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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
4
An advertisement offers a free trial of Chronicure for rheumatism and related conditions including kidney disorders and excess uric acid. It promises blood cleansing and a general tonic effect, with a large free package sent to interested readers and references available by mail from Mrs. M Summers in South Bend Indiana.
Attendance at Sunday School was 114 and the collection reached $290 with 18 Bibles reported. Arrangements are being made for a six men’s banquet to be given February 1st. A social for the entire membership is planned for March.
The regular bi weekly preaching at the church is not on Sunday morning and evening. Due to the majority desire at New Ross, special meetings there are postponed until early March. The Lord's Supper will be observed here on the first Sunday in February and at New Ross on the second Sunday. Mr Hall will be assisted by Deacon Charles A Bacon, formerly of Boston, soon to reside in Advance.
The Christian Church reports growing Revival services with rising attendance and three additions to date. A mid week trip to Crawfordsville saw members attend the Women’s Morrison Board meeting of the Western Indiana Conference. The Missionary society plans its first regular meeting January 21 at 8 o’clock at Mrs Maude Melson’s home with Emma McClain as secretary.
Franklin Woods returns from a week in Indianapolis. Mrs. Jane Sandlin, Mrs. Dora Davia, and Quince Canada share meals with local families. Wm. Dean of Ewart Mich., visits daughter Mrs. Rush Voris. Ray Wheatley stays with cousin Jane Brown in Lodiapapolio. DG Caplingers advertises underwear and coffee. The Blue Front promotes Special Prices. Basketball game preview and results noted. Orson Hart and others visit, while Mary Tansel and Ted Coul ter visit Golda Kernodle. Advance Hardware offers two used base burners. several dinners and visits across towns are listed.
Mrs A H Cornelius of Bement Illinois visits son J W Cornelius and family. Abe Shelley has been quite sick the past week. Easter Whiteley stays in town with her brother Carl Whiteley. Little Orval Dean spends the week with George Brown and wife. George Sparks and family visit James Walker and family Sunday evening. Ora Shelley and wife with Jas Galladay and Avery Zimmerman and wife, Lon Turner and wife at Abe Shelley's.
Lawrence Riser reports a large black hawk tale, 39 inches long, as local chatter. The Advance group promotes “the boys of our band” with shows next Thursday evening at the opera house. Samuel E. Ronk, a township trustee candidate, visited Advance Tuesday. J. C Caldwell and wife near Dover visited Wm Rohn and wife Tuesday.
The article notes three ivory mats exist, the largest eight by four feet. Made in northern India with a Greek border, it appears only on state occasions such as signing major documents. It used over 6,400 pounds of ivory and required the finest flexible strips to resemble woven fabric.
Report from the Japanese island of Oshima notes greater freedom in dating compared to Central Japan. Young suitors propose to their chosen girls, who typically decline two or three times as a formality to prolong the courtship period.
The seedless grapes used for dried currants are grown in Greece and localized to a small district. Annual yield of fresh fruit exceeds 1,200,000,000 pounds, translating to about 160,000 tons when dried.
The first silk appeared around 2600 B C made by the wife of a Chinese emperor. Aristotle first mentions silk about 350 B C among the Greeks. Silk production spread from Sicily in the twelfth century to Italy, Spain, and southern France, with England producing silk first in 1604.
A Wellington girl told her mother she recalled nothing from the Sunday school lesson except the last song. When asked what it was, she replied, Bringing in the Sheets, in a humorous misremembering of a hymn.
German submarine boats now carry detachable buoys connected by a cable and telephone wire to the deck. These devices allow rescuers to communicate with crew members inside sunken submarines after the craft is located.
A brief quip reveals Mrs. Ethel noting a misdirected foot pressure at dinner. The judge recalls the moment and asks why the minister’s smile seemed especially warm. The dialogue hints at social tension and a lighthearted misunderstanding.
Those who dined with Jas Gollidey and wife Sunday included Ol lie Smith and wife, Bruce Burris and wife Harley Golladay and wife, Ora Shelley and wife, Wm. Hendrix and wife, and Albert Hendrix and wife. Book Club elects officers for the year: Mca. Perry Pointer President, Sallie Beaver Vice President, Mrs. Clarence Bowman Secretary-Treasurer. new members added this year bringing total to 18. Community notes mention John Peterson of New Ross in Absence, Va., and visits to Crawfordsville. Willing Workers of the Ad vanes Christian Church meet at 2 30 Saturday afternoon. all members urged to attend if important business to transact. T. J Nelson spent the early week with relatives near Jamestown.
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