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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
2
The readable lines hint at a discussion of Johnson and a Republican convention in the West, with debates over peace, strategy, and regional influence. References to a candidate, platform shifts, and distant regions suggest a broader national contest shaping the event.
Fragmented musings describe an old naturalist, his white beard, and migration across the country. The narrator references local places and people, hinting at beliefs about mine myths, wilderness, and a cautious temperament. The text blends scattered recollections with anonymous observations and odd spellings.
An editorial urges Americans to grow shipbuilding and naval capabilities to reduce dependence on foreign firms. It stresses support from congress and industry, highlighting investments in tankers and ship securities while calling for national unity across classes.
The resignation of Harry A. Garfield fuel administrator centers on his opposition to a three person settlement panel for coal pricing. He believes industry representation with workers could raise prices to consumers and opposes a body that can set prices.
Lieut. E. V. M. Isaacs photographed with his wife at the Washington navy yard where he serves as inspector of munitions. Secretary Daniels awards him the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest honor. Isaacs was captured by the German submarine U-80 during the sinking of the USS President Lincoln and, after a failed escape, provided valuable German submarine information to the Allies.
An overview of innovations and trade moves includes a new drafting instrument for precise ovals, a French gelatin substitute nonflammable to replace celluloid, and the US export surge surpassing Wales in tin plate production. Copenhagen plans a wireless link to the US, Egypt finds cottonseed oil cake a coal substitute, and Brazil sets butterfat and acid limits for butter products.
Four year old Louise overhears a conversation where an aunt says she was thrown on her own resources. Louise calculates and replies that the aunt could take lots of rides since she was thrown on her own race horses. The line shows a child’s humorous mishearing turning a proverb into a pun.
A Breton onion seller and a companion joined in a pianist's performance of Theodore Botrel songs in Caithness Scotland. The impromptu duet lasted over thirty minutes, delighting local children and onlookers in a village window concert.
A fragment from the Kansas City Star shows dialogue about farmers' views on the proletariat and social conditions. The exchange mentions Jimpson Junction and rheumatic ailments, with rural voices skeptical of reform and drugs.
An advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound breaks a severe cold in hours with two hour spaced doses. It says the first dose unclogs noses and relieves headaches feverishness sneezing and sore muscles and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
A Boston Transcript quote shows a speaker chiding Billy Sands for his stunts and staying skeptical of a phony tub. The exchange hints at family disapproval and social performance in a curt, dismissive tone.
A home remedy mix for darkening gray hair uses water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine applied twice weekly. The formula promises gradual shade change without scalp staining or greasiness and may be prepared by a druggist or at home at low cost.
A quotation asks how to catalog civil war histories and suggests placing them alongside refined polite literature. The exchange hints at curatorial doubt about framing brutal conflicts within genteel contexts.
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