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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
2
A collection of quips and reflections printed as a weekly feature in Advance Indiana. The snippet includes a March 3 1911 postal notice and assorted maxims on praise opinion cooking marriage money knowledge and mortality. It mixes adage humor and social commentary with a small town newspaper voice.
A butcher was convicted of using sawdust in sausage as a by product of lumber by products. The ruling aims to curb unsafe meat handling and protect consumers from adulterated products.
Observers note seventeen year locusts appearing across Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania where turkeys and chicks feed on them this year. Fishermen also use them for bait and the populace sees little reason to fear a scourge despite the looming Thanksgiving period.
A reader to the New York World argues that women should propose and counters critics of the progressive movement. The writer extols women’s beauty grace and intellect and claims such couples will strengthen homes and marriages. The piece ends with a rhetorical question about a Kentucky colonel who could outdo that oration.
A Dover family of thirteen has kept a full roster across seven decades with three group photographs. Twenty seven years ago Mr W S Newman and his wife led the original thirteen members, eleven years later a second portrait captured the now growing clan, and this week the family again gathered for a new shot, the line unchanged.
The article traces smoking from ancient China to the Americas, noting early Chinese use and Columbus era Native practices with religious ties. It mentions tobacco reaching Spain and Portugal in 1559 as snuff, and credits Sir Walter Raleigh with popularizing smoking.
The piece discusses rats mice flies and parasites as persistent vermin linked to disease. It cites figures from Farm and Fireside noting 800 million rats in the United States destroying grain worth 100 million dollars annually and a national rat cost of 360 million dollars yearly. It also notes cattle ticks costing about 100 million dollars per year and situates these vermin in the broader history of bacteriology and human struggle against lower forms of life.
A concise essay links good schools and churches with strong farming, arguing that poor institutions accompany poor farming and hinder life quality. It notes the need for farmers to test milk and monitor cows to improve agricultural outcomes and overall community well being.
A speaker urges farmers to coordinate silo building, balanced feeding, clean and well lit stables, and crop rotation. He argues that breeding, feeding, forage, and livestock must advance together and community effort is needed to raise schools and churches.
British figures place 1911 per capita wheat flour consumption at 202.7 pounds in Germany, 580 pounds in France, and about 350 pounds in the United States. An error in the June 10 Daily Consular and Trade Reports misstated U.S. consumption as 650.7 pounds.
The report estimates error margins up to 25 percent for some nations but places most figures within 10 percent. It lists per capita wheat consumption (seed not counted, flour as wheat) in bushels for numerous countries including Canada 9.5, Belgium 8.3, France 7.9, United States 53, Mexico 0.8, Japan 0.5, and many others across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
A humorous remark notes Rogers is simply crazy about phrenology and another quip asks about a coco nut, eb. The item captures light gossip and witty asides typical of the page.
The line describes a man questioning a woman’s identity as a wife and comments on her distinctiveness, noting she is not very distinguished yet easy to distinguish as Pele Mele.
A lighthearted exchange on whether salt intake affects hair color circulates online. Two posts joke about salt aging them versus claiming salt improves mood and work energy.
A fragment from the menagerie scene depicts Mr Hatington as a social lion who never declines invitations to dinner and seeks what he may devour. The exchange hints at his appetite for social opportunities and influence.
After their wedding trip Polly notes the husband returns with only $2.60 in his pocket. Peggy calls him stingy, reflecting comedic or dramatic reaction to the small sum.
A humor caption from The Tatler shows a barber quipping about a man’s thinning crown and the customer replying with a witty jab about preferring slim hair. The exchange captures light salon banter and social tone.
A quirky local note questions a Pennsylvania locale named He and jokes about misnaming a summer resort. The brief hints at place names and regional quirks without broader context.
London Mail records a quarrel line in which a husband urges his wife to stay while she questions his demand. The brief exchange highlights domestic tension and social tone of the period.
A fragmented dialogue shows a father puzzled by a relative’s guidance about money. The exchange hints at advisory tension and family dynamics across generations in a terse, clipped conversation.
A London Mail snippet portrays a dialogue where Alexis explains she writes letters to her father as a living. The exchange frames writing as a craft and personal communication, hinting at literary devotion and parental ties.
A youth asks how to describe his chances with a wealthy, influential city man as a potential father in law. He intends to secure a premier match to improve prospects. The tone hints at social mating and family advantage in a bustling urban setting.
A quip contrasts philosophers and optimists. It says a philosopher accepts events as they arrive, while an optimist, if faced with adversity, tries to turn it to a better side.
A humorous scene unfolds as a sister misreads a guest’s departure and asks in a loud hallway, only to be corrected by a distant male voice claiming success. The moment captures a quirky domestic blunder and a playful family dynamic.
A wife complains that her husband never praises her and she recalls describing him at the intelligence office while she tries to hire a cook. The exchange hints at domestic tension and a humorous miscommunication about respect.
The poet and the editor played tennis. The editor was defeated and the poet quipped that the editor could not return a serve. The editor challenged with a poem, prompting a witty reply.
The London Chronicle reports astonishing German findings from 1912 showing many children commit death by own action. It notes cases including a five year old and a 108 year old Russian who left a letter citing insipidity of modern life and longing for the good old days.
The Louisana Twice a Week Times editor shares a letter from a contented reader who claims no domestic or financial troubles no entanglements with others wives no swindles and peaceful neighbors with no farm animals He suggests a pleasant contrast to constant complaining.
A New York breach of promise trial revealed an actress thought to earn $1000 weekly was paid £300 with $80 taken for booking and press agent fees. Yet the press agent herself received $1000, suggesting the arrangement benefited the agent more.
Nellie McClung, described as an authoress social reformer and terror to evil doers, spoke forcefully at the Manitoba Methodist conference advocating women’s admission to the conference. Her remarks challenged jokes about suffrage and aimed to end laughter at the subject.
Vienna plans a bath 820 feet by 197 feet as the city ends its era of mobile private bath wagons. Once vendors delivered hot and cold water in wooden tubs to homes for 6d to 2s, collecting after washing as they called at residents.
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