Washington officials and diplomats report statistics claiming 1,766,118 people were executed in Russia from 1917 to 1921 under Soviet rule. Farmers comprise about 15,000. priests 1,215. bishops 28. others include soldiers, laborers, officers, and professionals. The figure suggests severe peasant hardship and widespread religious persecution.
London warns that if current whaling continues, whales could be extinct within a decade. Sir Sidney Harmer cites rising profits from oil and bone, notes Greenland whales likely extinct, and urges immediate legislation to curb hunting of rorquals, blue, and sperm whales.
Vital statistics for the first six months show France had 396000 births and 387000 deaths, a drop of 25000 births and rise of 39000 deaths versus 1921. Excess births over deaths fell from 73000 to 9000, with 1922 January to July totals of 396000 births and 387000 deaths compared with 412000 births and 348000 deaths in 1921.
Tegucigalpa Honduras reports ambitious plans to connect capital cities by air for passengers and mails supported by the Honduran government. Italian aviator Luis Storniolo arrives with six Italian and three French planes, with headquarters at Tezucigulpa to push the project forward.
Rev LeW Gosnell profiles Epaphroditus from Philippians as Paul’s brother fellow worker and fellow soldier. He notes racial barriers broken by the gospel and Epaphroditus’ mission to Rome with Philippian money, his ministering acts, and the lasting value of faith over worldly ruin.
A devotional overview of Jesus dining with a Pharisee and healing a dropsical man on the Sabbath. It stresses humility at table, rebukes selfishness, and teaches that charity should be ungilded by pride with rewards in the resurrection. It ties to themes of courtesy, service, and Spirit inspired conduct.
A biblical passage from II Peter 3 warns that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly. The heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements burn with fervent heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. It urges readers to live holy and godly lives in view of these dissolving events.
A former Chinese laundry in New Orleans evolved into a store and then a church over ten years. It has given rise to 47 communicants and 100 children, who this year have established their own building, St. Philip's chapel.
A religious verse from II Corinthians 5 5 notes that God who prepared us and gave us the Spirit as the first installment of what is to come. The line emphasizes divine guarantee and spiritual inheritance for believers.
An advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin with unbroken packages carrying directions. Handy 12 tablet boxes cost a few cents, while druggists sell 24 and 100 tablet bottles. The product is Bayer’s trade mark for monoacetyl salicylic acid.
In Possum Trot a young swain salutes another and waits by a log. He explains he is waiting for Miss Ducky Daddle to come along to singing school, noting singing class is tomorrow night but he does not mind waiting when no fellow is in love.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for dyeing sweaters skirts and children's coats. It claims the dye is guaranteed not to spot fade streak or run and instructs buyers to tell the druggist the fabric type such as wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods.
Scribe laments repeated theft of his original stories by a rival author. Litero retorts that many of the claimed thefts occurred long before the scribe’s birth, signaling a long running dispute over authorship and timelines.
The brief advises using Red Cross Ball Blue in the laundry to lengthen fabric life as cotton and linen prices have doubled due to the war. An advertisement from grocers accompanies the note.
An advertisement notice offers a permanent cook position with special yearly rates and cheaper five year contract terms. The snippet includes quotations about simplicity in holiness and Emersons reward quote, indicating a promotional advertisement in the paper.
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