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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
1
Lucas and Kok invite the public to a big movie program every Wednesday and Saturday night at the Community Building. They promise good service and that attendees will not be disappointed by attending.
Classified notices include a lost truck chain, a sewing readiness note from Mrs. Roy Swindier, sales positions for lubricating oils from The Victor Oil Co. in Cleveland, a meat hog for sale, hog vaccination services, and a collection appeal from Vanhorn Studio seeking settlements and to clean up the past year.
Advance Hardware Co advertises a big picture program Saturday night with a storm buggy for sale at a bargain price.
A public sale begins 10:30 A.M. on Darlington Road listing horses including a blind mare in foal and a sound mare, a gray mare, young foal prospects, cows Jersey and Holstein Jerseys due to freshen, hogs including Poland and Duroc sows, a registered Duroc male, grain 700 bushels corn in crib and 20 bushels oats, 3 tons hay, implements and harnesses, wagons and buggies, cash under $10 and notes over $10 at 8 percent. Lunch by Mt. Zion Ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bowman of Syracuse hosted Bowman relatives including Claude Bowman Albany Clarence Bowman Pike Carl Bowman John Caldwell and L H Brown with families. It marked the Bow men’s first reunion since the war began. Others including Mrs B F Simmons Mrs Olin Simmons daughter Eileen Mrs Stanley Jones of Lebanon Mrs Harold Humphrey and Sam Gordon of Savona were guests at John T Jones’s home along with family Saturday.
Mrs. Harold Humphrey and son Gordon of Savona and families visited in Lebanon. Several residents travel between Whitestown Oxford and Monroe for health, farming, or social events. Ross Caldwell moves from Indianapolis to farm with his father. John Coons farm rented for a year at $2600. Indiana Lumber Dealers event noted.
A busy list of events for January includes Berean Class Social at North Christian Church on January 20 and Providence Country Club programs with speakers Ora McDaniel and R. E. Callahan. Also Jan 21 Red Men lodge, Jan 22 and 23 activities at Community Building, Jan 24 band practice and Fellowcraft degree at Masonic Lodge, and Jan 25 High School Basketball Festival. Public sales by Harry Petro and Harold Bennet on Jan 28 and 31.
Glenn Love, 32, a Montgomery County farmer, pleaded guilty in Hendricks Circuit Court to arson in burning his North Salem hardware store to collect insurance. He was sentenced to two to twenty one years and imprisoned at Michigan City after a later confession to the state fire marshal.
Local notes show Mr. and Mrs. Shirrell and son Junior from Darlington visited Mrs. B F Shailey and family. Mr. and Mrs Geo Ray spent Tuesday with Mrs Ben Shailey. Wm Mangus and family killed hogs Monday, followed by dinner with three families including Mr and Mrs Frank Riner and son Oakley, and Mr J P Wall Tuesday. Bart Ray and family were guests Wednesday.
Village residents and families including Artie Weldon Walter Christler James Sutton Marion Vice and others spent Sunday and Monday visiting relatives and friends in the Bean School area. Orchard happenings note cow and hog work, illness, sales, and gatherings with remarks on sick lists and local visits.
The Christian Church notes strong Sunday School attendance of 144 and a $4.25 offering. A second Sunday each month is devoted to near East Relief fund drives, with next Sunday set for the collection. The Missionary and Aid societies report campaigns and a group meeting at Lebanon on February 1 with Dr. Coffin Hall and Denison from Dayton, Ohio attending.
The packed audience praised James Baffin for first prize in the boys division with Im partial Arbitration and Dora Canada for first among the girls with Terrible Tommy. Second and third places went to peers, judges praised the performance, and Burris and Canada advance to the county contest in Lebanon. Tickets for a crate, 25 cents, available at Barsin Drag store.
The church lists morning worship at 11 00 AM and evening service at 7 00 PM. Sunday School is held every Sunday at 10 00 o clock.
The Every Member canvass held Sunday afternoon was the most successful ever, with a few members to be finalized before the result. TheChurch seeks a forward movement across all lines and invites attendance next Sunday. A County Conference at Central Christian Church in Lebanon is set for Thursday Jan 27 with Women's Missionary Society members invited.
Ward Christian Church invites parishioners to Sunday worship led by Minister F E Graves. Sunday School starts at 10 o clock. Morning sermon titled Gods Works in His People. Evening sermon titled Requirements of a True Soldier.
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