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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1924
Page
1
A compilation of school fare, student banter, and neighborhood updates from Lebanon area notes. Entries include jokes, classroom moments, and short reports on local families moving, visiting, or attending events, with several mentions of Chuck Bean, James Burrin, and DeBard family activity.
Miss Rice and Miss Barker supper guests of Prof Lawer and wife. Jamestown HS to play Advance HS at community building Saturday. Mrs Lois Brown and sons visited relatives in Lebanon. Mrs Noeline Peck weekend in Indianapolis. John Burk of Iowa visited with Harshbarger family. Maude Bowman weekend with Bowman family. Fraro ld Caldwell dinner guest of Caldwell family. Ora McDaniel and Arlie Hancock celebrated Mrs McDaniel's birthday with dinner. SEAL BRAND COFFEE praised as excellent. Caplinger and Bowman sale agents. Glen Bowman of near Darlington visiting Frank Bowman family. Doris Lasley guest of Myrtle Logan. E A Reese and family weekend with Charles Thompson and Leland Wall. Lebanon visitors at Wall home. Aluminum ware sale advertised. Myrtie Logan weekend with parents. Ford trade or new car: see Otis Wall. Arlie Hancock and Wayne McClaine Sunday guests. Wray's Creamery Butter at Golden Rule Grocery. Rex Shinn of Lebanon visiting Caldwell family. Jamestown-Litton basketball game attendance noted. Mary E Jenkins and Raymond Rohn weekend guests Seaton Day. Ralph Jones installed a radio. Epperons and Wm Caldwell planning soon. Vera Hapekberge and Barbara Monday with Chas Farlow. Beulah Leap visiting Lebanon with Arlie Hancock group. Kenneth Frazier of Indianapolis weekend with family. Theron Ya Terre Haute and Rush Billingsly Crawfordsville visiting parents. Beulah Leap at Mrs Fay Broshar’s home. Small vox seen west of Litton. Charles Thompson to advertise farm sale. moving to Lebanon for plastering work. Hustler sale ads discussed. Hustler noted as rescue.
A compact proverb about sportsmanship and attitude. It contrasts graceful success with resilient conduct in defeat, urging players to be winners in mind and avoid whining when outcomes disappoint.
Otto Threlkeld was in Lebanon on Monday while Cecil Broshar sold wheat at New Ross. Mr and Mrs Robert Ferguson were Sunday guests of Bill Trosper and Dwight of Zionsville were Bruce Pickering and a friend. Jess Garner and family hosted dinner at her parents home near Max with Miss Lewis, a local teacher.
Milroy L Powell died of heart disease at 7 40 p m Saturday at his home 450 West 30th street Indianapolis He had been ill since last fall and died shortly after sitting in a chair following a hearty supper He was 68 years 10 months 11 days old born March 15 1855 in Boone county He moved from Lebanon to Indianapolis in May 1920 married January 1877 in Kansas to Sarah Burress Surviving are children C O Powell Earl Powell Bertha Wise D C Leonard O C Herdrich Beulah Powell and Floyd Powell all of Indianapolis brothers and sisters George Powell Dalley Powell Nannie Richmond Imariee Stout Bessie Richey interment Oak Hill Lebanon funeral Monday 11 am conducted by Rev Homer Dale and Rev Mr Long at residence Indianapolis
Our Foreign Mission secretary Dr W P Minton of Dayton Ohio has urged a church to run a six week church school of missions starting next Sunday. At Old Union the session will be 45 minutes between Sunday school and preaching service with three classes children young people and adults. At Advance the school will precede the evening service. Pastor E C Geeding urges all members to attend.
The three Advance churches plan a Go-to-Church drive from the first Lord's Day in March to Easter Sunday April 20 with February as preparation. Topics for February include Teaching Song Contract Friendship and Inspiration while evenings feature character studies. The community also mourns the death of Mrs. Pointer.
Mrs. Clara Jones's class held a quarterly meeting at Mrs. Lillie Starwall's home with 17 members and 2 visitors, Mrs. Jennie Long and Mrs. Nannie Whirley. A noon pitch-in dinner followed by an afternoon program and ice cream concluded a very fine gathering. The next meeting is the fourth Wednesday in April at Mrs. Jones's home.
Jamestown high school travels to Advance community hall for a Saturday night game. Each team has defeated the other, signaling a well matched contest and strong form for both sides.
Mrs. Mattie E Pointer died at her home northwest of Advance Indiana on January 24 1924 Born December 7 1868 in Montgomery County she lived much of her life on the old Boone county homestead She married J M Pointer November 24 1881 and left six children four grandchildren and several relatives The burial was at Dover family ground with funeral at North Christian church conducted by Rev Wyatt
Home news notes Merritt and Mrs McClaine retirement move to Advance property Jesse Plunkett to James Swindler farm one mile east of Advance March 1 and Bryan Reed from Virginia take Plunkett’s Brinegar farm role under Jos Wall Kenneth Plunkett has measles Carrie Beaver accepts Prairieville Church pastorate near Kempton Glad James VanHorn recovering Roy McCabe and children visit Lebanon Hog and cattle shipments to Indianapolis by John Caldwell Roy Ailes and Marvin Caldwell accompany the trip.
A detailed early 1924 political calendar notes May primary and November general elections, along with filing deadlines and notices. It highlights that Boone county may see women candidates, outlines county officer declarations, precinct boundary actions, and procedural dates for independent ticket filings and state filings in the primary.
A notice promotes a second fox drive to be held Saturday with broad invitations to locals near Lebanon Thorntown Colfax Darlington and surrounding areas. It lists captains lieutenants and drive boundaries along Sugar Creek Taylor farm James Scott's O F Loveless road and nearby properties. Foxes sold at auction on site. no guns or dogs allowed. Bring horns and bells.
The Farmers Federation met Tuesday afternoon and elected Leaton as secretary treasurer for the present year. A clover seed pool was formed and seed purchased. A carload of good seed oats is being procured by committee Bert Shera, Wm. Johnson and Frank Heady. The next meeting is set for February 23 at 1 00 PM.
At a Lebanon First Christian church meeting on Sunday evening, attendees voted unanimously to invite a Ku Klux Klan revival and use the church for that purpose. The county Klan accepted, arranging an evangelist and singer with overflow meetings planned, and community interest noted.
Arch Hobbs will speak at the Lebanon K P lodge Diamond Jubilee at Lebanon Methodist Church at 2 30 Sunday February 17th.
The Advance ministers form an association to boost church attendance and Sunday school through a Go to Church campaign. Beginning March 1 and running through Easter, the effort includes pulpit exchanges, a union meeting, and ongoing features to revive weak and dead churches in the area led by Brothers Geeding DeBruler and Wyatt with Mr DeBruler handling publicity.
Mrs Elizabeth J Joseph 72 died after a 13 day illness in Union township Hendricks county. Born September 1 1851 in Boone county she married William C Joseph April 30 1868. Survived by two sons Frank and John two sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at home 11 am with Rev Cornelius Airhart, burial in K of P cemetery Lizton.
Judge Wilmeth reports letters from sheriffs in about two thirds of Indiana counties detailing 149 insane persons kept in county jails and infirmaries due to crowded state hospitals. Some have endured confinement for decades, with transfers to proper facilities repeatedly urged and calls for more asylum construction echoed.
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