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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
1
A satirical panorama of the new automobile touring era. It contrasts old transient travelers with modern tourists who roam coast to coast, spending little on travel, valuing fuel and tubes, and boosting local economies as gasoline prices vary.
The Grand Army of the Republic formed in Decatur Hl on April 6, 1866. Spur by Dr BL FL Stephenson and Chaplan W. J. Rutledge of the Fourteenth TH nols infantry. First national encampment held November 20, 1866. By 1016 the organization had 5 452 posts and 1797 members. Memorial day creation credited to GL ALR.
Ora McBaniel and family visited Mrs. Cynthia White and Mr and Mrs Ernest White near Indianapolis Monday. Frank Cadam of Indianapolis visited J W Newman and family last week. Alva Nisley of Indianapolis also visited. Joe Smith and family from Jamestown and Harvey Merchant and family from Akron spent Sunday with Dave Nisley and Mary Caplinger visited Mona Beaver. Gladys Bowman sewing for Mrs Otto Threlkeld this week. Walter Bowman returned home after visiting Frank Bowman and family. Rental batteries available for repairs per G E Ross.
Fourth of July Sunday visitors populated the Shades area with numerous families from Indiana and nearby towns. Names include Maude Bowman Lowell Emmett Mark Bowman Kathleen McDaniel Dora Canada Cecil Burris Leatha Whitecotton Farr Waters Verna Froffitt Emmett Riner Stella Canada Walter Moore Edd Carter Ollie Hamilton Tom Rohn Eva Pittenger Marion Riner Carl Riner Verva Gordon Mark Wall and others.
Northern Baptists launch New World Movement to educate Indians and build churches and welfare services. A survey finds low literacy and English fluency among 336000 Indians, with few citizenships. Plans include Navajo station in Arizona, outreach to Rocky Boy Band and Flatheads in Montana, a new secondary school in Oklahoma.
The New World Movement of Northern Baptists allocates 3.5 million for 113 new church buildings and 1.006 million for 24 educational centers with a total $100 million drive from late April to May. An additional 600 thousand will clear debts for 37 churches and the Edifice Department reports 725 thousand previously distributed to 29 churches for debt relief and property purchases.
Dr A Huntley reports the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society will build rat-proof model tenements near Shanghai Baptist College. The houses will feature modern hygiene and sanitary devices to combat rodent-borne disease.
Baptist medical missionaries report a hard fight against influenza in India where superstition and sanitation posed challenges. Their work during 1918 19 is credited with helping reduce deaths as the Indian method of keeping patients awake was used.
A collection of vintage cooking guidance includes summer fruit salads with figs strawberries pineapples lemon juice and orange juice plus a sardine and potato salad with a creamy dressing. Also described are chicken stock soup with onions bay leaves and cheese toast and a potato onion and bacon casserole. Squab roasting and boning techniques are noted with tips for stuffing and optional broiling.
Church bulletin notes post convention time for planning. Gordon Melvin Emmett joins Cradle Roll. Maude Melson to host Sunday School class. Aim Day observed by C W E M with 42 attendees. A ceremony for outgoing and incoming officers by Mrs Clara Jones. 87 members, 50 World Calls, and 370 dollars accepted. Refreshments served. services invited next Sunday.
Rev O V Rector and minister Wm Johnson report attendance and offerings with some improvement. The C E Society enjoyed a social at Guy Morrisons with ice cream. The church invites the Women’s Mission Boards to hold the Biennial Board Meeting in October here, planning to accommodate a notable program and leader.
Rev. Schumacher, Supt. of the Anti-Saloon League of Indiana, will speak at the church Sunday morning after returning from the Democratic convention in San Francisco. Sunday School growth praised and plans discussed. Services next Sunday include 11 AM preaching, 10 AM Sunday School, and 7:30 PM service with a welcoming note.
Miss Lola Hedge has assumed management of Long Crean Station succeeding Miss Leatha Whitecotton who plans a trip to Iowa. Mona Beaver visited Mary Cap linger on Sunday and the Ross family with Lelan Wall and Lola Bruce were at Cataract that day. Lena and Cora Swindler enjoy California with their brother Earl.
The text asserts Merit determines value and outcomes not luck or fate. It urges doing more than expected, improving every task, believing success is possible, and aiming for perfection. It claims merit guides toward a wide path of winning and that worthy rewards follow concentration on alms and ideals.
A family poem celebrates lemon pie as a cure for sadness and a source of bright eyes and bold hearts. The mother’s lemon pie fills the plate with golden filling and brings exultant cheers from children and speaker alike.
A humorous verse celebrates lemon pie as a priceless treasure beyond money. The speaker revels in the zest and joy brought by the dessert, chastening cares and savoring a simple indulgence.
A historical note describes a dubious nerve tonic for a lady of Zululand, listing ingredients such as the heart and eye of a lion and flesh of an elephant, along with animal hides and plant barks, mixed with blood and burned to powder for internal use. It cites the interchurch world movement survey uncovering such religious antidotes worldwide.
Mr and Mrs James Bowman received Monday word of the marriage Saturday of their son Claude to Miss Blanche Mason of Toledo Ohio. Many friends extend congratulations and best wishes.
From A Distance Harvey Merchant and family of Akron Ohio are visiting. Mr Merchant will return to work next week, his family remains until September. Leonard Clow once with Advance now in Iowa visits with his family. Mrs Albert Lasley of Oklahoma arrived Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs W S Lasley. Mr and Mrs John McConahay of near Cumberland also spent Sunday with the Lasleys.
Forrest and Fannie Reed hosted a Sunday gathering in honor of Miss Flavius Foster. Mrs. J. D. Emmett visited sick folks at Cataract on Sunday. Edith Cunningham is visiting her grandparents near Moorsville this week.
A brief note features a product label style reference to a vegetable compound butter named Good Luck, described as mighty fine and associated with an advance meat market.
Virgil Smith fell coal from a train car and calmed runaway horses on Main Street Roark Street. He climbed the wagon, grabbed the lines, and stopped the large hay rigging whose coal laden load dragged the ground. Local fellows praise his brave act in this near disaster on the street.
Lena Jackson came back to her home last week after visiting relatives in this town and in Indianapolis. Wm. Lasley assists Mark Wall in the store this week as Wall plans to catch up on odd jobs. Chas. Airhart can go uptown occasionally and is grateful for seeing Charlie out and about.
A vintage advisory notes dandruff is contagious like germ diseases and advises thorough shampooing with coconut soap, drying, and scalp care. It links scalp health to hair condition, urges tonics for poor hair, warns against alcohol and false hair, and suggests regular ends care and nightly tonic for poor hair.
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